Manufacturing in King County, Washington

King, Washington covers the 21 of 21 manufacturing subsectors BLS publishes for this place, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2024. The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 2456 establishments and an annual payroll of about $10.5 billion in 2024. Listed in the register, there are 2060 facilities across 46 cities.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

Map, cities and benchmark

Biggest cities

Seattle737 Kent254 Woodinville188 Auburn159 Redmond137 Renton100 Bellevue92 Tukwila71 Kirkland51 Issaquah26 Vashon25 Federal Way24

Federal labor statistics counted at least 2,456 manufacturing establishments in King County in 2024, employing about 92,007 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 2,060, about 84% of that figure.

What King County makes21 INDUSTRIES

Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing356 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing284 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing223 Food Manufacturing222 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing182 Miscellaneous Manufacturing145 Machinery Manufacturing115 Chemical Manufacturing105 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing73 Printing and Related Support Activities70 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing64 Wood Product Manufacturing45 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing43 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing39 Primary Metal Manufacturing36 Paper Manufacturing22 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing20 Apparel Manufacturing16 Textile Product Mills15 Textile Mills5 Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing4

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

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