Who makes America's guns?
SMITH & WESSON INC's Tennessee filing reports 967,812 firearms in 2024, the largest individual filing. The ten largest filings account for 57.8% of retained domestic detail output. Every filing, with its reported state and firearm mix, is in the data file. Filings are not consolidated companies or sales.
2026 edition · data through 2024 · next update the next annual ATF AFMER release (publication month not announced)
Key findings
- 967,812firearms
SMITH & WESSON INC (TN) is the largest individual 2024 filing in ATF's Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report: 967,812 firearms, or 10.1% of the national detail total.
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USA Arms, “Who makes America's guns?” (2026 edition): SMITH & WESSON INC (TN) is the largest individual 2024 filing in ATF's Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report: 967,812 firearms, or 10.1% of the national detail total. https://usaarms.com/research/who-makes-americas-guns/#finding-largest-filing (source: ATF AFMER 2024 detail report)
Source: ATF AFMER 2024 detail report - 57.8%
The ten largest source filings account for 57.8% of 2024 national detail production in ATF's Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report; this is filing concentration, not consolidated company market share.
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USA Arms, “Who makes America's guns?” (2026 edition): The ten largest source filings account for 57.8% of 2024 national detail production in ATF's Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report; this is filing concentration, not consolidated company market share. https://usaarms.com/research/who-makes-americas-guns/#finding-top-ten-filings (source: ATF AFMER 2024 detail report)
Source: ATF AFMER 2024 detail report - 9,551,183firearms
Retained 2024 detail filings in ATF's Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report sum to 9,551,183 firearms manufactured and disposed of in commerce, across 3,915 source filings. This is a component-based detail sum, not retail sales.
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USA Arms, “Who makes America's guns?” (2026 edition): Retained 2024 detail filings in ATF's Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report sum to 9,551,183 firearms manufactured and disposed of in commerce, across 3,915 source filings. This is a component-based detail sum, not retail sales. https://usaarms.com/research/who-makes-americas-guns/#finding-national-output (source: ATF AFMER 2024 detail report)
Source: ATF AFMER 2024 detail report - 1,381,922firearms
New Hampshire leads the 50 states with 1,381,922 firearms, 14.5% of the 2024 national detail total, when filings in ATF's Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report are summed by their reported state.
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USA Arms, “Who makes America's guns?” (2026 edition): New Hampshire leads the 50 states with 1,381,922 firearms, 14.5% of the 2024 national detail total, when filings in ATF's Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report are summed by their reported state. https://usaarms.com/research/who-makes-americas-guns/#finding-leading-state (source: ATF AFMER 2024 detail report)
Source: ATF AFMER 2024 detail report - 13,804,896firearms
Among accepted national detail years in ATF's Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report, production peaks in 2021 at 13,804,896 firearms; 2024 output is 30.8% lower. Withheld years are excluded, not treated as zero.
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USA Arms, “Who makes America's guns?” (2026 edition): Among accepted national detail years in ATF's Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report, production peaks in 2021 at 13,804,896 firearms; 2024 output is 30.8% lower. Withheld years are excluded, not treated as zero. https://usaarms.com/research/who-makes-americas-guns/#finding-production-peak (source: ATF AFMER 2021 detail report; ATF AFMER 2024 detail report)
Source: ATF AFMER 2021 detail report; ATF AFMER 2024 detail report - 43.0%
Pistols account for 43.0% of 2024 national detail output in ATF's Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report, compared with 23.5% in 2004.
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USA Arms, “Who makes America's guns?” (2026 edition): Pistols account for 43.0% of 2024 national detail output in ATF's Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report, compared with 23.5% in 2004. https://usaarms.com/research/who-makes-americas-guns/#finding-pistol-mix (source: ATF AFMER 2004 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2024 detail report)
Source: ATF AFMER 2004 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2024 detail report - 2,823,536firearms
Rifles account for 2,823,536 firearms, 29.6% of 2024 national detail output in ATF's Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report.
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USA Arms, “Who makes America's guns?” (2026 edition): Rifles account for 2,823,536 firearms, 29.6% of 2024 national detail output in ATF's Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report. https://usaarms.com/research/who-makes-americas-guns/#finding-rifle-mix (source: ATF AFMER 2024 detail report)
Source: ATF AFMER 2024 detail report
The names on the report
The largest filings of the newest production year. Each bar is one source filing, not an organization. Repeated names remain separate. Withheld national years have no national or state ranking.
Largest source filings · 2024 · firearms
33 primary sources
ATF AFMER 1992 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1993 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1994 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1995 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1996 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1997 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1998 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1999 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2000 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2001 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2002 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2003 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2004 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2005 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2006 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2007 detail report; ATF AFMER 2008 detail report; ATF AFMER 2009 detail report; ATF AFMER 2010 detail report; ATF AFMER 2011 detail report; ATF AFMER 2012 detail report; ATF AFMER 2013 detail report; ATF AFMER 2014 detail report; ATF AFMER 2015 detail report; ATF AFMER 2016 detail report; ATF AFMER 2017 detail report; ATF AFMER 2018 detail report; ATF AFMER 2019 detail report; ATF AFMER 2020 detail report; ATF AFMER 2021 detail report; ATF AFMER 2022 detail report; ATF AFMER 2023 detail report; ATF AFMER 2024 detail report
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Where production is reported
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Production year 2024 · Total production · firearms
- Under 3,300
- 3,300–18,000
- 18,000–88,000
- 88,000–350,000
- 350,000 or more
34 primary sources
ATF AFMER 1992 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1993 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1994 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1995 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1996 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1997 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1998 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1999 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2000 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2001 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2002 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2003 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2004 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2005 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2006 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2007 detail report; ATF AFMER 2008 detail report; ATF AFMER 2009 detail report; ATF AFMER 2010 detail report; ATF AFMER 2011 detail report; ATF AFMER 2012 detail report; ATF AFMER 2013 detail report; ATF AFMER 2014 detail report; ATF AFMER 2015 detail report; ATF AFMER 2016 detail report; ATF AFMER 2017 detail report; ATF AFMER 2018 detail report; ATF AFMER 2019 detail report; ATF AFMER 2020 detail report; ATF AFMER 2021 detail report; ATF AFMER 2022 detail report; ATF AFMER 2023 detail report; ATF AFMER 2024 detail report; U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb state boundaries, January 2026; simplified to 0.02 degrees for display
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Compare production across states or years
Choose the same year to compare two states, or the same state to compare two years. The calculator uses the map’s selected measure and shows the exact evidence rows behind A, B and their difference.
- Tennessee · 2024 · Total production
- 1,164,239 firearms
- New Hampshire · 2024 · Total production
- 1,381,922 firearms
- A minus B
- -217,683 firearms
- Difference relative to B
- -15.8 percent
AFMER reports production, not sales, market share or current factory locations. A and B use their explicitly selected years. National shares use the same-year accepted detail total, never the printed cover total.
2026 edition · updated October 1, 2026
Production is not sales, market share or present-day factory geography. Withheld national years cannot support a state total. Missing category cohorts are not zero; a zero comparison denominator cannot support a relative percentage.
33 primary sources
ATF AFMER 1992 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1993 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1994 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1995 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1996 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1997 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1998 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1999 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2000 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2001 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2002 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2003 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2004 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2005 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2006 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2007 detail report; ATF AFMER 2008 detail report; ATF AFMER 2009 detail report; ATF AFMER 2010 detail report; ATF AFMER 2011 detail report; ATF AFMER 2012 detail report; ATF AFMER 2013 detail report; ATF AFMER 2014 detail report; ATF AFMER 2015 detail report; ATF AFMER 2016 detail report; ATF AFMER 2017 detail report; ATF AFMER 2018 detail report; ATF AFMER 2019 detail report; ATF AFMER 2020 detail report; ATF AFMER 2021 detail report; ATF AFMER 2022 detail report; ATF AFMER 2023 detail report; ATF AFMER 2024 detail report
Six reporting states over time
The six largest 2024 state detail sums, on one shared scale. Each year sums its complete filing cohort by the reported state. Withheld national-detail years are gaps; changes do not establish factory moves or their causes.
1992–2024 · firearms
New Hampshire
Tennessee
Georgia
South Carolina
Texas
North Carolina
33 primary sources
ATF AFMER 1992 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1993 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1994 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1995 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1996 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1997 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1998 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1999 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2000 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2001 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2002 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2003 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2004 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2005 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2006 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2007 detail report; ATF AFMER 2008 detail report; ATF AFMER 2009 detail report; ATF AFMER 2010 detail report; ATF AFMER 2011 detail report; ATF AFMER 2012 detail report; ATF AFMER 2013 detail report; ATF AFMER 2014 detail report; ATF AFMER 2015 detail report; ATF AFMER 2016 detail report; ATF AFMER 2017 detail report; ATF AFMER 2018 detail report; ATF AFMER 2019 detail report; ATF AFMER 2020 detail report; ATF AFMER 2021 detail report; ATF AFMER 2022 detail report; ATF AFMER 2023 detail report; ATF AFMER 2024 detail report
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A long rise, a peak, and a pullback
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Accepted detail sum · firearms
33 primary sources
ATF AFMER 1992 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1993 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1994 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1995 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1996 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1997 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1998 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1999 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2000 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2001 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2002 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2003 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2004 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2005 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2006 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2007 detail report; ATF AFMER 2008 detail report; ATF AFMER 2009 detail report; ATF AFMER 2010 detail report; ATF AFMER 2011 detail report; ATF AFMER 2012 detail report; ATF AFMER 2013 detail report; ATF AFMER 2014 detail report; ATF AFMER 2015 detail report; ATF AFMER 2016 detail report; ATF AFMER 2017 detail report; ATF AFMER 2018 detail report; ATF AFMER 2019 detail report; ATF AFMER 2020 detail report; ATF AFMER 2021 detail report; ATF AFMER 2022 detail report; ATF AFMER 2023 detail report; ATF AFMER 2024 detail report
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The changing firearm mix
Switch between firearm counts and share of national detail output. Miscellaneous is retained; it is not relabelled as rifles. Withheld and incomplete years remain gaps.
Firearm counts · firearms
- Pistols
- Revolvers
- Rifles
- Shotguns
- Miscellaneous
33 primary sources
ATF AFMER 1992 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1993 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1994 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1995 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1996 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1997 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1998 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1999 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2000 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2001 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2002 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2003 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2004 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2005 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2006 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2007 detail report; ATF AFMER 2008 detail report; ATF AFMER 2009 detail report; ATF AFMER 2010 detail report; ATF AFMER 2011 detail report; ATF AFMER 2012 detail report; ATF AFMER 2013 detail report; ATF AFMER 2014 detail report; ATF AFMER 2015 detail report; ATF AFMER 2016 detail report; ATF AFMER 2017 detail report; ATF AFMER 2018 detail report; ATF AFMER 2019 detail report; ATF AFMER 2020 detail report; ATF AFMER 2021 detail report; ATF AFMER 2022 detail report; ATF AFMER 2023 detail report; ATF AFMER 2024 detail report
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How much do the largest ten report?
Ten largest independent filings divided by the same-year national detail total. This is not corporate concentration: no parent-company or ownership joins are inferred.
1992–2024 · percent
33 primary sources
ATF AFMER 1992 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1993 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1994 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1995 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1996 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1997 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1998 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1999 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2000 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2001 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2002 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2003 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2004 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2005 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2006 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2007 detail report; ATF AFMER 2008 detail report; ATF AFMER 2009 detail report; ATF AFMER 2010 detail report; ATF AFMER 2011 detail report; ATF AFMER 2012 detail report; ATF AFMER 2013 detail report; ATF AFMER 2014 detail report; ATF AFMER 2015 detail report; ATF AFMER 2016 detail report; ATF AFMER 2017 detail report; ATF AFMER 2018 detail report; ATF AFMER 2019 detail report; ATF AFMER 2020 detail report; ATF AFMER 2021 detail report; ATF AFMER 2022 detail report; ATF AFMER 2023 detail report; ATF AFMER 2024 detail report
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Find a name in the filings
Search a source legal name across production years. Each result remains a separate filing and year; matching words do not establish a single company. Names and cities reflect legal entities in AFMER filings. They do not establish current company locations, ownership, employment, or sales.
Missing and withheld values are not zero. There are no reviewed profile associations, so names have no directory links.
33 primary sources
ATF AFMER 1992 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1993 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1994 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1995 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1996 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1997 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1998 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 1999 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2000 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2001 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2002 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2003 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2004 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2005 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2006 detail report (archival copy); ATF AFMER 2007 detail report; ATF AFMER 2008 detail report; ATF AFMER 2009 detail report; ATF AFMER 2010 detail report; ATF AFMER 2011 detail report; ATF AFMER 2012 detail report; ATF AFMER 2013 detail report; ATF AFMER 2014 detail report; ATF AFMER 2015 detail report; ATF AFMER 2016 detail report; ATF AFMER 2017 detail report; ATF AFMER 2018 detail report; ATF AFMER 2019 detail report; ATF AFMER 2020 detail report; ATF AFMER 2021 detail report; ATF AFMER 2022 detail report; ATF AFMER 2023 detail report; ATF AFMER 2024 detail report
The numbers behind the findings
Complete AFMER evidence · 1992–2024. Independent filing-years, national series and separately labelled derived state sums; do not add these overlapping scopes.
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Alabama
150,180 firearms in 2024, 1.6% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report AL, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Alaska
102 firearms in 2024, 0.0% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report AK, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Arizona
549,989 firearms in 2024, 5.8% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report AZ, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Arkansas
50,803 firearms in 2024, 0.5% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report AR, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
California
49,971 firearms in 2024, 0.5% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report CA, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Colorado
2,313 firearms in 2024, 0.0% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report CO, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Connecticut
225,530 firearms in 2024, 2.4% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report CT, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Delaware
41 firearms in 2024, 0.0% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report DE, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Florida
350,157 firearms in 2024, 3.7% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report FL, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Georgia
796,857 firearms in 2024, 8.3% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report GA, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Hawaii
298 firearms in 2024, 0.0% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report HI, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Idaho
42,677 firearms in 2024, 0.4% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report ID, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Illinois
213,446 firearms in 2024, 2.2% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report IL, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Indiana
18,136 firearms in 2024, 0.2% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report IN, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Iowa
23,190 firearms in 2024, 0.2% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report IA, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Kansas
8,881 firearms in 2024, 0.1% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report KS, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Kentucky
613,225 firearms in 2024, 6.4% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report KY, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Louisiana
4,794 firearms in 2024, 0.1% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report LA, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Maine
735 firearms in 2024, 0.0% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report ME, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Maryland
10,756 firearms in 2024, 0.1% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report MD, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Massachusetts
479,681 firearms in 2024, 5.0% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report MA, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Michigan
23,914 firearms in 2024, 0.3% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report MI, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Minnesota
26,032 firearms in 2024, 0.3% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report MN, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Mississippi
1,038 firearms in 2024, 0.0% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report MS, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Missouri
55,139 firearms in 2024, 0.6% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report MO, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Montana
10,377 firearms in 2024, 0.1% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report MT, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Nebraska
4,188 firearms in 2024, 0.0% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report NE, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Nevada
146,524 firearms in 2024, 1.5% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report NV, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
New Hampshire
1,381,922 firearms in 2024, 14.5% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report NH, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
New Jersey
222,163 firearms in 2024, 2.3% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report NJ, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
New Mexico
2,744 firearms in 2024, 0.0% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report NM, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
New York
88,165 firearms in 2024, 0.9% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report NY, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
North Carolina
656,267 firearms in 2024, 6.9% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report NC, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
North Dakota
1,659 firearms in 2024, 0.0% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report ND, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Ohio
53,895 firearms in 2024, 0.6% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report OH, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Oklahoma
6,011 firearms in 2024, 0.1% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report OK, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Oregon
12,872 firearms in 2024, 0.1% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report OR, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Pennsylvania
95,610 firearms in 2024, 1.0% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report PA, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Rhode Island
103 firearms in 2024, 0.0% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report RI, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
South Carolina
764,904 firearms in 2024, 8.0% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report SC, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
South Dakota
1,896 firearms in 2024, 0.0% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report SD, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Tennessee
1,164,239 firearms in 2024, 12.2% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report TN, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Texas
665,832 firearms in 2024, 7.0% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report TX, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Utah
135,209 firearms in 2024, 1.4% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report UT, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Vermont
28,628 firearms in 2024, 0.3% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report VT, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Virginia
11,959 firearms in 2024, 0.1% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report VA, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Washington
176,745 firearms in 2024, 1.9% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report WA, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
West Virginia
3,323 firearms in 2024, 0.0% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report WV, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Wisconsin
205,110 firearms in 2024, 2.1% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report WI, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
Wyoming
12,946 firearms in 2024, 0.1% of the national detail total. This sums AFMER filings that report WY, not current factory locations. Its filings are in this study’s data file.
How we calculated this
Read the national detail totals, individual filing counts, firearm categories and separately printed cover totals from the selected AFMER statistics edition. Cover totals never supply ranking denominators or fill gaps. Keep each filing and production year independent. Every year's complete filing cohort and every complete five-category mix must equal its national detail total. An incomplete mix cannot support a mix finding.
Evidence note: the separately printed 2024 cover total in ATF's Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report is 9,474,540 firearms, differing from the retained 9,551,183 detail sum by 76,643. Rankings and shares here use the detail denominator, not the cover total.
Rank independent filings by production count, with source filing identity as the deterministic tie-breaker. The top-ten share is their sum divided by the same-year national detail total. Do not consolidate identical names or use RDS keys as organization identities.
For every accepted year, sum the complete filing cohort by reported state. Each five-category filing cohort must reconcile both with its individual filing totals and the accepted national categories before state-category values are admitted. A state with no filings contributes zero only within that complete cohort. Missing national totals and incomplete categories remain null.
State shapes use U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb state boundaries, January 2026; simplified to 0.02 degrees for display as a cartographic background, not a source of production counts or current factory locations. Small multiples sum complete filing cohorts for the six latest-year leading states; their axes share one scale.
Compute each type share using its accepted national detail category total and the same-year national detail denominator. Keep firearms manufactured and disposed of in commerce distinct from retail purchases, sales, imports, exports and capacity.
Preserve source component totals and qualifications. A disagreement with a printed total is a qualification, not permission to substitute zero or delete a filer.
The complete CSV/JSON table includes every retained filing-year row, with five native categories pivoted into that same independent filing row, plus national detail, printed cover, national categories and separately labelled derived state-year sums. Filter by measure and year before summing: these overlapping scopes must not be added together. Source category values/statuses remain explicitly diagnostic when the accepted cohort is unavailable. Stable row links expose the exact observations used by the calculator. The page previews 100 rows; downloads retain the complete table.
The next annual edition is built only after the new ATF AFMER source release is admitted into a sealed statistics edition. Each update replaces this page and its data file.
Limits
- National detail years 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2022 are withheld, not zero. Diagnostic component sums and separately reported cover totals do not fill those gaps. Findings omit missing inputs.
- The selected sealed statistics edition begins in 1992. This study makes no claim about earlier production years.
- Filings are not organizations, brands, current premises, ownership groups or market shares. No name, RDS key or filing reference is used to link a directory profile.
- Reported premises and printed-total qualifications depend on the selected AFMER source. Source corrections enter this study only through a new sealed statistics edition, not by silently changing an older edition. One 2024 AXON filing has category components that disagree with its printed TOTAL of 0; this does not reconcile the separate cover/detail difference.
- City names are not displayed or used as geographic joins. Source premises are not current factory locations.
- The 50-state map excludes 7 latest-year units reported outside those states, while the national detail total retains them. It has no county drill-down: AFMER filing state does not establish a county or precise factory location.
Sources
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF): Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Export Report
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF): Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Export Report — 2024 report artifact
- ATF AFMER 1992 detail report (archival copy)
- ATF AFMER 1993 detail report (archival copy)
- ATF AFMER 1994 detail report (archival copy)
- ATF AFMER 1995 detail report (archival copy)
- ATF AFMER 1996 detail report (archival copy)
- ATF AFMER 1997 detail report (archival copy)
- ATF AFMER 1998 detail report (archival copy)
- ATF AFMER 1999 detail report (archival copy)
- ATF AFMER 2000 detail report (archival copy)
- ATF AFMER 2001 detail report (archival copy)
- ATF AFMER 2002 detail report (archival copy)
- ATF AFMER 2003 detail report (archival copy)
- ATF AFMER 2004 detail report (archival copy)
- ATF AFMER 2005 detail report (archival copy)
- ATF AFMER 2006 detail report (archival copy)
- ATF AFMER 2007 detail report
- ATF AFMER 2008 detail report
- ATF AFMER 2009 detail report
- ATF AFMER 2010 detail report
- ATF AFMER 2011 detail report
- ATF AFMER 2012 detail report
- ATF AFMER 2013 detail report
- ATF AFMER 2014 detail report
- ATF AFMER 2015 detail report
- ATF AFMER 2016 detail report
- ATF AFMER 2017 detail report
- ATF AFMER 2018 detail report
- ATF AFMER 2019 detail report
- ATF AFMER 2020 detail report
- ATF AFMER 2021 detail report
- ATF AFMER 2022 detail report
- ATF AFMER 2023 detail report
- ATF AFMER 2024 detail report
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb state boundaries, January 2026; simplified to 0.02 degrees for display
Cite this study
USA Arms, “Who makes America's guns?” (2026 edition). https://usaarms.com/research/who-makes-americas-guns/