Manufacturing in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

The city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has 952 facilities listed in the register. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 45774 people were employed in Milwaukee in 2025. Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing accounts for 189 of the facilities listed in the register.

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Milwaukee630 Oak Creek85 Franklin57 Cudahy38 West Allis36 Wauwatosa20 South Milwaukee18 Greendale13 Glendale13 Saint Francis12 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 952.

What Milwaukee County makes21 INDUSTRIES

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing189 Machinery Manufacturing105 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 Manufacturing16 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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