There were 248 machinery 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 machinery manufacturing businesses with 500 or more employees were in the U.S. during the period from 2012 to 2016.
Machinery manufacturing businesses with 500 or more employees in the U.S. (2012-2016)
Year
Total businesses
2012
24,157
2013
23,877
2014
23,872
2015
23,794
2016
23,509
