TDmonthly - LEGO's Virginia Factory and Distribution Hub: What It Means for the U.S. Toy Supply Chain in 2027

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The LEGO Group is building its U.S. factory in Chesterfield County, Virginia, and a 2-million-square-foot regional distribution center in Prince George County, about 20 miles away. Both are officially set to open in 2027.
In an Oct. 1, 2025 update, LEGO said the combined investment in the factory and distribution center is more than US $1.5 billion. The factory is expected to create more than 1,700 jobs over 10 years; the RDC is a more than US $360 million project expected to create over 300 jobs.
LEGO says the pair will shorten the U.S. supply chain, cut lead times and sit alongside an existing Americas distribution center in Fort Worth, Texas.

For U.S. toy retailers and toy manufacturers, the most concrete 2027 operations story in the LEGO Group is in Virginia. The company is pairing a new factory with a new regional distribution center, close enough that it plans to move goods between them by electric vehicle.

The factory. LEGO Manufacturing Virginia is under construction in Chesterfield County, in Meadowville Technology Park. On Oct. 1, 2025, the company marked the placement of the final steel beam on the main production building. When complete, the site is to include 13 buildings covering more than 1.7 million square feet (160,000 m²), with offices, molding, processing and packing, and a high-bay automated warehouse. LEGO says the factory will be its seventh manufacturing site worldwide and its second in the Americas, and that it is set to open in 2027. Production has already been running at a temporary packing facility since 2023. As of that October 2025 update, more than 500 team members were employed across both locations, a number the company said will grow to more than 1,700 over 10 years.

The investment figures have been updated as the project has grown, so the dates matter. In June 2022, the Virginia Economic Development Partnership announced a plan to invest over $1 billion in a 1.7-million-square-foot plant and to create over 1,760 jobs. In its Oct. 1, 2025 milestone release, the LEGO Group said the investment, including the factory and a regional distribution center, is more than US $1.5 billion.

The distribution center. On Nov. 13, 2025, LEGO broke ground on a 2-million-square-foot regional distribution center in Prince George County, near Richmond, in the Disputanta area. Official facts from that release: more than US $360 million of investment, over 300 jobs, capacity of over 200,000 pallets, and a location about 20 miles from the Chesterfield factory. It will be the company's sixth regional distribution center worldwide and the second in the Americas, joining an existing center in Fort Worth, Texas. A third-party logistics provider will operate it. The company aims to power the site with 100% renewable energy and to meet LEED Gold standards, and it plans to use electric vehicles between the RDC and the factory.

The Virginia Economic Development Partnership, announcing the RDC in May 2025, placed the warehouse at 8800 Wells Station Road in Prince George County's Crosspointe Business Centre and cited a $366 million investment and 305 jobs, along with state support for the project. Those are the Commonwealth's announcement figures; LEGO's later newsroom wording is "more than US $360 million" and "over 300" jobs.

What it means for the U.S. toy supply chain. LEGO's own explanation is about proximity. Carsten Rasmussen, then chief operations officer, said the RDC would bring more flexibility, support long-term growth in the Americas, shorten the regional supply chain, and reduce lead times and environmental impact. For retailers, a factory and a warehouse opening in 2027 in the same mid-Atlantic corridor points to faster replenishment for U.S. demand once both sites are running. For toy manufacturers watching the same market, it is a reminder that capacity in the United States is being planned on a multi-year cycle, not a single season. The calendar sits alongside other 2027 items LEGO has already confirmed, and the spending sits in the Group's recent results.