If you’ve ever tried to buy a laptop or desktop computer made in the USA, you’ve probably noticed how quickly the trail goes cold. Nearly every major brand relies on global supply chains for critical components, and most large-scale manufacturing happens overseas. Even companies headquartered in the United States typically assemble their mass-market systems abroad.
Computers are some of the most globally integrated products in the modern economy. The processors, memory, storage drives, display panels, and circuit boards inside them often come from multiple countries before final assembly even begins. Over the past few decades, much of the high-volume electronics manufacturing ecosystem moved out of the U.S., making it difficult for brands to claim a truly domestic product under strict federal guidelines.
That doesn’t mean there are no American-assembled options. It just means you need to understand the difference between full-scale manufacturing, final assembly, and global component sourcing.
In our research, we’ll break down which computer brands are assembling systems in the United States, which major brands have limited domestic programs, and why finding a genuinely American-made computer is more complicated than it sounds.
Complete List of Laptops & Desktop Computers Assembled in the USA
Digital Storm is a custom computer company headquartered in Gilroy, California, and it has been building gaming and workstation systems since 2002. Its desktops and laptops are hand-assembled in California, and each machine goes through in-house inventory allocation, assembly, testing, and quality assurance before it ships out.
Like basically every PC builder, Digital Storm is working with a globally sourced parts ecosystem, but it does give you the option to choose U.S.-sourced components when they’re available. The key takeaway is that the build work (configuration, assembly, testing, QA) is happening in the U.S., while many of the components inside the system are imported.
Eluktronics is based in Newark, Delaware, and it focuses on high-performance gaming laptops and mobile workstations. The company was founded in 2011 and assembles and ships its laptops from facilities in Delaware and Pennsylvania, handling final assembly, configuration, testing, and shipping domestically.
Eluktronics sources components from international suppliers, which is standard in laptops since core parts like CPUs/GPUs, memory, panels, and batteries are typically made overseas. What you’re getting here is a U.S.-based build-and-ship operation with U.S.-based support, not a laptop with a fully domestic supply chain.
Falcon Northwest is one of the old-school American custom PC builders. It was founded in 1992 and is based in Medford, Oregon, where it designs, assembles, tests, and ships both desktop and laptop systems out of the same facility.
Falcon’s systems are built to order using globally sourced components, which is the reality of modern PC hardware, but the hands-on work that turns a pile of parts into a finished machine happens in Oregon. Another detail that matters if you care about long-term service is that the company’s lifetime technical support is handled by the original builders.
ORIGIN PC is a custom gaming and professional computer builder that assembles desktops and laptops in the United States. The company was founded in 2009 by former Alienware employees, later acquired by Corsair in 2019, and it has had an important recent manufacturing change: in February 2024, Corsair moved ORIGIN PC production from Miami to a larger hub in Atlanta, Georgia.
Today, ORIGIN PC systems are assembled, tested, and quality-checked by U.S. technicians in Atlanta, using components sourced globally. ORIGIN is also a bit broader than “just gaming rigs,” with builds geared toward creators and simulation setups as well, plus lifetime technical support.
Velocity Micro is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, and it’s another long-running American custom PC shop, hand-assembling desktops and laptops since 1992. The company is 100% U.S.-owned and operated, with all assembly, testing, and quality assurance performed at its Richmond facility.
As with the other brands on this list, the components are typically globally sourced by default, but you can request U.S.-sourced parts when they’re available. Velocity Micro also highlights lifetime phone support handled by its in-house U.S.-based team, which can be a big deal if you want help from people who actually build the systems.
Some Big Brands That Require Nuance
Apple
Apple has assembled one specific Mac model in the United States for more than a decade: the Mac Pro desktop. Since 2013, Mac Pro production has taken place in Austin, Texas. That remains the only Apple computer assembled in the U.S.
It’s important to be precise here. No MacBooks, iMacs, Mac minis, or Mac Studios are assembled domestically. Those products are assembled overseas, primarily in China. The Mac Pro stands alone in Apple’s lineup when it comes to U.S. assembly.
Even with the Mac Pro, this does not mean a fully domestic supply chain. Apple has stated that the Mac Pro includes components sourced from more than 36 states, but it also relies on globally sourced parts. For example, the aluminum chassis has been sourced from China. U.S. assembly has also been supported at times by tariff exclusions, which made it more economically feasible to assemble this specific high-end desktop in Texas while still using international components.
So if you’re looking for an Apple computer assembled in America, the Mac Pro is the only qualifying product, and even then, it’s an internationally sourced machine assembled in Austin, not a fully American-made computer.
HP
HP does have limited U.S. assembly, but it varies significantly by product line and production run.
HP operates a facility near Indianapolis, Indiana, where certain laptops and commercial desktop systems are assembled. Over time, multiple series have had some U.S.-assembled models, including EliteBook, Spectre, Omen, ZBook, Envy, and OmniBook systems. The keyword is “some.” Not every configuration within these product families is assembled in the United States, and availability can shift depending on supply chain decisions and demand.
HP has also announced plans to move roughly 90% of its North American production out of China by 2025. That shift does not mean everything is coming to the United States. It reflects the broader diversification of manufacturing locations, which can include other countries in Asia and North America.
In addition to PCs, HP operates a facility in Houston, Texas, focused on server production. As with its laptops and desktops, assembly in the U.S. applies to certain business-class and enterprise systems, not to the entirety of HP’s product catalog. If U.S. assembly matters to you, you have to verify the exact model and configuration rather than assume the brand as a whole qualifies.
Lenovo
Lenovo has maintained a U.S. assembly presence since 2013 at a 240,000-square-foot facility in Whitsett, North Carolina. That plant has the capacity to produce roughly 8,000 units per day and assembles select business-class computers for the North American market.
The important detail is that only certain Think-branded systems are assembled there. This includes some ThinkPad laptops and ThinkCentre desktops. Lenovo’s consumer-oriented lines, such as IdeaPad and Yoga, are not assembled in North Carolina.
It’s also important to understand the ownership structure. Lenovo is a Chinese-owned company headquartered in Beijing. The Whitsett facility performs final assembly, configuration, and testing, but like every major PC manufacturer, Lenovo relies on globally sourced components.
So while Lenovo does assemble some Think products in the United States, it is not a broadly American-assembled brand. U.S. assembly is limited to specific business-focused models, and the broader supply chain remains international.
MSI
MSI (Micro-Star International) is a Taiwanese computer hardware company with its U.S. subsidiary, MSI Computer Corp., headquartered in City of Industry, California. The company assembles select gaming desktop models, including its Aegis and Codex lines, at the California facility for distribution in North America.
MSI’s laptop products are not assembled in the United States, as laptop assembly requires more complex production infrastructure than the current facility supports. Components for all MSI products are sourced from international suppliers. The company has purchased additional property in California and is building a larger manufacturing plant, expected to be operational in 2027, that could expand domestic assembly capabilities.
Why Are Computers So Hard to Find Made in the USA?
A laptop or desktop looks like a single product, but it’s really the final assembly of a long list of “critical” parts that the U.S. doesn’t consistently manufacture at scale anymore. The biggest blockers are the parts you can’t swap out easily without changing the entire product: advanced chips, memory, displays, batteries, and many small electronic components.
Semiconductors are the clearest example. The U.S. remains a powerhouse in chip design and overall industry revenue, but its share of global chip manufacturing capacity has fallen dramatically over the last few decades. The Semiconductor Industry Association puts the decline at 37% in 1990 to about 10% by 2022, which helps explain why so many of the chips that go into PCs are fabricated overseas, even when the company behind them is American. You can see that trend summarized in the SIA’s 2025 State of the U.S. Semiconductor Industry.
Then there’s the display. Laptop panels are part of the broader flat-panel display supply chain, which is heavily concentrated in East Asia. Without domestic panel capacity for mainstream consumer displays, “made here” becomes extremely difficult to claim honestly, even if final assembly happens in the U.S.
The U.S. Electronics Manufacturing Base Shrunk (And That Took The Supplier Web With It)
Even if you want to assemble computers in the U.S., you need a nearby ecosystem that can supply boards, connectors, cables, plastics, metalwork, packaging, and a hundred other inputs quickly and cost-effectively. That ecosystem has thinned out over time.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has documented steep long-term job declines in multiple electronics categories. One BLS snapshot of industries with employment declines from 2000 to 2024 highlights drops of −87% in telephone apparatus manufacturing and −81% in bare printed circuit board manufacturing, along with major declines in electronic computer manufacturing and audio/video equipment manufacturing. That’s a blunt indicator that a lot of the “supporting industries” around electronics moved offshore, too.
Printed circuit boards are especially important because nearly every electronic device depends on them, and the U.S. share of the global PCB market has collapsed. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation cites an IPC analysis showing the U.S. share falling from over 30% in 2000 to about 4% in 2020. If the boards themselves are mostly imported, “Made in USA” gets harder fast.
The ODM Model Put Most Laptop Manufacturing In Asia
If you’re wondering why so many laptop brands seem to “make” laptops without owning factories, that’s because much of the laptop world runs on an ODM (original design manufacturer) model. A handful of huge manufacturers design and build laptops (or build to a reference design), and brands specify configurations, cosmetics, software, and support.
That model naturally concentrates manufacturing where the ODM ecosystem already exists, because it depends on dense supplier networks, fast iteration, and massive scale. It’s one reason you see laptop production clustered in East Asia and, increasingly, in diversified locations outside China, depending on tariffs and geopolitics, without necessarily moving into the U.S.
In practical terms, this means that even when a laptop brand is American, the physical laptop often comes from a global factory network built for speed and volume, not domestic origin.
Cost And Scale Favor Global Production
Mainstream computers are a price-war category. Desktops and laptops have become highly standardized, and performance gains often come from globally produced components (CPUs, GPUs, memory, SSDs, panels). The companies that win in the mass market are the ones with the lowest total delivered cost and the most reliable supply.
U.S. assembly can be competitive in certain scenarios, but high-volume, low-margin hardware production is where offshore ecosystems shine. They have scale purchasing power, established labor pipelines, and suppliers close enough to support rapid changes. If you try to recreate that from scratch in the U.S., your costs usually rise unless you’re operating in a higher-priced niche.
That’s why U.S.-assembled computer brands are so often custom builders. When you’re building to order, you can justify domestic labor for configuration, assembly, testing, and support because you’re not competing with a $399 laptop at a big-box store. You’re competing on performance tuning, service, customization, and trust.
“Made in USA” Claims Are Hard To Make Legally For PCs
A big reason this category feels confusing is labeling. You’ll see “built,” “designed,” “engineered,” “assembled,” and “configured” used in all sorts of ways, and not all of them mean the same thing.
For an unqualified “Made in USA” claim, the FTC standard is “all or virtually all,” meaning all significant parts and processing must be of U.S. origin. That’s a very high bar for computers because the significant parts include the motherboard, CPU/GPU, memory, storage, and display, and many of those are not made domestically at scale.
So even if a company does real assembly work in the U.S., it often cannot truthfully label a computer “Made in USA” without qualification. That’s why you see careful phrasing like “assembled in the USA,” “built in the USA,” or “assembled in the USA with global components.” If a brand is being honest, those words are doing important legal work.
Industrial Policy Is Trying To Close The Gap, But It Won’t Flip Overnight
The U.S. has been actively trying to rebuild parts of the electronics supply chain, especially semiconductors. The CHIPS and Science Act funded major efforts to increase domestic manufacturing capacity, research, and workforce development. NIST summarizes the CHIPS funding and programs in its CHIPS for America fact sheet.
That matters, but even a successful chip renaissance doesn’t automatically create a fully domestic computer. You still need displays, batteries, PCBs, connectors, and the rest of the supply chain. Rebuilding those industries is possible, but it takes time, capital, and sustained demand.
The US Doesn’t Control Enough of the Supply Chain
Computers are hard to find made in the USA because the U.S. doesn’t currently control enough of the modern PC supply chain to meet the FTC’s strict “Made in USA” standard at scale. Key inputs like chips, PCBs, and displays are largely produced overseas, and the global manufacturing ecosystems that support high-volume computing hardware have been built up outside the U.S. over decades. What you can find today, in meaningful numbers, is U.S. assembly and U.S. configuration, especially from custom builders and certain limited commercial programs, but a truly “all or virtually all” American-made computer is still the exception rather than the rule.
Other Computers Not Made in the USA
- Dell – Austin, TX facility assembles servers only. Consumer laptops and desktops are no longer assembled in the US (closed domestic assembly in 2008-2009, moved to contract manufacturers in Asia and Mexico).
- Framework – American company (Burlingame, CA), but all laptops are manufactured and assembled in Taiwan by Compal.
- MALIBAL – Aspiring to make US-manufactured laptops via the “Project Liberation” initiative, but currently not producing anything domestically. Needs $5M+ investment to begin phase 1.
