4,612 manufacturing employers. 143,400 manufacturing jobs (May 2026). Louisiana already organizes its economic-development activity across eight regions — this map is how T2M routes vendors, partners, and events across the state.
Stylized regional schematic — not to geographic scale. Click a region to jump to its detail card below.
Aerospace, defense, digital infrastructure, fabricated metal and wood products. Proximity to Barksdale AFB and the former GM plant (now SLB) anchors the corridor.
Existing relationships and lower servicing costs make this the natural place to build initial references. Strong pulp/paper and wood-products base.
Sawmills, engineered wood and food processing serving the state's interior. Ties to Fort Johnson (formerly Polk) support defense-adjacent suppliers.
Agricultural processing and paper. High-Impact Jobs and WORKS Training reimbursement pipelines are active here.
The industrial river corridor. Concentrate on fabricators, equipment suppliers, specialty manufacturers and contractors supplying larger petrochemical facilities.
Fabricated-metal, oilfield equipment, machinery and marine suppliers. Home base of MEPOL (UL Lafayette) and LA APEX Accelerator.
LNG, refining, chemicals and heavy fabrication. Large-project pipeline (Industrial Tax Exemption, FastStart) drives supplier demand.
Shipbuilding, aerospace (Michoud), food & beverage, printing and precision manufacturing across Jefferson, Orleans, St. Bernard, St. Tammany and Tangipahoa.
| Segment | Units | Jobs | Geographic concentration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical & petrochemical | 430 | 28,961 | River corridor + Lake Charles |
| Petroleum refining | 102 | 10,725 | Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, Norco, Garyville, Chalmette |
| Fabricated metal | 888 | 19,245 | Statewide — mostly small/mid shops |
| Machinery & industrial equipment | 395 | 12,376 | Acadiana, Houma, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles |
| Transportation equipment | 221 | 8,453 | Ship / aerospace — Houma, Morgan City, NOLA, Michoud |
| Food manufacturing | 501 | 16,327 | Seafood, poultry, sugar, rice — statewide |
| Beverage manufacturing | 98 | 2,512 | NOLA, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Shreveport |
| Wood products | 201 | 7,893 | Central & north Louisiana |
| Pulp, paper & packaging | 58 | 5,872 | West Monroe, Bogalusa, DeRidder, St. Francisville |
| Plastics & rubber | 108 | 4,951 | River corridor, Lake Charles, NOLA, Shreveport |
| Primary metals | 50 | 3,264 | St. James, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, Shreveport |
| Nonmetallic mineral / building | 272 | 4,685 | Distributed near construction markets |
| Computer, electronic & control | 125 | 2,477 | Shreveport, BR, NOLA, Lafayette |
| Electrical equipment | 81 | 1,946 | BR–Ascension, NOLA, Shreveport, Lafayette |
| Miscellaneous & precision | 392 | 5,420 | Medical, signs, precision components |
| Printing & related | 350 | 2,560 | NOLA, BR, Shreveport, Lafayette, Monroe |
| Furniture & millwork | 189 | 1,090 | BR/Livingston, Northshore, Shreveport |
| Textiles, apparel & leather | 151 | 1,485 | Niche, geographically dispersed |
Louisiana's manufacturing base is served by an interlocking network of state, federal and university programs. T2M partners with — and routes vendors through — the organizations below.
Statewide field offices; NIST MEP affiliate serving SMEs with ISO/quality, continuous improvement, workforce and technology adoption.
Serves 54 of 64 parishes. Free counseling on DoD, federal, state and local government contracting — bid matching, SAM.gov, cybersecurity readiness.
Custom recruitment, screening and training for new or expanding operations — ranked #1 state workforce program repeatedly by Business Facilities.
Up to 80% ad valorem property-tax abatement on qualifying capital investment by manufacturers. Common signal of upcoming plant expansion.
Performance-based cash payments for creating high-wage jobs. Replaces the retired Quality Jobs program.
Reimbursement for upskilling existing manufacturing employees in advanced-manufacturing occupations.
SBIR/STTR partners, materials & robotics labs, and testbeds for defense and energy programs.
Business advising, capital access and market research for pre-revenue and growing manufacturers.
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