Manufacturing in Union County, New Jersey

The Chemical Manufacturing industry in Union, New Jersey, has 93 facilities listed in the register. The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 22,239 people employed in Union in 2025. This register lists 512 facilities.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

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Linden99 Elizabeth88 Union68 Kenilworth38 Hillside37 Springfield23 Cranford20 Rahway19 Roselle18 Mountainside16 Clark11 Berkeley Heights10

Federal labor statistics counted at least 595 manufacturing establishments in Union County in 2025, employing about 22,239 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 512, about 86% of that figure.

What Union County makes21 INDUSTRIES

Chemical Manufacturing93 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing92 Food Manufacturing64 Machinery Manufacturing37 Miscellaneous Manufacturing32 Printing and Related Support Activities28 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing24 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing22 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing19 Primary Metal Manufacturing17 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing16 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing14 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing12 Paper Manufacturing9 Wood Product Manufacturing9 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing7 Apparel Manufacturing7 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing6 Textile Product Mills3 Textile Mills1 Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing1

Bars are drawn against the largest subsector listed; the figure is the facility count in this county. Each row links to that industry across all of New Jersey — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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