How many manufacturing companies are there in Nigeria?

InfobelPRO lists 9,660 manufacturing companies registered in Nigeria, classified under NACE 24 activity codes, sourced from CAC. The directory covers all registered entities in scope, not a sampled subset.

What NACE codes cover manufacturing companies in Nigeria?

Manufacturing companies in Nigeria are classified under NACE 24 activity codes — 187 sub-sector codes appear in this segment. Each record can carry up to six NACE Rev. 2 activity codes, plus a US SIC code and the national activity code.

How is the data sourced and how current is it?

Core firmographics come directly from CAC and are refreshed daily — new incorporations, address changes and status updates flow through within 24 hours of publication. Revenue and employee figures track annual report filings and carry an Actual-or-Modeled reliability flag.

Is the data GDPR-compliant?

Yes. InfobelPRO combines registry-sourced firmographics with licensed contact data, processed under GDPR Article 6(1)(f) — legitimate interest. Individual opt-outs are honoured and compliance documentation is available on request.

Manufacturing companies in Nigeria — 9,660 Records

Q: What are the largest manufacturing companies in Nigeria?

By the revenue shown in the directory above, the largest manufacturing companies in Nigeria include NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED ($11.6B), INLAKS POWER SOLUTIONS LIMITED ($3.8B) and DANGOTE CEMENT PLC ($2B). Sort the Revenue column or filter by sub-sector, size and region to explore the full ranking.

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Largest manufacturing companies in Nigeria (2026)

The largest manufacturing companies in Nigeria by revenue are NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED ($11.6B), INLAKS POWER SOLUTIONS LIMITED ($3.8B) and DANGOTE CEMENT PLC ($2B). The directory below ranks them — sort any column, or filter by sub-sector, company size and region.

Last updated June 2026.

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Manufacture of other food products n.e.c.(733)Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations(423)Other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables(401)Manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other bottled waters(368)Manufacture of builders’ ware of plastic(292)Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c.(234)Manufacture of refined petroleum products(209)Manufacture of grain mill products(184)Manufacture of margarine and similar edible fats(91)Manufacture of perfumes and toilet preparations(89)Manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals(88)Manufacture of oils and fats(87)Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c.(83)Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation(72)Manufacture of fertilisers and nitrogen compounds(55)Manufacture of beer(54)Manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus(51)Manufacture of electric motors, generators and transformers(46)Manufacture of plastics in primary forms(43)Manufacture of cement(43)Cold drawing of wire(36)Manufacture of homogenised food preparations and dietetic food(24)Manufacture of mattresses(19)Processing and preserving of potatoes(18)Manufacture of sugar(13)Manufacture of hollow glass(10)Manufacture of concrete products for construction purposes(9)Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations(867)Other printing(464)Manufacture of other wearing apparel and accessories(412)Manufacture of other furniture(350)Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures(289)Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes(235)Manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mastics(225)Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery n.e.c.(141)Manufacture of paper and paperboard(130)Production of meat and poultry meat products(129)Other manufacturing n.e.c.(129)Manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment(116)Manufacture of other electrical equipment(115)Manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel(107)Manufacture of other textiles n.e.c.(103)Manufacture of other articles of concrete, plaster and cement(103)Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys(100)Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery(99)Manufacture of motor vehicles(93)Manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery(82)Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.(82)Sawmilling and planing of wood(81)Manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals(81)Aluminium production(79)Manufacture of consumer electronics(75)Manufacture of footwear(74)Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies(69)Operation of dairies and cheese making(67)Manufacture of plastic plates, sheets, tubes and profiles(65)Building of ships and floating structures(63)Preparation and spinning of textile fibres(62)Manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing(60)Manufacture of wine from grape(57)Manufacture of electric domestic appliances(57)Manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard and of containers of paper and paperboard(55)Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles(55)Manufacture of pesticides and other agrochemical products(53)Manufacture of communication equipment(53)Forging, pressing, stamping and roll-forming of metal; powder metallurgy(51)Manufacture of machinery for mining, quarrying and construction(50)Manufacture of other organic basic chemicals(49)Manufacture of non-domestic cooling and ventilation equipment(47)Manufacture of luggage, handbags and the like, saddlery and harness(44)Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products n.e.c.(43)Manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard(41)Manufacture of other outerwear(39)Manufacture of plastic packing goods(39)Manufacture of plastics and rubber machinery(39)Manufacture of office and shop furniture(38)Manufacture of bricks, tiles and construction products, in baked clay(37)Treatment and coating of metals(37)Tanning and dressing of leather; dressing and dyeing of fur(36)Manufacture of other rubber products(36)Manufacture of electric lighting equipment(33)Manufacture of tubes, pipes, hollow profiles and related fittings, of steel(32)Manufacture of tobacco products(31)Casting of steel(31)Manufacture of engines and turbines, except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines(31)Manufacture of other taps and valves(31)Manufacture of jewellery and related articles(30)Manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials(29)Manufacture of other pumps and compressors(28)Manufacture of rusks and biscuits; manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakes(27)Manufacture of household and sanitary goods and of toilet requisites(27)Manufacture of electronic components(27)Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone(26)Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits(25)Production of abrasive products(25)Manufacture of fasteners and screw machine products(24)Manufacture of other tanks, reservoirs and containers of metal(22)Processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs(21)Manufacture of cordage, rope, twine and netting(21)Manufacture of paper stationery(21)Manufacture of locks and hinges(21)Manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles; manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers(20)Manufacture of tools(19)Manufacture of batteries and accumulators(18)Manufacture of other machine tools(18)Manufacture of industrial gases(17)Manufacture and processing of other glass, including technical glassware(17)Manufacture of doors and windows of metal(17)Manufacture of underwear(16)Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment(16)Manufacture of synthetic rubber in primary forms(15)Manufacture of rubber tyres and tubes; retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres(15)Manufacture of magnetic and optical media(15)Manufacture of wiring devices(15)Weaving of textiles(14)Manufacture of other technical and industrial textiles(14)Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products(14)Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery(14)Manufacture of games and toys(14)Processing of tea and coffee(13)Pre-press and pre-media services(13)Manufacture of glues(13)Manufacture of wiring and wiring devices(13)Manufacture of bearings, gears, gearing and driving elements(13)Manufacture of electronic components and boards(12)Building of pleasure and sporting boats(12)Manufacture of ice cream(11)Manufacture of workwear(11)Manufacture of ceramic tiles and flags(11)Precious metals production(11)Manufacture of optical instruments and photographic equipment(11)Manufacture of other transport equipment n.e.c.(11)Manufacture of starches and starch products(10)Finishing of textiles(10)Binding and related services(9)Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles(9)Processing and preserving of poultry meat(8)Manufacture of carpets and rugs(8)Manufacture of other knitted and crocheted apparel(8)Copper production(8)Manufacture of weapons and ammunition(8)Manufacture of light metal packaging(8)Manufacture of wire products, chain and springs(8)Manufacture of machinery for textile, apparel and leather production(8)Manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous products(6)Shaping and processing of flat glass(6)Lead, zinc and tin production(6)Manufacture of transport equipment n.e.c.(6)Manufacture of musical instruments(6)Manufacture of sports goods(6)Repair and maintenance of aircraft and spacecraft(6)Manufacture of pulp(5)Manufacture of explosives(5)Manufacture of central heating radiators and boilers(5)Manufacture of steam generators, except central heating hot water boilers(5)Manufacture of office machinery and equipment (except computers and peripheral equipment)(5)Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock(5)Reproduction of recorded media(4)Manufacture of knitted and crocheted fabrics(3)Manufacture of leather clothes(3)Manufacture of veneer sheets and wood-based panels(3)Manufacture of dyes and pigments(3)Manufacture of flat glass(3)Manufacture of refractory products(3)Cold forming or folding(3)Casting of other non-ferrous metals(3)Manufacture of steel drums and similar containers(3)Manufacture of machinery for paper and paperboard production(3)Manufacture of prepared pet foods(2)Manufacture of malt(2)Manufacture of man-made fibres(2)Manufacture of ceramic insulators and insulating fittings(2)Manufacture of plaster products for construction purposes(2)Casting of iron(2)Manufacture of ovens, furnaces and furnace burners(2)Manufacture of power-driven hand tools(2)Manufacture of metal forming machinery(2)Manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment for motor vehicles(2)Manufacture of non-wovens and articles made from non-wovens, except apparel(1)Manufacture of assembled parquet floors(1)Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery(1)Manufacture of wooden containers(1)Manufacture of ceramic sanitary fixtures(1)Manufacture of ready-mixed concrete(1)Casting of light metals(1)Manufacture of irradiation, electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment(1)Manufacture of kitchen furniture(1)

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Manufacture of refined petroleum products	Abuja	NNPC Towers Herbert Macaulay Way	7,000	$11.6B	2021	RC-1843987	Corporation	534
Manufacture of electric motors, generators and transformers	Ikeja	O'Chendu House, Plot 6 Cocoa Industrial Road	50	$3.8B	2010	875531	Corporation	3
Manufacture of cement	Lagos	Leadway Marble House 1 Alfred Rewane Road	16,696	$2B	2010	RC-208767	Corporation	27
Manufacture of fertilisers and nitrogen compounds	Port Harcourt	Indorama Complex East-West Expressway	500	$1.8B	2016	RC-907970	Corporation	Not available
Manufacture of refined petroleum products	Victoria Island	The Wings Office Complex 17A, Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue	545	$1.3B	2001	RC-427325	Corporation	4
Manufacture of beer	Lagos	Iganmu House Abebe Village Road	2,300	$1B	2014	RC-613	Corporation	4,067
Manufacture of sugar	Victoria Island	BUA Tower PC 32, Churchgate Street	3,000	$946M	2022	RC-621320	Corporation	Not available
Manufacture of grain mill products	Apapa	1, Golden Penny Place	2,290	$867M	1979	RC-2343	Corporation	9
Manufacture of homogenised food preparations and dietetic food	Lagos	22-24, Industrial Avenue	2,375	$833M	2000	RC-6540	Corporation	2,273
Manufacture of cement	Victoria Island	BUA Towers PC 32, Churchgate Street	1,257	$814M	2020	RC-1193879	Corporation	2
Manufacture of plastics in primary forms	Port Harcourt	Indorama Complex East-West Express Way, Eleme	70	$679M	2022	RC-121777	Corporation	102
Manufacture of homogenised food preparations and dietetic food	Ikeja	Plot 7B Acme Road	752	$654M	2005	11330	Corporation	254
Manufacture of sugar	Lagos	GDNL Building Terminal E Shed 20, NPA Wharf Port Complex	2,900	$572M	2007	RC-613748	Corporation	27
Manufacture of other food products n.e.c.	Lagos	44 Jimoh Odutola Street	900	$553M	2008	RC 438802	Corporation	5
Manufacture of beer	Ikeja	24, Oba Akran Avenue	791	$498M	1950	RC-771	Corporation	578
Manufacture of cement	Ikoyi	27B, Gerrard Road	1,200	$385M	2014	RC-1858	Corporation	3
Manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other bottled waters	Lagos	No. 247, Moshood Abiola Way	3,000	$343M	2018	RC-1928	Corporation	Not available
Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation	Warri	Plot 576, 14th Street	400	$323M	2007	RC 689661	Corporation	Not available
Manufacture of refined petroleum products	Lagos	15, Babatunde Jose Road	2,200	$318M	2023	RC-191616	Corporation	2
Manufacture of grain mill products	Imo River	Greenview Development Building Terminal 'E'	400	$300M	2016	501757	Corporation	Not available
Manufacture of beer	Ikoyi	Desiderata Building Plot 5A, Abuja Street	1,513	$289M	1994	9632	Corporation	1,148
Other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables	Lagos	14 Chivita Avenue	2,000	$253M	2025	RC-32283	Corporation	Not available
Manufacture of grain mill products	Lagos	1, Golden Penny Place	461	$249M	1983	RC-55495	Corporation	9
Manufacture of refined petroleum products	Lagos	41B Oba Akinjobi Way	422	$233M	2019	RC - 4119	Corporation	3
Manufacture of refined petroleum products	Lagos	No. 2, Tin Can Island	95	$224M	2009	RC-6442	Corporation	3

This is a sample. The full database holds 9,660 Nigerian manufacturing companies, each with every attribute in the dictionary below.

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Data coverage

What data is available on manufacturing companies in Nigeria

Nigeria business database

Firmographics

Legal name, registered address, NACE sub-sector, legal form, founding year and website. Every record is keyed to its RC Number — the stable CAC identifier that survives name changes and rebrands, making it the most reliable CRM deduplication key for Nigeria data.

Points of interest

Each company is geocoded to GPS coordinates covering its registered seat and operating locations across Nigeria, with a precision level on every point — useful for territory planning and proximity targeting.

Tax IDs

Records carry the RC Number and, where applicable, the VAT registration number, with a flag for when the two coincide. These are the cleanest match keys for enriching lists and cross-referencing against the national tax authority and your CRM.

Group structure

InfobelPRO resolves the corporate hierarchy — parent, subsidiaries and the size of the worldwide corporate family — so sales and compliance teams can see who controls an entity before engaging or onboarding it.

Financials

Annual revenue in local currency, EUR and USD, employee headcount and founding year, with multi-year history where filed. Figures are sourced from CAC filings and carry an Actual-or-Modeled reliability flag.

Data dictionary

Every attribute in the Nigerian manufacturing companies dataset

The full field catalogue behind each record. Contact data (email, phone, executives) is part of the licensed dataset but is never displayed on this page.

Identity

companyName: Registered legal name.
businessName: Trading / commercial name where it differs from the legal name.
tradeName: Additional registered trade name.
nationalID: RC Number — the official CAC company identifier.
nationalIDIsVat: Flag indicating whether the national ID doubles as the VAT number.

Location

addressStreet: Registered street address.
postCode: Postal code.
city: City / locality.
province: Region / province / county.
country: Country (ISO).
longitude / latitude: Geocoded coordinates of the location.
geoLevel: Precision level of the geocode.

Web

website: Primary corporate URL.
webDomain: Normalised root domain.
websiteStatusFlag: Live / dead / redirect status from the last crawl.
websiteCrawlDate: Date the website was last checked.

Activity

altInternationalCode01–06: Up to six NACE Rev. 2 activity codes plus labels.
internationalCode: US SIC code.
localCode: National activity code.
infobelCode: Proprietary Infobel activity code.

Size

employeesHere: Headcount at this location.
employeesTotal: Total headcount across the entity (with Actual / Modeled flag).

Financials

salesVolume: Annual revenue in local currency.
salesVolumeEuros: Annual revenue converted to EUR.
salesVolumeDollars: Annual revenue converted to USD — shown in the table.
currency: Reporting currency.
yearStarted: Year the company was founded.
financialHistory: Multi-year revenue history where filed.

Status & legal

statusCodeName: HQ, branch or single-location indicator.
legalStatusCodeDescription: Legal form (e.g. limited company / corporation).

Group structure

familyMembers: Number of entities in the worldwide corporate family.
subsidiaryIndicator: Whether the entity is a subsidiary.
parentLinkage: Link to the parent company.
domesticLinkage / globalLinkage: Domestic and global ownership links.
hierarchyCode: Position within the corporate hierarchy.

Source comparison

CAC vs InfobelPRO

CAC gives you legal registration data. InfobelPRO adds the commercial intelligence sales, marketing and compliance teams actually need.

Attribute	CACFree official registry	InfobelPRO
RC Number	Yes	Yes — on 99.9% of records
Legal name & registered address	Yes	Yes
Company status (HQ / branch)	Yes	Yes — daily sync
NACE sub-sector classification	Yes	Yes — up to 6 codes
Annual revenue (local / EUR / USD)	Filings only	Yes — multi-currency
Employee count	No	Yes
Decision-maker contacts	No	Yes — licensed
Geocoded coordinates	No	Yes
Corporate group structure	Filings only	Yes — full hierarchy
API access	No	Yes — REST API
Bulk export (CSV / JSON / Parquet)	No	Yes
Update frequency	Periodic (filings)	Daily sync

Related directories

See all company directories in Nigeria, explore the full Nigeria business database In the US classification, related SIC codes include SIC 0751 — Livestock Services, Except Veterinary, SIC 2077 — Animal and Marine Fats and Oils and SIC 2015 — Poultry Slaughtering and Processing. The closest NAICS industries are NAICS 311 — Food Manufacturing, NAICS 3121 — Beverage Manufacturing and NAICS 31223 — Tobacco Manufacturing, or see how Nigeria fits into the wider Africa business database.

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