County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency

201 West Third Street, Suite 115
Jamestown, NY 14701
P: +1 716-661-8900

Clusters and Sectors

The County boasts a high concentration of jobs in the manufacturing cluster, employing over 6000 workers and 97 industries in the food, fabricated metal product, and machinery manufacturing sectors alone.

With this fact in mind, based on employment levels, growth, and income generation potential, the following the sectors are those most equipped for expansion and best suited for future economic development:

Truck transportation
Aerospace industry
Furniture manufacturing
Fabricated metal product manufacturing
Machinery manufacturing
Food manufacturing
Beverage manufacturing
Animal production
Electrical equipment and appliance manufacturing
Accommodation
Information services
Crop Production
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
Warehousing and storage

Agribusiness and Economics

Chautauqua County has a number of businesses that are focused on agricultural product production.

The County is home to:

Better Baked Foods
Cott Beverages, USA
Fieldbook Foods, Inc.
Grower's Cooperative Grape Juice Company
The Brothers Wood Company
Welch's

Along with food and beverage production, the county has a large number of independent wineries.

Animals, Crops & Product Features

Top crop items by acreage:

Forage-land used for all hay and haylage, rass silage, and greenchop (56,990)

Grapes (20,557)

Corn for silage (13,876)

Corn for grain (12,937)

Soybeans for beans (4,619)

Top livestock inventory items (number):

Cattle and calves (48,947)

Layers (4,809)

Horses and ponies (2,654)

Broilers and other meat-type chickens (2,246)

Colonies of bees (1,338)

Largest Employers

Chautauqua Institution
Cott Beverages, USA
Cummins Inc.
Nestlé Purina
SKF Aeroengine North America
SUNY Fredonia
The Lakeshore Hospital
The Resource Center
TLC Health Network
Truck-Lite
WCA Hospital

Military

We proudly support the United States Military in Chautauqua County

Chautauqua County Veteran Services serves as the County's link for veterans and their dependents for benefits provided by the Veterans Administration Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C.

Please click here for a link to Chautauqua County's Veteran Services.

Tourism Highlights

Chautauqua County has a number of world-renowned tourist attractions, including:

Chautauqua Institution: A historic Victorian village that features a 9-week summer season of art, education, lectures. top entertainment, religion, recreation and much more.

Lily Dale Assembly: The world's largest spiritualist community is host to special entertainment - Sacred music, Victorian Weekends and many more events. Plus seminars, workshops, public clairvoyance and healing services during each 10-week summer season.

Lucy-Desi Museum and National Comedy Center: Honoring the “First Couple of Comedy” in Lucille Ball’s hometown of Jamestown, NY the Lucy Desi Museum & the National Comedy Center offers an intimate look into the lives and careers of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Featuring original costumes, props, Emmy Awards, and life size “I Love Lucy” studio sets, the attraction is open 7 days a week!

Lake Erie Wine Trail: Tour America's Grape Country with over 30,000 acres of vineyard, 25 wineries, and a Grape Discovery Center along Lake Erie throughout a 50 mile stretch from Silver Creek, NY to Harborcreek, PA. Grape growers in Chautauqua County produce approximately 65% of New York State's total annual grape harvest. Wineries are open throughout the year - for special events and a map, visit Lake Erie Wine Country here.

The PGA is BACK IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY!

The Chautauqua Region Economic Development Corporation (CREDC) served as the host organization for the 2016 LECOM Health Challenge, and will continue to serve as the host organization for this event each year through 2019.

The LECOM Health Challenge is part of the Web.com PGA Tour and is played on the Upper Course at Peek'n Peek Resort. This years event will take place July 3-9, 2017. A week-long schedule of events includes a Pro-Am on Wednesday, July 5, followed by four official rounds of tournament competition, July 6-9.

Visit the Peek'n Peak Resort website here or the LECOM Health Challenge website here for more information.

*For a full list of tourism attractions, accommodations, events, and more please visit the Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau website here.

Industry

Business categories with zero establishments are not listed. To maintain confidentiality employment figures may be approximated and payroll figures may be suppressed.

	Employment	%Total	Number of Establishments	%Total
Accommodation and Food Services	5,298	12.73%	356	12.17%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	1,712	4.11%	106	3.62%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	19	0.05%	10	0.34%
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	660	1.59%	74	2.53%
Construction	1,607	3.86%	258	8.82%
Educational Services	229	0.55%	21	0.72%
Finance and Insurance	850	2.04%	161	5.50%
Health Care and Social Assistance	8,294	19.93%	281	9.61%
Industries not classified	1	0.00%	4	0.14%
Information	514	1.24%	52	1.78%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	477	1.15%	9	0.31%
Manufacturing	9,262	22.26%	191	6.53%
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	103	0.25%	11	0.38%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,034	4.89%	392	13.40%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	946	2.27%	199	6.80%
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	592	1.42%	89	3.04%
Retail Trade	6,261	15.05%	500	17.09%
Transportation and Warehousing	875	2.10%	77	2.63%
Utilities	225	0.54%	13	0.44%
Wholesale Trade	1,652	3.97%	121	4.14%

	Annual Payroll ($000)	%Total	Quarterly Payroll ($000)	%Total
Accommodation and Food Services	$71,041	5.14%	$16,264	4.96%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$42,932	3.11%	$10,082	3.07%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	$569	0.04%	$138	0.04%
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	$19,553	1.41%	$3,139	0.96%
Construction	$79,233	5.73%	$14,362	4.38%
Educational Services	$3,948	0.29%	$920	0.28%
Finance and Insurance	$40,737	2.95%	$11,265	3.44%
Health Care and Social Assistance	$276,855	20.03%	$65,397	19.94%
Industries not classified	$18	0.00%	$1	0.00%
Information	$17,294	1.25%	$4,475	1.36%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	$21,514	1.56%	$14,613	4.46%
Manufacturing	$427,664	30.94%	$95,939	29.26%
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	$5,181	0.37%	$1,071	0.33%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	$39,850	2.88%	$9,382	2.86%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$36,949	2.67%	$8,765	2.67%
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	$22,433	1.62%	$5,976	1.82%
Retail Trade	$149,864	10.84%	$35,222	10.74%
Transportation and Warehousing	$31,467	2.28%	$7,284	2.22%
Utilities	$19,578	1.42%	$5,434	1.66%
Wholesale Trade	$75,622	5.47%	$18,195	5.55%

Establishments With 1-49 Employees

	1-4	5-9	10-19	20-49
Accommodation and Food Services	142	81	67	52
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	70	18	5	5
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	8	2	0	0
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	49	8	8	7
Construction	179	42	25	10
Educational Services	11	4	2	3
Finance and Insurance	91	50	17	2
Health Care and Social Assistance	109	58	47	41
Industries not classified	4	0	0	0
Information	24	14	7	6
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	1	2	0
Manufacturing	45	39	36	28
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	3	6	1	1
Other Services (except Public Administration)	246	99	36	7
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	143	32	17	6
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	56	24	4	4
Retail Trade	201	141	91	49
Transportation and Warehousing	43	8	9	14
Utilities	6	2	0	3
Wholesale Trade	59	22	19	16

Establishments With 50-999 Employees

	50-99	100-249	250-499	500-999
Accommodation and Food Services	12	0	1	1
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	3	3	2	0
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	0	0	0	0
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	0	2	0	0
Construction	1	0	1	0
Educational Services	1	0	0	0
Finance and Insurance	1	0	0	0
Health Care and Social Assistance	9	12	3	1
Industries not classified	0	0	0	0
Information	1	0	0	0
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0	1	0
Manufacturing	23	10	8	1
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	0	0	0	0
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4	0	0	0
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	1	0	0	0
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	0	1	0	0
Retail Trade	11	4	3	0
Transportation and Warehousing	3	0	0	0
Utilities	2	0	0	0
Wholesale Trade	1	4	0	0

Establishments With 1,000+ Employees

	1,000+	1,000-1,499
Accommodation and Food Services	0	0
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	0	0
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	0	0
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	0	0
Construction	0	0
Educational Services	0	0
Finance and Insurance	0	0
Health Care and Social Assistance	1	1
Industries not classified	0	0
Information	0	0
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0
Manufacturing	1	1
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	0	0
Other Services (except Public Administration)	0	0
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	0	0
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	0	0
Retail Trade	0	0
Transportation and Warehousing	0	0
Utilities	0	0
Wholesale Trade	0	0

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