Aerospace & defence manufacturing in United States
As of 5 November 2026, 5,329 aerospace & defence manufacturing companies are based in United States; 370 are hiring right now and Austin has the most.
As of 5 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 5,329
- Hiring now
- 370 · 245 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Civilian firearms & ammunition manufacturers · 1,438
- Top city
- Austin · 40
- Parent market
- Manufacturing & industry · 221,052
Aerospace & defence manufacturing in United States, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Civilian firearms & ammunition manufacturers | 1,438 | 27% |
| Defence systems manufacturers | 1,347 | 25% |
| Aerospace component suppliers | 697 | 13% |
| Other aerospace & defence manufacturing | 312 | 6% |
| Uav aerospace manufacturers | 293 | 5% |
| Precision CNC machining | 226 | 4% |
| Other consumer goods manufacturing | 185 | 3% |
| Other electronics & electrical manufacturing | 176 | 3% |
| Aircraft manufacturers | 119 | 2% |
| Space systems manufacturers | 90 | 2% |
| Optics & photonics manufacturers | 81 | 2% |
| Ems contract manufacturing | 70 | 1% |
| Sensor instrument manufacturers | 69 | 1% |
| Other industrial machinery manufacturing | 60 | 1% |
| Communications & network equipment manufacturers | 59 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 698 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 2,010 · 26 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,646 · 48 |
| 51-200 employees | 657 · 152 |
| 201-500 employees | 182 · 73 |
| 501-1000 employees | 69 · 31 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 40 · 22 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 7 · 5 |
| 10,001+ employees | 20 · 13 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | 40 | 1% |
| Houston | 34 | 1% |
| Phoenix | 31 | 1% |
| Dallas | 27 | 1% |
| Las Vegas | 25 | 0% |
| Wichita | 25 | 0% |
| New York | 24 | 0% |
| Fort Worth | 23 | 0% |
| San Diego | 23 | 0% |
| Mesa | 22 | 0% |
| Santa Ana | 21 | 0% |
| Atlanta | 17 | 0% |
The biggest aerospace & defence manufacturing companies in United States
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The stack of aerospace & defence manufacturing in United States
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5,329 aerospace & defence manufacturing companies are based in United States; 370 are hiring right now and Austin has the most. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/united-states/aerospace_and_defence_manufacturing)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Aerospace & defence manufacturing in United States: questions
How many aerospace & defence manufacturing companies are there in United States?
5,329 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Manufacturing & industry → Aerospace & defence manufacturing → leaf niches such as civilian firearms & ammunition manufacturers, defence systems manufacturers, aerospace component suppliers. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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