Dorinda's economy is a manufacturing economy with many products associated with the skin, beauty, and hair care industries. Besides skin, beauty, and hair care manufacturers in the city, other manufacturers' products include:

• Metal Products,
• Chemicals,
• Machine Tools,
• Office Machines, and
• Pharmaceuticals.

Dorinda is the national headquarters of such major firms such as:

• Back-Atena Fragrances,
• De Mann Products, Inc.,
• Dixon Incorporated,
• Jonas Industries,
• LoTotra' Skin Care, and
• Shimmers Inc.

These operations have attracted many service industries in research, design, advertising, public relations, accounting, and finance.

Employment trends in the 1980s and 1990s have been towards a greater emphasis on the service sector of the economy.