diff --git a/bc_obps/common/management/commands/custom_migrate.py b/bc_obps/common/management/commands/custom_migrate.py
index 20dfdbc9ad..8dfc5f018e 100644
--- a/bc_obps/common/management/commands/custom_migrate.py
+++ b/bc_obps/common/management/commands/custom_migrate.py
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
                 self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS(f'Successfully migrated {app_label}.'))
             except Exception as e:
                 self.stdout.write(self.style.ERROR(f'Error migrating {app_label}: {e}'))
-                continue
+                # Some apps like messages and staticfiles do not have migrations so we can ignore them
+                if "does not have migrations" in str(e):
+                    continue
+                else:
+                    raise e
 
         self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS('Default migrations completed.'))
 
diff --git a/bc_obps/registration/migrations/0078_make_contacts_from_industry_users.py b/bc_obps/registration/migrations/0078_make_contacts_from_industry_users.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9041c2d6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bc_obps/registration/migrations/0078_make_contacts_from_industry_users.py
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.0.11 on 2025-02-14 01:29
+
+from typing import Dict
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+"""
+One-time forward-only migration to be applied to prod data.
+Purpose: create a contact record for each approved industry_user who doesn't already appear in the contact table.
+"""
+
+
+def count_stats(User, Contact, UserOperator) -> Dict[str, int]:
+    """Collects and returns key statistics about the data before and after migration."""
+    return {
+        'total_users': User.objects.count(),
+        'industry_users': User.objects.filter(app_role__role_name="industry_user").count(),
+        'contacts': Contact.objects.count(),
+        'approved_user_operators': UserOperator.objects.filter(status="Approved").count(),
+    }
+
+
+def create_contacts_from_prod_industry_users(apps, schema_editor):
+    """Creates Contact records for approved industry users not already in the Contact table."""
+    # Import the required Django models
+    User = apps.get_model('registration', 'User')
+    Contact = apps.get_model('registration', 'Contact')
+    UserOperator = apps.get_model('registration', 'UserOperator')
+    BusinessRole = apps.get_model('registration', 'BusinessRole')
+
+    before_stats = count_stats(User, Contact, UserOperator)
+
+    # Fetch only approved UserOperator user IDs
+    approved_user_operators = UserOperator.objects.filter(status="Approved").values_list("user_id", flat=True)
+
+    # Fetch approved industry users who are not already in Contact
+    approved_industry_users = User.objects.filter(
+        user_guid__in=approved_user_operators, app_role__role_name="industry_user"
+    ).exclude(email__in=Contact.objects.values_list("email", flat=True))
+
+    operation_representative_role = BusinessRole.objects.get(role_name="Operation Representative")
+
+    created_count = 0
+
+    for user in approved_industry_users:
+        users_user_operator = user.user_operators.filter(status="Approved").first()
+        operator = users_user_operator.operator if users_user_operator else None
+        if operator:
+            _, created = Contact.objects.get_or_create(
+                email=user.email,
+                defaults={
+                    "first_name": user.first_name,
+                    "last_name": user.last_name,
+                    "phone_number": user.phone_number,
+                    "business_role": operation_representative_role,
+                    "address": None,
+                    "operator": operator,
+                },
+            )
+            if created:
+                created_count += 1
+
+    print(f'\n\n\n{created_count} new contacts created')
+
+    after_stats = count_stats(User, Contact, UserOperator)
+    log_migration_summary(before_stats, after_stats, Contact, User)
+
+
+def log_migration_summary(before_stats, after_stats, Contact, User):
+    print("Migration Summary:")
+    print(f"Before Migration: {before_stats}")
+    print(f"After Migration: {after_stats}")
+
+    if after_stats['contacts'] < after_stats['approved_user_operators']:
+        print("The number of contacts is less than the number of approved user operators.")
+
+    internal_user_contacts = Contact.objects.filter(
+        email__in=User.objects.filter(app_role__role_name__startswith="cas_").values_list("email", flat=True)
+    )
+    if internal_user_contacts.exists():
+        print(f"Internal users (cas_x) found in Contacts table: {list(internal_user_contacts.values('email'))}")
+
+    duplicate_contacts = (
+        Contact.objects.values("email", "operator_id").annotate(count=models.Count("id")).filter(count__gt=1)
+    )
+    if duplicate_contacts.exists():
+        print(f"Duplicate contacts detected: {list(duplicate_contacts)}")
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ('registration', '0077_historicalfacility_well_authorization_numbers_and_more'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RunPython(create_contacts_from_prod_industry_users, migrations.RunPython.noop, elidable=True),
+    ]