Manufacturing in DeKalb County, Tennessee

DeKalb, Tennessee, is home to 26 facilities listed in the register. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2024, the 5 of 21 manufacturing subsectors BLS publishes for this place had an annual payroll of about $0.1 billion. Transportation Equipment Manufacturing accounts for 1,027 employees and is the industry with the highest location quotient of 16.68, as measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

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Biggest cities

Smithville18 Alexandria4 Liberty2 Sparta2

Federal labor statistics counted at least 26 manufacturing establishments in DeKalb County in 2024, employing about 1,541 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 26, about 100% of that figure.

What DeKalb County makes12 INDUSTRIES

Chemical Manufacturing5 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing4 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing4 Primary Metal Manufacturing2 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing2 Apparel Manufacturing2 Wood Product Manufacturing2 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing1 Machinery Manufacturing1 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing1 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing1 Food 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 Tennessee — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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