Rank |
County |
Private Non-Farm Establishments |
1 |
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
|
27,520
|
2 |
Wake County, North Carolina
|
24,943
|
3 |
Guilford County, North Carolina
|
13,065
|
4 |
Forsyth County, North Carolina
|
8,197
|
5 |
Buncombe County, North Carolina
|
7,171
|
6 |
Durham County, North Carolina
|
6,637
|
7 |
New Hanover County, North Carolina
|
6,634
|
8 |
Cumberland County, North Carolina
|
5,613
|
9 |
Iredell County, North Carolina
|
4,231
|
10 |
Catawba County, North Carolina
|
4,077
|
11 |
Union County, North Carolina
|
3,951
|
12 |
Gaston County, North Carolina
|
3,868
|
13 |
Cabarrus County, North Carolina
|
3,828
|
14 |
Pitt County, North Carolina
|
3,515
|
15 |
Alamance County, North Carolina
|
3,153
|
16 |
Orange County, North Carolina
|
3,060
|
17 |
Johnston County, North Carolina
|
3,011
|
18 |
Davidson County, North Carolina
|
2,747
|
19 |
Onslow County, North Carolina
|
2,710
|
20 |
Randolph County, North Carolina
|
2,558
|
21 |
Henderson County, North Carolina
|
2,514
|
22 |
Rowan County, North Carolina
|
2,512
|
23 |
Craven County, North Carolina
|
2,235
|
24 |
Brunswick County, North Carolina
|
2,223
|
25 |
Wayne County, North Carolina
|
2,169
|
26 |
Moore County, North Carolina
|
2,157
|
27 |
Nash County, North Carolina
|
2,130
|
28 |
Carteret County, North Carolina
|
1,944
|
29 |
Cleveland County, North Carolina
|
1,943
|
30 |
Dare County, North Carolina
|
1,864
|
31 |
Robeson County, North Carolina
|
1,857
|
32 |
Wilson County, North Carolina
|
1,719
|
33 |
Rockingham County, North Carolina
|
1,705
|
34 |
Surry County, North Carolina
|
1,652
|
35 |
Harnett County, North Carolina
|
1,602
|
36 |
Watauga County, North Carolina
|
1,584
|
37 |
Lincoln County, North Carolina
|
1,509
|
38 |
Burke County, North Carolina
|
1,436
|
39 |
Caldwell County, North Carolina
|
1,372
|
40 |
Haywood County, North Carolina
|
1,371
|
41 |
Stanly County, North Carolina
|
1,303
|
42 |
Lenoir County, North Carolina
|
1,286
|
43 |
Rutherford County, North Carolina
|
1,285
|
44 |
Wilkes County, North Carolina
|
1,266
|
45 |
Lee County, North Carolina
|
1,260
|
46 |
Chatham County, North Carolina
|
1,226
|
47 |
Beaufort County, North Carolina
|
1,149
|
48 |
Macon County, North Carolina
|
1,087
|
49 |
Columbus County, North Carolina
|
1,048
|
50 |
Halifax County, North Carolina
|
1,016
|
51 |
Sampson County, North Carolina
|
989
|
52 |
Pasquotank County, North Carolina
|
952
|
53 |
Franklin County, North Carolina
|
919
|
54 |
Pender County, North Carolina
|
905
|
55 |
Jackson County, North Carolina
|
901
|
56 |
Vance County, North Carolina
|
882
|
57 |
Duplin County, North Carolina
|
848
|
58 |
Richmond County, North Carolina
|
835
|
59 |
Granville County, North Carolina
|
809
|
60 |
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
|
791
|
61 |
Transylvania County, North Carolina
|
789
|
62 |
Davie County, North Carolina
|
771
|
63 |
McDowell County, North Carolina
|
732
|
64 |
Person County, North Carolina
|
670
|
65 |
Scotland County, North Carolina
|
660
|
66 |
Yadkin County, North Carolina
|
602
|
67 |
Alexander County, North Carolina
|
591
|
68 |
Stokes County, North Carolina
|
588
|
69 |
Cherokee County, North Carolina
|
581
|
70 |
Currituck County, North Carolina
|
574
|
71 |
Bladen County, North Carolina
|
532
|
72 |
Ashe County, North Carolina
|
520
|
73 |
Avery County, North Carolina
|
508
|
74 |
Montgomery County, North Carolina
|
497
|
75 |
Polk County, North Carolina
|
477
|
76 |
Hertford County, North Carolina
|
476
|
77 |
Martin County, North Carolina
|
457
|
78 |
Hoke County, North Carolina
|
405
|
79 |
Swain County, North Carolina
|
400
|
80 |
Anson County, North Carolina
|
389
|
81 |
Mitchell County, North Carolina
|
376
|
82 |
Chowan County, North Carolina
|
366
|
83 |
Yancey County, North Carolina
|
344
|
84 |
Bertie County, North Carolina
|
342
|
85 |
Madison County, North Carolina
|
306
|
86 |
Northampton County, North Carolina
|
281
|
87 |
Pamlico County, North Carolina
|
252
|
88 |
Alleghany County, North Carolina
|
251
|
89 |
Caswell County, North Carolina
|
249
|
90 |
Washington County, North Carolina
|
242
|
91 |
Greene County, North Carolina
|
236
|
92 |
Warren County, North Carolina
|
218
|
93 |
Perquimans County, North Carolina
|
209
|
94 |
Clay County, North Carolina
|
209
|
95 |
Graham County, North Carolina
|
161
|
96 |
Hyde County, North Carolina
|
153
|
97 |
Jones County, North Carolina
|
139
|
98 |
Gates County, North Carolina
|
127
|
99 |
Camden County, North Carolina
|
107
|
100 |
Tyrrell County, North Carolina
|
72
|