These Are The 100 Largest Companies In North Carolina

We looked at over 7 million resumes to find the companies in North Carolina that have the most employees.

by Chris KolmarBiggest Companies, Rankings - 3 months ago

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:

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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 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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Detailed List Of The 100 Biggest Companies In North Carolina

Rank	Company	City	Employees
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	BNIÂ® 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