Is Avery Made in USA?
Last verified: March 2026 · Based on 6 verified products and public manufacturing evidence
Partially — Some Products Made in USA
Avery's core product lines are made in the USA in Brea, CA, but the brand has known exceptions where some products are manufactured overseas. Look for explicit "Made in USA" labeling on individual items.
Verification Confidence
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Manufacturing Details
- Made in
- Brea, CA
- Headquarters
- Brea, CA
- Location detail
- Specific city confirmed
- History
- Long-established (50+ years)
- Founded
- 1935
- Note
- Some product lines manufactured overseas
Verification Evidence
Avery Products Corporation manufactures labels, binders, and office organization products in Brea, California. Many adhesive labels and binders produced domestically. Made in USA claim on select product lines. Some products manufactured overseas. Founded 1935 by R. Stanton Avery, the inventor of the self-adhesive label.
About Avery
Avery has manufactured labels, binders, and office organization products in Brea, California since 1935, pioneering the self-adhesive label and establishing the American standard for printed office products.
Heritage & History
R. Stanton Avery invented the self-adhesive label in 1935 in Los Angeles, California, using a hand-made machine to apply a pressure-sensitive adhesive backing to paper. The invention created a new product category and gave Avery's company — initially called Kum Kleen Products — the foundation for a business that would grow into the world's largest label manufacturer. The company moved to Brea, California, which has been the Avery Products Corporation headquarters ever since.
Avery's development of the template-based label printing system — creating standardized label dimensions and the corresponding word processor templates that allow users to print precisely positioned content on each label — transformed the office products market. The Avery template system became the industry standard, and printer manufacturers began building Avery template compatibility into their software as a baseline feature.
Made in Brea, California
Avery manufactures labels, binders, and dividers at its Brea, California facility and US partner plants. The label manufacturing process combines paper or film stocks with pressure-sensitive adhesives, then die-cuts the labels to precise dimensions that correspond to the template specifications printed on the packaging. The consistency of the die-cutting tolerances is what makes Avery labels print-ready from word processor templates — if the label dimensions varied even slightly, the printed content would be misaligned.
The binder manufacturing at Brea produces the ring mechanisms and covers that define Avery's organizational product line. The EZD ring mechanism — designed to lie flat when open rather than creating the curved gap of traditional round rings — is a quality engineering detail that improves the usability of three-ring binders for documents that need to be read while the binder is open.
American-Made Avery Products
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Avery made in the USA?
Avery is partially made in the United States. Core product lines are American-made in Brea, CA, but some products have known exceptions. Avery Products Corporation manufactures labels, binders, and office organization products in Brea, California. Many adhesive labels and binders produced domestically. Made in USA claim on select product lines. Some products manufactured overseas. Founded 1935 by R. Stanton Avery, the inventor of the self-adhesive label.
Where is Avery manufactured?
Avery manufactures its products in Brea, CA. The company is headquartered in Brea, CA.
Which Avery products are made in the USA?
We carry 6 verified American-made Avery products across Office & School. Every listing is linked directly to Amazon with verified manufacturing evidence.
Are all Avery products made in the USA?
Not all Avery products are made in the USA. The brand has known product lines or SKUs manufactured outside the United States. Look for explicit "Made in USA" labeling on individual products, or browse our verified Avery products which have all passed our verification threshold.