Food manufacturers in Kentucky
Kentucky has 320 food establishments employing 30,573 people (Census, 2023), and EPA's ECHO database lists 112 active food facilities in the state. By employment it is Kentucky's number 2 manufacturing industry, and Kentucky ranks number 24 among states for it.
- NAICS subsector
- 311
- Food Manufacturing
- Establishments
- 320
- Census 2023
- Employees
- 30,573
- Census 2023
- In EPA records
- 112
- With a page here
- 0
- Revised
- November 11, 2026
Where they cluster
Cities with the most active food facilities in EPA records: Louisville (11), Owensboro (9), Erlanger (7), Winchester (6), Florence (5).
New food plants in Kentucky
Florence commercial bakery, FlorenceoperatingElsmere bottled water and beverage plant, ElsmereannouncedBowling Green bacon plant (Kentucky Transpark), Bowling Greenoperating
Food manufacturing across the US. Everything made in Kentucky.