2024 Connecticut Manufacturing Report

The 2024 Connecticut Manufacturing Report is produced by CBIA and affiliates CONNSTEP and ReadyCT and made possible again this year through the generous support of RSM.

Connecticut has a long history of manufacturing ingenuity and innovation, one deeply embedded and central to the state’s economy. This is the birthplace of the helicopter, the submarine, anesthesia, the Polaroid camera—not to mention the Frisbee and Wiffle Ball.

The state’s 4,548 manufacturers and world-class workforce fully showcase that legacy today, making the parts that launch rockets into space, put planes and helicopters into the skies, allow nuclear submarines to run silent and deep, provide the latest innovations to the cars on our roads, keep transmission lines humming, bring life-saving medical technologies and medicines to the world, and put food on our tables.

This year’s report reviews the current state of Connecticut’s manufacturing sector, examines the scope of the post-pandemic recovery, and explores the future outlook, including growth factors, policy priorities, hiring and investment trends, and challenges and opportunities.