Manufacturing in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

The city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has 955 facilities listed in the register. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 873 establishments in Milwaukee in 2025. The Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing industry accounts for 190 facilities in Milwaukee.

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Milwaukee631 Oak Creek85 Franklin58 Cudahy38 West Allis36 Wauwatosa20 South Milwaukee18 Saint Francis13 Glendale13 Greendale13 St Francis8 West Milwaukee5

Federal labor statistics counted at least 873 manufacturing establishments in Milwaukee County in 2025, employing about 45,774 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 955.

What Milwaukee County makes21 INDUSTRIES

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing190 Machinery Manufacturing106 Food Manufacturing100 Chemical Manufacturing86 Miscellaneous Manufacturing59 Primary Metal Manufacturing50 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing48 Printing and Related Support Activities44 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing41 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing40 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing39 Wood Product Manufacturing39 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing39 Paper Manufacturing36 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing29 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing17 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing9 Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing8 Textile Mills7 Apparel Manufacturing7 Textile Product Mills1

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

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