Manufacturing in Newport News County, Virginia

Newport News, Virginia is home to establishments within the 8 of 21 manufacturing subsectors BLS publishes for this place. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2024, these establishments reported an annual payroll of about $0.2 billion and employed 2,220 workers. Listed in the register, there are 143 facilities across 3 cities, with 138 facilities located in Newport News.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

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Biggest cities

Newport News141 Hampton1 Newport News, Va1

Federal labor statistics counted at least 85 manufacturing establishments in Newport News County in 2024, employing about 2,220 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 143.

What Newport News County makes20 INDUSTRIES

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing29 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing17 Miscellaneous Manufacturing17 Food Manufacturing14 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing11 Machinery Manufacturing10 Chemical Manufacturing6 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing6 Printing and Related Support Activities5 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing4 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing4 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing4 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing3 Textile Product Mills3 Wood Product Manufacturing3 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing3 Apparel Manufacturing2 Textile Mills2 Primary Metal Manufacturing1 Paper 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 Virginia — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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