founders in michigan
michigan founders build around the auto industry near detroit, military vehicle engineering, manufacturing and tooling, and freight that crosses the great lakes and the border with canada. reagent matter fits the manufacturing, reagent logistics the shipping and border trade, and reagent defense the military vehicle work.
talk to reagentmichigan at a glance
- new business applications
- 171,530
- filed in the twelve months to september 2026, up 21.1% on the twelve months before.
- likely employers
- 42,200
- applications the Census Bureau flags as likely to hire, over the same twelve months.
- economy
- $733.9 billion
- gross domestic product in 2025, up 4.5% on the year before in current dollars.
- population
- 10.1 million
- residents in 2025, about $72,462 of output per person.
- manufacturing jobs
- 583,800
- people employed in manufacturing, september 2026.
our companies
- reagent matter materials and physical products.
- reagent logistics moving what we make.
- reagent defense technology that protects.
- reagent capital funding the earliest stage.
- reagent research open science and new architectures.
- reagent creative the community and the craft.
also serving
all areas servedsources
- business applications, U.S. Census Bureau Business Formation Statistics
- high-propensity business applications, U.S. Census Bureau
- gross domestic product, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
- resident population, U.S. Census Bureau
- manufacturing employees, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
figures retrieved 2026-11-07.