Manufacturing in Waukesha County, Wisconsin

The city of Waukesha, Wisconsin, has 774 facilities listed in the register. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 41,793 people were employed in Waukesha in 2025. The Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing industry in Waukesha had 5,905 employees, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Waukesha199 New Berlin133 Menomonee Falls123 Brookfield53 Sussex45 Oconomowoc40 Hartland36 Pewaukee32 Muskego25 Butler19 Mukwonago19 Lannon8

Federal labor statistics counted at least 855 manufacturing establishments in Waukesha County in 2025, employing about 41,793 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 774, about 91% of that figure.

What Waukesha County makes20 INDUSTRIES

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing208 Machinery Manufacturing129 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing62 Printing and Related Support Activities61 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing49 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing48 Miscellaneous Manufacturing42 Food Manufacturing41 Chemical Manufacturing33 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing26 Primary Metal Manufacturing21 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing19 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing18 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing13 Paper Manufacturing12 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing11 Wood Product Manufacturing9 Textile Product Mills4 Textile Mills1 Apparel 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 Wisconsin — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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