Licensed US firearms manufacturers produced 7 million pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, and other similar weapons in 2019, down 39% from a high in 2016, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
Every year, all federally licensed manufacturers of firearms and destructive devices must submit a production and export report to the ATF, documenting the number of licensed firearms they produced. As of January 2021, there were 15,264 such licenses.