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An industrial agricultural business trades alongside the main road in Leeming Bar. John H Gill & Son have been in the village since 1937 when they bought out the foundry of F Mattison & Co. Run by William Mattison, the company made much agricultural machinery at their foundry which was built on railway land at Leeming Bar. However, the company was known mostly for its cast-iron [[milepost]]s, of which about 100 survive across North Yorkshire.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Heywood|first1=Richard|title=The Mattison mileposts of the North Riding|url=http://www.yorkshire-milestones.co.uk/all-about-waymarkers/63-the-mattison-mileposts-of-the-north-riding|website=www.yorkshire-milestones.co.uk|accessdate=24 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Aithinson|first1=Gavin|title=Stolen sign found for sale on internet|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/3796950.Stolen_sign_found_for_sale_on_internet/|accessdate=24 May 2018|work=York Press|date=28 October 2008}}</ref>
[[File:John Gill works at Leeming Bar.jpg|thumb|The John Gill works]]
Leeming Bar is host to an industrial estate that houses, among other things, the headquarters of [[Froneri]], who make [[Fab (brand)|Fab]] and [[Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles]] ice lollies.<ref>{{cite web |title=Froneri UK, the new name in ice-cream, frozen food and chilled dairy. |url=https://www.froneri.uk.com/ |website=www.froneri.uk.com |access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref> Cawingredients also have a soft drink manufacturing plant on the industrial estate covering over {{convert|10,400|m2}}.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Addy |first1=Rod |title=New soft drinks firm opens Leeming Bar site |magazine=Food Manufacture |date=May 2010 |volume=85 |issue=5 |page=5 |issn=0015-6477}}</ref> A household waste recycling site is also on the industrial estate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Leeming Bar household waste recycling centre|url=https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/leeming-bar-household-waste-recycling-centre|website=North Yorkshire County Council|accessdate=27 December 2017|date=12 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Prest|first1=Victoria|title=Opening times to be cut next week at 20 local waste centres|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/14373260.Opening_times_to_be_cut_next_week_at_20_local_waste_centres/|accessdate=27 December 2017|work=York Press|date=21 March 2016}}</ref>
The Vale of Mowbray food factory was also in the village. The factory had suffered two fires in the 21st century; in 2002 a major fire caused an industrial oven to explode and led to the company being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dooks|first1=Brian|title=Pie maker fined over explosion at factory|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/pie-maker-fined-over-explosion-at-factory-1-2520654|accessdate=26 December 2017|work=The Yorkshire Post|date=2 June 2003}}</ref> In 2017, another fire led to 10,000 smoke damaged pork pies being destroyed by the company.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Newton|first1=Grace|title=Thousands of pork pies destroyed in Yorkshire factory fire|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/thousands-of-pork-pies-destroyed-in-yorkshire-factory-fire-1-8912158|accessdate=26 December 2017|work=The Yorkshire Post|date=15 December 2017}}</ref> The factory was closed down in September 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jacob |first1=Liana |title=Yorkshire factory Vale of Mowbray closed seven months before appearing on BBC Two show |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/vale-of-mowbray-hambleton-yorkshire-pork-pie-factory-closed-its-doors-seven-months-before-its-tv-appearance-on-bbc-two-show-inside-the-factory-presented-by-gregg-wallace-4100682 |access-date=21 May 2023 |work=Yorkshire Post |date=12 April 2023}}</ref>
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