Chemicals manufacturers in New Jersey
New Jersey has 586 chemicals establishments employing 38,089 people (Census, 2023), and EPA's ECHO database lists 1,021 active chemicals facilities in the state. By employment it is New Jersey's largest manufacturing industry, and New Jersey ranks number 8 among states for it.
- NAICS subsector
- 325
- Chemical Manufacturing
- Establishments
- 586
- Census 2023
- Employees
- 38,089
- Census 2023
- In EPA records
- 1,021
- With a page here
- 19
- Revised
- November 11, 2026
Chemicals factories with a page
| Facility | What it makes (NAICS) | City |
|---|---|---|
| Agfa Corp Branchburg Nj Manufacturing | Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, Chemical, and Copy Toner Manufacturing | Somerville |
| Avantor Performance Materials | Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing | Phillipsburg |
| Bristol Myers Squibb Inc | Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing | New Brunswick |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing | Pennington |
| Chemours-Chambers Works | All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing | Penns Grove |
| Chemtrade Solutions LLC (F.k.a. Reheis Inc.) | 325188 | Berkeley Heights |
| Chemtura Corp (Fka Crompton Corp) | Petrochemical Manufacturing | Perth Amboy |
| Custom Chemicals Corp | Paint and Coating Manufacturing | Elmwood Park |
| Delaware River Plant | All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing | Bridgeport |
| DSM Nutritional Products, Inc. | Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing | Belvidere |
| E R Squibb & Sons LLC | Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing | Princeton |
| Firmenich Incorporated | All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing | Plainsboro |
| Grace Davison Edison Facility | 325188 | Edison |
| Hercules Inc | Explosives Manufacturing | Kenvil |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme - Kenilworth | Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing | Kenilworth |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp | Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing | Rahway |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp | Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing | East Hanover |
| Pb Nutclif Master, LLC | Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing | Nutley |
| Solvay Solexis Inc | Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing | Thorofare |
These are the New Jersey chemicals facilities that report to EPA's Toxics Release Inventory. The other 1,002 in EPA records don't have a page yet.
What these factories make
- Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing (NAICS 325412): 9 facilities
- Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing (NAICS 325411): 6 facilities
- All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325199): 5 facilities
- Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325180): 4 facilities
- Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (NAICS 325211): 4 facilities
- Petrochemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325110): 3 facilities
- Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (NAICS 325212): 2 facilities
- Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, Chemical, and Copy Toner Manufacturing (NAICS 325992): 1 facility
- All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (NAICS 325998): 1 facility
- Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325320): 1 facility
Where they cluster
Cities with the most active chemicals facilities in EPA records: Newark (58), South Plainfield (26), Linden (25), Somerset (24), Paterson (24).
Chemicals manufacturing across the US. Everything made in New Jersey.