Manufacturing in Berks County, Pennsylvania

The register lists 516 facilities in Berks, Pennsylvania. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 477 establishments in Berks in 2025. Primary Metal Manufacturing is an industry with 4,318 employees in Berks, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Reading173 Boyertown24 Morgantown24 Sinking Spring23 Birdsboro22 Hamburg22 Leesport20 Kutztown18 Robesonia16 Fleetwood15 Douglassville15 Shoemakersville14

Federal labor statistics counted at least 477 manufacturing establishments in Berks County in 2025, employing about 22,715 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 516.

What Berks County makes21 INDUSTRIES

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing72 Food Manufacturing67 Chemical Manufacturing59 Primary Metal Manufacturing57 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing36 Machinery Manufacturing30 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing26 Paper Manufacturing19 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing18 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing18 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing18 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing17 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing17 Printing and Related Support Activities17 Miscellaneous Manufacturing15 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing10 Wood Product Manufacturing8 Textile Mills7 Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing4 Apparel Manufacturing4 Textile Product Mills4

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 Pennsylvania — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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