| Izhevsk Motor Plant No. 524 (Merged with Izhmash in 2013 and now called Kalashnikov Concern) | Izhevsk | Russia | 56.86186 | 53.232428 | AK-12 Assault Rifle, AK-47 Kalashnikov, AK-74 Assault Rifle, AK-101, AK 103 Assault Rifle, AK 102, AK 104, AK 105, AK 107, AK 108, AN-94 | 1947 | Russia | 10,000,000 | Chivers p. 205 |
| Factory 74 (Izhmash – Kalashnikov Concern) | Izhevsk | Russia | 56.86186 | 53.232428 | AK-12 Assault Rifle, AK-47 Kalashnikov, AK-74 Assault Rifle, AK-101, AK 103 Assault Rifle, AK 102, AK 104, AK 105, AK 107, AK 108, AN-94 | 1948 | Russia | N/A | Chivers p. 205 |
| Factory 66/Factory 626 (Now NORINCO) | Beian | China | 38.148192 | 112.855712 | Type 56 | 1956 | China | N/A | Chivers p. 217 |
| Fegyver Es Gepgyár (FEG) | Budapest | Hungary | 47.497912 | 19.040235 | AK-55, AKM-63, NGM-81 | 1956 | Russia | N/A | Chivers p. 399 |
| Factory 10 – UCZNIK Weapon Factory | Radom | Poland | 51.402724 | 21.147133 | PMK, M-88 | 1956 | Russia | N/A | Chivers p. 399 |
| Former Schreiber Gun Works | Wiesa | East Germany | 50.611851 | 13.014151 | MPi-K/MPi-KS (AK-47/AKS) | 1957 | Russia | 2,000,000 | Chivers p. 246 |
| Factory 54 – Maadi Arms Company | Cairo | Egypt | 30.04442 | 31.235712 | AK-47 and AKM | 1958 | Russia | N/A | Chivers p. 217 |
| Tractor Plant No. 26 | Kanggye, Chagang Province | North Korea | 40.967673 | 126.599092 | Type 58A/B (Type 3 AK-47/w, Type 68A/B (AKM/AKMS), Type 88A/B-2 (AK-74/AKS-74) | 1958 | Russia | N/A | Chivers p. 217 |
| Factory 10 – Arsenal | Kazanlak | Bulgaria | 42.619441 | 25.392958 | AK-47,AKK,AKS | 1958 | Russia | 1,000,000 | Chivers p. 399 |
| Volkseigener Betrieb | Suhl | East Germany | 50.607685 | 10.688126 | MPi-K/MPi-KS (AK-47/AKS) | 1959 | Russia | N/A | Google |
| Zastava Arms | Kragujevac (??????????) | Serbia (formerly Yugoslavia) | 44.012793 | 20.911423 | M64, M70, M72, M76, M77, M80, M82, M85, M90, M91, M92, M99, M21 | 1959 | Yugoslavia | N/A | Chivers p. 250 |
| Tula Arms Plant | Tula (Tyna) | Russia | 54.204836 | 37.618492 | AKM | 1961 | Russia | N/A | Wikipedia |
| Molot Arsenal/Molot Joint Stock Company | Kirov District – Vyatskiye Polyany | Russia | 56.227538 | 51.071019 | RPK | 1961 | Russia | N/A | Google |
| Uzina e Municioneve Gramsh | Gramsh | Albania | 40.866987 | 20.184932 | Automatiku Shqiptar model 56 (Type 56), AKMS | 1962 | China | N/A | Chivers p. 343 |
| Kombinati Mekanik Poliçan | Polican | Albania | 40.606103 | 20.100056 | Ammunition, Ash-82 | 1962 | China | N/A | Gun Club |
| Oy Sako AB (Consolidated as SAKO-VALMET Firearms Company in 1987) | Riihimäki | Finland | 60.737307 | 24.754852 | Rk 62, Valmet M76, RK-95 | 1963 | Home Grown | 350000 | Google |
| Valmet Oy (Consolidated as SAKO-VALMET Firearms Company in 1987) | Jyvaskyla | Finland | 62.242603 | 25.747257 | Rk 62, Valmet M76, RK-95 | 1963 | Home Grown | N/A | Google |
| Ratmil Factory (Rometechnica) | Cugir | Romania | 45.837061 | 23.367508 | PM md. 63/65 (AKM/AKMS), PM md. 80, PM md. 90 | 1963 | Russia | N/A | Chivers p. 399 |
| Secondary Romanian Plant | Sadu | Romania | 45.669638 | 24.179126 | PM md. 63/65 (AKM/AKMS), PM md. 80, PM md. 90 | 1963 | Russia | N/A | Google |
| Unknown | ? | Cambodia | 12.565679 | 104.990963 | Chinese Type 56, Soviet AK-47, and AKM | 1960s | China | N/A | Wikiwand |
| China North Industries (Norinco) – Factory 366 | Harbin, Heilongjiang province | China | 45.803775 | 126.534967 | Type 56 | 1960s | China | N/A | Google |
| Bangladesh Ordinance Factory | Gazipur | Bangladesh | 23.991734 | 90.419588 | Type 56 | 1970 | China | N/A | BOF |
| Israel Military Industries | Ramat HaSharon | Israel | 32.137793 | 34.840278 | IMI Galil: AR, ARM, SAR, MAR, Sniper, SR-99 | 1972 | Israel | N/A | Google |
| Al-Qadissiya Establishment (north of Baghdad) | Baghdad | Iraq | 33.312806 | 44.361488 | Tabuk | 1978 | Yugoslavia | N/A | Chivers p. 11 |
| Unknown | Unknown | Cuba | 23.113592 | -82.366596 | AKM | 1970s | Russia | N/A | Google |
| Shop made or hand built small arms | Khyber Pass | Pakistan/Afghanistan border | 34.094136 | 71.157484 | Khyber Pass AK Copy (PK-10) | 1970s | Home Grown | N/A | Google |
| Century International Arms, Inc. | Fairfax, Vermont | United States | 44.665496 | -73.01032 | AK Manufacturer and Importer | 1970s? | Russia | N/A | Google |
| Denel Land Systems (Formerly Lyttelton Engineering Works) | Centurion, Gauteng | South Africa | -25.864029 | 28.088858 | R4 assault rifle, Truvelo Raptor, Vektor CR-21 (Galil) | 1980 | Israel | 420,000 | Google |
| Gafat Armament Engineering Complex | Debre Zeyit | Ethiopia | 8.73465 | 39.008535 | AK-47, AK-103 (as Gafat Et-97/1) | 1986 | Russia | N/A | Wikiwand |
| Poly Technologies (Polytech) – Factory 386 | Long Yan, Fu-Jian Province | China | 25.075123 | 117.017537 | Type 56 | 1980s | China | N/A | Google |
| Idumil | Soacha Cundinamarca | Columbia | 4.582723 | -74.211747 | Galil | 1980s | Israel | N/A | |
| Iranian Defense Industries Corporation (DIO) | Unknown | Iran | 35.689197 | 51.388974 | KLS/KLF (AK-47/AKS), KLT (AKMS) | 1980s | Russia | N/A | Google |
| Vincenzo Bernardelli S.r.l | Torbole Casaglia (Brescia) | Italy | 45.513178 | 10.118071 | Bernardelli Mod.377 VB-STR (Galil AR/ARM variant), Bernardelli Mod.378 VB-SR (clone of the Galil SA) | 1980s | Israel | N/A | |
| Ishapore Rifle Factory | Poona, Ichapur, West Bengal | India | 22.550166 | 88.349833 | INSAS | 1990 | Home Grown | N/A | Google |
| Small Arms Factory Kanpur | Kanpur | India | 26.449923 | 80.331874 | INSAS | 1990 | Home Grown | N/A | Wikipedia |
| Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli (OFT) | Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu | India | 10.790483 | 78.704673 | INSAS | 1990 | Home Grown | N/A | Wikipedia |
| Arsenal Inc./K-Var Corp | Las Vegas, Nevada | United States | 36.169941 | -115.13983 | AK-47, AK-74, RPK Parts | 1993 | Home Grown | N/A | Google |
| Military Industry Corporation | Al Khartum (Alshagara Industrial Complex) | Sudan | 15.500654 | 32.559899 | MAZ (Type 56) | 1993? | China | N/A | Revolry |
| Kon?ar-Arma d.o.o | Zagreb | Croatia | 45.815011 | 15.981919 | APS-95 | 1995-2007 | China | N/A | Wikiwand |
| Military Industrial Department of Armenian Defense | Yerevan | Armenia | 40.179186 | 44.499103 | K-3 (AK-74 variant) | 1996 | Russia | N/A | Wikiwand |
| The Firing Line | Wyandotte, Oklahoma | United States | 36.793403 | -94.725228 | AK-47 and AK-74, AK receivers | 1996 | Home Grown | N/A | Google |
| Ohio Ordnance Works | Chardon, Ohio | United States | 41.578664 | -81.213326 | AK-variants | 1990? | Home Grown | N/A | Google |
| Unknown | Pristina? | Kosovo | 42.662914 | 21.165503 | AK Sopmod | 1990s | China | N/A | Wikiwand |
| AK-US | Fort Myers, Florida | United States | 26.640628 | -81.872308 | AK-variants | 2001 | Home Grown | N/A | website |
| Vulcan Arms, Inc. | Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota | United States | 44.848022 | -93.042715 | Galil and AK variants | 2002 | Home Grown | N/A | Google |
| NoDak Spud, LLC | Edina, Minnesota | United States | 44.889687 | -93.349949 | AK Receivers | 2005 | Home Grown | N/A | Google |
| Defense Industries Corporation of Nigeria | Kano | Nigeria | 12.002179 | 8.591956 | OBJ-006 | 2006 | Russia | N/A | Google |
| RPC Fort | Vinnytsia | Ukraine | 49.233083 | 28.468217 | Galil | 2008 | Israel | N/A | Wikipedia |
| My Guns Northwest | Talent, Oregon | United States | 42.245684 | -122.788646 | AK-47 and AK-74 | 2008 | Home Grown | N/A | Google |
| Cold War Classics | Springtown, Texas | United States | 32.965957 | -97.683638 | AK Variants | 2009 | Home Grown | N/A | Google |
| Pakistan Ordnance Factories Company | Wah Cantt, Punjab | Pakistan | 33.771541 | 72.751092 | PK-10 | 2000s | Home Grown | N/A | Wikipedia |
| Ohio Rapid Fire | Troy, Ohio | United States | 40.039498 | -84.203277 | AK-74, Galil Variants – Now out of business | 2000s | Home Grown | N/A | Google |
| Global Trades / Armory USA | Houston, Texas | United States | 29.760427 | -95.369803 | AK Importer – Now out of business | 2000s | Russia | N/A | Google |
| CNC Warrior | Charlotte, North Carolina | United States | 35.227087 | -80.843127 | AK-47 and Galil | 2008? | Home Grown | N/A | Google |
| Lancaster Arms | Goodyear, Arizona | United States | 33.435339 | -112.357657 | AK-74 variant | 2009? | Home Grown | N/A | Google |
| Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan (MODAR) | Shirvan? | Azerbaijan | 39.926575 | 48.920573 | Khazri (AK-74M) | 2011 | Russia | 40,000 | Wikiwand |
| Compañía Anónima Venezolana de Industrias Militares – CAVIM | Maracay, Aragua | Venezuela | 10.244193 | -67.606616 | AK-103 | 2012 | Russia | N/A | Google |
| Fábricas y Maestranzas del Ejército (FAMAE) | Talagante | Chile | -33.663747 | -70.927394 | Galil | 2014 | Israel | N/A | Wikipedia |
| Z111 Factory | Thanh Hoá, Vietnam | Vietnam | 20.129128 | 105.313118 | AKM-1, AKM-VN (AKM) assault rifle, TUL-1 (RPK) light machine gun, Galil ACE 31/32 assault rifle | 2014 | Israel | N/A | Google |
| Kalashnikov USA | Pompano Beach FL | United States | 26.23786 | -80.124767 | AK-variants | 2016 | Home Grown | N/A | |
| Shalimar Arms Factory | Shalimer | Pakistan | | | Small manufacturer | N/A | | N/A | |
| Homemade Gunmaking (paltik) | Danao, Island of Cebu | Philippines | | | Kalashnilov knock offs and oother guns | N/A | Home Grown | N/A | Carr, Chapter 4 |
