We looked at over 7 million resumes to find the companies in North Carolina that have the most employees.
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:
Lowe’s 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.
If you’re interested, you can read more about the North Carolina job scene here:
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 369 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 looks to the be the biggest company in North Carolina clocking in with 265,000 employees.
Now, check out how the 100 biggest companies in North Carolina ranked.
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Rank | Company | City | Employees |
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1 | Lowe’s | Mooresville | 265,000 |
2 | Merrill Lynch | Charlotte | 208,000 |
3 | Bank of America | Charlotte | 208,000 |
4 | Hanesbrands | Winston-Salem | 65,300 |
5 | Food Lion | Salisbury | 64,999 |
6 | VF | Greensboro | 58,000 |
7 | Electrolux | Charlotte | 55,245 |
8 | QuintilesIMS | Durham | 50,000 |
9 | Carrier | Farmington | 45,000 |
10 | BB&T | Winston-Salem | 37,500 |
11 | Harris Teeter | Matthews | 30,000 |
12 | Commscope Holding Company, Inc. | Hickory | 25,000 |
13 | Nucor | Charlotte | 23,700 |
14 | Duke Energy | Charlotte | 19,989 |
15 | Ingles Markets | Asheville | 18,800 |
16 | Pharmaceutical Product Development | Wilmington | 18,500 |
17 | Sealed Air | Charlotte | 16,000 |
18 | Carolinas HealthCare System | Charlotte | 14,930 |
19 | SAS | Cary | 14,158 |
20 | ACN | Concord | 13,608 |
21 | The Fresh Market | Greensboro | 13,000 |
22 | PRA Health Sciences | Raleigh | 13,000 |
23 | Duke University | Durham | 12,220 |
24 | Family Dollar | Matthews | 12,162 |
25 | Vidant Health | Greenville | 12,000 |
26 | Lab | Burlington | 11,482 |
27 | Progress Energy | Raleigh | 11,000 |
28 | UTC Aerospace Systems | Charlotte | 10,976 |
29 | Red Hat | Raleigh | 10,700 |
30 | Cone Health | Greensboro | 10,650 |
31 | Cato Fashions | Charlotte | 10,500 |
32 | THE PANTRY | Cary | 10,001 |
33 | North Carolina Department of Transportation | Raleigh | 10,001 |
34 | Goodrich Corp | Charlotte | 10,001 |
35 | Patheon | Durham | 9,000 |
36 | ConvaTec | Greensboro | 9,000 |
37 | Belk | Charlotte | 8,851 |
38 | Extended Stay America | Charlotte | 8,500 |
39 | Curtiss-Wright | Charlotte | 8,000 |
40 | Qorvo | Greensboro | 8,000 |
41 | WakeMed | Raleigh | 8,000 |
42 | Klaussner Home Furnishings | Greensboro | 7,500 |
43 | Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated | Charlotte | 7,005 |
44 | Variety Wholesalers | Henderson | 7,000 |
45 | INC Research | Raleigh | 6,846 |
46 | Novant Health | Winston-Salem | 6,750 |
47 | Cree | Durham | 6,387 |
48 | SPX | Charlotte | 6,000 |
49 | CommScope | Hickory | 5,950 |
50 | State Employees’ Credit Union | Raleigh | 5,800 |
51 | Babcock & Wilcox | Charlotte | 5,700 |
52 | Wake Forest Baptist Health | Winston-Salem | 5,500 |
53 | Lance Snacks | Charlotte | 5,500 |
54 | Reynolds American | Winston-Salem | 5,400 |
55 | Martin Marietta | Raleigh | 5,200 |
56 | Sensus | Raleigh | 5,000 |
57 | First Citizens Bank | Raleigh | 5,000 |
58 | Albemarle | Charlotte | 5,000 |
59 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina | Durham | 4,560 |
60 | EnPro Industries | Charlotte | 4,500 |
61 | Krispy Kreme Doughnuts | Winston-Salem | 4,300 |
62 | RTI International | Research Triangle Park | 4,150 |
63 | Gilbarco Veeder-Root | Greensboro | 4,000 |
64 | R.J. Reynolds Tobacco | Lewisville | 4,000 |
65 | BNI® Business Network International | Charlotte | 3,761 |
66 | Remington Arms | Madison | 3,500 |
67 | RF Micro Devices Inc | Greensboro | 3,500 |
68 | UNC Charlotte | Charlotte | 3,500 |
69 | Old Dominion Freight Line | Thomasville | 3,363 |
70 | MedCath | Charlotte | 3,299 |
71 | Med Cath Corp | Charlotte | 3,299 |
72 | SPX FLOW | Charlotte | 3,129 |
73 | LORD Corporation | Cary | 3,100 |
74 | Pulaski Furniture Corporation | High Point | 3,000 |
75 | Guilford Mills, Inc. | Wilmington | 3,000 |
76 | Insight Communications | Raleigh | 3,000 |
77 | Battleground Restaurant Group, Inc. | Greensboro | 3,000 |
78 | Piedmont HealthCare | Statesville | 3,000 |
79 | American Tire Distributors Inc | Huntersville | 3,000 |
80 | Reader’s Digest | Charlotte | 3,000 |
81 | Mission Hospital, Inc. | Asheville | 2,941 |
82 | Cape Fear Valley Health System | Fayetteville | 2,750 |
83 | UNC REX Healthcare | Raleigh | 2,749 |
84 | New Hanover Regional Medical Center | Wilmington | 2,689 |
85 | Carquest Auto Parts | Raleigh | 2,652 |
86 | HSM | Hickory | 2,500 |
87 | Earth Fare | Fletcher | 2,500 |
88 | Hendrick Automotive | Charlotte | 2,472 |
89 | Premier | Charlotte | 2,420 |
90 | The Biltmore | Asheville | 2,400 |
91 | CDS Global | Charlotte | 2,400 |
92 | Snyder’s-Lance | Charlotte | 2,350 |
93 | TIMCO Aviation Services | Greensboro | 2,260 |
94 | Timco Aerosystems Inc | Greensboro | 2,260 |
95 | RHA Health Services | Asheville | 2,250 |
96 | First Bank | Southern Pines | 2,250 |
97 | NCdotGov | Raleigh | 2,250 |
98 | Lowes Foods | Hickory | 2,119 |
99 | SHOE DEPT | Concord | 2,000 |
100 | Columbia Forest Products | Greensboro | 2,000 |
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