Custom manufacturing capacity in Connecticut

The Census Bureau's published establishment, employment and payroll counts for Connecticut across the five classes this site tracks.

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These are counts of plants, never a directory and never an endorsement; methodology at the foot of the page.

plastics product plants
75
machine shops
309
sheet metal shops
48
tool and die shops
55
people employed
11,083

By county

plastics, largest first

  1. Naugatuck Valley Planning Region3,478
  2. Capitol Planning Region3,127
  3. South Central Connecticut Planning Region1,098
  4. Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region915
  5. Western Connecticut Planning Region474
  6. Northwest Hills Planning Region443
  7. Greater Bridgeport Planning Region426
  8. Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region158
  9. Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region128
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Naugatuck Valley Planning Region3,478
Capitol Planning Region3,127
South Central Connecticut Planning Region1,098
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region915
Western Connecticut Planning Region474
Northwest Hills Planning Region443
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region426
Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region158
Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region128

By county

Classes with fewer than 30 establishments are suppressed or sparse in the published series for smaller states; treat those as context and lean on the national figures for planning.

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The custom manufacturing establishments in Connecticut was 550 in 2022, across 550 manufacturing establishments recorded in the US Custom Manufacturing Capacity Index (Census County Business Patterns 2022).

Cite as: "Injection Molding Cost Checker Capacity Index: Connecticut", updated 2026-09-09, https://injectionmoldingcostchecker.com/capacity/connecticut/.

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Custom manufacturing establishments · Connecticut · 2022

550

manufacturing establishments11,083

Source: Injection Molding Cost Checker Capacity Index: Connecticut

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