| Rank |
County |
Businesses |
| 1 |
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
|
89,165
|
| 2 |
Wake County, North Carolina
|
82,932
|
| 3 |
Guilford County, North Carolina
|
45,272
|
| 4 |
Buncombe County, North Carolina
|
29,566
|
| 5 |
Forsyth County, North Carolina
|
29,162
|
| 6 |
New Hanover County, North Carolina
|
22,306
|
| 7 |
Durham County, North Carolina
|
22,104
|
| 8 |
Cumberland County, North Carolina
|
19,749
|
| 9 |
Union County, North Carolina
|
18,189
|
| 10 |
Iredell County, North Carolina
|
15,888
|
| 11 |
Gaston County, North Carolina
|
15,631
|
| 12 |
Catawba County, North Carolina
|
14,417
|
| 13 |
Cabarrus County, North Carolina
|
14,369
|
| 14 |
Johnston County, North Carolina
|
13,283
|
| 15 |
Davidson County, North Carolina
|
12,926
|
| 16 |
Orange County, North Carolina
|
12,898
|
| 17 |
Brunswick County, North Carolina
|
12,223
|
| 18 |
Pitt County, North Carolina
|
12,182
|
| 19 |
Randolph County, North Carolina
|
11,843
|
| 20 |
Alamance County, North Carolina
|
11,125
|
| 21 |
Rowan County, North Carolina
|
10,867
|
| 22 |
Henderson County, North Carolina
|
10,528
|
| 23 |
Onslow County, North Carolina
|
9,995
|
| 24 |
Carteret County, North Carolina
|
9,110
|
| 25 |
Craven County, North Carolina
|
8,734
|
| 26 |
Robeson County, North Carolina
|
8,420
|
| 27 |
Moore County, North Carolina
|
7,997
|
| 28 |
Cleveland County, North Carolina
|
7,891
|
| 29 |
Wayne County, North Carolina
|
7,871
|
| 30 |
Lincoln County, North Carolina
|
7,595
|
| 31 |
Harnett County, North Carolina
|
7,497
|
| 32 |
Caldwell County, North Carolina
|
7,021
|
| 33 |
Dare County, North Carolina
|
6,997
|
| 34 |
Nash County, North Carolina
|
6,883
|
| 35 |
Burke County, North Carolina
|
6,778
|
| 36 |
Surry County, North Carolina
|
6,398
|
| 37 |
Wilson County, North Carolina
|
6,123
|
| 38 |
Rockingham County, North Carolina
|
6,116
|
| 39 |
Watauga County, North Carolina
|
5,893
|
| 40 |
Chatham County, North Carolina
|
5,813
|
| 41 |
Wilkes County, North Carolina
|
5,805
|
| 42 |
Haywood County, North Carolina
|
5,740
|
| 43 |
Rutherford County, North Carolina
|
5,264
|
| 44 |
Pender County, North Carolina
|
4,892
|
| 45 |
Franklin County, North Carolina
|
4,798
|
| 46 |
Macon County, North Carolina
|
4,629
|
| 47 |
Columbus County, North Carolina
|
4,584
|
| 48 |
Stanly County, North Carolina
|
4,490
|
| 49 |
Sampson County, North Carolina
|
4,353
|
| 50 |
Beaufort County, North Carolina
|
4,127
|
| 51 |
Davie County, North Carolina
|
4,018
|
| 52 |
Lee County, North Carolina
|
3,987
|
| 53 |
Lenoir County, North Carolina
|
3,889
|
| 54 |
Jackson County, North Carolina
|
3,866
|
| 55 |
Transylvania County, North Carolina
|
3,681
|
| 56 |
Granville County, North Carolina
|
3,664
|
| 57 |
Duplin County, North Carolina
|
3,545
|
| 58 |
McDowell County, North Carolina
|
3,517
|
| 59 |
Ashe County, North Carolina
|
3,367
|
| 60 |
Stokes County, North Carolina
|
3,320
|
| 61 |
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
|
3,226
|
| 62 |
Vance County, North Carolina
|
3,089
|
| 63 |
Halifax County, North Carolina
|
3,036
|
| 64 |
Alexander County, North Carolina
|
3,007
|
| 65 |
Currituck County, North Carolina
|
2,988
|
| 66 |
Cherokee County, North Carolina
|
2,815
|
| 67 |
Pasquotank County, North Carolina
|
2,719
|
| 68 |
Polk County, North Carolina
|
2,705
|
| 69 |
Yadkin County, North Carolina
|
2,691
|
| 70 |
Person County, North Carolina
|
2,627
|
| 71 |
Richmond County, North Carolina
|
2,534
|
| 72 |
Scotland County, North Carolina
|
2,509
|
| 73 |
Avery County, North Carolina
|
2,241
|
| 74 |
Montgomery County, North Carolina
|
2,217
|
| 75 |
Madison County, North Carolina
|
2,214
|
| 76 |
Hoke County, North Carolina
|
1,889
|
| 77 |
Mitchell County, North Carolina
|
1,883
|
| 78 |
Martin County, North Carolina
|
1,849
|
| 79 |
Bladen County, North Carolina
|
1,728
|
| 80 |
Yancey County, North Carolina
|
1,686
|
| 81 |
Swain County, North Carolina
|
1,648
|
| 82 |
Caswell County, North Carolina
|
1,647
|
| 83 |
Bertie County, North Carolina
|
1,642
|
| 84 |
Chowan County, North Carolina
|
1,519
|
| 85 |
Anson County, North Carolina
|
1,409
|
| 86 |
Hertford County, North Carolina
|
1,371
|
| 87 |
Clay County, North Carolina
|
1,367
|
| 88 |
Warren County, North Carolina
|
1,270
|
| 89 |
Graham County, North Carolina
|
1,238
|
| 90 |
Alleghany County, North Carolina
|
1,214
|
| 91 |
Northampton County, North Carolina
|
1,166
|
| 92 |
Hyde County, North Carolina
|
986
|
| 93 |
Greene County, North Carolina
|
944
|
| 94 |
Perquimans County, North Carolina
|
936
|
| 95 |
Washington County, North Carolina
|
921
|
| 96 |
Jones County, North Carolina
|
850
|
| 97 |
Gates County, North Carolina
|
712
|
| 98 |
Camden County, North Carolina
|
707
|
| 99 |
Pamlico County, North Carolina
|
0
|
| 100 |
Tyrrell County, North Carolina
|
0
|