New Jersey manufacturing fact sheet
THE FACTORY CENSUS, Q3 2026 · FACTORYREGISTRY RESEARCH · SNAPSHOT AUG 2026
As of AUG 2026, FactoryRegistry lists 5,062 manufacturing facilities in New Jersey, of which 2,670 (52.7%) carry a recent operating signal. That is 53.28 facilities per 100,000 residents.
Full census, Q3 2026 · New Jersey in the registry
Top counties
| COUNTY | FACILITIES |
|---|---|
| Middlesex | 605 |
| Bergen | 584 |
| Morris | 394 |
| Essex | 385 |
| Union | 328 |
| Passaic | 290 |
| Somerset | 273 |
| Camden | 262 |
| Burlington | 248 |
| Monmouth | 199 |
Leading industries
| SUBSECTOR | FACILITIES |
|---|---|
| 325 Chemical Manufacturing | 1,095 |
| 332 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing | 697 |
| 334 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing | 510 |
| 311 Food Manufacturing | 481 |
| 333 Machinery Manufacturing | 334 |
Largest listed employers
| FACILITY | CITY | EMPLOYEES |
|---|---|---|
| 151 Foods LLC | Bellmawr | 500+ |
| Abbvie - Branchburg | Branchburg | 500+ |
| American Spraytech L.L.C. | Branchburg | 500+ |
| Aspire Bakeries - Swedesboro | Swedesboro | 500+ |
| Bonduelle Group Americas (Ready Pac) Swedesboro | Swedesboro | 500+ |
| Bristol Myers Squibb - Summit West Cell Therapy Manufacturing | Summit | 500+ |
| Broadridge Investor Communications | Newark | 500+ |
| Colgate-Palmolive Global Technology Center | Piscataway | 500+ |
| Corporate Office | Parsippany | 500+ |
| Ellis Plant | Glassboro | 500+ |
Ranked by reported employment band. Facilities whose sources report no band are not listed here.
Coverage
The registry lists 5,062 facilities in New Jersey against a BLS QCEW benchmark of 9,809 manufacturing establishments (2024) — coverage of 51.6%. The benchmark is a floor: QCEW counts establishments covered by unemployment insurance and so excludes most sole proprietors and some contract operations. The real number of manufacturing sites is therefore higher than the benchmark, and this percentage overstates coverage rather than understating it. Where it exceeds 100%, the registry lists more sites than QCEW counts establishments — which is expected in states with many small or single-person operations, and is also where duplicate listings would show up first.
FactoryRegistry Research, The Factory Census, Q3 2026 — factoryregistry.com/census/2026-q3/nj · press@factoryregistry.com