Short answer
Dallas County had 25 pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing establishments in 2023, employing 640 people at an average annual pay of $67,809 (Census County Business Patterns). The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro had 53. FDA's registration file lists 61 drug establishments in Dallas County, including AstraZeneca in Coppell. Listed drugmakers based in the county include biote (Irving), Taysha Gene Therapies, Lantern Pharma and Instil Bio (Dallas).
- 17 of Dallas County's 25 drug manufacturing establishments have fewer than 20 employees.
- The county has 101 drug wholesale establishments with 3,498 employees, more than five times the plant workforce.
- FDA's file lists 61 registered drug sites in Dallas County and 119 across the metro.
- CG Oncology is registered with FDA at a Dallas site, but its 10-K gives Irvine, California, as headquarters.
On this page
This page is for job seekers, suppliers and sellers looking for drug companies in Dallas. The Census figures cover Dallas County only, and they're small, so read them alongside the metro count and the statewide picture in the Texas pharmaceutical market report.
The Census count
County Business Patterns (CBP) 2023, NAICS 3254 (Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing), Dallas County, Texas:
| Measure (2023) | Dallas County |
|---|---|
| Establishments | 25 |
| Employees | 640 |
| Annual payroll | $43,398,000 |
| Average employees per establishment | 25.6 |
| Average annual pay | $67,809 |
| Share of US establishments | 0.86% of 2,901 |
By size, 11 establishments have 1 to 4 employees, 3 have 5 to 9, 3 have 10 to 19 and 4 have 50 to 99. The Census Bureau doesn't publish the 20 to 49 class or any class of 100 or more for the county. By six-digit code, 12 make finished dose pharmaceuticals (150 employees) and 9 make medicinal chemicals and botanicals (402).
The wider Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro had 53 establishments and 2,152 employees in the same data, with Tarrant (12 establishments, 928 employees) and Collin (12, 498) next after Dallas County.
The count covers locations with paid employees rather than companies, and excludes the self-employed. It also files distributors and labs elsewhere: Dallas County has 101 drug wholesale establishments (NAICS 424210) with 3,498 employees, and 29 biotechnology R&D establishments (NAICS 541714) with 1,122.
FDA-registered sites
FDA publishes every currently registered drug site in its Drug Establishments Current Registration Site (DECRS). Our count for Dallas County from the download on 30 October 2026:
| Registered drug establishments | Count |
|---|---|
| All registrations | 61 |
| List manufacturing or API manufacturing | 38 |
| of which medical gas suppliers (our count by firm name) | 7 |
| Pack, label, repack or relabel only | 13 |
| Testing (analysis) only | 6 |
| PET drug production or gas transfill only | 4 |
Registrants include AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Coppell), Mark Cuban Cost Plus Pod (Dallas), Swiss-American CDMO (Carrollton), Nanoscope Therapeutics (Dallas), CG Oncology (Dallas), Fortrea (Dallas) and Fruit of the Earth (Grand Prairie). Across the whole metro the file lists 119 registrations. Registration is self-reported; it doesn't mean FDA has approved or inspected the site.
Listed drugmakers
Checked in each latest 10-K:
| Company | Headquarters (10-K cover) | Revenue, 2025 | Employees reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| biote | Irving | $192.2 million | 223 |
| Alpha Cognition | Grapevine (Tarrant County) | $10.2 million | 71 full-time |
| Taysha Gene Therapies | Dallas (Pegasus Park) | $9.8 million | 99 full-time |
| Instil Bio | Dallas | none reported | 17 full-time |
| Lantern Pharma | Dallas | none reported | 16 |
CG Oncology appears in the EDGAR match for Dallas, but its 10-K cover gives Irvine, California, so it isn't counted as a Dallas headquarters here. For the drugmakers that dwarf these companies, see the largest pharmaceutical companies.
Checking and prospecting
- Licences. FDA lists the Texas Department of State Health Services as the agency that licenses wholesale drug distributors in Texas.
- Compliance. FDA's Data Dashboard shows inspections, warning letters and recalls.
- Local help. The City of Dallas Office of Economic Development has a biotech business page with incentive tools and a link to Pegasus Park, where Taysha's 10-K places its headquarters.
With 17 of 25 plants under 20 employees, most sales and hiring conversations here are with owners and general managers. The larger buyers are the distributors and the few big registered sites.
Illustrative example. A cleanroom supplies distributor (cleanroomsupply.example) takes the 31 manufacturing registrations that aren't gas suppliers plus the 13 packagers: 44 sites. Reaching a buyer at 60% gives 26 conversations; if 4 become accounts at $15,000 a year, that's $60,000, a starter territory rather than a full one, which is why most sellers here cover the whole metro. Bebop can find the matching companies across Dallas-Fort Worth from a plain-language description.
Next step: see the larger Gulf Coast market in the Houston pharmaceutical market report.
Sources
- County Business Patterns (CBP), 2023, US Census Bureau, accessed 30 October 2026
- 2023 County Business Patterns datasets (county and metro files, NAICS 3254, 424210 and 541714), US Census Bureau, accessed 30 October 2026
- Drug Establishments Current Registration Site (DECRS), US Food and Drug Administration, accessed 30 October 2026
- DECRS annual registration status download (drls_reg.zip), US Food and Drug Administration, accessed 30 October 2026
- Check licensure of wholesale drug distributors and third-party logistics providers, US Food and Drug Administration, accessed 30 October 2026
- biote Corp. Form 10-K for 2025, biote Corp., via SEC EDGAR, filed 13 March 2026
- Alpha Cognition Form 10-K for 2025, Alpha Cognition Inc., via SEC EDGAR, filed 31 March 2026
- Taysha Gene Therapies Form 10-K for 2025, Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc., via SEC EDGAR, filed 19 March 2026
- Instil Bio Form 10-K for 2025, Instil Bio, Inc., via SEC EDGAR, filed 27 March 2026
- Lantern Pharma Form 10-K for 2025, Lantern Pharma Inc., via SEC EDGAR, filed 30 March 2026
- CG Oncology Form 10-K for 2025 (cover page address), CG Oncology, Inc., via SEC EDGAR, filed 27 February 2026
- Business in Biotech: From Lab to Market, City of Dallas Office of Economic Development, accessed 30 October 2026
Written by the Bebop team at Blackpearl Group. Published .
Questions people ask
How many pharmaceutical companies are in Dallas?
Census County Business Patterns counted 25 pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing establishments in Dallas County in 2023, employing 640 people, and 53 across the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro. FDA's drug establishment registration file lists 61 registered sites in Dallas County, because it also counts packagers, testing labs and medical gas suppliers. Most of the county's plants have fewer than 20 employees.
What pharmaceutical companies are headquartered in Dallas?
Listed drugmakers whose latest 10-K gives a Dallas County headquarters include biote of Irving ($192.2 million of 2025 revenue, 223 employees), Taysha Gene Therapies at Pegasus Park, Instil Bio and Lantern Pharma in Dallas. Alpha Cognition is in nearby Grapevine. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals is registered with FDA at a site in Coppell.
How much do pharmaceutical manufacturing jobs pay in Dallas?
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing establishments in Dallas County paid $43.4 million to 640 employees in 2023, an average of $67,809 a year, according to Census County Business Patterns. The county's 101 drug wholesale establishments employ 3,498 people and the Census Bureau counts them separately, so the plant figure is only part of the local drug industry.