Custom manufacturing capacity in Virginia
The Census Bureau's published establishment, employment and payroll counts for Virginia 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
- 60
- machine shops
- 236
- sheet metal shops
- 84
- tool and die shops
- 13
- people employed
- 13,802
By county
By county
| Franklin County | 2,008 | 2,008 | 2,008 | 2,008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick County | 1,742 | 1,742 | 1,742 | 1,742 |
| Lynchburg city | 448 | 448 | 448 | 448 |
| Roanoke County | 401 | 401 | 401 | 401 |
| Portsmouth city | 225 | 225 | 225 | 225 |
| Richmond city | 205 | 205 | 205 | 205 |
| Hanover County | 166 | 166 | 166 | 166 |
| Norfolk city | 163 | 163 | 163 | 163 |
| Henrico County | 148 | 148 | 148 | 148 |
| Chesterfield County | 144 | 144 | 144 | 144 |
| Virginia Beach city | 136 | 136 | 136 | 136 |
| Fairfax County | 134 | 134 | 134 | 134 |
| Bedford County | 134 | 134 | 134 | 134 |
| Chesapeake city | 110 | 110 | 110 | 110 |
| Roanoke city | 109 | 109 | 109 | 109 |
| Augusta County | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 |
| Danville city | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 |
| Salem city | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 |
| Campbell County | 83 | 83 | 83 | 83 |
| Loudoun County | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 |
| Hampton city | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 |
| Newport News city | 69 | 69 | 69 | 69 |
| Washington County | 56 | 56 | 56 | 56 |
| Wythe County | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 |
| Smyth County | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
| Suffolk city | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
| James City County | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 |
| Waynesboro city | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 |
| Tazewell County | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 |
| Henry County | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
| Rockingham County | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| Spotsylvania County | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Radford city | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Fauquier County | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Prince George County | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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 Virginia was 400 in 2022, across 400 manufacturing establishments recorded in the US Custom Manufacturing Capacity Index (Census County Business Patterns 2022).
Cite as: "Injection Molding Cost Checker Capacity Index: Virginia", updated 2026-09-09, https://injectionmoldingcostchecker.com/capacity/virginia/.