Manufacturing in King County, Washington

The register lists 2,107 facilities in King County, Washington. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2,469 establishments were counted in King County in 2025. Transportation Equipment Manufacturing is an industry with 42,060 employees in King County, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

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Seattle758 Kent255 Woodinville195 Auburn162 Redmond141 Renton100 Bellevue96 Tukwila72 Kirkland52 Issaquah27 Vashon26 Federal Way24

Federal labor statistics counted at least 2,469 manufacturing establishments in King County in 2025, employing about 91,035 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 2,107, about 85% of that figure.

What King County makes21 INDUSTRIES

Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing359 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing294 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing229 Food Manufacturing224 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing185 Miscellaneous Manufacturing153 Machinery Manufacturing121 Chemical Manufacturing106 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing74 Printing and Related Support Activities72 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing65 Wood Product Manufacturing47 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing43 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing39 Primary Metal Manufacturing36 Paper Manufacturing22 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing21 Apparel Manufacturing19 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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