These Are The 100 Largest Companies In North Carolina

If you live in North Carolina and you’re looking for a job, you have come to the right place.

Because, sure, you can google things like ‘biggest companies in North Carolina’ and get a fairly long list of companies with a lot of employees, or perhaps that have the biggest names — but here, we bring you the companies with the most current employees that are actually headquarted in North Carolina.

Below, we’ll give you a complete list of North Carolina’s 100 largest companies, but first, here’s a look at the top 10:

1. Lowe’s Companies
2. Bank of America
3. Compass Group
4. Tyson Foods
5. VF
6. Hanesbrands
7. Total
8. Lab
9. Family Dollar
10. BB&T

Lowe’s Companies comes in at the top, with more current employees than any other company in the . We’ll get to specifics in a moment; first, here’s a look at our methodology.

How we identified the biggest companies in North Carolina

Here at Zippia we have developed a database of over 250,000 companies that spans the entire country.

For this report, we looked at the companies headquartered in North Carolina with at least 100 employees. That left us with 1,033 companies.

We then ranked each company from most to least current employees to determine the biggest companies in North Carolina.

As it turns out, Lowe’s Companies looks to the be the biggest company in North Carolina clocking in with 290,000 employees.

Now, check out how the 100 biggest companies in North Carolina ranked.

If you’re interested, you can read more about the North Carolina job scene here:

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• These Are The 10 Best Cities In North Carolina To Get A Job

Detailed List Of The 100 Biggest Companies In North Carolina

Rank	Company	City	Employees
1	Lowe’s Companies	Mooresville	290,000
2	Bank of America	Charlotte	211,000
3	Compass Group	Charlotte	181,632
4	Tyson Foods	Kings Mountain	114,000
5	VF	Greensboro	69,000
6	Hanesbrands	Winston-Salem	67,800
7	Total	Raleigh	52,520
8	Lab	Burlington	52,000
9	Family Dollar	Matthews	47,500
10	BB&T	Winston-Salem	37,500
11	Duke Energy	Charlotte	28,798
12	CommScope	Hickory	25,000
13	Novant Health	Charlotte	25,000
14	Belk	Charlotte	24,350
15	Nucor	Charlotte	23,900
16	Sealed Air	Charlotte	23,000
17	JELD-WEN	Charlotte	20,600
18	Harris Teeter	Matthews	18,500
19	Ingles Markets	Black Mountain	18,020
20	Food Lion	Salisbury	17,880
21	Old Dominion Freight Line	Thomasville	17,543
22	Carquest Auto Parts	Raleigh	17,000
23	SAS	Cary	13,147
24	PRA Health Sciences	Raleigh	13,000
25	Covance	Burlington	12,800
26	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill	12,690
27	Duke University	Durham	12,620
28	Wake Forest Baptist Health	Winston-Salem	12,563
29	Husqvarna Group	Charlotte	12,179
30	Mission Health	Asheville	12,016
31	Universal Furniture	High Point	12,000
32	The Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital	Greensboro	11,000
33	Pharmaceutical Product Development	Wilmington	11,000
34	Progress Energy	Raleigh	11,000
35	Hanson Aggregates East LLC	Morrisville	10,600
36	Red Hat	Raleigh	10,500
37	The Fresh Market	Greensboro	10,300
38	Cato Fashions	Charlotte	10,200
39	Diversey	Charlotte	10,170
40	Bojangles’	Charlotte	10,100
41	Wake County Public School System	Cary	10,080
42	Laneventure, Inc.	Conover	10,001
43	Milkco, Inc.	Asheville	10,001
44	ThomasvilleFurniture	High Point	10,001
45	Alex Lee	Hickory	10,000
46	Boddie-Noell Ent.	Rocky Mount	10,000
47	Sonic Automotive	Charlotte	9,800
48	HVM L.L.C.	Charlotte	9,300
49	Lowes Foods	Winston-Salem	9,000
50	Hillco	Kinston	9,000
51	Investors Management	Raleigh	9,000
52	Debbie’s Staffing	Winston-Salem	9,000
53	Ply Gem Holdings	Cary	8,975
54	Civitas Media	Davidson	8,860
55	Qorvo	Greensboro	8,700
56	Vidant Health	Greenville	8,373
57	Martin Marietta	Raleigh	8,111
58	Hendrick Automotive Group	Charlotte	8,086
59	Curtiss-Wright	Charlotte	8,000
60	WakeMed	Raleigh	8,000
61	SSI Schaefer Systems International North America	Charlotte	8,000
62	Cape Fear Valley Healthplex	Fayetteville	7,850
63	Sagraves Scott G MD	Greenville	7,500
64	Butterball	Garner	7,418
65	Variety Wholesalers	Henderson	6,800
66	East Carolina University	Greenville	6,670
67	Vrush Industries Inc.	High Point	6,500
68	UNC Health Care	Chapel Hill	6,250
69	Guilford County Schools	Greensboro	6,250
70	Extended Stay America	Charlotte	6,150
71	SECU	Raleigh	6,135
72	Snyder’s-Lance	Charlotte	6,100
73	First Citizens Bank	Raleigh	6,076
74	Cree	Durham	6,039
75	House of Raeford	Rose Hill	6,000
76	SHOE SHOW	Concord	6,000
77	Nash Johnson & Sons Farms, Inc.	Rose Hill	6,000
78	A Wireless – Verizon Wireless Premium Retailer	Greenville	5,778
79	Reynolds American	Winston-Salem	5,525
80	UNC REX Healthcare	Raleigh	5,500
81	Renfro	Mount Airy	5,500
82	State of North Carolina	Raleigh	5,390
83	Elior North America	Charlotte	5,168
84	Patheon	Durham	5,075
85	R.J. Reynolds	Winston-Salem	5,050
86	Bosch Tools	Lincolnton	5,007
87	SPX	Charlotte	5,000
88	EnPro Industries	Charlotte	5,000
89	Babcock & Wilcox	Charlotte	5,000
90	Syngenta Crop Protection USA	Greensboro	5,000
91	Rack Room Shoes	Charlotte	5,000
92	Blue Cross Blue Shield Association	Durham	4,793
93	International Textile Group	Greensboro	4,750
94	Cardinal Logistics Management	Concord	4,525
95	Mack Trucks	Greensboro	4,500
96	American Tire Distributors Inc	Huntersville	4,423
97	New Hanover Regional Medical Center	Wilmington	4,400
98	Heritage Home Group	High Point	4,324
99	Market America	Greensboro	4,210
100	Krispy Kreme Doughnuts	Winston-Salem	4,200

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