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Co-packers in New Jersey and NY metro

Old, dense manufacturing on top of the biggest consumer market in the country.

Why manufacturing concentrates here

New Jersey has been a manufacturing state for a very long time, and that history shows in the density of food, flavour, fragrance and cosmetics capability packed into a small area.

It is also where the flavour and fragrance houses are. If your product depends on a proprietary flavour or scent, being close to whoever develops it shortens every iteration cycle materially.

And it sits on top of the New York metro market, which for many challenger brands is where the first meaningful retail distribution happens.

What to check before you commit

  1. Older facilitiesSome sites here are decades old. Ask when the line you will run on was last upgraded, not when the company was founded.
  2. Space is expensiveStorage costs more than almost anywhere else. Plan to move finished goods out rather than sit on them.

Site listings for New Jersey and NY metro go live as manufacturers join NextBatch. We publish what sites maintain about themselves rather than a scraped list nobody keeps current.

Other regions in United States

CaliforniaThe deepest bench in the country, and the most competition for slots. Pacific NorthwestOregon and Washington — small-batch beverage, and the craft heritage that came with it. TexasCentral for freight, cheap for space, and increasingly deep in beverage. UtahThe supplement capital of the United States, by a wide margin. MidwestIllinois, Wisconsin and Ohio — scale, dairy, and the biggest food-manufacturing base in the country. SoutheastGeorgia and the Carolinas — beverage at scale, and improving logistics every year. PennsylvaniaSnacks, confectionery and a short drive to a third of the US population. FloridaCitrus at the source, and the natural gateway to Latin America. New York StateDairy and beverage upstate, the biggest single market downstate. ColoradoNatural and better-for-you brands cluster here, and so do the manufacturers.

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