597 food manufacturing businesses in the U.S. have 500 or more employees in 2016

By LocalLabs News Service

Dec 5, 2019

There were 597 food manufacturing businesses in the U.S. that had 500 or more employees in 2016, according to County Business Patterns (CBP) statistics provided by the United States Census Bureau.

CBP data indicates that there are more establishments categorized as health care and social assistance businesses with 500 or more employees in the U.S. than in any other category.

The following table shows how many food manufacturing businesses with 500 or more employees were in the U.S. during the period from 2012 to 2016.

Food manufacturing businesses with 500 or more employees in the U.S. (2012-2016)

Year

Total businesses

2012

25,798

2013

25,267

2014

26,947

2015

26,819