How this registry works

A registry is only useful if you can trust what it says and why it says it. These are commitments about how FactoryRegistry operates.

We don’t compete with the companies we list

FactoryRegistry is a registry. We do not broker work, quote jobs, take a cut of orders, or operate a competing manufacturing business. Listing a facility never puts us on the other side of its table.

We don’t sell your leads to your competitors

We do not run a lead-generation business against the companies in this registry. There are no lead-capture popups, and there is no version of this site where a buyer’s enquiry is auctioned to the highest bidder.

We don’t auction rankings

Result order is relevance, data completeness and confidence — nothing else. No field in our database can raise a facility’s position in exchange for payment. If we ever run a clearly-labelled featured slot, it will sit outside organic results, not inside them.

Every page is public

Facility, company, industry and location pages are fully public and indexable. There is no login wall on search or on refined results, and there never will be. You should not have to hand over an email address to find out who makes something near you.

Verification is computed, and free

Operating status is derived from independent federal records — EPA, OSHA, SAM.gov and the U.S. Census. It is not something a company can buy. A facility marked Active earned that from two or more independent sources, not from a subscription.

Claiming is free and takes three steps

If you run a facility you can claim its page, prove control of your domain, and publish immediately. No sales call, no trial, no card. Claiming lets you correct and enrich your record. It does not change where you rank.

Where the data comes from

EPA Facility Registry Service — the facility backbone: identity, address and coordinates.
OSHA Injury Tracking Application — employment bands and evidence a plant was operating in a given year.
SAM.gov — federal contractor registrations, which renew annually and so signal liveness.
U.S. Census — geography, industry classification and geocoding.

All of these are public federal records. Where a facility’s status is computed, the page shows which sources contributed and when each last reported. Nothing is self-reported unless it is marked Claimed.