Food manufacturers in Nebraska
Nebraska has 309 food establishments employing 40,241 people (Census, 2023), and EPA's ECHO database lists 210 active food facilities in the state. By employment it is Nebraska's largest manufacturing industry, and Nebraska ranks number 16 among states for it.
- NAICS subsector
- 311
- Food Manufacturing
- Establishments
- 309
- Census 2023
- Employees
- 40,241
- Census 2023
- In EPA records
- 210
- With a page here
- 5
- Revised
- November 11, 2026
Food factories with a page
| Facility | What it makes (NAICS) | City |
|---|---|---|
| Archer Daniels Midland Company - Lincoln | Soybean and Other Oilseed Processing | Lincoln |
| Cargill Meat Solutions | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering | Schuyler |
| Kellogg USA Inc | Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing | Omaha |
| Smithfield Farmland Corp-Crete | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering | Crete |
| Western Sugar Cooperative | Beet Sugar Manufacturing | Scottsbluff |
These are the Nebraska food facilities that report to EPA's Toxics Release Inventory. The other 205 in EPA records don't have a page yet.
What these factories make
- Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering (NAICS 311611): 2 facilities
- Meat Processed from Carcasses (NAICS 311612): 2 facilities
- Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing (NAICS 311613): 2 facilities
- Soybean and Other Oilseed Processing (NAICS 311224): 1 facility
- Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing (NAICS 311230): 1 facility
- Beet Sugar Manufacturing (NAICS 311313): 1 facility
Where they cluster
Cities with the most active food facilities in EPA records: Omaha (37), Fremont (10), Columbus (8), Lincoln (8), Hastings (7).
Food manufacturing across the US. Everything made in Nebraska.