Honda Puts About $3 Billion Into a New Central Ohio Auto Plant, Adding More Than 2,000 Jobs

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MARYSVILLE, Ohio — Honda will build a new auto assembly plant in Central Ohio, investing approximately $3 billion and creating more than 2,000 new jobs, the company, Gov. Mike DeWine and JobsOhio announced Nov. 9. Counting retooling at two other Ohio plants, the state puts Honda's new Ohio commitment at $3.38 billion and 2,390 new jobs. Production is expected to begin in 2029, "pending final government approvals."

The plant will sit between Honda's Marysville and East Liberty auto plants and will have a planned capacity of 240,000 vehicles a year, with the flexibility to build hybrid, gasoline and battery-electric models. It will be Honda's fourth auto plant in Ohio. The same announcement covers new hybrid system lines at Honda Transmission Plant-Ohio in Russells Point and a retooled four-cylinder engine line and expanded parts consolidation center at the Anna Engine Plant. According to the release, Honda chose Ohio for its skilled workforce, the concentration of its U.S. supply base nearby, its existing manufacturing and development operations, and the L-H Battery joint venture with LG Energy Solution, which will make cells for hybrid and electric vehicles.

Location Decision analysis: Honda is adding a greenfield assembly plant inside the footprint it already runs, not opening a new region. That shortens supply lines to parts makers that already serve Marysville and East Liberty, which is the reason Honda gives. It also means the new plant hires from the same labor market as the two existing plants. The release calls the jobs new; it does not say how many positions might be filled by transfers from existing Honda operations or when hiring starts.

For scale: Honda's own release says the plant lifts its U.S. auto capacity to about 1.3 million vehicles a year, so the 240,000 new units are roughly 18% of that total (240,000 ÷ 1.3 million). The headline numbers need care. The plant itself is "approximately $3 billion" and "more than 2,000" jobs; the $3.38 billion and 2,390 jobs are an Ohio-wide total across three facilities, and the release does not break them out by plant.

Final government approvals and a construction start date; the release gives neither a date nor a list of the approvals pending. The Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved a tax credit for the project Nov. 9, but the release gives no amount or term. JobsOhio assistance will be made public only after a final agreement is signed. The exact site: the release places it between the two existing plants but names no township, parcel or address. Hiring: 2,000-plus announced jobs are a commitment, not hires, and production is not expected until 2029.

Statehouse News Bureau, Nov. 9, 2026: Honda announces major expansion of its manufacturing facilities in Ohio

JobsOhio press secretary Matt Englehart, [email protected], (614) 300-1152, and Honda media contact Chris Abbruzzese, per the JobsOhio release, checked Nov. 10, 2026. Governor DeWine's press office: 614-644-0957, per the same release on GlobeNewswire.