| 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
|