Chemical manufacturers in North Carolina
North Carolina has 281 chemical makers in EPA records, facilities that list codes for basic, organic and specialty chemicals, resins and rubber. The most are in Charlotte, Wilmington and Greensboro. That is 3% of the 8,779 such facilities nationwide, and North Carolina ranks #9 of 51 states.
- Product
- Chemical manufacturers
- Facilities
- 281
- State rank
- #9
- NAICS
- 325110 and 15 related codes
- Revised
- November 1, 2026
Facilities in North Carolina
These are active facilities in EPA's ECHO database that list a code for basic, organic and specialty chemicals, resins and rubber. The 40 shown first are the ones with the most EPA program records, which usually means the larger sites.
| Facility | City | What EPA lists |
|---|---|---|
| Bakelite Synthetics | Riegelwood | All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Chemours Company - Fayetteville Works | Fayetteville | Industrial Gas Manufacturing |
| Castle Hayne, Nc | Castle Hayne | Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Dupont Kinston Plant | Grifton | Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing |
| DSM Pharmaceuticals Inc | Greenville | Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing |
| Conway Resins Plant | Conway | All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Eastern Wholesale Fence | Salisbury | Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing |
| Clariant Corporation Mt Holly East Plant | Charlotte | Petrochemical Manufacturing |
| Dynea USA Inc | Moncure | All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Southport Plant | Southport | All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry LLC. | Salisbury | All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Alpek Polyester USA, LLC | Fayetteville | Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing |
| Nutrien Aurora Facility | Aurora | Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Starpet Incorporated | Asheboro | Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing |
| Dak Americas LLC - Cape Fear Site | Leland | Petrochemical Manufacturing |
| Ddp Specialty Electronic Materials US 9, LLC | Greensboro | All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Performance Fibers, Inc. | New Hill | Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing |
| Invista Wilmington | Wilmington | Petrochemical Manufacturing |
| Mallinckrodt - Raleigh Pharmaceutical Plant | Raleigh | Cyclic Crude, Intermediate, and Gum and Wood Chemical Manufacturing |
| Fortron Industries, LLC | Wilmington | Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing |
| Igm Resins Charlotte, Inc | Charlotte | All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Livent USA Corp. | Bessemer City | Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Mallard Creek Polymers, LLC | Charlotte | Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing |
| Molded Fiber Glass Company/north Carolina | Morganton | Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing |
| Hexion Inc. - Fayetteville Facility | Fayetteville | All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Wilbara, LLC | Wilmington | Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Radicispandex Corporation | Gastonia | Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing |
| GE Wfsc Road Improvement | Wilmington | Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Chemtura Corporation | Gastonia | Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing |
| Degussa Corp. - Stockhausen Superabsorber | Greensboro | All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Hallstar Greensboro LLC | Greensboro | Petrochemical Manufacturing |
| Kao Specialties Americas LLC | High Point | All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. | Gastonia | Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing |
| Piedmont Chemical Industries I, LLC | High Point | All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Venator Chemicals LLC | Harrisburg | Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Albemarle Kings Mountain - South | Kings Mountain | Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Emerald Carolina Chemical, LLC | Charlotte | All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing |
| Novo Nordisk Biochem North America, Inc. | Franklinton | All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing |
| American Distillation Inc | Leland | Ethyl Alcohol Manufacturing |
| Innospec Active Chemicals High Point | High Point | All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing |
Industry codes are reported by facilities to EPA programs and are not checked here. A few listings may be repair shops, distributors or recyclers. How these records work.
Where they are
- Charlotte: 22
- Wilmington: 13
- Greensboro: 12
- Fayetteville: 11
- High Point: 9
- Leland: 7
By product code
- All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325199): 14 of those shown
- Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (NAICS 325211): 9 of those shown
- Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325180): 7 of those shown
- Petrochemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325110): 4 of those shown
- Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing (NAICS 325220): 3 of those shown
- Industrial Gas Manufacturing (NAICS 325120): 1 of those shown
- Ethyl Alcohol Manufacturing (NAICS 325193): 1 of those shown
- Cyclic Crude, Intermediate, and Gum and Wood Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325194): 1 of those shown
All chemicals manufacturing in North Carolina: 511 facilities and Census job counts.