Chemicals manufacturers in Kentucky
Kentucky has 191 chemicals establishments employing 12,820 people (Census, 2023), and EPA's ECHO database lists 172 active chemicals facilities in the state. By employment it is Kentucky's number 7 manufacturing industry, and Kentucky ranks number 24 among states for it.
- NAICS subsector
- 325
- Chemical Manufacturing
- Establishments
- 191
- Census 2023
- Employees
- 12,820
- Census 2023
- In EPA records
- 172
- With a page here
- 10
- Revised
- November 11, 2026
Chemicals factories with a page
| Facility | What it makes (NAICS) | City |
|---|---|---|
| Air Products and Chemicals Inc | Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing | Calvert City |
| Arkema Inc | Industrial Gas Manufacturing | Calvert City |
| Bakelite Synthetics | Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing | Louisville |
| Carbide Industries LLC | Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing | Louisville |
| Chemours Co | Industrial Gas Manufacturing | Louisville |
| Dow Silicones Corporation | All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing | Carrollton |
| Ingevity Virginia Corporation - Carbon Plant | All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing | Wickliffe |
| Michelin North America, Inc - Asrc | Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing | Louisville |
| Monument Chemical Kentucky LLC | All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing | Brandenburg |
| Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant | Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing | Paducah |
These are the Kentucky chemicals facilities that report to EPA's Toxics Release Inventory. The other 162 in EPA records don't have a page yet.
What these factories make
- All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325199): 8 facilities
- Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325180): 5 facilities
- Petrochemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325110): 5 facilities
- Industrial Gas Manufacturing (NAICS 325120): 4 facilities
- Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (NAICS 325211): 3 facilities
- All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (NAICS 325998): 3 facilities
- Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (NAICS 325212): 2 facilities
Where they cluster
Cities with the most active chemicals facilities in EPA records: Louisville (46), Calvert City (19), Florence (9), Henderson (7), Hopkinsville (7).
Chemicals manufacturing across the US. Everything made in Kentucky.