Manufacturing in Rutherford County, Tennessee

The register lists 290 facilities in Rutherford, Tennessee. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 333 establishments were counted in Rutherford in 2025. Transportation Equipment Manufacturing is an industry with 14,144 employees in Rutherford, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Murfreesboro134 Smyrna62 La Vergne60 Lavergne20 Rockvale3 Eagleville2 Christiana2 Miboro1 Lascassas1 Lavergn1 Antioch1 Milton1

Federal labor statistics counted at least 333 manufacturing establishments in Rutherford County in 2025, employing about 27,301 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 290, about 87% of that figure.

What Rutherford County makes20 INDUSTRIES

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing45 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing32 Machinery Manufacturing30 Food Manufacturing21 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing20 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing19 Chemical Manufacturing16 Wood Product Manufacturing15 Printing and Related Support Activities14 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing13 Miscellaneous Manufacturing12 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing10 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing9 Paper Manufacturing8 Primary Metal Manufacturing8 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing7 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing7 Textile Product Mills2 Textile Mills1 Apparel 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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