Company Index Stats

How many Manufacturing companies are there?

There are 4,621,540 Manufacturing companies in the DiscoLike index as of October 2026.

Companies can carry several industry labels, so counts overlap.

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Manufacturing covers companies producing physical goods, whether for other businesses or under their own brand. Assignment reads what the site says it makes.

Where it meets Engineering

Mechanical and electrical engineering firms appear in both. Engineering designs, Manufacturing produces, and plenty of firms genuinely do both.

Business selling dominates
61% sell to businesses (B2B), versus 26% to consumers (B2C); B2B manufacturers will make up most of the companies.
US and China are close
Among companies with a known country, the United States has 663,883 (15%) and China has 576,399 (13%); a US-only list omits a similar China cohort.
Contract manufacturers outnumber metal fabricators
Contract Manufacturer has 579,225 companies, ahead of Metal Fabrication at 453,012. Sub-industry labels can overlap, so combined counts are not unique companies.

3,337,608 carry Manufacturing as their main industry; 1,283,932 carry it as an additional label.

By Country

Top 30 countries for Manufacturing

1United States663,883
2China576,399
3India312,921
4Germany297,485
5Russia245,145
6United Kingdom180,396
7Italy173,125
8Türkiye140,795
9Japan130,549
10Brazil121,697
11France112,139
12Canada99,523
13Spain96,387
14Poland96,238
15Netherlands86,553
16Australia84,143
17Mexico60,809
18Switzerland49,556
19Vietnam49,459
20Iran48,197
21Czechia45,804
22Taiwan43,607
23South Korea41,840
24South Africa40,055
25Indonesia37,487
26Belgium37,403
27Sweden36,747
28Austria32,910
29Ukraine30,920
30Argentina30,380
All 158 countries with Manufacturing companies

By Company Size

Employee-size distribution

1-10 employees569,789
11-50 employees201,448
51-200 employees53,682
201-500 employees9,168
501-1000 employees2,274
1001-5000 employees1,596
5001-10000 employees141

By Sub-Industry

Top sub-industries

These 6 sub-industries account for 37% of the 4,621,540 Manufacturing companies by label rather than by distinct company. Sub-categories can span adjacent industries, and a company carrying several labels is counted under each.

1Contract Manufacturer579,225
2Metal Fabrication453,012
3Packaging Manufacturer241,931
4Robotics and Automation188,441
5Machine Shop184,382
6Injection Molding64,304

By Region

Regional rollups for Manufacturing

European Union

1,223,245

DACH

379,951

Nordics

95,998

Benelux

126,121

GCC

38,696

ASEAN

153,041

ANZ

103,369

Map

Where Manufacturing companies are

Most Manufacturing companies are concentrated in United States, China, India.

See the interactive map

Methodology

Aggregate counts from the DiscoLike index of 80M+ companies. Companies without a resolvable location are counted under 'unknown', and cells below the minimum count threshold are folded into an 'other' bucket. Industry and business-type categories overlap: a company carrying several labels is counted in each.

Updated monthly. Current snapshot: October 2026. See the full Company Index Stats.

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DiscoLike, "Manufacturing companies", Company Index Stats, October 2026. https://discolike.com/company-stats/manufacturing/

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