Fewer refrigerators are built in the USA each year, as more production moves to Mexico, but GE, Whirlpool and Sub-Zero still build some here, in Alabama, Tennessee, Iowa, Wisconsin and Arizona.
A refrigerator is mostly its steel cabinet, plastic liner and foam insulation; its compressor and controls are often bought from abroad. Each listing is rated for the company's most American-made refrigerators and names what is known to come from elsewhere.
Ranked by Made in USA level, highest first; ties are in alphabetical order. The level measures how much is made in the USA, not product quality. How the levels work
GE Appliances makes refrigerators, ranges, cooktops, wall ovens, dishwashers, washers and dryers under the GE, GE Profile, Café and Monogram names, plus water heaters and air conditioners. Owned by China's Haier since 2016 and based in Louisville, Kentucky, it builds most of its appliances at US plants in Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina.
Our assessment:Level 4 of 5, Made in USA with imported partsfor its GE top-freezer refrigerators built in Decatur, Alabama and Monogram and Café built-in refrigerators built in Selmer, Tennessee
Made in: Decatur, AL (top-freezer refrigerators); Selmer, TN (Monogram and Café built-ins); Louisville, KY (some French door models until early 2027).
GE Appliances' "Produced in America" page says it "designs, engineers and proudly manufactures a wide assortment of appliances in the USA" at "11 American manufacturing plants and microfactories," naming plants in Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina and Connecticut.
GE lists its refrigerators under "Refrigerators Produced In America." It builds top-freezer models in Decatur, Alabama, which in 2025 began insourcing six more models, and Monogram and Café built-in models in Selmer, Tennessee. Its Louisville refrigerator production is due to end in early 2027, and where those French door models will be made hasn't been stated. Compressors and controls are likely imported.
Production history: GE Appliances has built appliances at Appliance Park in Louisville since the 1950s; Haier bought it in 2016, and in 2025 it announced a $3 billion plan to bring more production, including gas ranges, front-load washers and dryers, back from Mexico and China.
Our rough estimate: imported or likely imported parts (compressors, controls) are about 20–30% of the value.
Level 4 for its GE top-freezer refrigerators built in Decatur, Alabama and Monogram and Café built-in refrigerators built in Selmer, Tennessee: GE Appliances builds its top-freezer refrigerators in Decatur, Alabama and its Monogram and Café built-ins in Selmer, Tennessee; compressors and controls are likely imported, and its Louisville French door production ends in 2027.
Sub-Zero Group makes Sub-Zero built-in refrigerators, Wolf ranges, ovens and cooktops, and Cove dishwashers for high-end kitchens. The family-owned company was founded in Madison, Wisconsin in 1945 and has factories in Wisconsin, Iowa and Arizona.
Sub-Zero Group's "Our story" page calls Sub-Zero "an American original" and says, "From our factories in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Arizona to homes around the world, we promise the consistent quality." Its Buy America answer page says its "manufacturing facilities are located in" the US "only."
Sub-Zero builds its refrigerator cabinets and liners and foams and assembles them at its own plants. Service-part listings show its compressors are Embraco-brand, a foreign-owned maker, so the compressor is likely imported; where its controls come from isn't stated.
Production history: Sub-Zero has built refrigerators in Wisconsin since 1945, added Wolf in 2000 and Cove dishwashers in 2018, and opened a new plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in May 2026.
Our rough estimate: imported or likely imported parts (compressors, controls) are about 15–30% of the value.
Level 4 for its Sub-Zero Classic and Designer built-in refrigerators: Sub-Zero builds its refrigerators at its own plants in Wisconsin, Iowa and Arizona; its compressors are likely imported.
Whirlpool makes washers, dryers, refrigerators, ranges, wall ovens and dishwashers under the Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, JennAir and Amana names. Founded in 1911 and based in Benton Harbor, Michigan, it says about 80% of the major appliances it sells in the US come from its American factories.
Whirlpool's "Stayed in America" page says "Approximately 80% of the major appliances we sell in the U.S. come from our American factories" and "Approximately 96% of the steel we use is American," with the footnote "Domestic and imported components are used in the manufacturing of products."
Whirlpool still builds bottom-freezer and some French door refrigerators in Amana, Iowa, but that plant is shrinking: layoffs were announced in 2025 and 2026, and the union says Mexico now makes units Amana used to make. Its "Stayed in America" page links to ranges, dishwashers, wall ovens, washers and dryers, but not refrigerators. Compressors and controls are likely imported.
Production history: Whirlpool has built refrigerators in Amana since buying Maytag in 2006; it has opened refrigerator plants in Mexico, and the Amana line was being cut back in 2025–2026.
Our rough estimate: imported or likely imported parts (motors or compressors, controls) are about 20–35% of the value.
Level 4 for its Whirlpool bottom-freezer and French door refrigerators built in Amana, Iowa: Whirlpool still builds some bottom-freezer and French door refrigerators in Amana, Iowa, but the plant is shrinking, many models are made in Mexico, and compressors are likely imported.
Compressors are usually imported. Even Sub-Zero, which builds everything in its own US plants, uses compressors from a foreign-owned maker.
Check the model, not the brand. Whirlpool makes many refrigerators in Mexico and is cutting back its Amana, Iowa plant, and GE's Louisville refrigerator production ends in early 2027.
Each listing's research notes show what was checked and when, including our rough estimate of how much of the value is imported. Ratings are rechecked as companies answer.
Refrigerator makers by state
Alabama: GE Appliances (Decatur plant)
Iowa: Whirlpool (Amana plant), Sub-Zero Group (Cedar Rapids plant)
Tennessee: GE Appliances (Selmer plant)
Wisconsin: Sub-Zero Group (Fitchburg)
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3 makers of refrigerators are listed, each checked for where it builds its refrigerators today and where it has built them over the years.
Every maker has a Made in USA level from 0 to 5, with the sources and research notes behind it. See how the levels work.
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