Manufacturing in Shelby County, Tennessee

The register lists 715 facilities in Shelby, Tennessee. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 789 establishments were counted in Shelby in 2025. Food Manufacturing had 3,114 employees in Shelby, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

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Memphis579 Collierville29 Cordova28 Millington25 Bartlett20 Arlington17 Germantown11 Eads3 Lakeland1 Collierville1 Murfreesboro1

Federal labor statistics counted at least 789 manufacturing establishments in Shelby County in 2025, employing about 26,941 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 715, about 91% of that figure.

What Shelby County makes21 INDUSTRIES

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing127 Chemical Manufacturing101 Miscellaneous Manufacturing82 Machinery Manufacturing68 Food Manufacturing67 Printing and Related Support Activities43 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing34 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing33 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing29 Wood Product Manufacturing27 Primary Metal Manufacturing20 Paper Manufacturing20 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing17 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing16 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing12 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing12 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing10 Textile Product Mills6 Apparel Manufacturing4 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 Tennessee — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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