State profile
North Carolina
United States · GDP 2025
#10 of 51 US states by GDPtop-decile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2025 (USD)
$893.8B
BEA · 2025
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.9%
BEA · 2025
Jobs tracked
4,279,425
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
258,169
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$65.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,470,214
Census PEP · 2022
North Carolina · GDP by county
BEA 2025 · hover or taplower
higher · USD
Counties
top 24 by GDP · BEA 2024Mecklenburg$186.1BWake$128.4BDurham$53.3BGuilford$46.9BForsyth$34.4BCumberland$24.4BBuncombe$21.3BNew Hanover$21.0BIredell$13.5BUnion$13.1BOrange$13.1BCabarrus$13.0BPitt$12.5BOnslow$12.5BCatawba$12.4BJohnston$11.6BGaston$11.3BAlamance$9.0BBrunswick$8.1BRowan$7.9BNash$7.2BDavidson$7.1BCraven$6.9BWayne$6.8B
See all counties in North Carolina →Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Bank of America CorporationFinancial Services$113.1B72B2Lowe's Companies, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$86.3B76B+3Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.Financial Services$53.0B——4Honeywell International Inc.Industrials$37.4B82B+5Nucor CorporationBasic Materials$32.5B77B+6Duke Energy CorporationUtilities$31.7B72B7IQVIA Holdings Inc.Healthcare$16.3B79B+8Sonic Automotive, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$15.2B74B9Labcorp Holdings Inc.Healthcare$14.0B84B+10First Citizens BancShares, Inc.Financial Services$9.5B50D11Advance Auto Parts, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$8.6B61C12Ingersoll Rand Inc.Industrials$7.7B71B13Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.Consumer Defensive$7.2B79B+14Brighthouse Financial, Inc.Financial Services$6.8B51D15Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.Basic Materials$6.2B80B+16RXO, Inc.Industrials$5.7B47D17Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.Industrials$5.5B72B18Ingles Markets, IncorporatedConsumer Defensive$5.3B61C19Albemarle CorporationBasic Materials$5.1B69B20DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.Healthcare$3.7B67B21Qorvo, Inc.Technology$3.7B75B+22Curtiss-Wright CorporationIndustrials$3.5B78B+23JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.Industrials$3.2B41D24Magnera CorpConsumer Defensive$3.2B62C25Kontoor Brands, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$3.2B61CHQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care24%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation18%
Manufacturing18%
Professional services10%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
GDP trend
2021–2025 · nominal
$660.8B2021
$729.8B2022
$794.8B2023
$844.2B2024
$893.8B2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR198 filings from 74 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$65.6k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of North Carolina?
North Carolina's economy produced $893.8B in 2025, growing 5.9% year over year — faster than 90% of US states. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2025), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.