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Charlotte’s Major Employers

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Page 1: Charlotte's Major Employers  

CharlottersquosMajor Employers

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal2

The Charlotte Chamberrsquos Major Employers directory is a list of 1147 firms employing more than 676000 people in the 16-county Charlotte region Charlottersquos largest employers represent the diversity of industries prevalent in the region Sectors include financial services and insurance health care manufacturing transportation and logistics and retail among others The Charlotte region includes the following counties Alexander Anson Cabarrus Catawba Cleveland Gaston Iredell Lincoln Mecklenburg Rowan Stanly and Union counties in North Carolina as well as Chester Chesterfield Lancaster and York counties in South Carolina

This print publication provides basic information about the largest 20 employers in each of several major sectors Purchase a database with more information including contact and business-classification information for all 1147 major employer firms by visiting our online store wwwcharlottechambercomonlinestore

CharlottersquosMajor Employers

Charlotte has the 5th most job growth among Americarsquos

largest cities[WalletHub 2015]

To purchase a database of

over 1100 major employers in

the 16-county Charlotte region compiled by the Chamber visit

wwwcharlotte chambercom

onlinestore

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 3

Accomodations amp Food Service (NAICS 72)Company Employees County NAICS Description

McDonaldrsquos Corp 2600 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Marriott International 2500 Regional Hotel amp motel operation (except casinos)

Yum Brands Inc 2213 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Bojanglesrsquo Restaurants Inc 1892 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Hilton 1880 Regional Hotel amp motel operation (except casinos)

Wendyrsquos 1866 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Chick-Fil-A 1850 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Darden Restaurants Inc 1760 Regional Full-service restaurants

Brinker International Inc 1309 Regional Full-service restaurants

Compass Group North America

1231 Mecklenburg Foodservice management amp support services

Burger King Corp 1177 Regional Limited-service restaurants

CBRL Group Inc 1157 Regional Full-service restaurants

HMSHost 1000 Regional Food amp beverage services

DineEquity Inc 786 Regional Full-service restaurants

Subway Sandwiches amp Salads 741 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Papa Johnrsquos International Inc 717 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Panera Bread 712 Regional Limited-service restaurants

CKE Restaurants Inc 698 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Hillcrest Foods Corp 692 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Outback Steakhouse Inc 682 Regional Full-service restaurants

Charlotte was named the

2nd fastest growing food and drink city

[EventBrite 2015]

3000 hotel rooms

are under construction or planned in Mecklenburg

County

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal4

Administrative Support amp Waste Management (NAICS 56) Company Employees County NAICS Description

CORESTAFF Services 2900 Regional Temporary staffing agency

Adecco Staffing 2600 Regional Temporary employment agency

Robert Half International Inc

2000 Mecklenburg Specialized permanent amp temporary placement organization

Convergys Corp 1763 Regional Outsourcing call center

Labor Ready Inc 1500 Mecklenburg Temporary manual labor

iQor Inc 1100 Mecklenburg Call center services for utility companies

Optum Inc 1100 Carbarrus Call center - client communications fulfillment

Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority (CRVA)

955 Mecklenburg Conventions

Allegiance Staffing 907 Mecklenburg Specialized permanent amp temporary placement organization

Integra Staffing amp Search 625 Mecklenburg Staffing amp executive search services

Show Pros Entertainment Services Inc

600 Regional Comprehensive event staffing

Telerx Marketing Inc 600 Cleveland Outsourcing call center

AccruePartners 578 Mecklenburg Staffing amp executive search services

Onin Group 506 Mecklenburg Temporary employment services

Elite Resources 500 Regional Employment placement agencies

Securitas Security Services USA Inc

450 Mecklenburg Security guard amp patrol services

ettain group Inc 400 Regional IT recruiting amp staffing

AAA Carolinas 375 Mecklenburg Motor club amp related services

Williams amp Fudge Inc 370 York Accounts receivable management amp collection service

Budd Group Inc The 300 Mecklenburg Janitorial services

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 5

Arts Entertainment Recreation (NAICS 71)Company Employees County NAICS Description

YMCA of Greater Charlotte 4436 Regional Fitness amp recreational sports center

Carowinds 2400 Mecklenburg Amusement amp theme parks

US National Whitewater Center

700 Mecklenburg All other amusement amp recreation industries

NASCAR Inc 635 Regional Sports teams amp clubs

Hendrick Motorsports 522 Mecklenburg Racing teams

Roush Industries 507 Cabarrus Race team

YMCA Upper Palmetto 452 Regional Fitness amp recreational sports center

Joe Gibbs Racing Inc 400 Mecklenburg Racing teams

Penske Racing 400 Iredell Racing teams

YMCA Gaston County 388 Gaston Fitness amp recreational sports center

YMCA of Rowan County 274 Rowan Fitness amp recreational sports center

Stewart-Haas Racing LLC 269 Cabarrus Racing teams

Cleveland County Family YMCA

257 Cleveland Fitness amp recreational sports center

Speedway Motor Sports Inc

246 Regional Motor sports promotion amp facility

Monroe Aquatics amp Fitness Center

230 Union Fitness amp recreational sports center

Carolina Panthers 200 Mecklenburg Professional football team

Rock Barn Golf amp Spa LLC 200 Catawba Semi-private sports club amp golf course

YMCA of Northwest NC 165 Regional Fitness amp recreational sports center

Cannon Memorial YMCA 162 Cabarrus Fitness amp recreational sports center

Agriculture (NAICS 11)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Metrolina Greenhouses Inc 875 Mecklenburg Wholesale annuals bedding plants amp foliage

McLeod Farms 200 Chesterfield Peach orchard

Circle S Ranch Inc 150 Union Turkey production

Baucomrsquos Nursery Co Inc 110 Mecklenburg Flower nursery stock amp floristsrsquo supplies merchant wholesalers

Patterson Farm Inc 100 Rowan Other vegetable amp melon farming

IMPACT THE ARTS amp CULTURE INDUSTRY

HAS ON MECKLENBURG COUNTYrsquoS ECONOMY

$2027 million

Fury 325 at Carowinds

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal6

Construction (NAICS 23)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Boggs Paving Inc 400 Union Highway street amp bridge construction

Wayne Brothers Inc 341 Rowan Poured concrete foundation amp structure contractors

McGee Brothers Co Inc 300 Regional Masonry contractors mdashbricklaying excavation amp grading

Preferred Electric Co Inc 282 Mecklenburg Commercial electrical contracting

Century Contractors Inc 249 Mecklenburg Industrial amp mechanical contractors

Starr Electric Co Inc 234 Mecklenburg Electrical contractors

Gamewell Mechanical 222 Rowan HVAC design amp installation services

Andersen Services Inc 220 Mecklenburg Heating amp cooling systems

Fluor Corp 220 Mecklenburg Industrial building construction

Old North State Masonry LLC

214 Mecklenburg Masonry stone setting amp other stone work

Gates Construction Co Inc 200 Iredell Masonry contractor

Rodgers Builders Inc 190 Mecklenburg Commercial amp institutional construction

Balfour Beatty Construction 185 Mecklenburg Commercial amp institutional construction

Morris-Jenkins Co Inc 182 Mecklenburg Heating amp air conditioning contractor

Price Brothers Inc 175 Mecklenburg Plumbing contractor

Gaylor Inc of NC 160 Iredell Electrical contractors

KBR Building Group 160 Mecklenburg Commercial amp institutional building construction

Pike Electric Corp 160 Mecklenburg Designs constructs amp maintains power transmission amp distribution systems

Overhead Door Co 157 Regional Garage door installer

Cam-Ful Industries Inc 150 Mecklenburg Mechanical contractor

North Carolina ranks 10thin construction job growth

[Associated General Contractors of America 2015]

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 7

Educational Services (NAICS 61)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

18143 Mecklenburg Elementary amp secondary schools

Gaston County Schools 6347 Gaston Elementary amp secondary schools

Union County Public Schools

5427 Union Elementary amp secondary schools

Cabarrus County Schools 3803 Cabarrus Elementary amp secondary schools

Rowan-Salisbury Schools 3000 Rowan Elementary amp secondary schools

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

3000 Mecklenburg University

Iredell-Statesville Schools 2900 Iredell Elementary amp secondary schools

Central Piedmont Community College

2700 Mecklenburg Community college

Rock Hill Schools 2300 York Elementary amp secondary schools

Cleveland County Schools 2233 Cleveland Elementary amp secondary schools

Catawba County Schools 2059 Catawba Elementary amp secondary schools

Chesterfield County School District

1480 Chesterfield Elementary amp secondary schools

Lancaster County School District

1393 Lancaster Elementary amp secondary schools

Stanly County Board of Education

1350 Stanly Elementary amp secondary schools

Fort Mill School District mdash York 4

1317 York Elementary amp secondary schools

Lincoln County Schools 1293 Lincoln Elementary amp secondary schools

Winthrop University 1108 York Colleges universities amp professional schools

Clover School District 999 York Elementary amp secondary schools

Davidson College 900 Mecklenburg Colleges universities amp professional schools

Alexander County Schools 840 Alexander Elementary amp secondary schools

Johnson C Smith University

Johnson amp Wales

Piedmont Middle School

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal8

Finance amp Insurance (NAICS 52)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wells Fargo Company 23000 Regional Commercial banking

Bank of America Corporate 15000 Regional Commercial banking

TIAA-CREF 3100 Mecklenburg Third party administration of insurance amp pension funds

BBampT Corp 2065 Regional Commercial banking

LPL Financial Services 1450 Mecklenburg Financial investment advice services

Allstate Insurance Co 1425 Mecklenburg Direct property amp casualty insurance carriers

MetLife Inc 1300 Regional Insurance agencies amp brokerages

Vanguard Group Inc The 1260 Mecklenburg Investment services

Citi Fort Mill 1100 Regional Processing center

Ally Financial Inc 751 Mecklenburg Consumer lending

AXA Equitable 600 Mecklenburg Insurance carriers disability direct

Hartford Insurance The 500 Mecklenburg Insurance agencies amp brokerages

RoundPoint Financial Group Inc

500 Mecklenburg Mortgage banking

Suntrust Bank 500 Regional Commercial banking

Fifth Third Bancorp 475 Regional Commercial banking

North Carolina State Employeesrsquo Credit Union

450 Regional State credit union

Travelers 401 Mecklenburg Insurance claims center

SCOR Global Life Americas 400 Mecklenburg Reinsurance carrier

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co Inc

377 Mecklenburg Insurance agencies amp brokerages

First Citizens Bank amp Trust Co

334 Regional State chartered commercial bank

Charlotte is the 2nd largestfinancial center in the countryMore than 56000 people are employed in this industry in

Mecklenburg County

Tresata

Bank of America

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 9

Health Care amp Social Assistance (NAICS 62)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Carolinas HealthCare System

35000 Regional Hospitals amp medical services

Novant Health 11000 Regional General medical amp surgical hospital

CaroMont Health Inc 3980 Gaston General medical amp surgical hospital

Catawba Valley Medical Center

2200 Catawba General medical amp surgical hospital

Frye Regional Medical Center

2150 Catawba Hospital

WG (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center

1700 Rowan General medical amp surgical hospital

Tenet Healthcare Corp 1500 York Acute care hospital emergency medical services outpatient care

Iredell Health System 1448 Iredell General medical amp surgical hospital

American Red Cross 1190 Regional Blood bank blood products amp services

Sava Senior Care 1105 Regional Continuing care retirement communities

White Oak Manor 938 Regional Nursing care facilities

OrthoCarolina 936 Regional Orthopedic clinic

Springs Memorial Hospital 875 Lancaster Hospital providing inpatient amp outpatient services amp clinics

Brookdale Senior Living Inc 835 Regional Retirement community

Lake Norman Regional Medical Center

775 Iredell General medical amp surgical hospital

Goodwill Industries of Southern Piedmont

661 Regional Employment amp training services for persons with employment barriers

Charlotte Eye Ear Nose amp Throat Associates PA

631 Regional Specialists in eye ear nose throat voice amp sleep medicine

Mecklenburg EMS Agency 525 Mecklenburg Paramedic service for Mecklenburg county

Davis Regional Medical Center

500 Iredell Health care

Peak Resources 482 Regional Nursing care facilities

is the regionrsquos largest employer

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal10

Information (NAICS 51)Company Employees County NAICS Description

ATampT North Carolina 3290 Regional Local phone service amp internet

Time Warner Cable Inc 3200 Regional Wired telecommunications carriers

Windstream Communications

1876 Regional Wire line communications products amp services

Microsoft Corp 1125 Mecklenburg Product support for Microsoft software consulting amp sales

Charlotte Observer The 800 Regional Newspaper publishers

ACN Inc 600 Cabarrus Telecommunications resellers

McKesson Corp 554 Mecklenburg Healthcare information solutions

Fiserv Inc 500 Catawba Data processing hosting amp related services

Comporium Communications

402 Regional Local amp long distance telecommunications

Hearst Corp 400 Mecklenburg Support unit for publishing amp pre-press services

Shutterfly Inc 400 York All other publishers

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

358 Mecklenburg Public library

3D Systems Corp 320 York Software publishers

American City Business Journals Inc

300 Mecklenburg Newspaper publishing

Verizon Wireless 295 Regional Cellular amp other wireless telecommunications

ESPN Regional Television 260 Mecklenburg Sports programming

Mood Media 200 York Specialized sound recording for business use

Regal Entertainment Group 200 Regional Motion picture theaters

Gaston Gazette The 192 Gaston Newspaper publishing

Inspiration Television Network

192 Lancaster Christian cable satellite broadcasting network service

Premier

3D Systems Corp

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 11

Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Daimler Trucks North America LLC

6800 Regional Motor vehicle body manufacturing

HSM 5200 Regional Mattresses amp bedsprings

Century Furniture Industries

2450 Catawba Both upholstered amp wood furniture residential amp contract

Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated

2147 Regional Soft drink manufacturing

Schaeffler Group USA Inc 1987 Regional Radial needle roller bearings needles pins amp precision components

Ingersoll Rand Co Ltd 1900 Mecklenburg Air amp gas compressor manufacturing

Allegheny Technologies Inc 1660 Union Nonferrous metal (except copper amp aluminum) rolling drawing amp extruding

Siemens Energy Inc Siemens Industry

1551 Mecklenburg Motor amp generator manufacturing

Tyson Foods Inc 1500 Union Poultry processing

International Paper Co 1500 Regional Non-folding sanitary food container manufacturing

American amp Efird Inc 1441 Gaston Thread mills

Pharr Yarns LLC 1400 Regional Yarn spinning mills

CommScope Inc 1400 Regional Data communications equipment manufacturing

Flextronics Inc 1400 Mecklenburg Electronics manufacturing

Parkdale Mills Inc 1297 Regional Yarn spinning mills

Snyderrsquos-Lance Inc 1280 Mecklenburg Snack foods (cookies crackers potato chips amp roasted peanuts)

Charlotte Pipe amp Foundry Co

1200 Regional Cast iron pipe amp fittings

Sealed Air 975 Mecklenburg Plastic bag amp pouch manufacturing

Electrolux North America 900 Mecklenburg Household vacuum cleaner manufacturing

RSI Home Products Inc 867 Lincoln Marble vanity tops amp bathroom cabinetry

More than 140000 people work in the manufacturing industry

in the Charlotte region

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal12

Other (NAICS 81)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Autobell Car Wash Inc 557 Regional Car washes

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

400 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Alsco Inc 308 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Maple Springs Laundry LLC 289 Catawba Industrial launderers

Massage Envy 284 Regional Other personal care services

Bethlehem Center of Charlotte Inc

235 Mecklenburg Community-based human services for children amp families

Modern Salon amp Spa Inc 234 Mecklenburg Hair salon amp day spa

Cintas Corp 231 Regional Uniform supply

Salisbury Rowan Community Action Agency Inc

200 Rowan Community service

Salvation Army 198 Regional Emergency homeless shelter

Rush Truck Center 177 Mecklenburg Automotive repair

Intermec Inc 175 Mecklenburg Repair depot for Intermec equipment

Meineke Car Care Centers Inc

133 Regional Automotive exhaust system repair

MorningStar Ministries 130 York Religious organizations

Hickory Grove Baptist Church

120 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

115 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Aramark Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial uniform apparel services

UniFirst Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Rental Uniform Service Inc 100 Iredell Industrial uniform launderers amp rental

SIM USA 100 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Charlotte boasts the third most industry

variety in the country[WalletHubcom 2015]

Billy Graham Library

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 13

Professional amp Technical Services (NAICS 54)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Red Ventures LLC 2700 Lancaster Marketing consulting services

IBM Corp 2500 Mecklenburg Computer software publishing

Aon Hewitt 1640 Mecklenburg Global human resources services firm

Lash Group 1500 Mecklenburg Health care consultant

CBampI 1071 Mecklenburg Engineers power transmission amp distribution systems

Premier Inc 900 Mecklenburg Health care management amp consulting services

Deloitte LLP 712 Mecklenburg Tax auditing amp accounting services

AREVA Inc 645 Mecklenburg Engineering services

Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

600 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

EY 580 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

Security Forces Inc 500 Regional Security consulting services

Moore amp Van Allen PLLC 450 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Synchrony Financial 400 Mecklenburg Financial services

CPI Corp 350 Mecklenburg Photography studios portrait

Grant Thornton LLP 350 Mecklenburg Global accounting

KPMG LLP 350 Mecklenburg Accounting auditing amp tax services

McGuireWoods LLP 350 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

AvidXchange Inc 320 Mecklenburg Technology consulting

Alston amp Bird LLP 300 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Electric Power Research Institute Inc

300 Mecklenburg Utility research institute

Charlotte was named the

9th biggest city where white-collar

employmentis booming

[Forbes 2015]

North Carolina was listed in the top 10 states for high-tech performance

[US Chamber of Commerce Foundation 2015]

Electric Power Research Institute

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal14

Real Estate Rental (NAICS 53)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wilkinson amp Associates 630 Mecklenburg Residential real estate

Sunbelt Rentals Inc 334 Regional Construction industrial specialty amp homeowner equipment rental

Allen Tate Co Inc 299 Regional Residential real estate agents

Lincoln Harris LLC 275 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate development

Childress Klein Properties 266 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate

Avis Budget Group Inc 213 Regional Car rental agencies

Enterprise Rent-A-Car 209 Regional Passenger cartruck rental

Keith Corp The 160 Mecklenburg Offices of real estate agents and brokers

Hertz Global Holdings 122 Regional Passenger car rental

Ryder Integrated Logistics 112 Regional Truck leasing amp rental finance leasing control logistics amp transportation

Public Administration (NAICS 92)Company Employees County NAICS Description

North Carolina State Government

7600 Regional State government

City of Charlotte 6800 Mecklenburg City government

US Government 5300 Regional Federal government

Mecklenburg County 5000 Mecklenburg County government

South Carolina State Government

2826 Regional State government

Gaston County 1500 Gaston County government

Iredell County 1330 Iredell County government

Catawba County 1100 Catawba County supervisor amp executive offices

Union County 1100 Union County government

Rowan County 1089 Rowan County government

York County SC 1000 York County government

Cabarrus County 987 Cabarrus County supervisor amp executive offices

City of Gastonia 958 Gaston City government

Lincoln County 940 Lincoln County government

City of Concord 919 Cabarrus City government

Cleveland County 890 Cleveland County government

City of Rock Hill 803 York City government

Lancaster County 762 Lancaster County government

City of Monroe 712 Union City government

NC Research Campus

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 15

Retail (NAICS 44-45)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wal-Mart Stores Inc 17100 Regional Discount department stores

Delhaize America Inc 9078 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Harris Teeter Supermarkets 8239 Regional Retail grocery store

Lowersquos Companies Inc 7801 Regional Home improvement retail stores

Target Stores 3049 Regional Department store

Bi-Lo LLC 2500 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Family Dollar Stores Inc 2500 Regional Discount department stores

Belk Inc 2300 Regional Department store retail company

TJX Companies Inc 1831 Regional Discount department stores

JC Penney Corp Inc 1793 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Hendrick Automotive Group

1723 Regional Automotive retail sales amp service

Ross Stores Inc 1704 Regional Family clothing stores

Publix 1678 Regional Retail grocery store

Home Depot Inc 1495 Regional Home center

Rite Aid Corp 1319 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

CVS Corp 1262 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

Dillardrsquos Inc 1205 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Kohlrsquos Department Store 1198 Regional Department store

Advance Auto Parts 1087 Regional Automotive parts amp accessories stores

Best Buy Co Inc 1020 Regional Radio television amp other electronics stores

Stonecrest Shopping Center

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal16

Transportation amp Warehousing (NAICS 48)Company Employees County NAICS Description

American Airlines 11000 Mecklenburg Scheduled passenger air transportation

DMSI Inc 2175 Mecklenburg Transportation services

Transit Management of Charlotte Inc

715 Mecklenburg Public transportation

YRC Freight 700 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

420 Mecklenburg Other airport operations

Carolina Cargo Inc 400 York General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Maersk Inc 375 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

FleetNet America Inc 300 Gaston Other support activities for road transportation

Sunbelt Furniture Xpress Inc

240 Catawba Common amp contract hauling

Estes Express Lines 226 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Averitt Express Inc 200 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

USF Holland Inc 200 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Schneider National Inc 180 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Forward Air Corp 170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Odyssey Logistics amp Technology Corp

170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Cardinal Logistics Management Corp

161 Regional General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics LLCOHL

150 Regional Freight transportation arrangement

Saia LTL Freight 150 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Air General Inc 130 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Lisk Trucking Inc 125 Anson Long distance trucking operator

Charlotte was listed in the top 10 cities for export assistance

[Global Trade Magazine 2015]

Maersk

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 17

Utilities (NAICS 22)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Duke Energy Corp 7800 Regional Electrical power generation amp distribution

Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc

923 Regional Natural gas distribution

Scana Corporation 305 Gaston Natural gas distribution

Cogentrix Energy LLC 150 Mecklenburg Other electric power generation

Union Power Cooperative 128 Regional Electric power distribution

Duke Energyrsquos Marshall Steam Station

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal18

Wholesale Sales (NAICS 42)Company Employees County NAICS Code amp Description

Merchants Distributors Inc 1400 Catawba General line grocery merchant wholesalers

US Foods Inc 1245 Regional Wholesale general groceries

Cardinal Health Inc 960 Regional Medical dental amp hospital equipment amp supplies merchant wholesalers

Performance Fibers Inc 750 Regional Other miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

Stanley Black amp Decker Inc 687 Regional Hardware merchant wholesalers

Doosan Infracore Portable Power Inc

500 Iredell Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Sysco Charlotte 500 Cabarrus Food service wholesale distribution

Atlas Copco 450 Regional Industrial machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Carolina CAT 405 Regional Construction amp mining machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Manheim Statesville 350 Iredell Automobile auction to dealers

ADESA Inc 300 Mecklenburg Automobile amp other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers

ZF Chassis Systems LLC 300 Catawba Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Hanes Industries Inc 295 Catawba Wholesale trade agents amp brokers

Murata Machinery USA Inc 280 Mecklenburg High-tech industrial equipment sales

Acosta Sales amp Marketing Co

276 Mecklenburg General line grocery merchant wholesalers

TharpeRobbins Co The 265 Iredell Assembler amp distributor of employee recognition awards

Haddon House Food Products

250 Chester Distribution center mdash groceries wholesaler

SellEthics Marketing Group Inc

250 Mecklenburg Other grocery amp related products merchant wholesalers

United Stationers Supply Co 250 Mecklenburg Stationery amp office supplies merchant wholesalers

Family Dollar

Forbo Siegling

7th Street Market

Many thanks to the following companies for their support of the Charlotte Chamberrsquos economic development efforts

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Haynes and Boone LLPHendrick Automotive GroupHollander Home Fashions InciCrossingLincoln HarrisLouis Raphael - Kizan International IncMcGuireWoodsPerformance Team Phillips-Van Heusen CorpRockTenn Rogers Electric

RR Donnelley amp Sons CompanyRust Consulting Inc Shearman amp SterlingSidley Austin LLPStanley Convergent Security SolutionsStaples Facility SolutionsSteelFab Inc XP RetailZeichner Ellman amp Krause LLP

Charlotte Chamber Economic Development | charlotteglobal330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 USA | 7043781300 | cltecondev

Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation With our great location world-acclaimed international hub airport professional sports low energy costs diverse and

talented labor and a nationally ranked education system itrsquos easy to see why more businesses are flocking here every year

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Page 2: Charlotte's Major Employers  

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal2

The Charlotte Chamberrsquos Major Employers directory is a list of 1147 firms employing more than 676000 people in the 16-county Charlotte region Charlottersquos largest employers represent the diversity of industries prevalent in the region Sectors include financial services and insurance health care manufacturing transportation and logistics and retail among others The Charlotte region includes the following counties Alexander Anson Cabarrus Catawba Cleveland Gaston Iredell Lincoln Mecklenburg Rowan Stanly and Union counties in North Carolina as well as Chester Chesterfield Lancaster and York counties in South Carolina

This print publication provides basic information about the largest 20 employers in each of several major sectors Purchase a database with more information including contact and business-classification information for all 1147 major employer firms by visiting our online store wwwcharlottechambercomonlinestore

CharlottersquosMajor Employers

Charlotte has the 5th most job growth among Americarsquos

largest cities[WalletHub 2015]

To purchase a database of

over 1100 major employers in

the 16-county Charlotte region compiled by the Chamber visit

wwwcharlotte chambercom

onlinestore

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 3

Accomodations amp Food Service (NAICS 72)Company Employees County NAICS Description

McDonaldrsquos Corp 2600 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Marriott International 2500 Regional Hotel amp motel operation (except casinos)

Yum Brands Inc 2213 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Bojanglesrsquo Restaurants Inc 1892 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Hilton 1880 Regional Hotel amp motel operation (except casinos)

Wendyrsquos 1866 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Chick-Fil-A 1850 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Darden Restaurants Inc 1760 Regional Full-service restaurants

Brinker International Inc 1309 Regional Full-service restaurants

Compass Group North America

1231 Mecklenburg Foodservice management amp support services

Burger King Corp 1177 Regional Limited-service restaurants

CBRL Group Inc 1157 Regional Full-service restaurants

HMSHost 1000 Regional Food amp beverage services

DineEquity Inc 786 Regional Full-service restaurants

Subway Sandwiches amp Salads 741 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Papa Johnrsquos International Inc 717 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Panera Bread 712 Regional Limited-service restaurants

CKE Restaurants Inc 698 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Hillcrest Foods Corp 692 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Outback Steakhouse Inc 682 Regional Full-service restaurants

Charlotte was named the

2nd fastest growing food and drink city

[EventBrite 2015]

3000 hotel rooms

are under construction or planned in Mecklenburg

County

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal4

Administrative Support amp Waste Management (NAICS 56) Company Employees County NAICS Description

CORESTAFF Services 2900 Regional Temporary staffing agency

Adecco Staffing 2600 Regional Temporary employment agency

Robert Half International Inc

2000 Mecklenburg Specialized permanent amp temporary placement organization

Convergys Corp 1763 Regional Outsourcing call center

Labor Ready Inc 1500 Mecklenburg Temporary manual labor

iQor Inc 1100 Mecklenburg Call center services for utility companies

Optum Inc 1100 Carbarrus Call center - client communications fulfillment

Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority (CRVA)

955 Mecklenburg Conventions

Allegiance Staffing 907 Mecklenburg Specialized permanent amp temporary placement organization

Integra Staffing amp Search 625 Mecklenburg Staffing amp executive search services

Show Pros Entertainment Services Inc

600 Regional Comprehensive event staffing

Telerx Marketing Inc 600 Cleveland Outsourcing call center

AccruePartners 578 Mecklenburg Staffing amp executive search services

Onin Group 506 Mecklenburg Temporary employment services

Elite Resources 500 Regional Employment placement agencies

Securitas Security Services USA Inc

450 Mecklenburg Security guard amp patrol services

ettain group Inc 400 Regional IT recruiting amp staffing

AAA Carolinas 375 Mecklenburg Motor club amp related services

Williams amp Fudge Inc 370 York Accounts receivable management amp collection service

Budd Group Inc The 300 Mecklenburg Janitorial services

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 5

Arts Entertainment Recreation (NAICS 71)Company Employees County NAICS Description

YMCA of Greater Charlotte 4436 Regional Fitness amp recreational sports center

Carowinds 2400 Mecklenburg Amusement amp theme parks

US National Whitewater Center

700 Mecklenburg All other amusement amp recreation industries

NASCAR Inc 635 Regional Sports teams amp clubs

Hendrick Motorsports 522 Mecklenburg Racing teams

Roush Industries 507 Cabarrus Race team

YMCA Upper Palmetto 452 Regional Fitness amp recreational sports center

Joe Gibbs Racing Inc 400 Mecklenburg Racing teams

Penske Racing 400 Iredell Racing teams

YMCA Gaston County 388 Gaston Fitness amp recreational sports center

YMCA of Rowan County 274 Rowan Fitness amp recreational sports center

Stewart-Haas Racing LLC 269 Cabarrus Racing teams

Cleveland County Family YMCA

257 Cleveland Fitness amp recreational sports center

Speedway Motor Sports Inc

246 Regional Motor sports promotion amp facility

Monroe Aquatics amp Fitness Center

230 Union Fitness amp recreational sports center

Carolina Panthers 200 Mecklenburg Professional football team

Rock Barn Golf amp Spa LLC 200 Catawba Semi-private sports club amp golf course

YMCA of Northwest NC 165 Regional Fitness amp recreational sports center

Cannon Memorial YMCA 162 Cabarrus Fitness amp recreational sports center

Agriculture (NAICS 11)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Metrolina Greenhouses Inc 875 Mecklenburg Wholesale annuals bedding plants amp foliage

McLeod Farms 200 Chesterfield Peach orchard

Circle S Ranch Inc 150 Union Turkey production

Baucomrsquos Nursery Co Inc 110 Mecklenburg Flower nursery stock amp floristsrsquo supplies merchant wholesalers

Patterson Farm Inc 100 Rowan Other vegetable amp melon farming

IMPACT THE ARTS amp CULTURE INDUSTRY

HAS ON MECKLENBURG COUNTYrsquoS ECONOMY

$2027 million

Fury 325 at Carowinds

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal6

Construction (NAICS 23)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Boggs Paving Inc 400 Union Highway street amp bridge construction

Wayne Brothers Inc 341 Rowan Poured concrete foundation amp structure contractors

McGee Brothers Co Inc 300 Regional Masonry contractors mdashbricklaying excavation amp grading

Preferred Electric Co Inc 282 Mecklenburg Commercial electrical contracting

Century Contractors Inc 249 Mecklenburg Industrial amp mechanical contractors

Starr Electric Co Inc 234 Mecklenburg Electrical contractors

Gamewell Mechanical 222 Rowan HVAC design amp installation services

Andersen Services Inc 220 Mecklenburg Heating amp cooling systems

Fluor Corp 220 Mecklenburg Industrial building construction

Old North State Masonry LLC

214 Mecklenburg Masonry stone setting amp other stone work

Gates Construction Co Inc 200 Iredell Masonry contractor

Rodgers Builders Inc 190 Mecklenburg Commercial amp institutional construction

Balfour Beatty Construction 185 Mecklenburg Commercial amp institutional construction

Morris-Jenkins Co Inc 182 Mecklenburg Heating amp air conditioning contractor

Price Brothers Inc 175 Mecklenburg Plumbing contractor

Gaylor Inc of NC 160 Iredell Electrical contractors

KBR Building Group 160 Mecklenburg Commercial amp institutional building construction

Pike Electric Corp 160 Mecklenburg Designs constructs amp maintains power transmission amp distribution systems

Overhead Door Co 157 Regional Garage door installer

Cam-Ful Industries Inc 150 Mecklenburg Mechanical contractor

North Carolina ranks 10thin construction job growth

[Associated General Contractors of America 2015]

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 7

Educational Services (NAICS 61)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

18143 Mecklenburg Elementary amp secondary schools

Gaston County Schools 6347 Gaston Elementary amp secondary schools

Union County Public Schools

5427 Union Elementary amp secondary schools

Cabarrus County Schools 3803 Cabarrus Elementary amp secondary schools

Rowan-Salisbury Schools 3000 Rowan Elementary amp secondary schools

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

3000 Mecklenburg University

Iredell-Statesville Schools 2900 Iredell Elementary amp secondary schools

Central Piedmont Community College

2700 Mecklenburg Community college

Rock Hill Schools 2300 York Elementary amp secondary schools

Cleveland County Schools 2233 Cleveland Elementary amp secondary schools

Catawba County Schools 2059 Catawba Elementary amp secondary schools

Chesterfield County School District

1480 Chesterfield Elementary amp secondary schools

Lancaster County School District

1393 Lancaster Elementary amp secondary schools

Stanly County Board of Education

1350 Stanly Elementary amp secondary schools

Fort Mill School District mdash York 4

1317 York Elementary amp secondary schools

Lincoln County Schools 1293 Lincoln Elementary amp secondary schools

Winthrop University 1108 York Colleges universities amp professional schools

Clover School District 999 York Elementary amp secondary schools

Davidson College 900 Mecklenburg Colleges universities amp professional schools

Alexander County Schools 840 Alexander Elementary amp secondary schools

Johnson C Smith University

Johnson amp Wales

Piedmont Middle School

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal8

Finance amp Insurance (NAICS 52)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wells Fargo Company 23000 Regional Commercial banking

Bank of America Corporate 15000 Regional Commercial banking

TIAA-CREF 3100 Mecklenburg Third party administration of insurance amp pension funds

BBampT Corp 2065 Regional Commercial banking

LPL Financial Services 1450 Mecklenburg Financial investment advice services

Allstate Insurance Co 1425 Mecklenburg Direct property amp casualty insurance carriers

MetLife Inc 1300 Regional Insurance agencies amp brokerages

Vanguard Group Inc The 1260 Mecklenburg Investment services

Citi Fort Mill 1100 Regional Processing center

Ally Financial Inc 751 Mecklenburg Consumer lending

AXA Equitable 600 Mecklenburg Insurance carriers disability direct

Hartford Insurance The 500 Mecklenburg Insurance agencies amp brokerages

RoundPoint Financial Group Inc

500 Mecklenburg Mortgage banking

Suntrust Bank 500 Regional Commercial banking

Fifth Third Bancorp 475 Regional Commercial banking

North Carolina State Employeesrsquo Credit Union

450 Regional State credit union

Travelers 401 Mecklenburg Insurance claims center

SCOR Global Life Americas 400 Mecklenburg Reinsurance carrier

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co Inc

377 Mecklenburg Insurance agencies amp brokerages

First Citizens Bank amp Trust Co

334 Regional State chartered commercial bank

Charlotte is the 2nd largestfinancial center in the countryMore than 56000 people are employed in this industry in

Mecklenburg County

Tresata

Bank of America

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 9

Health Care amp Social Assistance (NAICS 62)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Carolinas HealthCare System

35000 Regional Hospitals amp medical services

Novant Health 11000 Regional General medical amp surgical hospital

CaroMont Health Inc 3980 Gaston General medical amp surgical hospital

Catawba Valley Medical Center

2200 Catawba General medical amp surgical hospital

Frye Regional Medical Center

2150 Catawba Hospital

WG (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center

1700 Rowan General medical amp surgical hospital

Tenet Healthcare Corp 1500 York Acute care hospital emergency medical services outpatient care

Iredell Health System 1448 Iredell General medical amp surgical hospital

American Red Cross 1190 Regional Blood bank blood products amp services

Sava Senior Care 1105 Regional Continuing care retirement communities

White Oak Manor 938 Regional Nursing care facilities

OrthoCarolina 936 Regional Orthopedic clinic

Springs Memorial Hospital 875 Lancaster Hospital providing inpatient amp outpatient services amp clinics

Brookdale Senior Living Inc 835 Regional Retirement community

Lake Norman Regional Medical Center

775 Iredell General medical amp surgical hospital

Goodwill Industries of Southern Piedmont

661 Regional Employment amp training services for persons with employment barriers

Charlotte Eye Ear Nose amp Throat Associates PA

631 Regional Specialists in eye ear nose throat voice amp sleep medicine

Mecklenburg EMS Agency 525 Mecklenburg Paramedic service for Mecklenburg county

Davis Regional Medical Center

500 Iredell Health care

Peak Resources 482 Regional Nursing care facilities

is the regionrsquos largest employer

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal10

Information (NAICS 51)Company Employees County NAICS Description

ATampT North Carolina 3290 Regional Local phone service amp internet

Time Warner Cable Inc 3200 Regional Wired telecommunications carriers

Windstream Communications

1876 Regional Wire line communications products amp services

Microsoft Corp 1125 Mecklenburg Product support for Microsoft software consulting amp sales

Charlotte Observer The 800 Regional Newspaper publishers

ACN Inc 600 Cabarrus Telecommunications resellers

McKesson Corp 554 Mecklenburg Healthcare information solutions

Fiserv Inc 500 Catawba Data processing hosting amp related services

Comporium Communications

402 Regional Local amp long distance telecommunications

Hearst Corp 400 Mecklenburg Support unit for publishing amp pre-press services

Shutterfly Inc 400 York All other publishers

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

358 Mecklenburg Public library

3D Systems Corp 320 York Software publishers

American City Business Journals Inc

300 Mecklenburg Newspaper publishing

Verizon Wireless 295 Regional Cellular amp other wireless telecommunications

ESPN Regional Television 260 Mecklenburg Sports programming

Mood Media 200 York Specialized sound recording for business use

Regal Entertainment Group 200 Regional Motion picture theaters

Gaston Gazette The 192 Gaston Newspaper publishing

Inspiration Television Network

192 Lancaster Christian cable satellite broadcasting network service

Premier

3D Systems Corp

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 11

Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Daimler Trucks North America LLC

6800 Regional Motor vehicle body manufacturing

HSM 5200 Regional Mattresses amp bedsprings

Century Furniture Industries

2450 Catawba Both upholstered amp wood furniture residential amp contract

Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated

2147 Regional Soft drink manufacturing

Schaeffler Group USA Inc 1987 Regional Radial needle roller bearings needles pins amp precision components

Ingersoll Rand Co Ltd 1900 Mecklenburg Air amp gas compressor manufacturing

Allegheny Technologies Inc 1660 Union Nonferrous metal (except copper amp aluminum) rolling drawing amp extruding

Siemens Energy Inc Siemens Industry

1551 Mecklenburg Motor amp generator manufacturing

Tyson Foods Inc 1500 Union Poultry processing

International Paper Co 1500 Regional Non-folding sanitary food container manufacturing

American amp Efird Inc 1441 Gaston Thread mills

Pharr Yarns LLC 1400 Regional Yarn spinning mills

CommScope Inc 1400 Regional Data communications equipment manufacturing

Flextronics Inc 1400 Mecklenburg Electronics manufacturing

Parkdale Mills Inc 1297 Regional Yarn spinning mills

Snyderrsquos-Lance Inc 1280 Mecklenburg Snack foods (cookies crackers potato chips amp roasted peanuts)

Charlotte Pipe amp Foundry Co

1200 Regional Cast iron pipe amp fittings

Sealed Air 975 Mecklenburg Plastic bag amp pouch manufacturing

Electrolux North America 900 Mecklenburg Household vacuum cleaner manufacturing

RSI Home Products Inc 867 Lincoln Marble vanity tops amp bathroom cabinetry

More than 140000 people work in the manufacturing industry

in the Charlotte region

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal12

Other (NAICS 81)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Autobell Car Wash Inc 557 Regional Car washes

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

400 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Alsco Inc 308 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Maple Springs Laundry LLC 289 Catawba Industrial launderers

Massage Envy 284 Regional Other personal care services

Bethlehem Center of Charlotte Inc

235 Mecklenburg Community-based human services for children amp families

Modern Salon amp Spa Inc 234 Mecklenburg Hair salon amp day spa

Cintas Corp 231 Regional Uniform supply

Salisbury Rowan Community Action Agency Inc

200 Rowan Community service

Salvation Army 198 Regional Emergency homeless shelter

Rush Truck Center 177 Mecklenburg Automotive repair

Intermec Inc 175 Mecklenburg Repair depot for Intermec equipment

Meineke Car Care Centers Inc

133 Regional Automotive exhaust system repair

MorningStar Ministries 130 York Religious organizations

Hickory Grove Baptist Church

120 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

115 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Aramark Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial uniform apparel services

UniFirst Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Rental Uniform Service Inc 100 Iredell Industrial uniform launderers amp rental

SIM USA 100 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Charlotte boasts the third most industry

variety in the country[WalletHubcom 2015]

Billy Graham Library

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 13

Professional amp Technical Services (NAICS 54)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Red Ventures LLC 2700 Lancaster Marketing consulting services

IBM Corp 2500 Mecklenburg Computer software publishing

Aon Hewitt 1640 Mecklenburg Global human resources services firm

Lash Group 1500 Mecklenburg Health care consultant

CBampI 1071 Mecklenburg Engineers power transmission amp distribution systems

Premier Inc 900 Mecklenburg Health care management amp consulting services

Deloitte LLP 712 Mecklenburg Tax auditing amp accounting services

AREVA Inc 645 Mecklenburg Engineering services

Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

600 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

EY 580 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

Security Forces Inc 500 Regional Security consulting services

Moore amp Van Allen PLLC 450 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Synchrony Financial 400 Mecklenburg Financial services

CPI Corp 350 Mecklenburg Photography studios portrait

Grant Thornton LLP 350 Mecklenburg Global accounting

KPMG LLP 350 Mecklenburg Accounting auditing amp tax services

McGuireWoods LLP 350 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

AvidXchange Inc 320 Mecklenburg Technology consulting

Alston amp Bird LLP 300 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Electric Power Research Institute Inc

300 Mecklenburg Utility research institute

Charlotte was named the

9th biggest city where white-collar

employmentis booming

[Forbes 2015]

North Carolina was listed in the top 10 states for high-tech performance

[US Chamber of Commerce Foundation 2015]

Electric Power Research Institute

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal14

Real Estate Rental (NAICS 53)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wilkinson amp Associates 630 Mecklenburg Residential real estate

Sunbelt Rentals Inc 334 Regional Construction industrial specialty amp homeowner equipment rental

Allen Tate Co Inc 299 Regional Residential real estate agents

Lincoln Harris LLC 275 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate development

Childress Klein Properties 266 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate

Avis Budget Group Inc 213 Regional Car rental agencies

Enterprise Rent-A-Car 209 Regional Passenger cartruck rental

Keith Corp The 160 Mecklenburg Offices of real estate agents and brokers

Hertz Global Holdings 122 Regional Passenger car rental

Ryder Integrated Logistics 112 Regional Truck leasing amp rental finance leasing control logistics amp transportation

Public Administration (NAICS 92)Company Employees County NAICS Description

North Carolina State Government

7600 Regional State government

City of Charlotte 6800 Mecklenburg City government

US Government 5300 Regional Federal government

Mecklenburg County 5000 Mecklenburg County government

South Carolina State Government

2826 Regional State government

Gaston County 1500 Gaston County government

Iredell County 1330 Iredell County government

Catawba County 1100 Catawba County supervisor amp executive offices

Union County 1100 Union County government

Rowan County 1089 Rowan County government

York County SC 1000 York County government

Cabarrus County 987 Cabarrus County supervisor amp executive offices

City of Gastonia 958 Gaston City government

Lincoln County 940 Lincoln County government

City of Concord 919 Cabarrus City government

Cleveland County 890 Cleveland County government

City of Rock Hill 803 York City government

Lancaster County 762 Lancaster County government

City of Monroe 712 Union City government

NC Research Campus

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 15

Retail (NAICS 44-45)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wal-Mart Stores Inc 17100 Regional Discount department stores

Delhaize America Inc 9078 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Harris Teeter Supermarkets 8239 Regional Retail grocery store

Lowersquos Companies Inc 7801 Regional Home improvement retail stores

Target Stores 3049 Regional Department store

Bi-Lo LLC 2500 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Family Dollar Stores Inc 2500 Regional Discount department stores

Belk Inc 2300 Regional Department store retail company

TJX Companies Inc 1831 Regional Discount department stores

JC Penney Corp Inc 1793 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Hendrick Automotive Group

1723 Regional Automotive retail sales amp service

Ross Stores Inc 1704 Regional Family clothing stores

Publix 1678 Regional Retail grocery store

Home Depot Inc 1495 Regional Home center

Rite Aid Corp 1319 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

CVS Corp 1262 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

Dillardrsquos Inc 1205 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Kohlrsquos Department Store 1198 Regional Department store

Advance Auto Parts 1087 Regional Automotive parts amp accessories stores

Best Buy Co Inc 1020 Regional Radio television amp other electronics stores

Stonecrest Shopping Center

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal16

Transportation amp Warehousing (NAICS 48)Company Employees County NAICS Description

American Airlines 11000 Mecklenburg Scheduled passenger air transportation

DMSI Inc 2175 Mecklenburg Transportation services

Transit Management of Charlotte Inc

715 Mecklenburg Public transportation

YRC Freight 700 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

420 Mecklenburg Other airport operations

Carolina Cargo Inc 400 York General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Maersk Inc 375 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

FleetNet America Inc 300 Gaston Other support activities for road transportation

Sunbelt Furniture Xpress Inc

240 Catawba Common amp contract hauling

Estes Express Lines 226 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Averitt Express Inc 200 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

USF Holland Inc 200 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Schneider National Inc 180 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Forward Air Corp 170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Odyssey Logistics amp Technology Corp

170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Cardinal Logistics Management Corp

161 Regional General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics LLCOHL

150 Regional Freight transportation arrangement

Saia LTL Freight 150 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Air General Inc 130 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Lisk Trucking Inc 125 Anson Long distance trucking operator

Charlotte was listed in the top 10 cities for export assistance

[Global Trade Magazine 2015]

Maersk

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 17

Utilities (NAICS 22)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Duke Energy Corp 7800 Regional Electrical power generation amp distribution

Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc

923 Regional Natural gas distribution

Scana Corporation 305 Gaston Natural gas distribution

Cogentrix Energy LLC 150 Mecklenburg Other electric power generation

Union Power Cooperative 128 Regional Electric power distribution

Duke Energyrsquos Marshall Steam Station

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal18

Wholesale Sales (NAICS 42)Company Employees County NAICS Code amp Description

Merchants Distributors Inc 1400 Catawba General line grocery merchant wholesalers

US Foods Inc 1245 Regional Wholesale general groceries

Cardinal Health Inc 960 Regional Medical dental amp hospital equipment amp supplies merchant wholesalers

Performance Fibers Inc 750 Regional Other miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

Stanley Black amp Decker Inc 687 Regional Hardware merchant wholesalers

Doosan Infracore Portable Power Inc

500 Iredell Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Sysco Charlotte 500 Cabarrus Food service wholesale distribution

Atlas Copco 450 Regional Industrial machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Carolina CAT 405 Regional Construction amp mining machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Manheim Statesville 350 Iredell Automobile auction to dealers

ADESA Inc 300 Mecklenburg Automobile amp other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers

ZF Chassis Systems LLC 300 Catawba Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Hanes Industries Inc 295 Catawba Wholesale trade agents amp brokers

Murata Machinery USA Inc 280 Mecklenburg High-tech industrial equipment sales

Acosta Sales amp Marketing Co

276 Mecklenburg General line grocery merchant wholesalers

TharpeRobbins Co The 265 Iredell Assembler amp distributor of employee recognition awards

Haddon House Food Products

250 Chester Distribution center mdash groceries wholesaler

SellEthics Marketing Group Inc

250 Mecklenburg Other grocery amp related products merchant wholesalers

United Stationers Supply Co 250 Mecklenburg Stationery amp office supplies merchant wholesalers

Family Dollar

Forbo Siegling

7th Street Market

Many thanks to the following companies for their support of the Charlotte Chamberrsquos economic development efforts

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Axiom LawBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBryan Cave LLPBurkert Contromatic Corp Carolinas HealthCare SystemCompass Group North AmericaDiscoverReady LLCDTI Global Epiq SystemsFedExG4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc

Haynes and Boone LLPHendrick Automotive GroupHollander Home Fashions InciCrossingLincoln HarrisLouis Raphael - Kizan International IncMcGuireWoodsPerformance Team Phillips-Van Heusen CorpRockTenn Rogers Electric

RR Donnelley amp Sons CompanyRust Consulting Inc Shearman amp SterlingSidley Austin LLPStanley Convergent Security SolutionsStaples Facility SolutionsSteelFab Inc XP RetailZeichner Ellman amp Krause LLP

Charlotte Chamber Economic Development | charlotteglobal330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 USA | 7043781300 | cltecondev

Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation With our great location world-acclaimed international hub airport professional sports low energy costs diverse and

talented labor and a nationally ranked education system itrsquos easy to see why more businesses are flocking here every year

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Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 3

Accomodations amp Food Service (NAICS 72)Company Employees County NAICS Description

McDonaldrsquos Corp 2600 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Marriott International 2500 Regional Hotel amp motel operation (except casinos)

Yum Brands Inc 2213 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Bojanglesrsquo Restaurants Inc 1892 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Hilton 1880 Regional Hotel amp motel operation (except casinos)

Wendyrsquos 1866 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Chick-Fil-A 1850 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Darden Restaurants Inc 1760 Regional Full-service restaurants

Brinker International Inc 1309 Regional Full-service restaurants

Compass Group North America

1231 Mecklenburg Foodservice management amp support services

Burger King Corp 1177 Regional Limited-service restaurants

CBRL Group Inc 1157 Regional Full-service restaurants

HMSHost 1000 Regional Food amp beverage services

DineEquity Inc 786 Regional Full-service restaurants

Subway Sandwiches amp Salads 741 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Papa Johnrsquos International Inc 717 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Panera Bread 712 Regional Limited-service restaurants

CKE Restaurants Inc 698 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Hillcrest Foods Corp 692 Regional Limited-service restaurants

Outback Steakhouse Inc 682 Regional Full-service restaurants

Charlotte was named the

2nd fastest growing food and drink city

[EventBrite 2015]

3000 hotel rooms

are under construction or planned in Mecklenburg

County

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal4

Administrative Support amp Waste Management (NAICS 56) Company Employees County NAICS Description

CORESTAFF Services 2900 Regional Temporary staffing agency

Adecco Staffing 2600 Regional Temporary employment agency

Robert Half International Inc

2000 Mecklenburg Specialized permanent amp temporary placement organization

Convergys Corp 1763 Regional Outsourcing call center

Labor Ready Inc 1500 Mecklenburg Temporary manual labor

iQor Inc 1100 Mecklenburg Call center services for utility companies

Optum Inc 1100 Carbarrus Call center - client communications fulfillment

Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority (CRVA)

955 Mecklenburg Conventions

Allegiance Staffing 907 Mecklenburg Specialized permanent amp temporary placement organization

Integra Staffing amp Search 625 Mecklenburg Staffing amp executive search services

Show Pros Entertainment Services Inc

600 Regional Comprehensive event staffing

Telerx Marketing Inc 600 Cleveland Outsourcing call center

AccruePartners 578 Mecklenburg Staffing amp executive search services

Onin Group 506 Mecklenburg Temporary employment services

Elite Resources 500 Regional Employment placement agencies

Securitas Security Services USA Inc

450 Mecklenburg Security guard amp patrol services

ettain group Inc 400 Regional IT recruiting amp staffing

AAA Carolinas 375 Mecklenburg Motor club amp related services

Williams amp Fudge Inc 370 York Accounts receivable management amp collection service

Budd Group Inc The 300 Mecklenburg Janitorial services

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 5

Arts Entertainment Recreation (NAICS 71)Company Employees County NAICS Description

YMCA of Greater Charlotte 4436 Regional Fitness amp recreational sports center

Carowinds 2400 Mecklenburg Amusement amp theme parks

US National Whitewater Center

700 Mecklenburg All other amusement amp recreation industries

NASCAR Inc 635 Regional Sports teams amp clubs

Hendrick Motorsports 522 Mecklenburg Racing teams

Roush Industries 507 Cabarrus Race team

YMCA Upper Palmetto 452 Regional Fitness amp recreational sports center

Joe Gibbs Racing Inc 400 Mecklenburg Racing teams

Penske Racing 400 Iredell Racing teams

YMCA Gaston County 388 Gaston Fitness amp recreational sports center

YMCA of Rowan County 274 Rowan Fitness amp recreational sports center

Stewart-Haas Racing LLC 269 Cabarrus Racing teams

Cleveland County Family YMCA

257 Cleveland Fitness amp recreational sports center

Speedway Motor Sports Inc

246 Regional Motor sports promotion amp facility

Monroe Aquatics amp Fitness Center

230 Union Fitness amp recreational sports center

Carolina Panthers 200 Mecklenburg Professional football team

Rock Barn Golf amp Spa LLC 200 Catawba Semi-private sports club amp golf course

YMCA of Northwest NC 165 Regional Fitness amp recreational sports center

Cannon Memorial YMCA 162 Cabarrus Fitness amp recreational sports center

Agriculture (NAICS 11)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Metrolina Greenhouses Inc 875 Mecklenburg Wholesale annuals bedding plants amp foliage

McLeod Farms 200 Chesterfield Peach orchard

Circle S Ranch Inc 150 Union Turkey production

Baucomrsquos Nursery Co Inc 110 Mecklenburg Flower nursery stock amp floristsrsquo supplies merchant wholesalers

Patterson Farm Inc 100 Rowan Other vegetable amp melon farming

IMPACT THE ARTS amp CULTURE INDUSTRY

HAS ON MECKLENBURG COUNTYrsquoS ECONOMY

$2027 million

Fury 325 at Carowinds

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal6

Construction (NAICS 23)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Boggs Paving Inc 400 Union Highway street amp bridge construction

Wayne Brothers Inc 341 Rowan Poured concrete foundation amp structure contractors

McGee Brothers Co Inc 300 Regional Masonry contractors mdashbricklaying excavation amp grading

Preferred Electric Co Inc 282 Mecklenburg Commercial electrical contracting

Century Contractors Inc 249 Mecklenburg Industrial amp mechanical contractors

Starr Electric Co Inc 234 Mecklenburg Electrical contractors

Gamewell Mechanical 222 Rowan HVAC design amp installation services

Andersen Services Inc 220 Mecklenburg Heating amp cooling systems

Fluor Corp 220 Mecklenburg Industrial building construction

Old North State Masonry LLC

214 Mecklenburg Masonry stone setting amp other stone work

Gates Construction Co Inc 200 Iredell Masonry contractor

Rodgers Builders Inc 190 Mecklenburg Commercial amp institutional construction

Balfour Beatty Construction 185 Mecklenburg Commercial amp institutional construction

Morris-Jenkins Co Inc 182 Mecklenburg Heating amp air conditioning contractor

Price Brothers Inc 175 Mecklenburg Plumbing contractor

Gaylor Inc of NC 160 Iredell Electrical contractors

KBR Building Group 160 Mecklenburg Commercial amp institutional building construction

Pike Electric Corp 160 Mecklenburg Designs constructs amp maintains power transmission amp distribution systems

Overhead Door Co 157 Regional Garage door installer

Cam-Ful Industries Inc 150 Mecklenburg Mechanical contractor

North Carolina ranks 10thin construction job growth

[Associated General Contractors of America 2015]

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 7

Educational Services (NAICS 61)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

18143 Mecklenburg Elementary amp secondary schools

Gaston County Schools 6347 Gaston Elementary amp secondary schools

Union County Public Schools

5427 Union Elementary amp secondary schools

Cabarrus County Schools 3803 Cabarrus Elementary amp secondary schools

Rowan-Salisbury Schools 3000 Rowan Elementary amp secondary schools

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

3000 Mecklenburg University

Iredell-Statesville Schools 2900 Iredell Elementary amp secondary schools

Central Piedmont Community College

2700 Mecklenburg Community college

Rock Hill Schools 2300 York Elementary amp secondary schools

Cleveland County Schools 2233 Cleveland Elementary amp secondary schools

Catawba County Schools 2059 Catawba Elementary amp secondary schools

Chesterfield County School District

1480 Chesterfield Elementary amp secondary schools

Lancaster County School District

1393 Lancaster Elementary amp secondary schools

Stanly County Board of Education

1350 Stanly Elementary amp secondary schools

Fort Mill School District mdash York 4

1317 York Elementary amp secondary schools

Lincoln County Schools 1293 Lincoln Elementary amp secondary schools

Winthrop University 1108 York Colleges universities amp professional schools

Clover School District 999 York Elementary amp secondary schools

Davidson College 900 Mecklenburg Colleges universities amp professional schools

Alexander County Schools 840 Alexander Elementary amp secondary schools

Johnson C Smith University

Johnson amp Wales

Piedmont Middle School

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal8

Finance amp Insurance (NAICS 52)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wells Fargo Company 23000 Regional Commercial banking

Bank of America Corporate 15000 Regional Commercial banking

TIAA-CREF 3100 Mecklenburg Third party administration of insurance amp pension funds

BBampT Corp 2065 Regional Commercial banking

LPL Financial Services 1450 Mecklenburg Financial investment advice services

Allstate Insurance Co 1425 Mecklenburg Direct property amp casualty insurance carriers

MetLife Inc 1300 Regional Insurance agencies amp brokerages

Vanguard Group Inc The 1260 Mecklenburg Investment services

Citi Fort Mill 1100 Regional Processing center

Ally Financial Inc 751 Mecklenburg Consumer lending

AXA Equitable 600 Mecklenburg Insurance carriers disability direct

Hartford Insurance The 500 Mecklenburg Insurance agencies amp brokerages

RoundPoint Financial Group Inc

500 Mecklenburg Mortgage banking

Suntrust Bank 500 Regional Commercial banking

Fifth Third Bancorp 475 Regional Commercial banking

North Carolina State Employeesrsquo Credit Union

450 Regional State credit union

Travelers 401 Mecklenburg Insurance claims center

SCOR Global Life Americas 400 Mecklenburg Reinsurance carrier

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co Inc

377 Mecklenburg Insurance agencies amp brokerages

First Citizens Bank amp Trust Co

334 Regional State chartered commercial bank

Charlotte is the 2nd largestfinancial center in the countryMore than 56000 people are employed in this industry in

Mecklenburg County

Tresata

Bank of America

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 9

Health Care amp Social Assistance (NAICS 62)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Carolinas HealthCare System

35000 Regional Hospitals amp medical services

Novant Health 11000 Regional General medical amp surgical hospital

CaroMont Health Inc 3980 Gaston General medical amp surgical hospital

Catawba Valley Medical Center

2200 Catawba General medical amp surgical hospital

Frye Regional Medical Center

2150 Catawba Hospital

WG (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center

1700 Rowan General medical amp surgical hospital

Tenet Healthcare Corp 1500 York Acute care hospital emergency medical services outpatient care

Iredell Health System 1448 Iredell General medical amp surgical hospital

American Red Cross 1190 Regional Blood bank blood products amp services

Sava Senior Care 1105 Regional Continuing care retirement communities

White Oak Manor 938 Regional Nursing care facilities

OrthoCarolina 936 Regional Orthopedic clinic

Springs Memorial Hospital 875 Lancaster Hospital providing inpatient amp outpatient services amp clinics

Brookdale Senior Living Inc 835 Regional Retirement community

Lake Norman Regional Medical Center

775 Iredell General medical amp surgical hospital

Goodwill Industries of Southern Piedmont

661 Regional Employment amp training services for persons with employment barriers

Charlotte Eye Ear Nose amp Throat Associates PA

631 Regional Specialists in eye ear nose throat voice amp sleep medicine

Mecklenburg EMS Agency 525 Mecklenburg Paramedic service for Mecklenburg county

Davis Regional Medical Center

500 Iredell Health care

Peak Resources 482 Regional Nursing care facilities

is the regionrsquos largest employer

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal10

Information (NAICS 51)Company Employees County NAICS Description

ATampT North Carolina 3290 Regional Local phone service amp internet

Time Warner Cable Inc 3200 Regional Wired telecommunications carriers

Windstream Communications

1876 Regional Wire line communications products amp services

Microsoft Corp 1125 Mecklenburg Product support for Microsoft software consulting amp sales

Charlotte Observer The 800 Regional Newspaper publishers

ACN Inc 600 Cabarrus Telecommunications resellers

McKesson Corp 554 Mecklenburg Healthcare information solutions

Fiserv Inc 500 Catawba Data processing hosting amp related services

Comporium Communications

402 Regional Local amp long distance telecommunications

Hearst Corp 400 Mecklenburg Support unit for publishing amp pre-press services

Shutterfly Inc 400 York All other publishers

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

358 Mecklenburg Public library

3D Systems Corp 320 York Software publishers

American City Business Journals Inc

300 Mecklenburg Newspaper publishing

Verizon Wireless 295 Regional Cellular amp other wireless telecommunications

ESPN Regional Television 260 Mecklenburg Sports programming

Mood Media 200 York Specialized sound recording for business use

Regal Entertainment Group 200 Regional Motion picture theaters

Gaston Gazette The 192 Gaston Newspaper publishing

Inspiration Television Network

192 Lancaster Christian cable satellite broadcasting network service

Premier

3D Systems Corp

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 11

Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Daimler Trucks North America LLC

6800 Regional Motor vehicle body manufacturing

HSM 5200 Regional Mattresses amp bedsprings

Century Furniture Industries

2450 Catawba Both upholstered amp wood furniture residential amp contract

Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated

2147 Regional Soft drink manufacturing

Schaeffler Group USA Inc 1987 Regional Radial needle roller bearings needles pins amp precision components

Ingersoll Rand Co Ltd 1900 Mecklenburg Air amp gas compressor manufacturing

Allegheny Technologies Inc 1660 Union Nonferrous metal (except copper amp aluminum) rolling drawing amp extruding

Siemens Energy Inc Siemens Industry

1551 Mecklenburg Motor amp generator manufacturing

Tyson Foods Inc 1500 Union Poultry processing

International Paper Co 1500 Regional Non-folding sanitary food container manufacturing

American amp Efird Inc 1441 Gaston Thread mills

Pharr Yarns LLC 1400 Regional Yarn spinning mills

CommScope Inc 1400 Regional Data communications equipment manufacturing

Flextronics Inc 1400 Mecklenburg Electronics manufacturing

Parkdale Mills Inc 1297 Regional Yarn spinning mills

Snyderrsquos-Lance Inc 1280 Mecklenburg Snack foods (cookies crackers potato chips amp roasted peanuts)

Charlotte Pipe amp Foundry Co

1200 Regional Cast iron pipe amp fittings

Sealed Air 975 Mecklenburg Plastic bag amp pouch manufacturing

Electrolux North America 900 Mecklenburg Household vacuum cleaner manufacturing

RSI Home Products Inc 867 Lincoln Marble vanity tops amp bathroom cabinetry

More than 140000 people work in the manufacturing industry

in the Charlotte region

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal12

Other (NAICS 81)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Autobell Car Wash Inc 557 Regional Car washes

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

400 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Alsco Inc 308 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Maple Springs Laundry LLC 289 Catawba Industrial launderers

Massage Envy 284 Regional Other personal care services

Bethlehem Center of Charlotte Inc

235 Mecklenburg Community-based human services for children amp families

Modern Salon amp Spa Inc 234 Mecklenburg Hair salon amp day spa

Cintas Corp 231 Regional Uniform supply

Salisbury Rowan Community Action Agency Inc

200 Rowan Community service

Salvation Army 198 Regional Emergency homeless shelter

Rush Truck Center 177 Mecklenburg Automotive repair

Intermec Inc 175 Mecklenburg Repair depot for Intermec equipment

Meineke Car Care Centers Inc

133 Regional Automotive exhaust system repair

MorningStar Ministries 130 York Religious organizations

Hickory Grove Baptist Church

120 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

115 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Aramark Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial uniform apparel services

UniFirst Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Rental Uniform Service Inc 100 Iredell Industrial uniform launderers amp rental

SIM USA 100 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Charlotte boasts the third most industry

variety in the country[WalletHubcom 2015]

Billy Graham Library

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 13

Professional amp Technical Services (NAICS 54)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Red Ventures LLC 2700 Lancaster Marketing consulting services

IBM Corp 2500 Mecklenburg Computer software publishing

Aon Hewitt 1640 Mecklenburg Global human resources services firm

Lash Group 1500 Mecklenburg Health care consultant

CBampI 1071 Mecklenburg Engineers power transmission amp distribution systems

Premier Inc 900 Mecklenburg Health care management amp consulting services

Deloitte LLP 712 Mecklenburg Tax auditing amp accounting services

AREVA Inc 645 Mecklenburg Engineering services

Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

600 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

EY 580 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

Security Forces Inc 500 Regional Security consulting services

Moore amp Van Allen PLLC 450 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Synchrony Financial 400 Mecklenburg Financial services

CPI Corp 350 Mecklenburg Photography studios portrait

Grant Thornton LLP 350 Mecklenburg Global accounting

KPMG LLP 350 Mecklenburg Accounting auditing amp tax services

McGuireWoods LLP 350 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

AvidXchange Inc 320 Mecklenburg Technology consulting

Alston amp Bird LLP 300 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Electric Power Research Institute Inc

300 Mecklenburg Utility research institute

Charlotte was named the

9th biggest city where white-collar

employmentis booming

[Forbes 2015]

North Carolina was listed in the top 10 states for high-tech performance

[US Chamber of Commerce Foundation 2015]

Electric Power Research Institute

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal14

Real Estate Rental (NAICS 53)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wilkinson amp Associates 630 Mecklenburg Residential real estate

Sunbelt Rentals Inc 334 Regional Construction industrial specialty amp homeowner equipment rental

Allen Tate Co Inc 299 Regional Residential real estate agents

Lincoln Harris LLC 275 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate development

Childress Klein Properties 266 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate

Avis Budget Group Inc 213 Regional Car rental agencies

Enterprise Rent-A-Car 209 Regional Passenger cartruck rental

Keith Corp The 160 Mecklenburg Offices of real estate agents and brokers

Hertz Global Holdings 122 Regional Passenger car rental

Ryder Integrated Logistics 112 Regional Truck leasing amp rental finance leasing control logistics amp transportation

Public Administration (NAICS 92)Company Employees County NAICS Description

North Carolina State Government

7600 Regional State government

City of Charlotte 6800 Mecklenburg City government

US Government 5300 Regional Federal government

Mecklenburg County 5000 Mecklenburg County government

South Carolina State Government

2826 Regional State government

Gaston County 1500 Gaston County government

Iredell County 1330 Iredell County government

Catawba County 1100 Catawba County supervisor amp executive offices

Union County 1100 Union County government

Rowan County 1089 Rowan County government

York County SC 1000 York County government

Cabarrus County 987 Cabarrus County supervisor amp executive offices

City of Gastonia 958 Gaston City government

Lincoln County 940 Lincoln County government

City of Concord 919 Cabarrus City government

Cleveland County 890 Cleveland County government

City of Rock Hill 803 York City government

Lancaster County 762 Lancaster County government

City of Monroe 712 Union City government

NC Research Campus

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 15

Retail (NAICS 44-45)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wal-Mart Stores Inc 17100 Regional Discount department stores

Delhaize America Inc 9078 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Harris Teeter Supermarkets 8239 Regional Retail grocery store

Lowersquos Companies Inc 7801 Regional Home improvement retail stores

Target Stores 3049 Regional Department store

Bi-Lo LLC 2500 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Family Dollar Stores Inc 2500 Regional Discount department stores

Belk Inc 2300 Regional Department store retail company

TJX Companies Inc 1831 Regional Discount department stores

JC Penney Corp Inc 1793 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Hendrick Automotive Group

1723 Regional Automotive retail sales amp service

Ross Stores Inc 1704 Regional Family clothing stores

Publix 1678 Regional Retail grocery store

Home Depot Inc 1495 Regional Home center

Rite Aid Corp 1319 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

CVS Corp 1262 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

Dillardrsquos Inc 1205 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Kohlrsquos Department Store 1198 Regional Department store

Advance Auto Parts 1087 Regional Automotive parts amp accessories stores

Best Buy Co Inc 1020 Regional Radio television amp other electronics stores

Stonecrest Shopping Center

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal16

Transportation amp Warehousing (NAICS 48)Company Employees County NAICS Description

American Airlines 11000 Mecklenburg Scheduled passenger air transportation

DMSI Inc 2175 Mecklenburg Transportation services

Transit Management of Charlotte Inc

715 Mecklenburg Public transportation

YRC Freight 700 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

420 Mecklenburg Other airport operations

Carolina Cargo Inc 400 York General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Maersk Inc 375 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

FleetNet America Inc 300 Gaston Other support activities for road transportation

Sunbelt Furniture Xpress Inc

240 Catawba Common amp contract hauling

Estes Express Lines 226 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Averitt Express Inc 200 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

USF Holland Inc 200 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Schneider National Inc 180 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Forward Air Corp 170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Odyssey Logistics amp Technology Corp

170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Cardinal Logistics Management Corp

161 Regional General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics LLCOHL

150 Regional Freight transportation arrangement

Saia LTL Freight 150 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Air General Inc 130 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Lisk Trucking Inc 125 Anson Long distance trucking operator

Charlotte was listed in the top 10 cities for export assistance

[Global Trade Magazine 2015]

Maersk

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 17

Utilities (NAICS 22)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Duke Energy Corp 7800 Regional Electrical power generation amp distribution

Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc

923 Regional Natural gas distribution

Scana Corporation 305 Gaston Natural gas distribution

Cogentrix Energy LLC 150 Mecklenburg Other electric power generation

Union Power Cooperative 128 Regional Electric power distribution

Duke Energyrsquos Marshall Steam Station

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal18

Wholesale Sales (NAICS 42)Company Employees County NAICS Code amp Description

Merchants Distributors Inc 1400 Catawba General line grocery merchant wholesalers

US Foods Inc 1245 Regional Wholesale general groceries

Cardinal Health Inc 960 Regional Medical dental amp hospital equipment amp supplies merchant wholesalers

Performance Fibers Inc 750 Regional Other miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

Stanley Black amp Decker Inc 687 Regional Hardware merchant wholesalers

Doosan Infracore Portable Power Inc

500 Iredell Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Sysco Charlotte 500 Cabarrus Food service wholesale distribution

Atlas Copco 450 Regional Industrial machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Carolina CAT 405 Regional Construction amp mining machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Manheim Statesville 350 Iredell Automobile auction to dealers

ADESA Inc 300 Mecklenburg Automobile amp other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers

ZF Chassis Systems LLC 300 Catawba Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Hanes Industries Inc 295 Catawba Wholesale trade agents amp brokers

Murata Machinery USA Inc 280 Mecklenburg High-tech industrial equipment sales

Acosta Sales amp Marketing Co

276 Mecklenburg General line grocery merchant wholesalers

TharpeRobbins Co The 265 Iredell Assembler amp distributor of employee recognition awards

Haddon House Food Products

250 Chester Distribution center mdash groceries wholesaler

SellEthics Marketing Group Inc

250 Mecklenburg Other grocery amp related products merchant wholesalers

United Stationers Supply Co 250 Mecklenburg Stationery amp office supplies merchant wholesalers

Family Dollar

Forbo Siegling

7th Street Market

Many thanks to the following companies for their support of the Charlotte Chamberrsquos economic development efforts

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Axiom LawBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBryan Cave LLPBurkert Contromatic Corp Carolinas HealthCare SystemCompass Group North AmericaDiscoverReady LLCDTI Global Epiq SystemsFedExG4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc

Haynes and Boone LLPHendrick Automotive GroupHollander Home Fashions InciCrossingLincoln HarrisLouis Raphael - Kizan International IncMcGuireWoodsPerformance Team Phillips-Van Heusen CorpRockTenn Rogers Electric

RR Donnelley amp Sons CompanyRust Consulting Inc Shearman amp SterlingSidley Austin LLPStanley Convergent Security SolutionsStaples Facility SolutionsSteelFab Inc XP RetailZeichner Ellman amp Krause LLP

Charlotte Chamber Economic Development | charlotteglobal330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 USA | 7043781300 | cltecondev

Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation With our great location world-acclaimed international hub airport professional sports low energy costs diverse and

talented labor and a nationally ranked education system itrsquos easy to see why more businesses are flocking here every year

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Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal4

Administrative Support amp Waste Management (NAICS 56) Company Employees County NAICS Description

CORESTAFF Services 2900 Regional Temporary staffing agency

Adecco Staffing 2600 Regional Temporary employment agency

Robert Half International Inc

2000 Mecklenburg Specialized permanent amp temporary placement organization

Convergys Corp 1763 Regional Outsourcing call center

Labor Ready Inc 1500 Mecklenburg Temporary manual labor

iQor Inc 1100 Mecklenburg Call center services for utility companies

Optum Inc 1100 Carbarrus Call center - client communications fulfillment

Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority (CRVA)

955 Mecklenburg Conventions

Allegiance Staffing 907 Mecklenburg Specialized permanent amp temporary placement organization

Integra Staffing amp Search 625 Mecklenburg Staffing amp executive search services

Show Pros Entertainment Services Inc

600 Regional Comprehensive event staffing

Telerx Marketing Inc 600 Cleveland Outsourcing call center

AccruePartners 578 Mecklenburg Staffing amp executive search services

Onin Group 506 Mecklenburg Temporary employment services

Elite Resources 500 Regional Employment placement agencies

Securitas Security Services USA Inc

450 Mecklenburg Security guard amp patrol services

ettain group Inc 400 Regional IT recruiting amp staffing

AAA Carolinas 375 Mecklenburg Motor club amp related services

Williams amp Fudge Inc 370 York Accounts receivable management amp collection service

Budd Group Inc The 300 Mecklenburg Janitorial services

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 5

Arts Entertainment Recreation (NAICS 71)Company Employees County NAICS Description

YMCA of Greater Charlotte 4436 Regional Fitness amp recreational sports center

Carowinds 2400 Mecklenburg Amusement amp theme parks

US National Whitewater Center

700 Mecklenburg All other amusement amp recreation industries

NASCAR Inc 635 Regional Sports teams amp clubs

Hendrick Motorsports 522 Mecklenburg Racing teams

Roush Industries 507 Cabarrus Race team

YMCA Upper Palmetto 452 Regional Fitness amp recreational sports center

Joe Gibbs Racing Inc 400 Mecklenburg Racing teams

Penske Racing 400 Iredell Racing teams

YMCA Gaston County 388 Gaston Fitness amp recreational sports center

YMCA of Rowan County 274 Rowan Fitness amp recreational sports center

Stewart-Haas Racing LLC 269 Cabarrus Racing teams

Cleveland County Family YMCA

257 Cleveland Fitness amp recreational sports center

Speedway Motor Sports Inc

246 Regional Motor sports promotion amp facility

Monroe Aquatics amp Fitness Center

230 Union Fitness amp recreational sports center

Carolina Panthers 200 Mecklenburg Professional football team

Rock Barn Golf amp Spa LLC 200 Catawba Semi-private sports club amp golf course

YMCA of Northwest NC 165 Regional Fitness amp recreational sports center

Cannon Memorial YMCA 162 Cabarrus Fitness amp recreational sports center

Agriculture (NAICS 11)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Metrolina Greenhouses Inc 875 Mecklenburg Wholesale annuals bedding plants amp foliage

McLeod Farms 200 Chesterfield Peach orchard

Circle S Ranch Inc 150 Union Turkey production

Baucomrsquos Nursery Co Inc 110 Mecklenburg Flower nursery stock amp floristsrsquo supplies merchant wholesalers

Patterson Farm Inc 100 Rowan Other vegetable amp melon farming

IMPACT THE ARTS amp CULTURE INDUSTRY

HAS ON MECKLENBURG COUNTYrsquoS ECONOMY

$2027 million

Fury 325 at Carowinds

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal6

Construction (NAICS 23)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Boggs Paving Inc 400 Union Highway street amp bridge construction

Wayne Brothers Inc 341 Rowan Poured concrete foundation amp structure contractors

McGee Brothers Co Inc 300 Regional Masonry contractors mdashbricklaying excavation amp grading

Preferred Electric Co Inc 282 Mecklenburg Commercial electrical contracting

Century Contractors Inc 249 Mecklenburg Industrial amp mechanical contractors

Starr Electric Co Inc 234 Mecklenburg Electrical contractors

Gamewell Mechanical 222 Rowan HVAC design amp installation services

Andersen Services Inc 220 Mecklenburg Heating amp cooling systems

Fluor Corp 220 Mecklenburg Industrial building construction

Old North State Masonry LLC

214 Mecklenburg Masonry stone setting amp other stone work

Gates Construction Co Inc 200 Iredell Masonry contractor

Rodgers Builders Inc 190 Mecklenburg Commercial amp institutional construction

Balfour Beatty Construction 185 Mecklenburg Commercial amp institutional construction

Morris-Jenkins Co Inc 182 Mecklenburg Heating amp air conditioning contractor

Price Brothers Inc 175 Mecklenburg Plumbing contractor

Gaylor Inc of NC 160 Iredell Electrical contractors

KBR Building Group 160 Mecklenburg Commercial amp institutional building construction

Pike Electric Corp 160 Mecklenburg Designs constructs amp maintains power transmission amp distribution systems

Overhead Door Co 157 Regional Garage door installer

Cam-Ful Industries Inc 150 Mecklenburg Mechanical contractor

North Carolina ranks 10thin construction job growth

[Associated General Contractors of America 2015]

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 7

Educational Services (NAICS 61)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

18143 Mecklenburg Elementary amp secondary schools

Gaston County Schools 6347 Gaston Elementary amp secondary schools

Union County Public Schools

5427 Union Elementary amp secondary schools

Cabarrus County Schools 3803 Cabarrus Elementary amp secondary schools

Rowan-Salisbury Schools 3000 Rowan Elementary amp secondary schools

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

3000 Mecklenburg University

Iredell-Statesville Schools 2900 Iredell Elementary amp secondary schools

Central Piedmont Community College

2700 Mecklenburg Community college

Rock Hill Schools 2300 York Elementary amp secondary schools

Cleveland County Schools 2233 Cleveland Elementary amp secondary schools

Catawba County Schools 2059 Catawba Elementary amp secondary schools

Chesterfield County School District

1480 Chesterfield Elementary amp secondary schools

Lancaster County School District

1393 Lancaster Elementary amp secondary schools

Stanly County Board of Education

1350 Stanly Elementary amp secondary schools

Fort Mill School District mdash York 4

1317 York Elementary amp secondary schools

Lincoln County Schools 1293 Lincoln Elementary amp secondary schools

Winthrop University 1108 York Colleges universities amp professional schools

Clover School District 999 York Elementary amp secondary schools

Davidson College 900 Mecklenburg Colleges universities amp professional schools

Alexander County Schools 840 Alexander Elementary amp secondary schools

Johnson C Smith University

Johnson amp Wales

Piedmont Middle School

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal8

Finance amp Insurance (NAICS 52)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wells Fargo Company 23000 Regional Commercial banking

Bank of America Corporate 15000 Regional Commercial banking

TIAA-CREF 3100 Mecklenburg Third party administration of insurance amp pension funds

BBampT Corp 2065 Regional Commercial banking

LPL Financial Services 1450 Mecklenburg Financial investment advice services

Allstate Insurance Co 1425 Mecklenburg Direct property amp casualty insurance carriers

MetLife Inc 1300 Regional Insurance agencies amp brokerages

Vanguard Group Inc The 1260 Mecklenburg Investment services

Citi Fort Mill 1100 Regional Processing center

Ally Financial Inc 751 Mecklenburg Consumer lending

AXA Equitable 600 Mecklenburg Insurance carriers disability direct

Hartford Insurance The 500 Mecklenburg Insurance agencies amp brokerages

RoundPoint Financial Group Inc

500 Mecklenburg Mortgage banking

Suntrust Bank 500 Regional Commercial banking

Fifth Third Bancorp 475 Regional Commercial banking

North Carolina State Employeesrsquo Credit Union

450 Regional State credit union

Travelers 401 Mecklenburg Insurance claims center

SCOR Global Life Americas 400 Mecklenburg Reinsurance carrier

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co Inc

377 Mecklenburg Insurance agencies amp brokerages

First Citizens Bank amp Trust Co

334 Regional State chartered commercial bank

Charlotte is the 2nd largestfinancial center in the countryMore than 56000 people are employed in this industry in

Mecklenburg County

Tresata

Bank of America

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 9

Health Care amp Social Assistance (NAICS 62)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Carolinas HealthCare System

35000 Regional Hospitals amp medical services

Novant Health 11000 Regional General medical amp surgical hospital

CaroMont Health Inc 3980 Gaston General medical amp surgical hospital

Catawba Valley Medical Center

2200 Catawba General medical amp surgical hospital

Frye Regional Medical Center

2150 Catawba Hospital

WG (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center

1700 Rowan General medical amp surgical hospital

Tenet Healthcare Corp 1500 York Acute care hospital emergency medical services outpatient care

Iredell Health System 1448 Iredell General medical amp surgical hospital

American Red Cross 1190 Regional Blood bank blood products amp services

Sava Senior Care 1105 Regional Continuing care retirement communities

White Oak Manor 938 Regional Nursing care facilities

OrthoCarolina 936 Regional Orthopedic clinic

Springs Memorial Hospital 875 Lancaster Hospital providing inpatient amp outpatient services amp clinics

Brookdale Senior Living Inc 835 Regional Retirement community

Lake Norman Regional Medical Center

775 Iredell General medical amp surgical hospital

Goodwill Industries of Southern Piedmont

661 Regional Employment amp training services for persons with employment barriers

Charlotte Eye Ear Nose amp Throat Associates PA

631 Regional Specialists in eye ear nose throat voice amp sleep medicine

Mecklenburg EMS Agency 525 Mecklenburg Paramedic service for Mecklenburg county

Davis Regional Medical Center

500 Iredell Health care

Peak Resources 482 Regional Nursing care facilities

is the regionrsquos largest employer

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal10

Information (NAICS 51)Company Employees County NAICS Description

ATampT North Carolina 3290 Regional Local phone service amp internet

Time Warner Cable Inc 3200 Regional Wired telecommunications carriers

Windstream Communications

1876 Regional Wire line communications products amp services

Microsoft Corp 1125 Mecklenburg Product support for Microsoft software consulting amp sales

Charlotte Observer The 800 Regional Newspaper publishers

ACN Inc 600 Cabarrus Telecommunications resellers

McKesson Corp 554 Mecklenburg Healthcare information solutions

Fiserv Inc 500 Catawba Data processing hosting amp related services

Comporium Communications

402 Regional Local amp long distance telecommunications

Hearst Corp 400 Mecklenburg Support unit for publishing amp pre-press services

Shutterfly Inc 400 York All other publishers

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

358 Mecklenburg Public library

3D Systems Corp 320 York Software publishers

American City Business Journals Inc

300 Mecklenburg Newspaper publishing

Verizon Wireless 295 Regional Cellular amp other wireless telecommunications

ESPN Regional Television 260 Mecklenburg Sports programming

Mood Media 200 York Specialized sound recording for business use

Regal Entertainment Group 200 Regional Motion picture theaters

Gaston Gazette The 192 Gaston Newspaper publishing

Inspiration Television Network

192 Lancaster Christian cable satellite broadcasting network service

Premier

3D Systems Corp

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 11

Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Daimler Trucks North America LLC

6800 Regional Motor vehicle body manufacturing

HSM 5200 Regional Mattresses amp bedsprings

Century Furniture Industries

2450 Catawba Both upholstered amp wood furniture residential amp contract

Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated

2147 Regional Soft drink manufacturing

Schaeffler Group USA Inc 1987 Regional Radial needle roller bearings needles pins amp precision components

Ingersoll Rand Co Ltd 1900 Mecklenburg Air amp gas compressor manufacturing

Allegheny Technologies Inc 1660 Union Nonferrous metal (except copper amp aluminum) rolling drawing amp extruding

Siemens Energy Inc Siemens Industry

1551 Mecklenburg Motor amp generator manufacturing

Tyson Foods Inc 1500 Union Poultry processing

International Paper Co 1500 Regional Non-folding sanitary food container manufacturing

American amp Efird Inc 1441 Gaston Thread mills

Pharr Yarns LLC 1400 Regional Yarn spinning mills

CommScope Inc 1400 Regional Data communications equipment manufacturing

Flextronics Inc 1400 Mecklenburg Electronics manufacturing

Parkdale Mills Inc 1297 Regional Yarn spinning mills

Snyderrsquos-Lance Inc 1280 Mecklenburg Snack foods (cookies crackers potato chips amp roasted peanuts)

Charlotte Pipe amp Foundry Co

1200 Regional Cast iron pipe amp fittings

Sealed Air 975 Mecklenburg Plastic bag amp pouch manufacturing

Electrolux North America 900 Mecklenburg Household vacuum cleaner manufacturing

RSI Home Products Inc 867 Lincoln Marble vanity tops amp bathroom cabinetry

More than 140000 people work in the manufacturing industry

in the Charlotte region

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal12

Other (NAICS 81)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Autobell Car Wash Inc 557 Regional Car washes

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

400 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Alsco Inc 308 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Maple Springs Laundry LLC 289 Catawba Industrial launderers

Massage Envy 284 Regional Other personal care services

Bethlehem Center of Charlotte Inc

235 Mecklenburg Community-based human services for children amp families

Modern Salon amp Spa Inc 234 Mecklenburg Hair salon amp day spa

Cintas Corp 231 Regional Uniform supply

Salisbury Rowan Community Action Agency Inc

200 Rowan Community service

Salvation Army 198 Regional Emergency homeless shelter

Rush Truck Center 177 Mecklenburg Automotive repair

Intermec Inc 175 Mecklenburg Repair depot for Intermec equipment

Meineke Car Care Centers Inc

133 Regional Automotive exhaust system repair

MorningStar Ministries 130 York Religious organizations

Hickory Grove Baptist Church

120 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

115 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Aramark Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial uniform apparel services

UniFirst Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Rental Uniform Service Inc 100 Iredell Industrial uniform launderers amp rental

SIM USA 100 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Charlotte boasts the third most industry

variety in the country[WalletHubcom 2015]

Billy Graham Library

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 13

Professional amp Technical Services (NAICS 54)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Red Ventures LLC 2700 Lancaster Marketing consulting services

IBM Corp 2500 Mecklenburg Computer software publishing

Aon Hewitt 1640 Mecklenburg Global human resources services firm

Lash Group 1500 Mecklenburg Health care consultant

CBampI 1071 Mecklenburg Engineers power transmission amp distribution systems

Premier Inc 900 Mecklenburg Health care management amp consulting services

Deloitte LLP 712 Mecklenburg Tax auditing amp accounting services

AREVA Inc 645 Mecklenburg Engineering services

Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

600 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

EY 580 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

Security Forces Inc 500 Regional Security consulting services

Moore amp Van Allen PLLC 450 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Synchrony Financial 400 Mecklenburg Financial services

CPI Corp 350 Mecklenburg Photography studios portrait

Grant Thornton LLP 350 Mecklenburg Global accounting

KPMG LLP 350 Mecklenburg Accounting auditing amp tax services

McGuireWoods LLP 350 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

AvidXchange Inc 320 Mecklenburg Technology consulting

Alston amp Bird LLP 300 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Electric Power Research Institute Inc

300 Mecklenburg Utility research institute

Charlotte was named the

9th biggest city where white-collar

employmentis booming

[Forbes 2015]

North Carolina was listed in the top 10 states for high-tech performance

[US Chamber of Commerce Foundation 2015]

Electric Power Research Institute

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal14

Real Estate Rental (NAICS 53)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wilkinson amp Associates 630 Mecklenburg Residential real estate

Sunbelt Rentals Inc 334 Regional Construction industrial specialty amp homeowner equipment rental

Allen Tate Co Inc 299 Regional Residential real estate agents

Lincoln Harris LLC 275 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate development

Childress Klein Properties 266 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate

Avis Budget Group Inc 213 Regional Car rental agencies

Enterprise Rent-A-Car 209 Regional Passenger cartruck rental

Keith Corp The 160 Mecklenburg Offices of real estate agents and brokers

Hertz Global Holdings 122 Regional Passenger car rental

Ryder Integrated Logistics 112 Regional Truck leasing amp rental finance leasing control logistics amp transportation

Public Administration (NAICS 92)Company Employees County NAICS Description

North Carolina State Government

7600 Regional State government

City of Charlotte 6800 Mecklenburg City government

US Government 5300 Regional Federal government

Mecklenburg County 5000 Mecklenburg County government

South Carolina State Government

2826 Regional State government

Gaston County 1500 Gaston County government

Iredell County 1330 Iredell County government

Catawba County 1100 Catawba County supervisor amp executive offices

Union County 1100 Union County government

Rowan County 1089 Rowan County government

York County SC 1000 York County government

Cabarrus County 987 Cabarrus County supervisor amp executive offices

City of Gastonia 958 Gaston City government

Lincoln County 940 Lincoln County government

City of Concord 919 Cabarrus City government

Cleveland County 890 Cleveland County government

City of Rock Hill 803 York City government

Lancaster County 762 Lancaster County government

City of Monroe 712 Union City government

NC Research Campus

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 15

Retail (NAICS 44-45)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wal-Mart Stores Inc 17100 Regional Discount department stores

Delhaize America Inc 9078 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Harris Teeter Supermarkets 8239 Regional Retail grocery store

Lowersquos Companies Inc 7801 Regional Home improvement retail stores

Target Stores 3049 Regional Department store

Bi-Lo LLC 2500 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Family Dollar Stores Inc 2500 Regional Discount department stores

Belk Inc 2300 Regional Department store retail company

TJX Companies Inc 1831 Regional Discount department stores

JC Penney Corp Inc 1793 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Hendrick Automotive Group

1723 Regional Automotive retail sales amp service

Ross Stores Inc 1704 Regional Family clothing stores

Publix 1678 Regional Retail grocery store

Home Depot Inc 1495 Regional Home center

Rite Aid Corp 1319 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

CVS Corp 1262 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

Dillardrsquos Inc 1205 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Kohlrsquos Department Store 1198 Regional Department store

Advance Auto Parts 1087 Regional Automotive parts amp accessories stores

Best Buy Co Inc 1020 Regional Radio television amp other electronics stores

Stonecrest Shopping Center

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal16

Transportation amp Warehousing (NAICS 48)Company Employees County NAICS Description

American Airlines 11000 Mecklenburg Scheduled passenger air transportation

DMSI Inc 2175 Mecklenburg Transportation services

Transit Management of Charlotte Inc

715 Mecklenburg Public transportation

YRC Freight 700 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

420 Mecklenburg Other airport operations

Carolina Cargo Inc 400 York General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Maersk Inc 375 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

FleetNet America Inc 300 Gaston Other support activities for road transportation

Sunbelt Furniture Xpress Inc

240 Catawba Common amp contract hauling

Estes Express Lines 226 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Averitt Express Inc 200 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

USF Holland Inc 200 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Schneider National Inc 180 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Forward Air Corp 170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Odyssey Logistics amp Technology Corp

170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Cardinal Logistics Management Corp

161 Regional General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics LLCOHL

150 Regional Freight transportation arrangement

Saia LTL Freight 150 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Air General Inc 130 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Lisk Trucking Inc 125 Anson Long distance trucking operator

Charlotte was listed in the top 10 cities for export assistance

[Global Trade Magazine 2015]

Maersk

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 17

Utilities (NAICS 22)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Duke Energy Corp 7800 Regional Electrical power generation amp distribution

Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc

923 Regional Natural gas distribution

Scana Corporation 305 Gaston Natural gas distribution

Cogentrix Energy LLC 150 Mecklenburg Other electric power generation

Union Power Cooperative 128 Regional Electric power distribution

Duke Energyrsquos Marshall Steam Station

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal18

Wholesale Sales (NAICS 42)Company Employees County NAICS Code amp Description

Merchants Distributors Inc 1400 Catawba General line grocery merchant wholesalers

US Foods Inc 1245 Regional Wholesale general groceries

Cardinal Health Inc 960 Regional Medical dental amp hospital equipment amp supplies merchant wholesalers

Performance Fibers Inc 750 Regional Other miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

Stanley Black amp Decker Inc 687 Regional Hardware merchant wholesalers

Doosan Infracore Portable Power Inc

500 Iredell Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Sysco Charlotte 500 Cabarrus Food service wholesale distribution

Atlas Copco 450 Regional Industrial machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Carolina CAT 405 Regional Construction amp mining machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Manheim Statesville 350 Iredell Automobile auction to dealers

ADESA Inc 300 Mecklenburg Automobile amp other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers

ZF Chassis Systems LLC 300 Catawba Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Hanes Industries Inc 295 Catawba Wholesale trade agents amp brokers

Murata Machinery USA Inc 280 Mecklenburg High-tech industrial equipment sales

Acosta Sales amp Marketing Co

276 Mecklenburg General line grocery merchant wholesalers

TharpeRobbins Co The 265 Iredell Assembler amp distributor of employee recognition awards

Haddon House Food Products

250 Chester Distribution center mdash groceries wholesaler

SellEthics Marketing Group Inc

250 Mecklenburg Other grocery amp related products merchant wholesalers

United Stationers Supply Co 250 Mecklenburg Stationery amp office supplies merchant wholesalers

Family Dollar

Forbo Siegling

7th Street Market

Many thanks to the following companies for their support of the Charlotte Chamberrsquos economic development efforts

PLATINUM SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSOR

BRONZE SPONSORS

Axiom LawBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBryan Cave LLPBurkert Contromatic Corp Carolinas HealthCare SystemCompass Group North AmericaDiscoverReady LLCDTI Global Epiq SystemsFedExG4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc

Haynes and Boone LLPHendrick Automotive GroupHollander Home Fashions InciCrossingLincoln HarrisLouis Raphael - Kizan International IncMcGuireWoodsPerformance Team Phillips-Van Heusen CorpRockTenn Rogers Electric

RR Donnelley amp Sons CompanyRust Consulting Inc Shearman amp SterlingSidley Austin LLPStanley Convergent Security SolutionsStaples Facility SolutionsSteelFab Inc XP RetailZeichner Ellman amp Krause LLP

Charlotte Chamber Economic Development | charlotteglobal330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 USA | 7043781300 | cltecondev

Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation With our great location world-acclaimed international hub airport professional sports low energy costs diverse and

talented labor and a nationally ranked education system itrsquos easy to see why more businesses are flocking here every year

Visit charlotteglobal to learn more

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Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 5

Arts Entertainment Recreation (NAICS 71)Company Employees County NAICS Description

YMCA of Greater Charlotte 4436 Regional Fitness amp recreational sports center

Carowinds 2400 Mecklenburg Amusement amp theme parks

US National Whitewater Center

700 Mecklenburg All other amusement amp recreation industries

NASCAR Inc 635 Regional Sports teams amp clubs

Hendrick Motorsports 522 Mecklenburg Racing teams

Roush Industries 507 Cabarrus Race team

YMCA Upper Palmetto 452 Regional Fitness amp recreational sports center

Joe Gibbs Racing Inc 400 Mecklenburg Racing teams

Penske Racing 400 Iredell Racing teams

YMCA Gaston County 388 Gaston Fitness amp recreational sports center

YMCA of Rowan County 274 Rowan Fitness amp recreational sports center

Stewart-Haas Racing LLC 269 Cabarrus Racing teams

Cleveland County Family YMCA

257 Cleveland Fitness amp recreational sports center

Speedway Motor Sports Inc

246 Regional Motor sports promotion amp facility

Monroe Aquatics amp Fitness Center

230 Union Fitness amp recreational sports center

Carolina Panthers 200 Mecklenburg Professional football team

Rock Barn Golf amp Spa LLC 200 Catawba Semi-private sports club amp golf course

YMCA of Northwest NC 165 Regional Fitness amp recreational sports center

Cannon Memorial YMCA 162 Cabarrus Fitness amp recreational sports center

Agriculture (NAICS 11)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Metrolina Greenhouses Inc 875 Mecklenburg Wholesale annuals bedding plants amp foliage

McLeod Farms 200 Chesterfield Peach orchard

Circle S Ranch Inc 150 Union Turkey production

Baucomrsquos Nursery Co Inc 110 Mecklenburg Flower nursery stock amp floristsrsquo supplies merchant wholesalers

Patterson Farm Inc 100 Rowan Other vegetable amp melon farming

IMPACT THE ARTS amp CULTURE INDUSTRY

HAS ON MECKLENBURG COUNTYrsquoS ECONOMY

$2027 million

Fury 325 at Carowinds

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal6

Construction (NAICS 23)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Boggs Paving Inc 400 Union Highway street amp bridge construction

Wayne Brothers Inc 341 Rowan Poured concrete foundation amp structure contractors

McGee Brothers Co Inc 300 Regional Masonry contractors mdashbricklaying excavation amp grading

Preferred Electric Co Inc 282 Mecklenburg Commercial electrical contracting

Century Contractors Inc 249 Mecklenburg Industrial amp mechanical contractors

Starr Electric Co Inc 234 Mecklenburg Electrical contractors

Gamewell Mechanical 222 Rowan HVAC design amp installation services

Andersen Services Inc 220 Mecklenburg Heating amp cooling systems

Fluor Corp 220 Mecklenburg Industrial building construction

Old North State Masonry LLC

214 Mecklenburg Masonry stone setting amp other stone work

Gates Construction Co Inc 200 Iredell Masonry contractor

Rodgers Builders Inc 190 Mecklenburg Commercial amp institutional construction

Balfour Beatty Construction 185 Mecklenburg Commercial amp institutional construction

Morris-Jenkins Co Inc 182 Mecklenburg Heating amp air conditioning contractor

Price Brothers Inc 175 Mecklenburg Plumbing contractor

Gaylor Inc of NC 160 Iredell Electrical contractors

KBR Building Group 160 Mecklenburg Commercial amp institutional building construction

Pike Electric Corp 160 Mecklenburg Designs constructs amp maintains power transmission amp distribution systems

Overhead Door Co 157 Regional Garage door installer

Cam-Ful Industries Inc 150 Mecklenburg Mechanical contractor

North Carolina ranks 10thin construction job growth

[Associated General Contractors of America 2015]

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 7

Educational Services (NAICS 61)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

18143 Mecklenburg Elementary amp secondary schools

Gaston County Schools 6347 Gaston Elementary amp secondary schools

Union County Public Schools

5427 Union Elementary amp secondary schools

Cabarrus County Schools 3803 Cabarrus Elementary amp secondary schools

Rowan-Salisbury Schools 3000 Rowan Elementary amp secondary schools

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

3000 Mecklenburg University

Iredell-Statesville Schools 2900 Iredell Elementary amp secondary schools

Central Piedmont Community College

2700 Mecklenburg Community college

Rock Hill Schools 2300 York Elementary amp secondary schools

Cleveland County Schools 2233 Cleveland Elementary amp secondary schools

Catawba County Schools 2059 Catawba Elementary amp secondary schools

Chesterfield County School District

1480 Chesterfield Elementary amp secondary schools

Lancaster County School District

1393 Lancaster Elementary amp secondary schools

Stanly County Board of Education

1350 Stanly Elementary amp secondary schools

Fort Mill School District mdash York 4

1317 York Elementary amp secondary schools

Lincoln County Schools 1293 Lincoln Elementary amp secondary schools

Winthrop University 1108 York Colleges universities amp professional schools

Clover School District 999 York Elementary amp secondary schools

Davidson College 900 Mecklenburg Colleges universities amp professional schools

Alexander County Schools 840 Alexander Elementary amp secondary schools

Johnson C Smith University

Johnson amp Wales

Piedmont Middle School

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal8

Finance amp Insurance (NAICS 52)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wells Fargo Company 23000 Regional Commercial banking

Bank of America Corporate 15000 Regional Commercial banking

TIAA-CREF 3100 Mecklenburg Third party administration of insurance amp pension funds

BBampT Corp 2065 Regional Commercial banking

LPL Financial Services 1450 Mecklenburg Financial investment advice services

Allstate Insurance Co 1425 Mecklenburg Direct property amp casualty insurance carriers

MetLife Inc 1300 Regional Insurance agencies amp brokerages

Vanguard Group Inc The 1260 Mecklenburg Investment services

Citi Fort Mill 1100 Regional Processing center

Ally Financial Inc 751 Mecklenburg Consumer lending

AXA Equitable 600 Mecklenburg Insurance carriers disability direct

Hartford Insurance The 500 Mecklenburg Insurance agencies amp brokerages

RoundPoint Financial Group Inc

500 Mecklenburg Mortgage banking

Suntrust Bank 500 Regional Commercial banking

Fifth Third Bancorp 475 Regional Commercial banking

North Carolina State Employeesrsquo Credit Union

450 Regional State credit union

Travelers 401 Mecklenburg Insurance claims center

SCOR Global Life Americas 400 Mecklenburg Reinsurance carrier

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co Inc

377 Mecklenburg Insurance agencies amp brokerages

First Citizens Bank amp Trust Co

334 Regional State chartered commercial bank

Charlotte is the 2nd largestfinancial center in the countryMore than 56000 people are employed in this industry in

Mecklenburg County

Tresata

Bank of America

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 9

Health Care amp Social Assistance (NAICS 62)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Carolinas HealthCare System

35000 Regional Hospitals amp medical services

Novant Health 11000 Regional General medical amp surgical hospital

CaroMont Health Inc 3980 Gaston General medical amp surgical hospital

Catawba Valley Medical Center

2200 Catawba General medical amp surgical hospital

Frye Regional Medical Center

2150 Catawba Hospital

WG (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center

1700 Rowan General medical amp surgical hospital

Tenet Healthcare Corp 1500 York Acute care hospital emergency medical services outpatient care

Iredell Health System 1448 Iredell General medical amp surgical hospital

American Red Cross 1190 Regional Blood bank blood products amp services

Sava Senior Care 1105 Regional Continuing care retirement communities

White Oak Manor 938 Regional Nursing care facilities

OrthoCarolina 936 Regional Orthopedic clinic

Springs Memorial Hospital 875 Lancaster Hospital providing inpatient amp outpatient services amp clinics

Brookdale Senior Living Inc 835 Regional Retirement community

Lake Norman Regional Medical Center

775 Iredell General medical amp surgical hospital

Goodwill Industries of Southern Piedmont

661 Regional Employment amp training services for persons with employment barriers

Charlotte Eye Ear Nose amp Throat Associates PA

631 Regional Specialists in eye ear nose throat voice amp sleep medicine

Mecklenburg EMS Agency 525 Mecklenburg Paramedic service for Mecklenburg county

Davis Regional Medical Center

500 Iredell Health care

Peak Resources 482 Regional Nursing care facilities

is the regionrsquos largest employer

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal10

Information (NAICS 51)Company Employees County NAICS Description

ATampT North Carolina 3290 Regional Local phone service amp internet

Time Warner Cable Inc 3200 Regional Wired telecommunications carriers

Windstream Communications

1876 Regional Wire line communications products amp services

Microsoft Corp 1125 Mecklenburg Product support for Microsoft software consulting amp sales

Charlotte Observer The 800 Regional Newspaper publishers

ACN Inc 600 Cabarrus Telecommunications resellers

McKesson Corp 554 Mecklenburg Healthcare information solutions

Fiserv Inc 500 Catawba Data processing hosting amp related services

Comporium Communications

402 Regional Local amp long distance telecommunications

Hearst Corp 400 Mecklenburg Support unit for publishing amp pre-press services

Shutterfly Inc 400 York All other publishers

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

358 Mecklenburg Public library

3D Systems Corp 320 York Software publishers

American City Business Journals Inc

300 Mecklenburg Newspaper publishing

Verizon Wireless 295 Regional Cellular amp other wireless telecommunications

ESPN Regional Television 260 Mecklenburg Sports programming

Mood Media 200 York Specialized sound recording for business use

Regal Entertainment Group 200 Regional Motion picture theaters

Gaston Gazette The 192 Gaston Newspaper publishing

Inspiration Television Network

192 Lancaster Christian cable satellite broadcasting network service

Premier

3D Systems Corp

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 11

Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Daimler Trucks North America LLC

6800 Regional Motor vehicle body manufacturing

HSM 5200 Regional Mattresses amp bedsprings

Century Furniture Industries

2450 Catawba Both upholstered amp wood furniture residential amp contract

Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated

2147 Regional Soft drink manufacturing

Schaeffler Group USA Inc 1987 Regional Radial needle roller bearings needles pins amp precision components

Ingersoll Rand Co Ltd 1900 Mecklenburg Air amp gas compressor manufacturing

Allegheny Technologies Inc 1660 Union Nonferrous metal (except copper amp aluminum) rolling drawing amp extruding

Siemens Energy Inc Siemens Industry

1551 Mecklenburg Motor amp generator manufacturing

Tyson Foods Inc 1500 Union Poultry processing

International Paper Co 1500 Regional Non-folding sanitary food container manufacturing

American amp Efird Inc 1441 Gaston Thread mills

Pharr Yarns LLC 1400 Regional Yarn spinning mills

CommScope Inc 1400 Regional Data communications equipment manufacturing

Flextronics Inc 1400 Mecklenburg Electronics manufacturing

Parkdale Mills Inc 1297 Regional Yarn spinning mills

Snyderrsquos-Lance Inc 1280 Mecklenburg Snack foods (cookies crackers potato chips amp roasted peanuts)

Charlotte Pipe amp Foundry Co

1200 Regional Cast iron pipe amp fittings

Sealed Air 975 Mecklenburg Plastic bag amp pouch manufacturing

Electrolux North America 900 Mecklenburg Household vacuum cleaner manufacturing

RSI Home Products Inc 867 Lincoln Marble vanity tops amp bathroom cabinetry

More than 140000 people work in the manufacturing industry

in the Charlotte region

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal12

Other (NAICS 81)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Autobell Car Wash Inc 557 Regional Car washes

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

400 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Alsco Inc 308 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Maple Springs Laundry LLC 289 Catawba Industrial launderers

Massage Envy 284 Regional Other personal care services

Bethlehem Center of Charlotte Inc

235 Mecklenburg Community-based human services for children amp families

Modern Salon amp Spa Inc 234 Mecklenburg Hair salon amp day spa

Cintas Corp 231 Regional Uniform supply

Salisbury Rowan Community Action Agency Inc

200 Rowan Community service

Salvation Army 198 Regional Emergency homeless shelter

Rush Truck Center 177 Mecklenburg Automotive repair

Intermec Inc 175 Mecklenburg Repair depot for Intermec equipment

Meineke Car Care Centers Inc

133 Regional Automotive exhaust system repair

MorningStar Ministries 130 York Religious organizations

Hickory Grove Baptist Church

120 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

115 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Aramark Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial uniform apparel services

UniFirst Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Rental Uniform Service Inc 100 Iredell Industrial uniform launderers amp rental

SIM USA 100 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Charlotte boasts the third most industry

variety in the country[WalletHubcom 2015]

Billy Graham Library

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 13

Professional amp Technical Services (NAICS 54)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Red Ventures LLC 2700 Lancaster Marketing consulting services

IBM Corp 2500 Mecklenburg Computer software publishing

Aon Hewitt 1640 Mecklenburg Global human resources services firm

Lash Group 1500 Mecklenburg Health care consultant

CBampI 1071 Mecklenburg Engineers power transmission amp distribution systems

Premier Inc 900 Mecklenburg Health care management amp consulting services

Deloitte LLP 712 Mecklenburg Tax auditing amp accounting services

AREVA Inc 645 Mecklenburg Engineering services

Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

600 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

EY 580 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

Security Forces Inc 500 Regional Security consulting services

Moore amp Van Allen PLLC 450 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Synchrony Financial 400 Mecklenburg Financial services

CPI Corp 350 Mecklenburg Photography studios portrait

Grant Thornton LLP 350 Mecklenburg Global accounting

KPMG LLP 350 Mecklenburg Accounting auditing amp tax services

McGuireWoods LLP 350 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

AvidXchange Inc 320 Mecklenburg Technology consulting

Alston amp Bird LLP 300 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Electric Power Research Institute Inc

300 Mecklenburg Utility research institute

Charlotte was named the

9th biggest city where white-collar

employmentis booming

[Forbes 2015]

North Carolina was listed in the top 10 states for high-tech performance

[US Chamber of Commerce Foundation 2015]

Electric Power Research Institute

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal14

Real Estate Rental (NAICS 53)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wilkinson amp Associates 630 Mecklenburg Residential real estate

Sunbelt Rentals Inc 334 Regional Construction industrial specialty amp homeowner equipment rental

Allen Tate Co Inc 299 Regional Residential real estate agents

Lincoln Harris LLC 275 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate development

Childress Klein Properties 266 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate

Avis Budget Group Inc 213 Regional Car rental agencies

Enterprise Rent-A-Car 209 Regional Passenger cartruck rental

Keith Corp The 160 Mecklenburg Offices of real estate agents and brokers

Hertz Global Holdings 122 Regional Passenger car rental

Ryder Integrated Logistics 112 Regional Truck leasing amp rental finance leasing control logistics amp transportation

Public Administration (NAICS 92)Company Employees County NAICS Description

North Carolina State Government

7600 Regional State government

City of Charlotte 6800 Mecklenburg City government

US Government 5300 Regional Federal government

Mecklenburg County 5000 Mecklenburg County government

South Carolina State Government

2826 Regional State government

Gaston County 1500 Gaston County government

Iredell County 1330 Iredell County government

Catawba County 1100 Catawba County supervisor amp executive offices

Union County 1100 Union County government

Rowan County 1089 Rowan County government

York County SC 1000 York County government

Cabarrus County 987 Cabarrus County supervisor amp executive offices

City of Gastonia 958 Gaston City government

Lincoln County 940 Lincoln County government

City of Concord 919 Cabarrus City government

Cleveland County 890 Cleveland County government

City of Rock Hill 803 York City government

Lancaster County 762 Lancaster County government

City of Monroe 712 Union City government

NC Research Campus

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 15

Retail (NAICS 44-45)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wal-Mart Stores Inc 17100 Regional Discount department stores

Delhaize America Inc 9078 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Harris Teeter Supermarkets 8239 Regional Retail grocery store

Lowersquos Companies Inc 7801 Regional Home improvement retail stores

Target Stores 3049 Regional Department store

Bi-Lo LLC 2500 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Family Dollar Stores Inc 2500 Regional Discount department stores

Belk Inc 2300 Regional Department store retail company

TJX Companies Inc 1831 Regional Discount department stores

JC Penney Corp Inc 1793 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Hendrick Automotive Group

1723 Regional Automotive retail sales amp service

Ross Stores Inc 1704 Regional Family clothing stores

Publix 1678 Regional Retail grocery store

Home Depot Inc 1495 Regional Home center

Rite Aid Corp 1319 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

CVS Corp 1262 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

Dillardrsquos Inc 1205 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Kohlrsquos Department Store 1198 Regional Department store

Advance Auto Parts 1087 Regional Automotive parts amp accessories stores

Best Buy Co Inc 1020 Regional Radio television amp other electronics stores

Stonecrest Shopping Center

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal16

Transportation amp Warehousing (NAICS 48)Company Employees County NAICS Description

American Airlines 11000 Mecklenburg Scheduled passenger air transportation

DMSI Inc 2175 Mecklenburg Transportation services

Transit Management of Charlotte Inc

715 Mecklenburg Public transportation

YRC Freight 700 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

420 Mecklenburg Other airport operations

Carolina Cargo Inc 400 York General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Maersk Inc 375 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

FleetNet America Inc 300 Gaston Other support activities for road transportation

Sunbelt Furniture Xpress Inc

240 Catawba Common amp contract hauling

Estes Express Lines 226 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Averitt Express Inc 200 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

USF Holland Inc 200 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Schneider National Inc 180 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Forward Air Corp 170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Odyssey Logistics amp Technology Corp

170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Cardinal Logistics Management Corp

161 Regional General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics LLCOHL

150 Regional Freight transportation arrangement

Saia LTL Freight 150 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Air General Inc 130 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Lisk Trucking Inc 125 Anson Long distance trucking operator

Charlotte was listed in the top 10 cities for export assistance

[Global Trade Magazine 2015]

Maersk

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 17

Utilities (NAICS 22)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Duke Energy Corp 7800 Regional Electrical power generation amp distribution

Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc

923 Regional Natural gas distribution

Scana Corporation 305 Gaston Natural gas distribution

Cogentrix Energy LLC 150 Mecklenburg Other electric power generation

Union Power Cooperative 128 Regional Electric power distribution

Duke Energyrsquos Marshall Steam Station

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal18

Wholesale Sales (NAICS 42)Company Employees County NAICS Code amp Description

Merchants Distributors Inc 1400 Catawba General line grocery merchant wholesalers

US Foods Inc 1245 Regional Wholesale general groceries

Cardinal Health Inc 960 Regional Medical dental amp hospital equipment amp supplies merchant wholesalers

Performance Fibers Inc 750 Regional Other miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

Stanley Black amp Decker Inc 687 Regional Hardware merchant wholesalers

Doosan Infracore Portable Power Inc

500 Iredell Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Sysco Charlotte 500 Cabarrus Food service wholesale distribution

Atlas Copco 450 Regional Industrial machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Carolina CAT 405 Regional Construction amp mining machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Manheim Statesville 350 Iredell Automobile auction to dealers

ADESA Inc 300 Mecklenburg Automobile amp other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers

ZF Chassis Systems LLC 300 Catawba Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Hanes Industries Inc 295 Catawba Wholesale trade agents amp brokers

Murata Machinery USA Inc 280 Mecklenburg High-tech industrial equipment sales

Acosta Sales amp Marketing Co

276 Mecklenburg General line grocery merchant wholesalers

TharpeRobbins Co The 265 Iredell Assembler amp distributor of employee recognition awards

Haddon House Food Products

250 Chester Distribution center mdash groceries wholesaler

SellEthics Marketing Group Inc

250 Mecklenburg Other grocery amp related products merchant wholesalers

United Stationers Supply Co 250 Mecklenburg Stationery amp office supplies merchant wholesalers

Family Dollar

Forbo Siegling

7th Street Market

Many thanks to the following companies for their support of the Charlotte Chamberrsquos economic development efforts

PLATINUM SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSOR

BRONZE SPONSORS

Axiom LawBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBryan Cave LLPBurkert Contromatic Corp Carolinas HealthCare SystemCompass Group North AmericaDiscoverReady LLCDTI Global Epiq SystemsFedExG4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc

Haynes and Boone LLPHendrick Automotive GroupHollander Home Fashions InciCrossingLincoln HarrisLouis Raphael - Kizan International IncMcGuireWoodsPerformance Team Phillips-Van Heusen CorpRockTenn Rogers Electric

RR Donnelley amp Sons CompanyRust Consulting Inc Shearman amp SterlingSidley Austin LLPStanley Convergent Security SolutionsStaples Facility SolutionsSteelFab Inc XP RetailZeichner Ellman amp Krause LLP

Charlotte Chamber Economic Development | charlotteglobal330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 USA | 7043781300 | cltecondev

Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation With our great location world-acclaimed international hub airport professional sports low energy costs diverse and

talented labor and a nationally ranked education system itrsquos easy to see why more businesses are flocking here every year

Visit charlotteglobal to learn more

copyPA

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NE

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330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 7043781300

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Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal6

Construction (NAICS 23)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Boggs Paving Inc 400 Union Highway street amp bridge construction

Wayne Brothers Inc 341 Rowan Poured concrete foundation amp structure contractors

McGee Brothers Co Inc 300 Regional Masonry contractors mdashbricklaying excavation amp grading

Preferred Electric Co Inc 282 Mecklenburg Commercial electrical contracting

Century Contractors Inc 249 Mecklenburg Industrial amp mechanical contractors

Starr Electric Co Inc 234 Mecklenburg Electrical contractors

Gamewell Mechanical 222 Rowan HVAC design amp installation services

Andersen Services Inc 220 Mecklenburg Heating amp cooling systems

Fluor Corp 220 Mecklenburg Industrial building construction

Old North State Masonry LLC

214 Mecklenburg Masonry stone setting amp other stone work

Gates Construction Co Inc 200 Iredell Masonry contractor

Rodgers Builders Inc 190 Mecklenburg Commercial amp institutional construction

Balfour Beatty Construction 185 Mecklenburg Commercial amp institutional construction

Morris-Jenkins Co Inc 182 Mecklenburg Heating amp air conditioning contractor

Price Brothers Inc 175 Mecklenburg Plumbing contractor

Gaylor Inc of NC 160 Iredell Electrical contractors

KBR Building Group 160 Mecklenburg Commercial amp institutional building construction

Pike Electric Corp 160 Mecklenburg Designs constructs amp maintains power transmission amp distribution systems

Overhead Door Co 157 Regional Garage door installer

Cam-Ful Industries Inc 150 Mecklenburg Mechanical contractor

North Carolina ranks 10thin construction job growth

[Associated General Contractors of America 2015]

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 7

Educational Services (NAICS 61)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

18143 Mecklenburg Elementary amp secondary schools

Gaston County Schools 6347 Gaston Elementary amp secondary schools

Union County Public Schools

5427 Union Elementary amp secondary schools

Cabarrus County Schools 3803 Cabarrus Elementary amp secondary schools

Rowan-Salisbury Schools 3000 Rowan Elementary amp secondary schools

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

3000 Mecklenburg University

Iredell-Statesville Schools 2900 Iredell Elementary amp secondary schools

Central Piedmont Community College

2700 Mecklenburg Community college

Rock Hill Schools 2300 York Elementary amp secondary schools

Cleveland County Schools 2233 Cleveland Elementary amp secondary schools

Catawba County Schools 2059 Catawba Elementary amp secondary schools

Chesterfield County School District

1480 Chesterfield Elementary amp secondary schools

Lancaster County School District

1393 Lancaster Elementary amp secondary schools

Stanly County Board of Education

1350 Stanly Elementary amp secondary schools

Fort Mill School District mdash York 4

1317 York Elementary amp secondary schools

Lincoln County Schools 1293 Lincoln Elementary amp secondary schools

Winthrop University 1108 York Colleges universities amp professional schools

Clover School District 999 York Elementary amp secondary schools

Davidson College 900 Mecklenburg Colleges universities amp professional schools

Alexander County Schools 840 Alexander Elementary amp secondary schools

Johnson C Smith University

Johnson amp Wales

Piedmont Middle School

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal8

Finance amp Insurance (NAICS 52)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wells Fargo Company 23000 Regional Commercial banking

Bank of America Corporate 15000 Regional Commercial banking

TIAA-CREF 3100 Mecklenburg Third party administration of insurance amp pension funds

BBampT Corp 2065 Regional Commercial banking

LPL Financial Services 1450 Mecklenburg Financial investment advice services

Allstate Insurance Co 1425 Mecklenburg Direct property amp casualty insurance carriers

MetLife Inc 1300 Regional Insurance agencies amp brokerages

Vanguard Group Inc The 1260 Mecklenburg Investment services

Citi Fort Mill 1100 Regional Processing center

Ally Financial Inc 751 Mecklenburg Consumer lending

AXA Equitable 600 Mecklenburg Insurance carriers disability direct

Hartford Insurance The 500 Mecklenburg Insurance agencies amp brokerages

RoundPoint Financial Group Inc

500 Mecklenburg Mortgage banking

Suntrust Bank 500 Regional Commercial banking

Fifth Third Bancorp 475 Regional Commercial banking

North Carolina State Employeesrsquo Credit Union

450 Regional State credit union

Travelers 401 Mecklenburg Insurance claims center

SCOR Global Life Americas 400 Mecklenburg Reinsurance carrier

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co Inc

377 Mecklenburg Insurance agencies amp brokerages

First Citizens Bank amp Trust Co

334 Regional State chartered commercial bank

Charlotte is the 2nd largestfinancial center in the countryMore than 56000 people are employed in this industry in

Mecklenburg County

Tresata

Bank of America

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 9

Health Care amp Social Assistance (NAICS 62)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Carolinas HealthCare System

35000 Regional Hospitals amp medical services

Novant Health 11000 Regional General medical amp surgical hospital

CaroMont Health Inc 3980 Gaston General medical amp surgical hospital

Catawba Valley Medical Center

2200 Catawba General medical amp surgical hospital

Frye Regional Medical Center

2150 Catawba Hospital

WG (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center

1700 Rowan General medical amp surgical hospital

Tenet Healthcare Corp 1500 York Acute care hospital emergency medical services outpatient care

Iredell Health System 1448 Iredell General medical amp surgical hospital

American Red Cross 1190 Regional Blood bank blood products amp services

Sava Senior Care 1105 Regional Continuing care retirement communities

White Oak Manor 938 Regional Nursing care facilities

OrthoCarolina 936 Regional Orthopedic clinic

Springs Memorial Hospital 875 Lancaster Hospital providing inpatient amp outpatient services amp clinics

Brookdale Senior Living Inc 835 Regional Retirement community

Lake Norman Regional Medical Center

775 Iredell General medical amp surgical hospital

Goodwill Industries of Southern Piedmont

661 Regional Employment amp training services for persons with employment barriers

Charlotte Eye Ear Nose amp Throat Associates PA

631 Regional Specialists in eye ear nose throat voice amp sleep medicine

Mecklenburg EMS Agency 525 Mecklenburg Paramedic service for Mecklenburg county

Davis Regional Medical Center

500 Iredell Health care

Peak Resources 482 Regional Nursing care facilities

is the regionrsquos largest employer

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal10

Information (NAICS 51)Company Employees County NAICS Description

ATampT North Carolina 3290 Regional Local phone service amp internet

Time Warner Cable Inc 3200 Regional Wired telecommunications carriers

Windstream Communications

1876 Regional Wire line communications products amp services

Microsoft Corp 1125 Mecklenburg Product support for Microsoft software consulting amp sales

Charlotte Observer The 800 Regional Newspaper publishers

ACN Inc 600 Cabarrus Telecommunications resellers

McKesson Corp 554 Mecklenburg Healthcare information solutions

Fiserv Inc 500 Catawba Data processing hosting amp related services

Comporium Communications

402 Regional Local amp long distance telecommunications

Hearst Corp 400 Mecklenburg Support unit for publishing amp pre-press services

Shutterfly Inc 400 York All other publishers

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

358 Mecklenburg Public library

3D Systems Corp 320 York Software publishers

American City Business Journals Inc

300 Mecklenburg Newspaper publishing

Verizon Wireless 295 Regional Cellular amp other wireless telecommunications

ESPN Regional Television 260 Mecklenburg Sports programming

Mood Media 200 York Specialized sound recording for business use

Regal Entertainment Group 200 Regional Motion picture theaters

Gaston Gazette The 192 Gaston Newspaper publishing

Inspiration Television Network

192 Lancaster Christian cable satellite broadcasting network service

Premier

3D Systems Corp

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 11

Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Daimler Trucks North America LLC

6800 Regional Motor vehicle body manufacturing

HSM 5200 Regional Mattresses amp bedsprings

Century Furniture Industries

2450 Catawba Both upholstered amp wood furniture residential amp contract

Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated

2147 Regional Soft drink manufacturing

Schaeffler Group USA Inc 1987 Regional Radial needle roller bearings needles pins amp precision components

Ingersoll Rand Co Ltd 1900 Mecklenburg Air amp gas compressor manufacturing

Allegheny Technologies Inc 1660 Union Nonferrous metal (except copper amp aluminum) rolling drawing amp extruding

Siemens Energy Inc Siemens Industry

1551 Mecklenburg Motor amp generator manufacturing

Tyson Foods Inc 1500 Union Poultry processing

International Paper Co 1500 Regional Non-folding sanitary food container manufacturing

American amp Efird Inc 1441 Gaston Thread mills

Pharr Yarns LLC 1400 Regional Yarn spinning mills

CommScope Inc 1400 Regional Data communications equipment manufacturing

Flextronics Inc 1400 Mecklenburg Electronics manufacturing

Parkdale Mills Inc 1297 Regional Yarn spinning mills

Snyderrsquos-Lance Inc 1280 Mecklenburg Snack foods (cookies crackers potato chips amp roasted peanuts)

Charlotte Pipe amp Foundry Co

1200 Regional Cast iron pipe amp fittings

Sealed Air 975 Mecklenburg Plastic bag amp pouch manufacturing

Electrolux North America 900 Mecklenburg Household vacuum cleaner manufacturing

RSI Home Products Inc 867 Lincoln Marble vanity tops amp bathroom cabinetry

More than 140000 people work in the manufacturing industry

in the Charlotte region

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal12

Other (NAICS 81)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Autobell Car Wash Inc 557 Regional Car washes

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

400 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Alsco Inc 308 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Maple Springs Laundry LLC 289 Catawba Industrial launderers

Massage Envy 284 Regional Other personal care services

Bethlehem Center of Charlotte Inc

235 Mecklenburg Community-based human services for children amp families

Modern Salon amp Spa Inc 234 Mecklenburg Hair salon amp day spa

Cintas Corp 231 Regional Uniform supply

Salisbury Rowan Community Action Agency Inc

200 Rowan Community service

Salvation Army 198 Regional Emergency homeless shelter

Rush Truck Center 177 Mecklenburg Automotive repair

Intermec Inc 175 Mecklenburg Repair depot for Intermec equipment

Meineke Car Care Centers Inc

133 Regional Automotive exhaust system repair

MorningStar Ministries 130 York Religious organizations

Hickory Grove Baptist Church

120 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

115 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Aramark Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial uniform apparel services

UniFirst Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Rental Uniform Service Inc 100 Iredell Industrial uniform launderers amp rental

SIM USA 100 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Charlotte boasts the third most industry

variety in the country[WalletHubcom 2015]

Billy Graham Library

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 13

Professional amp Technical Services (NAICS 54)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Red Ventures LLC 2700 Lancaster Marketing consulting services

IBM Corp 2500 Mecklenburg Computer software publishing

Aon Hewitt 1640 Mecklenburg Global human resources services firm

Lash Group 1500 Mecklenburg Health care consultant

CBampI 1071 Mecklenburg Engineers power transmission amp distribution systems

Premier Inc 900 Mecklenburg Health care management amp consulting services

Deloitte LLP 712 Mecklenburg Tax auditing amp accounting services

AREVA Inc 645 Mecklenburg Engineering services

Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

600 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

EY 580 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

Security Forces Inc 500 Regional Security consulting services

Moore amp Van Allen PLLC 450 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Synchrony Financial 400 Mecklenburg Financial services

CPI Corp 350 Mecklenburg Photography studios portrait

Grant Thornton LLP 350 Mecklenburg Global accounting

KPMG LLP 350 Mecklenburg Accounting auditing amp tax services

McGuireWoods LLP 350 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

AvidXchange Inc 320 Mecklenburg Technology consulting

Alston amp Bird LLP 300 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Electric Power Research Institute Inc

300 Mecklenburg Utility research institute

Charlotte was named the

9th biggest city where white-collar

employmentis booming

[Forbes 2015]

North Carolina was listed in the top 10 states for high-tech performance

[US Chamber of Commerce Foundation 2015]

Electric Power Research Institute

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal14

Real Estate Rental (NAICS 53)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wilkinson amp Associates 630 Mecklenburg Residential real estate

Sunbelt Rentals Inc 334 Regional Construction industrial specialty amp homeowner equipment rental

Allen Tate Co Inc 299 Regional Residential real estate agents

Lincoln Harris LLC 275 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate development

Childress Klein Properties 266 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate

Avis Budget Group Inc 213 Regional Car rental agencies

Enterprise Rent-A-Car 209 Regional Passenger cartruck rental

Keith Corp The 160 Mecklenburg Offices of real estate agents and brokers

Hertz Global Holdings 122 Regional Passenger car rental

Ryder Integrated Logistics 112 Regional Truck leasing amp rental finance leasing control logistics amp transportation

Public Administration (NAICS 92)Company Employees County NAICS Description

North Carolina State Government

7600 Regional State government

City of Charlotte 6800 Mecklenburg City government

US Government 5300 Regional Federal government

Mecklenburg County 5000 Mecklenburg County government

South Carolina State Government

2826 Regional State government

Gaston County 1500 Gaston County government

Iredell County 1330 Iredell County government

Catawba County 1100 Catawba County supervisor amp executive offices

Union County 1100 Union County government

Rowan County 1089 Rowan County government

York County SC 1000 York County government

Cabarrus County 987 Cabarrus County supervisor amp executive offices

City of Gastonia 958 Gaston City government

Lincoln County 940 Lincoln County government

City of Concord 919 Cabarrus City government

Cleveland County 890 Cleveland County government

City of Rock Hill 803 York City government

Lancaster County 762 Lancaster County government

City of Monroe 712 Union City government

NC Research Campus

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 15

Retail (NAICS 44-45)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wal-Mart Stores Inc 17100 Regional Discount department stores

Delhaize America Inc 9078 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Harris Teeter Supermarkets 8239 Regional Retail grocery store

Lowersquos Companies Inc 7801 Regional Home improvement retail stores

Target Stores 3049 Regional Department store

Bi-Lo LLC 2500 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Family Dollar Stores Inc 2500 Regional Discount department stores

Belk Inc 2300 Regional Department store retail company

TJX Companies Inc 1831 Regional Discount department stores

JC Penney Corp Inc 1793 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Hendrick Automotive Group

1723 Regional Automotive retail sales amp service

Ross Stores Inc 1704 Regional Family clothing stores

Publix 1678 Regional Retail grocery store

Home Depot Inc 1495 Regional Home center

Rite Aid Corp 1319 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

CVS Corp 1262 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

Dillardrsquos Inc 1205 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Kohlrsquos Department Store 1198 Regional Department store

Advance Auto Parts 1087 Regional Automotive parts amp accessories stores

Best Buy Co Inc 1020 Regional Radio television amp other electronics stores

Stonecrest Shopping Center

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal16

Transportation amp Warehousing (NAICS 48)Company Employees County NAICS Description

American Airlines 11000 Mecklenburg Scheduled passenger air transportation

DMSI Inc 2175 Mecklenburg Transportation services

Transit Management of Charlotte Inc

715 Mecklenburg Public transportation

YRC Freight 700 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

420 Mecklenburg Other airport operations

Carolina Cargo Inc 400 York General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Maersk Inc 375 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

FleetNet America Inc 300 Gaston Other support activities for road transportation

Sunbelt Furniture Xpress Inc

240 Catawba Common amp contract hauling

Estes Express Lines 226 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Averitt Express Inc 200 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

USF Holland Inc 200 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Schneider National Inc 180 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Forward Air Corp 170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Odyssey Logistics amp Technology Corp

170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Cardinal Logistics Management Corp

161 Regional General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics LLCOHL

150 Regional Freight transportation arrangement

Saia LTL Freight 150 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Air General Inc 130 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Lisk Trucking Inc 125 Anson Long distance trucking operator

Charlotte was listed in the top 10 cities for export assistance

[Global Trade Magazine 2015]

Maersk

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 17

Utilities (NAICS 22)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Duke Energy Corp 7800 Regional Electrical power generation amp distribution

Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc

923 Regional Natural gas distribution

Scana Corporation 305 Gaston Natural gas distribution

Cogentrix Energy LLC 150 Mecklenburg Other electric power generation

Union Power Cooperative 128 Regional Electric power distribution

Duke Energyrsquos Marshall Steam Station

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal18

Wholesale Sales (NAICS 42)Company Employees County NAICS Code amp Description

Merchants Distributors Inc 1400 Catawba General line grocery merchant wholesalers

US Foods Inc 1245 Regional Wholesale general groceries

Cardinal Health Inc 960 Regional Medical dental amp hospital equipment amp supplies merchant wholesalers

Performance Fibers Inc 750 Regional Other miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

Stanley Black amp Decker Inc 687 Regional Hardware merchant wholesalers

Doosan Infracore Portable Power Inc

500 Iredell Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Sysco Charlotte 500 Cabarrus Food service wholesale distribution

Atlas Copco 450 Regional Industrial machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Carolina CAT 405 Regional Construction amp mining machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Manheim Statesville 350 Iredell Automobile auction to dealers

ADESA Inc 300 Mecklenburg Automobile amp other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers

ZF Chassis Systems LLC 300 Catawba Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Hanes Industries Inc 295 Catawba Wholesale trade agents amp brokers

Murata Machinery USA Inc 280 Mecklenburg High-tech industrial equipment sales

Acosta Sales amp Marketing Co

276 Mecklenburg General line grocery merchant wholesalers

TharpeRobbins Co The 265 Iredell Assembler amp distributor of employee recognition awards

Haddon House Food Products

250 Chester Distribution center mdash groceries wholesaler

SellEthics Marketing Group Inc

250 Mecklenburg Other grocery amp related products merchant wholesalers

United Stationers Supply Co 250 Mecklenburg Stationery amp office supplies merchant wholesalers

Family Dollar

Forbo Siegling

7th Street Market

Many thanks to the following companies for their support of the Charlotte Chamberrsquos economic development efforts

PLATINUM SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSOR

BRONZE SPONSORS

Axiom LawBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBryan Cave LLPBurkert Contromatic Corp Carolinas HealthCare SystemCompass Group North AmericaDiscoverReady LLCDTI Global Epiq SystemsFedExG4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc

Haynes and Boone LLPHendrick Automotive GroupHollander Home Fashions InciCrossingLincoln HarrisLouis Raphael - Kizan International IncMcGuireWoodsPerformance Team Phillips-Van Heusen CorpRockTenn Rogers Electric

RR Donnelley amp Sons CompanyRust Consulting Inc Shearman amp SterlingSidley Austin LLPStanley Convergent Security SolutionsStaples Facility SolutionsSteelFab Inc XP RetailZeichner Ellman amp Krause LLP

Charlotte Chamber Economic Development | charlotteglobal330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 USA | 7043781300 | cltecondev

Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation With our great location world-acclaimed international hub airport professional sports low energy costs diverse and

talented labor and a nationally ranked education system itrsquos easy to see why more businesses are flocking here every year

Visit charlotteglobal to learn more

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Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 7

Educational Services (NAICS 61)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

18143 Mecklenburg Elementary amp secondary schools

Gaston County Schools 6347 Gaston Elementary amp secondary schools

Union County Public Schools

5427 Union Elementary amp secondary schools

Cabarrus County Schools 3803 Cabarrus Elementary amp secondary schools

Rowan-Salisbury Schools 3000 Rowan Elementary amp secondary schools

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

3000 Mecklenburg University

Iredell-Statesville Schools 2900 Iredell Elementary amp secondary schools

Central Piedmont Community College

2700 Mecklenburg Community college

Rock Hill Schools 2300 York Elementary amp secondary schools

Cleveland County Schools 2233 Cleveland Elementary amp secondary schools

Catawba County Schools 2059 Catawba Elementary amp secondary schools

Chesterfield County School District

1480 Chesterfield Elementary amp secondary schools

Lancaster County School District

1393 Lancaster Elementary amp secondary schools

Stanly County Board of Education

1350 Stanly Elementary amp secondary schools

Fort Mill School District mdash York 4

1317 York Elementary amp secondary schools

Lincoln County Schools 1293 Lincoln Elementary amp secondary schools

Winthrop University 1108 York Colleges universities amp professional schools

Clover School District 999 York Elementary amp secondary schools

Davidson College 900 Mecklenburg Colleges universities amp professional schools

Alexander County Schools 840 Alexander Elementary amp secondary schools

Johnson C Smith University

Johnson amp Wales

Piedmont Middle School

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal8

Finance amp Insurance (NAICS 52)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wells Fargo Company 23000 Regional Commercial banking

Bank of America Corporate 15000 Regional Commercial banking

TIAA-CREF 3100 Mecklenburg Third party administration of insurance amp pension funds

BBampT Corp 2065 Regional Commercial banking

LPL Financial Services 1450 Mecklenburg Financial investment advice services

Allstate Insurance Co 1425 Mecklenburg Direct property amp casualty insurance carriers

MetLife Inc 1300 Regional Insurance agencies amp brokerages

Vanguard Group Inc The 1260 Mecklenburg Investment services

Citi Fort Mill 1100 Regional Processing center

Ally Financial Inc 751 Mecklenburg Consumer lending

AXA Equitable 600 Mecklenburg Insurance carriers disability direct

Hartford Insurance The 500 Mecklenburg Insurance agencies amp brokerages

RoundPoint Financial Group Inc

500 Mecklenburg Mortgage banking

Suntrust Bank 500 Regional Commercial banking

Fifth Third Bancorp 475 Regional Commercial banking

North Carolina State Employeesrsquo Credit Union

450 Regional State credit union

Travelers 401 Mecklenburg Insurance claims center

SCOR Global Life Americas 400 Mecklenburg Reinsurance carrier

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co Inc

377 Mecklenburg Insurance agencies amp brokerages

First Citizens Bank amp Trust Co

334 Regional State chartered commercial bank

Charlotte is the 2nd largestfinancial center in the countryMore than 56000 people are employed in this industry in

Mecklenburg County

Tresata

Bank of America

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 9

Health Care amp Social Assistance (NAICS 62)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Carolinas HealthCare System

35000 Regional Hospitals amp medical services

Novant Health 11000 Regional General medical amp surgical hospital

CaroMont Health Inc 3980 Gaston General medical amp surgical hospital

Catawba Valley Medical Center

2200 Catawba General medical amp surgical hospital

Frye Regional Medical Center

2150 Catawba Hospital

WG (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center

1700 Rowan General medical amp surgical hospital

Tenet Healthcare Corp 1500 York Acute care hospital emergency medical services outpatient care

Iredell Health System 1448 Iredell General medical amp surgical hospital

American Red Cross 1190 Regional Blood bank blood products amp services

Sava Senior Care 1105 Regional Continuing care retirement communities

White Oak Manor 938 Regional Nursing care facilities

OrthoCarolina 936 Regional Orthopedic clinic

Springs Memorial Hospital 875 Lancaster Hospital providing inpatient amp outpatient services amp clinics

Brookdale Senior Living Inc 835 Regional Retirement community

Lake Norman Regional Medical Center

775 Iredell General medical amp surgical hospital

Goodwill Industries of Southern Piedmont

661 Regional Employment amp training services for persons with employment barriers

Charlotte Eye Ear Nose amp Throat Associates PA

631 Regional Specialists in eye ear nose throat voice amp sleep medicine

Mecklenburg EMS Agency 525 Mecklenburg Paramedic service for Mecklenburg county

Davis Regional Medical Center

500 Iredell Health care

Peak Resources 482 Regional Nursing care facilities

is the regionrsquos largest employer

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal10

Information (NAICS 51)Company Employees County NAICS Description

ATampT North Carolina 3290 Regional Local phone service amp internet

Time Warner Cable Inc 3200 Regional Wired telecommunications carriers

Windstream Communications

1876 Regional Wire line communications products amp services

Microsoft Corp 1125 Mecklenburg Product support for Microsoft software consulting amp sales

Charlotte Observer The 800 Regional Newspaper publishers

ACN Inc 600 Cabarrus Telecommunications resellers

McKesson Corp 554 Mecklenburg Healthcare information solutions

Fiserv Inc 500 Catawba Data processing hosting amp related services

Comporium Communications

402 Regional Local amp long distance telecommunications

Hearst Corp 400 Mecklenburg Support unit for publishing amp pre-press services

Shutterfly Inc 400 York All other publishers

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

358 Mecklenburg Public library

3D Systems Corp 320 York Software publishers

American City Business Journals Inc

300 Mecklenburg Newspaper publishing

Verizon Wireless 295 Regional Cellular amp other wireless telecommunications

ESPN Regional Television 260 Mecklenburg Sports programming

Mood Media 200 York Specialized sound recording for business use

Regal Entertainment Group 200 Regional Motion picture theaters

Gaston Gazette The 192 Gaston Newspaper publishing

Inspiration Television Network

192 Lancaster Christian cable satellite broadcasting network service

Premier

3D Systems Corp

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 11

Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Daimler Trucks North America LLC

6800 Regional Motor vehicle body manufacturing

HSM 5200 Regional Mattresses amp bedsprings

Century Furniture Industries

2450 Catawba Both upholstered amp wood furniture residential amp contract

Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated

2147 Regional Soft drink manufacturing

Schaeffler Group USA Inc 1987 Regional Radial needle roller bearings needles pins amp precision components

Ingersoll Rand Co Ltd 1900 Mecklenburg Air amp gas compressor manufacturing

Allegheny Technologies Inc 1660 Union Nonferrous metal (except copper amp aluminum) rolling drawing amp extruding

Siemens Energy Inc Siemens Industry

1551 Mecklenburg Motor amp generator manufacturing

Tyson Foods Inc 1500 Union Poultry processing

International Paper Co 1500 Regional Non-folding sanitary food container manufacturing

American amp Efird Inc 1441 Gaston Thread mills

Pharr Yarns LLC 1400 Regional Yarn spinning mills

CommScope Inc 1400 Regional Data communications equipment manufacturing

Flextronics Inc 1400 Mecklenburg Electronics manufacturing

Parkdale Mills Inc 1297 Regional Yarn spinning mills

Snyderrsquos-Lance Inc 1280 Mecklenburg Snack foods (cookies crackers potato chips amp roasted peanuts)

Charlotte Pipe amp Foundry Co

1200 Regional Cast iron pipe amp fittings

Sealed Air 975 Mecklenburg Plastic bag amp pouch manufacturing

Electrolux North America 900 Mecklenburg Household vacuum cleaner manufacturing

RSI Home Products Inc 867 Lincoln Marble vanity tops amp bathroom cabinetry

More than 140000 people work in the manufacturing industry

in the Charlotte region

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal12

Other (NAICS 81)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Autobell Car Wash Inc 557 Regional Car washes

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

400 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Alsco Inc 308 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Maple Springs Laundry LLC 289 Catawba Industrial launderers

Massage Envy 284 Regional Other personal care services

Bethlehem Center of Charlotte Inc

235 Mecklenburg Community-based human services for children amp families

Modern Salon amp Spa Inc 234 Mecklenburg Hair salon amp day spa

Cintas Corp 231 Regional Uniform supply

Salisbury Rowan Community Action Agency Inc

200 Rowan Community service

Salvation Army 198 Regional Emergency homeless shelter

Rush Truck Center 177 Mecklenburg Automotive repair

Intermec Inc 175 Mecklenburg Repair depot for Intermec equipment

Meineke Car Care Centers Inc

133 Regional Automotive exhaust system repair

MorningStar Ministries 130 York Religious organizations

Hickory Grove Baptist Church

120 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

115 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Aramark Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial uniform apparel services

UniFirst Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Rental Uniform Service Inc 100 Iredell Industrial uniform launderers amp rental

SIM USA 100 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Charlotte boasts the third most industry

variety in the country[WalletHubcom 2015]

Billy Graham Library

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 13

Professional amp Technical Services (NAICS 54)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Red Ventures LLC 2700 Lancaster Marketing consulting services

IBM Corp 2500 Mecklenburg Computer software publishing

Aon Hewitt 1640 Mecklenburg Global human resources services firm

Lash Group 1500 Mecklenburg Health care consultant

CBampI 1071 Mecklenburg Engineers power transmission amp distribution systems

Premier Inc 900 Mecklenburg Health care management amp consulting services

Deloitte LLP 712 Mecklenburg Tax auditing amp accounting services

AREVA Inc 645 Mecklenburg Engineering services

Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

600 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

EY 580 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

Security Forces Inc 500 Regional Security consulting services

Moore amp Van Allen PLLC 450 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Synchrony Financial 400 Mecklenburg Financial services

CPI Corp 350 Mecklenburg Photography studios portrait

Grant Thornton LLP 350 Mecklenburg Global accounting

KPMG LLP 350 Mecklenburg Accounting auditing amp tax services

McGuireWoods LLP 350 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

AvidXchange Inc 320 Mecklenburg Technology consulting

Alston amp Bird LLP 300 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Electric Power Research Institute Inc

300 Mecklenburg Utility research institute

Charlotte was named the

9th biggest city where white-collar

employmentis booming

[Forbes 2015]

North Carolina was listed in the top 10 states for high-tech performance

[US Chamber of Commerce Foundation 2015]

Electric Power Research Institute

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal14

Real Estate Rental (NAICS 53)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wilkinson amp Associates 630 Mecklenburg Residential real estate

Sunbelt Rentals Inc 334 Regional Construction industrial specialty amp homeowner equipment rental

Allen Tate Co Inc 299 Regional Residential real estate agents

Lincoln Harris LLC 275 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate development

Childress Klein Properties 266 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate

Avis Budget Group Inc 213 Regional Car rental agencies

Enterprise Rent-A-Car 209 Regional Passenger cartruck rental

Keith Corp The 160 Mecklenburg Offices of real estate agents and brokers

Hertz Global Holdings 122 Regional Passenger car rental

Ryder Integrated Logistics 112 Regional Truck leasing amp rental finance leasing control logistics amp transportation

Public Administration (NAICS 92)Company Employees County NAICS Description

North Carolina State Government

7600 Regional State government

City of Charlotte 6800 Mecklenburg City government

US Government 5300 Regional Federal government

Mecklenburg County 5000 Mecklenburg County government

South Carolina State Government

2826 Regional State government

Gaston County 1500 Gaston County government

Iredell County 1330 Iredell County government

Catawba County 1100 Catawba County supervisor amp executive offices

Union County 1100 Union County government

Rowan County 1089 Rowan County government

York County SC 1000 York County government

Cabarrus County 987 Cabarrus County supervisor amp executive offices

City of Gastonia 958 Gaston City government

Lincoln County 940 Lincoln County government

City of Concord 919 Cabarrus City government

Cleveland County 890 Cleveland County government

City of Rock Hill 803 York City government

Lancaster County 762 Lancaster County government

City of Monroe 712 Union City government

NC Research Campus

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 15

Retail (NAICS 44-45)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wal-Mart Stores Inc 17100 Regional Discount department stores

Delhaize America Inc 9078 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Harris Teeter Supermarkets 8239 Regional Retail grocery store

Lowersquos Companies Inc 7801 Regional Home improvement retail stores

Target Stores 3049 Regional Department store

Bi-Lo LLC 2500 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Family Dollar Stores Inc 2500 Regional Discount department stores

Belk Inc 2300 Regional Department store retail company

TJX Companies Inc 1831 Regional Discount department stores

JC Penney Corp Inc 1793 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Hendrick Automotive Group

1723 Regional Automotive retail sales amp service

Ross Stores Inc 1704 Regional Family clothing stores

Publix 1678 Regional Retail grocery store

Home Depot Inc 1495 Regional Home center

Rite Aid Corp 1319 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

CVS Corp 1262 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

Dillardrsquos Inc 1205 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Kohlrsquos Department Store 1198 Regional Department store

Advance Auto Parts 1087 Regional Automotive parts amp accessories stores

Best Buy Co Inc 1020 Regional Radio television amp other electronics stores

Stonecrest Shopping Center

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal16

Transportation amp Warehousing (NAICS 48)Company Employees County NAICS Description

American Airlines 11000 Mecklenburg Scheduled passenger air transportation

DMSI Inc 2175 Mecklenburg Transportation services

Transit Management of Charlotte Inc

715 Mecklenburg Public transportation

YRC Freight 700 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

420 Mecklenburg Other airport operations

Carolina Cargo Inc 400 York General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Maersk Inc 375 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

FleetNet America Inc 300 Gaston Other support activities for road transportation

Sunbelt Furniture Xpress Inc

240 Catawba Common amp contract hauling

Estes Express Lines 226 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Averitt Express Inc 200 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

USF Holland Inc 200 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Schneider National Inc 180 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Forward Air Corp 170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Odyssey Logistics amp Technology Corp

170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Cardinal Logistics Management Corp

161 Regional General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics LLCOHL

150 Regional Freight transportation arrangement

Saia LTL Freight 150 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Air General Inc 130 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Lisk Trucking Inc 125 Anson Long distance trucking operator

Charlotte was listed in the top 10 cities for export assistance

[Global Trade Magazine 2015]

Maersk

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 17

Utilities (NAICS 22)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Duke Energy Corp 7800 Regional Electrical power generation amp distribution

Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc

923 Regional Natural gas distribution

Scana Corporation 305 Gaston Natural gas distribution

Cogentrix Energy LLC 150 Mecklenburg Other electric power generation

Union Power Cooperative 128 Regional Electric power distribution

Duke Energyrsquos Marshall Steam Station

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal18

Wholesale Sales (NAICS 42)Company Employees County NAICS Code amp Description

Merchants Distributors Inc 1400 Catawba General line grocery merchant wholesalers

US Foods Inc 1245 Regional Wholesale general groceries

Cardinal Health Inc 960 Regional Medical dental amp hospital equipment amp supplies merchant wholesalers

Performance Fibers Inc 750 Regional Other miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

Stanley Black amp Decker Inc 687 Regional Hardware merchant wholesalers

Doosan Infracore Portable Power Inc

500 Iredell Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Sysco Charlotte 500 Cabarrus Food service wholesale distribution

Atlas Copco 450 Regional Industrial machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Carolina CAT 405 Regional Construction amp mining machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Manheim Statesville 350 Iredell Automobile auction to dealers

ADESA Inc 300 Mecklenburg Automobile amp other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers

ZF Chassis Systems LLC 300 Catawba Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Hanes Industries Inc 295 Catawba Wholesale trade agents amp brokers

Murata Machinery USA Inc 280 Mecklenburg High-tech industrial equipment sales

Acosta Sales amp Marketing Co

276 Mecklenburg General line grocery merchant wholesalers

TharpeRobbins Co The 265 Iredell Assembler amp distributor of employee recognition awards

Haddon House Food Products

250 Chester Distribution center mdash groceries wholesaler

SellEthics Marketing Group Inc

250 Mecklenburg Other grocery amp related products merchant wholesalers

United Stationers Supply Co 250 Mecklenburg Stationery amp office supplies merchant wholesalers

Family Dollar

Forbo Siegling

7th Street Market

Many thanks to the following companies for their support of the Charlotte Chamberrsquos economic development efforts

PLATINUM SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSOR

BRONZE SPONSORS

Axiom LawBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBryan Cave LLPBurkert Contromatic Corp Carolinas HealthCare SystemCompass Group North AmericaDiscoverReady LLCDTI Global Epiq SystemsFedExG4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc

Haynes and Boone LLPHendrick Automotive GroupHollander Home Fashions InciCrossingLincoln HarrisLouis Raphael - Kizan International IncMcGuireWoodsPerformance Team Phillips-Van Heusen CorpRockTenn Rogers Electric

RR Donnelley amp Sons CompanyRust Consulting Inc Shearman amp SterlingSidley Austin LLPStanley Convergent Security SolutionsStaples Facility SolutionsSteelFab Inc XP RetailZeichner Ellman amp Krause LLP

Charlotte Chamber Economic Development | charlotteglobal330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 USA | 7043781300 | cltecondev

Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation With our great location world-acclaimed international hub airport professional sports low energy costs diverse and

talented labor and a nationally ranked education system itrsquos easy to see why more businesses are flocking here every year

Visit charlotteglobal to learn more

copyPA

TRIC

KS

CH

NE

IDE

RP

HO

TOC

OM

330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 7043781300

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Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal8

Finance amp Insurance (NAICS 52)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wells Fargo Company 23000 Regional Commercial banking

Bank of America Corporate 15000 Regional Commercial banking

TIAA-CREF 3100 Mecklenburg Third party administration of insurance amp pension funds

BBampT Corp 2065 Regional Commercial banking

LPL Financial Services 1450 Mecklenburg Financial investment advice services

Allstate Insurance Co 1425 Mecklenburg Direct property amp casualty insurance carriers

MetLife Inc 1300 Regional Insurance agencies amp brokerages

Vanguard Group Inc The 1260 Mecklenburg Investment services

Citi Fort Mill 1100 Regional Processing center

Ally Financial Inc 751 Mecklenburg Consumer lending

AXA Equitable 600 Mecklenburg Insurance carriers disability direct

Hartford Insurance The 500 Mecklenburg Insurance agencies amp brokerages

RoundPoint Financial Group Inc

500 Mecklenburg Mortgage banking

Suntrust Bank 500 Regional Commercial banking

Fifth Third Bancorp 475 Regional Commercial banking

North Carolina State Employeesrsquo Credit Union

450 Regional State credit union

Travelers 401 Mecklenburg Insurance claims center

SCOR Global Life Americas 400 Mecklenburg Reinsurance carrier

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co Inc

377 Mecklenburg Insurance agencies amp brokerages

First Citizens Bank amp Trust Co

334 Regional State chartered commercial bank

Charlotte is the 2nd largestfinancial center in the countryMore than 56000 people are employed in this industry in

Mecklenburg County

Tresata

Bank of America

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 9

Health Care amp Social Assistance (NAICS 62)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Carolinas HealthCare System

35000 Regional Hospitals amp medical services

Novant Health 11000 Regional General medical amp surgical hospital

CaroMont Health Inc 3980 Gaston General medical amp surgical hospital

Catawba Valley Medical Center

2200 Catawba General medical amp surgical hospital

Frye Regional Medical Center

2150 Catawba Hospital

WG (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center

1700 Rowan General medical amp surgical hospital

Tenet Healthcare Corp 1500 York Acute care hospital emergency medical services outpatient care

Iredell Health System 1448 Iredell General medical amp surgical hospital

American Red Cross 1190 Regional Blood bank blood products amp services

Sava Senior Care 1105 Regional Continuing care retirement communities

White Oak Manor 938 Regional Nursing care facilities

OrthoCarolina 936 Regional Orthopedic clinic

Springs Memorial Hospital 875 Lancaster Hospital providing inpatient amp outpatient services amp clinics

Brookdale Senior Living Inc 835 Regional Retirement community

Lake Norman Regional Medical Center

775 Iredell General medical amp surgical hospital

Goodwill Industries of Southern Piedmont

661 Regional Employment amp training services for persons with employment barriers

Charlotte Eye Ear Nose amp Throat Associates PA

631 Regional Specialists in eye ear nose throat voice amp sleep medicine

Mecklenburg EMS Agency 525 Mecklenburg Paramedic service for Mecklenburg county

Davis Regional Medical Center

500 Iredell Health care

Peak Resources 482 Regional Nursing care facilities

is the regionrsquos largest employer

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal10

Information (NAICS 51)Company Employees County NAICS Description

ATampT North Carolina 3290 Regional Local phone service amp internet

Time Warner Cable Inc 3200 Regional Wired telecommunications carriers

Windstream Communications

1876 Regional Wire line communications products amp services

Microsoft Corp 1125 Mecklenburg Product support for Microsoft software consulting amp sales

Charlotte Observer The 800 Regional Newspaper publishers

ACN Inc 600 Cabarrus Telecommunications resellers

McKesson Corp 554 Mecklenburg Healthcare information solutions

Fiserv Inc 500 Catawba Data processing hosting amp related services

Comporium Communications

402 Regional Local amp long distance telecommunications

Hearst Corp 400 Mecklenburg Support unit for publishing amp pre-press services

Shutterfly Inc 400 York All other publishers

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

358 Mecklenburg Public library

3D Systems Corp 320 York Software publishers

American City Business Journals Inc

300 Mecklenburg Newspaper publishing

Verizon Wireless 295 Regional Cellular amp other wireless telecommunications

ESPN Regional Television 260 Mecklenburg Sports programming

Mood Media 200 York Specialized sound recording for business use

Regal Entertainment Group 200 Regional Motion picture theaters

Gaston Gazette The 192 Gaston Newspaper publishing

Inspiration Television Network

192 Lancaster Christian cable satellite broadcasting network service

Premier

3D Systems Corp

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 11

Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Daimler Trucks North America LLC

6800 Regional Motor vehicle body manufacturing

HSM 5200 Regional Mattresses amp bedsprings

Century Furniture Industries

2450 Catawba Both upholstered amp wood furniture residential amp contract

Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated

2147 Regional Soft drink manufacturing

Schaeffler Group USA Inc 1987 Regional Radial needle roller bearings needles pins amp precision components

Ingersoll Rand Co Ltd 1900 Mecklenburg Air amp gas compressor manufacturing

Allegheny Technologies Inc 1660 Union Nonferrous metal (except copper amp aluminum) rolling drawing amp extruding

Siemens Energy Inc Siemens Industry

1551 Mecklenburg Motor amp generator manufacturing

Tyson Foods Inc 1500 Union Poultry processing

International Paper Co 1500 Regional Non-folding sanitary food container manufacturing

American amp Efird Inc 1441 Gaston Thread mills

Pharr Yarns LLC 1400 Regional Yarn spinning mills

CommScope Inc 1400 Regional Data communications equipment manufacturing

Flextronics Inc 1400 Mecklenburg Electronics manufacturing

Parkdale Mills Inc 1297 Regional Yarn spinning mills

Snyderrsquos-Lance Inc 1280 Mecklenburg Snack foods (cookies crackers potato chips amp roasted peanuts)

Charlotte Pipe amp Foundry Co

1200 Regional Cast iron pipe amp fittings

Sealed Air 975 Mecklenburg Plastic bag amp pouch manufacturing

Electrolux North America 900 Mecklenburg Household vacuum cleaner manufacturing

RSI Home Products Inc 867 Lincoln Marble vanity tops amp bathroom cabinetry

More than 140000 people work in the manufacturing industry

in the Charlotte region

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal12

Other (NAICS 81)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Autobell Car Wash Inc 557 Regional Car washes

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

400 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Alsco Inc 308 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Maple Springs Laundry LLC 289 Catawba Industrial launderers

Massage Envy 284 Regional Other personal care services

Bethlehem Center of Charlotte Inc

235 Mecklenburg Community-based human services for children amp families

Modern Salon amp Spa Inc 234 Mecklenburg Hair salon amp day spa

Cintas Corp 231 Regional Uniform supply

Salisbury Rowan Community Action Agency Inc

200 Rowan Community service

Salvation Army 198 Regional Emergency homeless shelter

Rush Truck Center 177 Mecklenburg Automotive repair

Intermec Inc 175 Mecklenburg Repair depot for Intermec equipment

Meineke Car Care Centers Inc

133 Regional Automotive exhaust system repair

MorningStar Ministries 130 York Religious organizations

Hickory Grove Baptist Church

120 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

115 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Aramark Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial uniform apparel services

UniFirst Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Rental Uniform Service Inc 100 Iredell Industrial uniform launderers amp rental

SIM USA 100 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Charlotte boasts the third most industry

variety in the country[WalletHubcom 2015]

Billy Graham Library

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 13

Professional amp Technical Services (NAICS 54)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Red Ventures LLC 2700 Lancaster Marketing consulting services

IBM Corp 2500 Mecklenburg Computer software publishing

Aon Hewitt 1640 Mecklenburg Global human resources services firm

Lash Group 1500 Mecklenburg Health care consultant

CBampI 1071 Mecklenburg Engineers power transmission amp distribution systems

Premier Inc 900 Mecklenburg Health care management amp consulting services

Deloitte LLP 712 Mecklenburg Tax auditing amp accounting services

AREVA Inc 645 Mecklenburg Engineering services

Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

600 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

EY 580 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

Security Forces Inc 500 Regional Security consulting services

Moore amp Van Allen PLLC 450 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Synchrony Financial 400 Mecklenburg Financial services

CPI Corp 350 Mecklenburg Photography studios portrait

Grant Thornton LLP 350 Mecklenburg Global accounting

KPMG LLP 350 Mecklenburg Accounting auditing amp tax services

McGuireWoods LLP 350 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

AvidXchange Inc 320 Mecklenburg Technology consulting

Alston amp Bird LLP 300 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Electric Power Research Institute Inc

300 Mecklenburg Utility research institute

Charlotte was named the

9th biggest city where white-collar

employmentis booming

[Forbes 2015]

North Carolina was listed in the top 10 states for high-tech performance

[US Chamber of Commerce Foundation 2015]

Electric Power Research Institute

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal14

Real Estate Rental (NAICS 53)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wilkinson amp Associates 630 Mecklenburg Residential real estate

Sunbelt Rentals Inc 334 Regional Construction industrial specialty amp homeowner equipment rental

Allen Tate Co Inc 299 Regional Residential real estate agents

Lincoln Harris LLC 275 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate development

Childress Klein Properties 266 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate

Avis Budget Group Inc 213 Regional Car rental agencies

Enterprise Rent-A-Car 209 Regional Passenger cartruck rental

Keith Corp The 160 Mecklenburg Offices of real estate agents and brokers

Hertz Global Holdings 122 Regional Passenger car rental

Ryder Integrated Logistics 112 Regional Truck leasing amp rental finance leasing control logistics amp transportation

Public Administration (NAICS 92)Company Employees County NAICS Description

North Carolina State Government

7600 Regional State government

City of Charlotte 6800 Mecklenburg City government

US Government 5300 Regional Federal government

Mecklenburg County 5000 Mecklenburg County government

South Carolina State Government

2826 Regional State government

Gaston County 1500 Gaston County government

Iredell County 1330 Iredell County government

Catawba County 1100 Catawba County supervisor amp executive offices

Union County 1100 Union County government

Rowan County 1089 Rowan County government

York County SC 1000 York County government

Cabarrus County 987 Cabarrus County supervisor amp executive offices

City of Gastonia 958 Gaston City government

Lincoln County 940 Lincoln County government

City of Concord 919 Cabarrus City government

Cleveland County 890 Cleveland County government

City of Rock Hill 803 York City government

Lancaster County 762 Lancaster County government

City of Monroe 712 Union City government

NC Research Campus

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 15

Retail (NAICS 44-45)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wal-Mart Stores Inc 17100 Regional Discount department stores

Delhaize America Inc 9078 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Harris Teeter Supermarkets 8239 Regional Retail grocery store

Lowersquos Companies Inc 7801 Regional Home improvement retail stores

Target Stores 3049 Regional Department store

Bi-Lo LLC 2500 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Family Dollar Stores Inc 2500 Regional Discount department stores

Belk Inc 2300 Regional Department store retail company

TJX Companies Inc 1831 Regional Discount department stores

JC Penney Corp Inc 1793 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Hendrick Automotive Group

1723 Regional Automotive retail sales amp service

Ross Stores Inc 1704 Regional Family clothing stores

Publix 1678 Regional Retail grocery store

Home Depot Inc 1495 Regional Home center

Rite Aid Corp 1319 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

CVS Corp 1262 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

Dillardrsquos Inc 1205 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Kohlrsquos Department Store 1198 Regional Department store

Advance Auto Parts 1087 Regional Automotive parts amp accessories stores

Best Buy Co Inc 1020 Regional Radio television amp other electronics stores

Stonecrest Shopping Center

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal16

Transportation amp Warehousing (NAICS 48)Company Employees County NAICS Description

American Airlines 11000 Mecklenburg Scheduled passenger air transportation

DMSI Inc 2175 Mecklenburg Transportation services

Transit Management of Charlotte Inc

715 Mecklenburg Public transportation

YRC Freight 700 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

420 Mecklenburg Other airport operations

Carolina Cargo Inc 400 York General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Maersk Inc 375 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

FleetNet America Inc 300 Gaston Other support activities for road transportation

Sunbelt Furniture Xpress Inc

240 Catawba Common amp contract hauling

Estes Express Lines 226 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Averitt Express Inc 200 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

USF Holland Inc 200 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Schneider National Inc 180 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Forward Air Corp 170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Odyssey Logistics amp Technology Corp

170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Cardinal Logistics Management Corp

161 Regional General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics LLCOHL

150 Regional Freight transportation arrangement

Saia LTL Freight 150 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Air General Inc 130 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Lisk Trucking Inc 125 Anson Long distance trucking operator

Charlotte was listed in the top 10 cities for export assistance

[Global Trade Magazine 2015]

Maersk

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 17

Utilities (NAICS 22)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Duke Energy Corp 7800 Regional Electrical power generation amp distribution

Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc

923 Regional Natural gas distribution

Scana Corporation 305 Gaston Natural gas distribution

Cogentrix Energy LLC 150 Mecklenburg Other electric power generation

Union Power Cooperative 128 Regional Electric power distribution

Duke Energyrsquos Marshall Steam Station

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal18

Wholesale Sales (NAICS 42)Company Employees County NAICS Code amp Description

Merchants Distributors Inc 1400 Catawba General line grocery merchant wholesalers

US Foods Inc 1245 Regional Wholesale general groceries

Cardinal Health Inc 960 Regional Medical dental amp hospital equipment amp supplies merchant wholesalers

Performance Fibers Inc 750 Regional Other miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

Stanley Black amp Decker Inc 687 Regional Hardware merchant wholesalers

Doosan Infracore Portable Power Inc

500 Iredell Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Sysco Charlotte 500 Cabarrus Food service wholesale distribution

Atlas Copco 450 Regional Industrial machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Carolina CAT 405 Regional Construction amp mining machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Manheim Statesville 350 Iredell Automobile auction to dealers

ADESA Inc 300 Mecklenburg Automobile amp other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers

ZF Chassis Systems LLC 300 Catawba Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Hanes Industries Inc 295 Catawba Wholesale trade agents amp brokers

Murata Machinery USA Inc 280 Mecklenburg High-tech industrial equipment sales

Acosta Sales amp Marketing Co

276 Mecklenburg General line grocery merchant wholesalers

TharpeRobbins Co The 265 Iredell Assembler amp distributor of employee recognition awards

Haddon House Food Products

250 Chester Distribution center mdash groceries wholesaler

SellEthics Marketing Group Inc

250 Mecklenburg Other grocery amp related products merchant wholesalers

United Stationers Supply Co 250 Mecklenburg Stationery amp office supplies merchant wholesalers

Family Dollar

Forbo Siegling

7th Street Market

Many thanks to the following companies for their support of the Charlotte Chamberrsquos economic development efforts

PLATINUM SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSOR

BRONZE SPONSORS

Axiom LawBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBryan Cave LLPBurkert Contromatic Corp Carolinas HealthCare SystemCompass Group North AmericaDiscoverReady LLCDTI Global Epiq SystemsFedExG4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc

Haynes and Boone LLPHendrick Automotive GroupHollander Home Fashions InciCrossingLincoln HarrisLouis Raphael - Kizan International IncMcGuireWoodsPerformance Team Phillips-Van Heusen CorpRockTenn Rogers Electric

RR Donnelley amp Sons CompanyRust Consulting Inc Shearman amp SterlingSidley Austin LLPStanley Convergent Security SolutionsStaples Facility SolutionsSteelFab Inc XP RetailZeichner Ellman amp Krause LLP

Charlotte Chamber Economic Development | charlotteglobal330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 USA | 7043781300 | cltecondev

Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation With our great location world-acclaimed international hub airport professional sports low energy costs diverse and

talented labor and a nationally ranked education system itrsquos easy to see why more businesses are flocking here every year

Visit charlotteglobal to learn more

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Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 9

Health Care amp Social Assistance (NAICS 62)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Carolinas HealthCare System

35000 Regional Hospitals amp medical services

Novant Health 11000 Regional General medical amp surgical hospital

CaroMont Health Inc 3980 Gaston General medical amp surgical hospital

Catawba Valley Medical Center

2200 Catawba General medical amp surgical hospital

Frye Regional Medical Center

2150 Catawba Hospital

WG (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center

1700 Rowan General medical amp surgical hospital

Tenet Healthcare Corp 1500 York Acute care hospital emergency medical services outpatient care

Iredell Health System 1448 Iredell General medical amp surgical hospital

American Red Cross 1190 Regional Blood bank blood products amp services

Sava Senior Care 1105 Regional Continuing care retirement communities

White Oak Manor 938 Regional Nursing care facilities

OrthoCarolina 936 Regional Orthopedic clinic

Springs Memorial Hospital 875 Lancaster Hospital providing inpatient amp outpatient services amp clinics

Brookdale Senior Living Inc 835 Regional Retirement community

Lake Norman Regional Medical Center

775 Iredell General medical amp surgical hospital

Goodwill Industries of Southern Piedmont

661 Regional Employment amp training services for persons with employment barriers

Charlotte Eye Ear Nose amp Throat Associates PA

631 Regional Specialists in eye ear nose throat voice amp sleep medicine

Mecklenburg EMS Agency 525 Mecklenburg Paramedic service for Mecklenburg county

Davis Regional Medical Center

500 Iredell Health care

Peak Resources 482 Regional Nursing care facilities

is the regionrsquos largest employer

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal10

Information (NAICS 51)Company Employees County NAICS Description

ATampT North Carolina 3290 Regional Local phone service amp internet

Time Warner Cable Inc 3200 Regional Wired telecommunications carriers

Windstream Communications

1876 Regional Wire line communications products amp services

Microsoft Corp 1125 Mecklenburg Product support for Microsoft software consulting amp sales

Charlotte Observer The 800 Regional Newspaper publishers

ACN Inc 600 Cabarrus Telecommunications resellers

McKesson Corp 554 Mecklenburg Healthcare information solutions

Fiserv Inc 500 Catawba Data processing hosting amp related services

Comporium Communications

402 Regional Local amp long distance telecommunications

Hearst Corp 400 Mecklenburg Support unit for publishing amp pre-press services

Shutterfly Inc 400 York All other publishers

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

358 Mecklenburg Public library

3D Systems Corp 320 York Software publishers

American City Business Journals Inc

300 Mecklenburg Newspaper publishing

Verizon Wireless 295 Regional Cellular amp other wireless telecommunications

ESPN Regional Television 260 Mecklenburg Sports programming

Mood Media 200 York Specialized sound recording for business use

Regal Entertainment Group 200 Regional Motion picture theaters

Gaston Gazette The 192 Gaston Newspaper publishing

Inspiration Television Network

192 Lancaster Christian cable satellite broadcasting network service

Premier

3D Systems Corp

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 11

Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Daimler Trucks North America LLC

6800 Regional Motor vehicle body manufacturing

HSM 5200 Regional Mattresses amp bedsprings

Century Furniture Industries

2450 Catawba Both upholstered amp wood furniture residential amp contract

Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated

2147 Regional Soft drink manufacturing

Schaeffler Group USA Inc 1987 Regional Radial needle roller bearings needles pins amp precision components

Ingersoll Rand Co Ltd 1900 Mecklenburg Air amp gas compressor manufacturing

Allegheny Technologies Inc 1660 Union Nonferrous metal (except copper amp aluminum) rolling drawing amp extruding

Siemens Energy Inc Siemens Industry

1551 Mecklenburg Motor amp generator manufacturing

Tyson Foods Inc 1500 Union Poultry processing

International Paper Co 1500 Regional Non-folding sanitary food container manufacturing

American amp Efird Inc 1441 Gaston Thread mills

Pharr Yarns LLC 1400 Regional Yarn spinning mills

CommScope Inc 1400 Regional Data communications equipment manufacturing

Flextronics Inc 1400 Mecklenburg Electronics manufacturing

Parkdale Mills Inc 1297 Regional Yarn spinning mills

Snyderrsquos-Lance Inc 1280 Mecklenburg Snack foods (cookies crackers potato chips amp roasted peanuts)

Charlotte Pipe amp Foundry Co

1200 Regional Cast iron pipe amp fittings

Sealed Air 975 Mecklenburg Plastic bag amp pouch manufacturing

Electrolux North America 900 Mecklenburg Household vacuum cleaner manufacturing

RSI Home Products Inc 867 Lincoln Marble vanity tops amp bathroom cabinetry

More than 140000 people work in the manufacturing industry

in the Charlotte region

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal12

Other (NAICS 81)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Autobell Car Wash Inc 557 Regional Car washes

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

400 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Alsco Inc 308 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Maple Springs Laundry LLC 289 Catawba Industrial launderers

Massage Envy 284 Regional Other personal care services

Bethlehem Center of Charlotte Inc

235 Mecklenburg Community-based human services for children amp families

Modern Salon amp Spa Inc 234 Mecklenburg Hair salon amp day spa

Cintas Corp 231 Regional Uniform supply

Salisbury Rowan Community Action Agency Inc

200 Rowan Community service

Salvation Army 198 Regional Emergency homeless shelter

Rush Truck Center 177 Mecklenburg Automotive repair

Intermec Inc 175 Mecklenburg Repair depot for Intermec equipment

Meineke Car Care Centers Inc

133 Regional Automotive exhaust system repair

MorningStar Ministries 130 York Religious organizations

Hickory Grove Baptist Church

120 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

115 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Aramark Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial uniform apparel services

UniFirst Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Rental Uniform Service Inc 100 Iredell Industrial uniform launderers amp rental

SIM USA 100 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Charlotte boasts the third most industry

variety in the country[WalletHubcom 2015]

Billy Graham Library

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 13

Professional amp Technical Services (NAICS 54)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Red Ventures LLC 2700 Lancaster Marketing consulting services

IBM Corp 2500 Mecklenburg Computer software publishing

Aon Hewitt 1640 Mecklenburg Global human resources services firm

Lash Group 1500 Mecklenburg Health care consultant

CBampI 1071 Mecklenburg Engineers power transmission amp distribution systems

Premier Inc 900 Mecklenburg Health care management amp consulting services

Deloitte LLP 712 Mecklenburg Tax auditing amp accounting services

AREVA Inc 645 Mecklenburg Engineering services

Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

600 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

EY 580 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

Security Forces Inc 500 Regional Security consulting services

Moore amp Van Allen PLLC 450 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Synchrony Financial 400 Mecklenburg Financial services

CPI Corp 350 Mecklenburg Photography studios portrait

Grant Thornton LLP 350 Mecklenburg Global accounting

KPMG LLP 350 Mecklenburg Accounting auditing amp tax services

McGuireWoods LLP 350 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

AvidXchange Inc 320 Mecklenburg Technology consulting

Alston amp Bird LLP 300 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Electric Power Research Institute Inc

300 Mecklenburg Utility research institute

Charlotte was named the

9th biggest city where white-collar

employmentis booming

[Forbes 2015]

North Carolina was listed in the top 10 states for high-tech performance

[US Chamber of Commerce Foundation 2015]

Electric Power Research Institute

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal14

Real Estate Rental (NAICS 53)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wilkinson amp Associates 630 Mecklenburg Residential real estate

Sunbelt Rentals Inc 334 Regional Construction industrial specialty amp homeowner equipment rental

Allen Tate Co Inc 299 Regional Residential real estate agents

Lincoln Harris LLC 275 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate development

Childress Klein Properties 266 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate

Avis Budget Group Inc 213 Regional Car rental agencies

Enterprise Rent-A-Car 209 Regional Passenger cartruck rental

Keith Corp The 160 Mecklenburg Offices of real estate agents and brokers

Hertz Global Holdings 122 Regional Passenger car rental

Ryder Integrated Logistics 112 Regional Truck leasing amp rental finance leasing control logistics amp transportation

Public Administration (NAICS 92)Company Employees County NAICS Description

North Carolina State Government

7600 Regional State government

City of Charlotte 6800 Mecklenburg City government

US Government 5300 Regional Federal government

Mecklenburg County 5000 Mecklenburg County government

South Carolina State Government

2826 Regional State government

Gaston County 1500 Gaston County government

Iredell County 1330 Iredell County government

Catawba County 1100 Catawba County supervisor amp executive offices

Union County 1100 Union County government

Rowan County 1089 Rowan County government

York County SC 1000 York County government

Cabarrus County 987 Cabarrus County supervisor amp executive offices

City of Gastonia 958 Gaston City government

Lincoln County 940 Lincoln County government

City of Concord 919 Cabarrus City government

Cleveland County 890 Cleveland County government

City of Rock Hill 803 York City government

Lancaster County 762 Lancaster County government

City of Monroe 712 Union City government

NC Research Campus

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 15

Retail (NAICS 44-45)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wal-Mart Stores Inc 17100 Regional Discount department stores

Delhaize America Inc 9078 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Harris Teeter Supermarkets 8239 Regional Retail grocery store

Lowersquos Companies Inc 7801 Regional Home improvement retail stores

Target Stores 3049 Regional Department store

Bi-Lo LLC 2500 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Family Dollar Stores Inc 2500 Regional Discount department stores

Belk Inc 2300 Regional Department store retail company

TJX Companies Inc 1831 Regional Discount department stores

JC Penney Corp Inc 1793 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Hendrick Automotive Group

1723 Regional Automotive retail sales amp service

Ross Stores Inc 1704 Regional Family clothing stores

Publix 1678 Regional Retail grocery store

Home Depot Inc 1495 Regional Home center

Rite Aid Corp 1319 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

CVS Corp 1262 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

Dillardrsquos Inc 1205 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Kohlrsquos Department Store 1198 Regional Department store

Advance Auto Parts 1087 Regional Automotive parts amp accessories stores

Best Buy Co Inc 1020 Regional Radio television amp other electronics stores

Stonecrest Shopping Center

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal16

Transportation amp Warehousing (NAICS 48)Company Employees County NAICS Description

American Airlines 11000 Mecklenburg Scheduled passenger air transportation

DMSI Inc 2175 Mecklenburg Transportation services

Transit Management of Charlotte Inc

715 Mecklenburg Public transportation

YRC Freight 700 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

420 Mecklenburg Other airport operations

Carolina Cargo Inc 400 York General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Maersk Inc 375 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

FleetNet America Inc 300 Gaston Other support activities for road transportation

Sunbelt Furniture Xpress Inc

240 Catawba Common amp contract hauling

Estes Express Lines 226 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Averitt Express Inc 200 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

USF Holland Inc 200 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Schneider National Inc 180 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Forward Air Corp 170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Odyssey Logistics amp Technology Corp

170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Cardinal Logistics Management Corp

161 Regional General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics LLCOHL

150 Regional Freight transportation arrangement

Saia LTL Freight 150 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Air General Inc 130 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Lisk Trucking Inc 125 Anson Long distance trucking operator

Charlotte was listed in the top 10 cities for export assistance

[Global Trade Magazine 2015]

Maersk

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 17

Utilities (NAICS 22)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Duke Energy Corp 7800 Regional Electrical power generation amp distribution

Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc

923 Regional Natural gas distribution

Scana Corporation 305 Gaston Natural gas distribution

Cogentrix Energy LLC 150 Mecklenburg Other electric power generation

Union Power Cooperative 128 Regional Electric power distribution

Duke Energyrsquos Marshall Steam Station

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal18

Wholesale Sales (NAICS 42)Company Employees County NAICS Code amp Description

Merchants Distributors Inc 1400 Catawba General line grocery merchant wholesalers

US Foods Inc 1245 Regional Wholesale general groceries

Cardinal Health Inc 960 Regional Medical dental amp hospital equipment amp supplies merchant wholesalers

Performance Fibers Inc 750 Regional Other miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

Stanley Black amp Decker Inc 687 Regional Hardware merchant wholesalers

Doosan Infracore Portable Power Inc

500 Iredell Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Sysco Charlotte 500 Cabarrus Food service wholesale distribution

Atlas Copco 450 Regional Industrial machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Carolina CAT 405 Regional Construction amp mining machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Manheim Statesville 350 Iredell Automobile auction to dealers

ADESA Inc 300 Mecklenburg Automobile amp other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers

ZF Chassis Systems LLC 300 Catawba Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Hanes Industries Inc 295 Catawba Wholesale trade agents amp brokers

Murata Machinery USA Inc 280 Mecklenburg High-tech industrial equipment sales

Acosta Sales amp Marketing Co

276 Mecklenburg General line grocery merchant wholesalers

TharpeRobbins Co The 265 Iredell Assembler amp distributor of employee recognition awards

Haddon House Food Products

250 Chester Distribution center mdash groceries wholesaler

SellEthics Marketing Group Inc

250 Mecklenburg Other grocery amp related products merchant wholesalers

United Stationers Supply Co 250 Mecklenburg Stationery amp office supplies merchant wholesalers

Family Dollar

Forbo Siegling

7th Street Market

Many thanks to the following companies for their support of the Charlotte Chamberrsquos economic development efforts

PLATINUM SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSOR

BRONZE SPONSORS

Axiom LawBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBryan Cave LLPBurkert Contromatic Corp Carolinas HealthCare SystemCompass Group North AmericaDiscoverReady LLCDTI Global Epiq SystemsFedExG4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc

Haynes and Boone LLPHendrick Automotive GroupHollander Home Fashions InciCrossingLincoln HarrisLouis Raphael - Kizan International IncMcGuireWoodsPerformance Team Phillips-Van Heusen CorpRockTenn Rogers Electric

RR Donnelley amp Sons CompanyRust Consulting Inc Shearman amp SterlingSidley Austin LLPStanley Convergent Security SolutionsStaples Facility SolutionsSteelFab Inc XP RetailZeichner Ellman amp Krause LLP

Charlotte Chamber Economic Development | charlotteglobal330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 USA | 7043781300 | cltecondev

Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation With our great location world-acclaimed international hub airport professional sports low energy costs diverse and

talented labor and a nationally ranked education system itrsquos easy to see why more businesses are flocking here every year

Visit charlotteglobal to learn more

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Page 10: Charlotte's Major Employers  

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal10

Information (NAICS 51)Company Employees County NAICS Description

ATampT North Carolina 3290 Regional Local phone service amp internet

Time Warner Cable Inc 3200 Regional Wired telecommunications carriers

Windstream Communications

1876 Regional Wire line communications products amp services

Microsoft Corp 1125 Mecklenburg Product support for Microsoft software consulting amp sales

Charlotte Observer The 800 Regional Newspaper publishers

ACN Inc 600 Cabarrus Telecommunications resellers

McKesson Corp 554 Mecklenburg Healthcare information solutions

Fiserv Inc 500 Catawba Data processing hosting amp related services

Comporium Communications

402 Regional Local amp long distance telecommunications

Hearst Corp 400 Mecklenburg Support unit for publishing amp pre-press services

Shutterfly Inc 400 York All other publishers

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

358 Mecklenburg Public library

3D Systems Corp 320 York Software publishers

American City Business Journals Inc

300 Mecklenburg Newspaper publishing

Verizon Wireless 295 Regional Cellular amp other wireless telecommunications

ESPN Regional Television 260 Mecklenburg Sports programming

Mood Media 200 York Specialized sound recording for business use

Regal Entertainment Group 200 Regional Motion picture theaters

Gaston Gazette The 192 Gaston Newspaper publishing

Inspiration Television Network

192 Lancaster Christian cable satellite broadcasting network service

Premier

3D Systems Corp

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 11

Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Daimler Trucks North America LLC

6800 Regional Motor vehicle body manufacturing

HSM 5200 Regional Mattresses amp bedsprings

Century Furniture Industries

2450 Catawba Both upholstered amp wood furniture residential amp contract

Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated

2147 Regional Soft drink manufacturing

Schaeffler Group USA Inc 1987 Regional Radial needle roller bearings needles pins amp precision components

Ingersoll Rand Co Ltd 1900 Mecklenburg Air amp gas compressor manufacturing

Allegheny Technologies Inc 1660 Union Nonferrous metal (except copper amp aluminum) rolling drawing amp extruding

Siemens Energy Inc Siemens Industry

1551 Mecklenburg Motor amp generator manufacturing

Tyson Foods Inc 1500 Union Poultry processing

International Paper Co 1500 Regional Non-folding sanitary food container manufacturing

American amp Efird Inc 1441 Gaston Thread mills

Pharr Yarns LLC 1400 Regional Yarn spinning mills

CommScope Inc 1400 Regional Data communications equipment manufacturing

Flextronics Inc 1400 Mecklenburg Electronics manufacturing

Parkdale Mills Inc 1297 Regional Yarn spinning mills

Snyderrsquos-Lance Inc 1280 Mecklenburg Snack foods (cookies crackers potato chips amp roasted peanuts)

Charlotte Pipe amp Foundry Co

1200 Regional Cast iron pipe amp fittings

Sealed Air 975 Mecklenburg Plastic bag amp pouch manufacturing

Electrolux North America 900 Mecklenburg Household vacuum cleaner manufacturing

RSI Home Products Inc 867 Lincoln Marble vanity tops amp bathroom cabinetry

More than 140000 people work in the manufacturing industry

in the Charlotte region

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal12

Other (NAICS 81)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Autobell Car Wash Inc 557 Regional Car washes

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

400 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Alsco Inc 308 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Maple Springs Laundry LLC 289 Catawba Industrial launderers

Massage Envy 284 Regional Other personal care services

Bethlehem Center of Charlotte Inc

235 Mecklenburg Community-based human services for children amp families

Modern Salon amp Spa Inc 234 Mecklenburg Hair salon amp day spa

Cintas Corp 231 Regional Uniform supply

Salisbury Rowan Community Action Agency Inc

200 Rowan Community service

Salvation Army 198 Regional Emergency homeless shelter

Rush Truck Center 177 Mecklenburg Automotive repair

Intermec Inc 175 Mecklenburg Repair depot for Intermec equipment

Meineke Car Care Centers Inc

133 Regional Automotive exhaust system repair

MorningStar Ministries 130 York Religious organizations

Hickory Grove Baptist Church

120 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

115 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Aramark Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial uniform apparel services

UniFirst Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Rental Uniform Service Inc 100 Iredell Industrial uniform launderers amp rental

SIM USA 100 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Charlotte boasts the third most industry

variety in the country[WalletHubcom 2015]

Billy Graham Library

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 13

Professional amp Technical Services (NAICS 54)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Red Ventures LLC 2700 Lancaster Marketing consulting services

IBM Corp 2500 Mecklenburg Computer software publishing

Aon Hewitt 1640 Mecklenburg Global human resources services firm

Lash Group 1500 Mecklenburg Health care consultant

CBampI 1071 Mecklenburg Engineers power transmission amp distribution systems

Premier Inc 900 Mecklenburg Health care management amp consulting services

Deloitte LLP 712 Mecklenburg Tax auditing amp accounting services

AREVA Inc 645 Mecklenburg Engineering services

Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

600 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

EY 580 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

Security Forces Inc 500 Regional Security consulting services

Moore amp Van Allen PLLC 450 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Synchrony Financial 400 Mecklenburg Financial services

CPI Corp 350 Mecklenburg Photography studios portrait

Grant Thornton LLP 350 Mecklenburg Global accounting

KPMG LLP 350 Mecklenburg Accounting auditing amp tax services

McGuireWoods LLP 350 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

AvidXchange Inc 320 Mecklenburg Technology consulting

Alston amp Bird LLP 300 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Electric Power Research Institute Inc

300 Mecklenburg Utility research institute

Charlotte was named the

9th biggest city where white-collar

employmentis booming

[Forbes 2015]

North Carolina was listed in the top 10 states for high-tech performance

[US Chamber of Commerce Foundation 2015]

Electric Power Research Institute

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal14

Real Estate Rental (NAICS 53)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wilkinson amp Associates 630 Mecklenburg Residential real estate

Sunbelt Rentals Inc 334 Regional Construction industrial specialty amp homeowner equipment rental

Allen Tate Co Inc 299 Regional Residential real estate agents

Lincoln Harris LLC 275 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate development

Childress Klein Properties 266 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate

Avis Budget Group Inc 213 Regional Car rental agencies

Enterprise Rent-A-Car 209 Regional Passenger cartruck rental

Keith Corp The 160 Mecklenburg Offices of real estate agents and brokers

Hertz Global Holdings 122 Regional Passenger car rental

Ryder Integrated Logistics 112 Regional Truck leasing amp rental finance leasing control logistics amp transportation

Public Administration (NAICS 92)Company Employees County NAICS Description

North Carolina State Government

7600 Regional State government

City of Charlotte 6800 Mecklenburg City government

US Government 5300 Regional Federal government

Mecklenburg County 5000 Mecklenburg County government

South Carolina State Government

2826 Regional State government

Gaston County 1500 Gaston County government

Iredell County 1330 Iredell County government

Catawba County 1100 Catawba County supervisor amp executive offices

Union County 1100 Union County government

Rowan County 1089 Rowan County government

York County SC 1000 York County government

Cabarrus County 987 Cabarrus County supervisor amp executive offices

City of Gastonia 958 Gaston City government

Lincoln County 940 Lincoln County government

City of Concord 919 Cabarrus City government

Cleveland County 890 Cleveland County government

City of Rock Hill 803 York City government

Lancaster County 762 Lancaster County government

City of Monroe 712 Union City government

NC Research Campus

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 15

Retail (NAICS 44-45)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wal-Mart Stores Inc 17100 Regional Discount department stores

Delhaize America Inc 9078 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Harris Teeter Supermarkets 8239 Regional Retail grocery store

Lowersquos Companies Inc 7801 Regional Home improvement retail stores

Target Stores 3049 Regional Department store

Bi-Lo LLC 2500 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Family Dollar Stores Inc 2500 Regional Discount department stores

Belk Inc 2300 Regional Department store retail company

TJX Companies Inc 1831 Regional Discount department stores

JC Penney Corp Inc 1793 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Hendrick Automotive Group

1723 Regional Automotive retail sales amp service

Ross Stores Inc 1704 Regional Family clothing stores

Publix 1678 Regional Retail grocery store

Home Depot Inc 1495 Regional Home center

Rite Aid Corp 1319 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

CVS Corp 1262 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

Dillardrsquos Inc 1205 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Kohlrsquos Department Store 1198 Regional Department store

Advance Auto Parts 1087 Regional Automotive parts amp accessories stores

Best Buy Co Inc 1020 Regional Radio television amp other electronics stores

Stonecrest Shopping Center

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal16

Transportation amp Warehousing (NAICS 48)Company Employees County NAICS Description

American Airlines 11000 Mecklenburg Scheduled passenger air transportation

DMSI Inc 2175 Mecklenburg Transportation services

Transit Management of Charlotte Inc

715 Mecklenburg Public transportation

YRC Freight 700 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

420 Mecklenburg Other airport operations

Carolina Cargo Inc 400 York General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Maersk Inc 375 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

FleetNet America Inc 300 Gaston Other support activities for road transportation

Sunbelt Furniture Xpress Inc

240 Catawba Common amp contract hauling

Estes Express Lines 226 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Averitt Express Inc 200 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

USF Holland Inc 200 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Schneider National Inc 180 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Forward Air Corp 170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Odyssey Logistics amp Technology Corp

170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Cardinal Logistics Management Corp

161 Regional General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics LLCOHL

150 Regional Freight transportation arrangement

Saia LTL Freight 150 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Air General Inc 130 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Lisk Trucking Inc 125 Anson Long distance trucking operator

Charlotte was listed in the top 10 cities for export assistance

[Global Trade Magazine 2015]

Maersk

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 17

Utilities (NAICS 22)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Duke Energy Corp 7800 Regional Electrical power generation amp distribution

Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc

923 Regional Natural gas distribution

Scana Corporation 305 Gaston Natural gas distribution

Cogentrix Energy LLC 150 Mecklenburg Other electric power generation

Union Power Cooperative 128 Regional Electric power distribution

Duke Energyrsquos Marshall Steam Station

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal18

Wholesale Sales (NAICS 42)Company Employees County NAICS Code amp Description

Merchants Distributors Inc 1400 Catawba General line grocery merchant wholesalers

US Foods Inc 1245 Regional Wholesale general groceries

Cardinal Health Inc 960 Regional Medical dental amp hospital equipment amp supplies merchant wholesalers

Performance Fibers Inc 750 Regional Other miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

Stanley Black amp Decker Inc 687 Regional Hardware merchant wholesalers

Doosan Infracore Portable Power Inc

500 Iredell Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Sysco Charlotte 500 Cabarrus Food service wholesale distribution

Atlas Copco 450 Regional Industrial machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Carolina CAT 405 Regional Construction amp mining machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Manheim Statesville 350 Iredell Automobile auction to dealers

ADESA Inc 300 Mecklenburg Automobile amp other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers

ZF Chassis Systems LLC 300 Catawba Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Hanes Industries Inc 295 Catawba Wholesale trade agents amp brokers

Murata Machinery USA Inc 280 Mecklenburg High-tech industrial equipment sales

Acosta Sales amp Marketing Co

276 Mecklenburg General line grocery merchant wholesalers

TharpeRobbins Co The 265 Iredell Assembler amp distributor of employee recognition awards

Haddon House Food Products

250 Chester Distribution center mdash groceries wholesaler

SellEthics Marketing Group Inc

250 Mecklenburg Other grocery amp related products merchant wholesalers

United Stationers Supply Co 250 Mecklenburg Stationery amp office supplies merchant wholesalers

Family Dollar

Forbo Siegling

7th Street Market

Many thanks to the following companies for their support of the Charlotte Chamberrsquos economic development efforts

PLATINUM SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSOR

BRONZE SPONSORS

Axiom LawBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBryan Cave LLPBurkert Contromatic Corp Carolinas HealthCare SystemCompass Group North AmericaDiscoverReady LLCDTI Global Epiq SystemsFedExG4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc

Haynes and Boone LLPHendrick Automotive GroupHollander Home Fashions InciCrossingLincoln HarrisLouis Raphael - Kizan International IncMcGuireWoodsPerformance Team Phillips-Van Heusen CorpRockTenn Rogers Electric

RR Donnelley amp Sons CompanyRust Consulting Inc Shearman amp SterlingSidley Austin LLPStanley Convergent Security SolutionsStaples Facility SolutionsSteelFab Inc XP RetailZeichner Ellman amp Krause LLP

Charlotte Chamber Economic Development | charlotteglobal330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 USA | 7043781300 | cltecondev

Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation With our great location world-acclaimed international hub airport professional sports low energy costs diverse and

talented labor and a nationally ranked education system itrsquos easy to see why more businesses are flocking here every year

Visit charlotteglobal to learn more

copyPA

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330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 7043781300

Page 11: Charlotte's Major Employers  

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 11

Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Daimler Trucks North America LLC

6800 Regional Motor vehicle body manufacturing

HSM 5200 Regional Mattresses amp bedsprings

Century Furniture Industries

2450 Catawba Both upholstered amp wood furniture residential amp contract

Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated

2147 Regional Soft drink manufacturing

Schaeffler Group USA Inc 1987 Regional Radial needle roller bearings needles pins amp precision components

Ingersoll Rand Co Ltd 1900 Mecklenburg Air amp gas compressor manufacturing

Allegheny Technologies Inc 1660 Union Nonferrous metal (except copper amp aluminum) rolling drawing amp extruding

Siemens Energy Inc Siemens Industry

1551 Mecklenburg Motor amp generator manufacturing

Tyson Foods Inc 1500 Union Poultry processing

International Paper Co 1500 Regional Non-folding sanitary food container manufacturing

American amp Efird Inc 1441 Gaston Thread mills

Pharr Yarns LLC 1400 Regional Yarn spinning mills

CommScope Inc 1400 Regional Data communications equipment manufacturing

Flextronics Inc 1400 Mecklenburg Electronics manufacturing

Parkdale Mills Inc 1297 Regional Yarn spinning mills

Snyderrsquos-Lance Inc 1280 Mecklenburg Snack foods (cookies crackers potato chips amp roasted peanuts)

Charlotte Pipe amp Foundry Co

1200 Regional Cast iron pipe amp fittings

Sealed Air 975 Mecklenburg Plastic bag amp pouch manufacturing

Electrolux North America 900 Mecklenburg Household vacuum cleaner manufacturing

RSI Home Products Inc 867 Lincoln Marble vanity tops amp bathroom cabinetry

More than 140000 people work in the manufacturing industry

in the Charlotte region

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal12

Other (NAICS 81)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Autobell Car Wash Inc 557 Regional Car washes

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

400 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Alsco Inc 308 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Maple Springs Laundry LLC 289 Catawba Industrial launderers

Massage Envy 284 Regional Other personal care services

Bethlehem Center of Charlotte Inc

235 Mecklenburg Community-based human services for children amp families

Modern Salon amp Spa Inc 234 Mecklenburg Hair salon amp day spa

Cintas Corp 231 Regional Uniform supply

Salisbury Rowan Community Action Agency Inc

200 Rowan Community service

Salvation Army 198 Regional Emergency homeless shelter

Rush Truck Center 177 Mecklenburg Automotive repair

Intermec Inc 175 Mecklenburg Repair depot for Intermec equipment

Meineke Car Care Centers Inc

133 Regional Automotive exhaust system repair

MorningStar Ministries 130 York Religious organizations

Hickory Grove Baptist Church

120 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

115 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Aramark Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial uniform apparel services

UniFirst Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Rental Uniform Service Inc 100 Iredell Industrial uniform launderers amp rental

SIM USA 100 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Charlotte boasts the third most industry

variety in the country[WalletHubcom 2015]

Billy Graham Library

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 13

Professional amp Technical Services (NAICS 54)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Red Ventures LLC 2700 Lancaster Marketing consulting services

IBM Corp 2500 Mecklenburg Computer software publishing

Aon Hewitt 1640 Mecklenburg Global human resources services firm

Lash Group 1500 Mecklenburg Health care consultant

CBampI 1071 Mecklenburg Engineers power transmission amp distribution systems

Premier Inc 900 Mecklenburg Health care management amp consulting services

Deloitte LLP 712 Mecklenburg Tax auditing amp accounting services

AREVA Inc 645 Mecklenburg Engineering services

Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

600 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

EY 580 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

Security Forces Inc 500 Regional Security consulting services

Moore amp Van Allen PLLC 450 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Synchrony Financial 400 Mecklenburg Financial services

CPI Corp 350 Mecklenburg Photography studios portrait

Grant Thornton LLP 350 Mecklenburg Global accounting

KPMG LLP 350 Mecklenburg Accounting auditing amp tax services

McGuireWoods LLP 350 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

AvidXchange Inc 320 Mecklenburg Technology consulting

Alston amp Bird LLP 300 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Electric Power Research Institute Inc

300 Mecklenburg Utility research institute

Charlotte was named the

9th biggest city where white-collar

employmentis booming

[Forbes 2015]

North Carolina was listed in the top 10 states for high-tech performance

[US Chamber of Commerce Foundation 2015]

Electric Power Research Institute

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal14

Real Estate Rental (NAICS 53)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wilkinson amp Associates 630 Mecklenburg Residential real estate

Sunbelt Rentals Inc 334 Regional Construction industrial specialty amp homeowner equipment rental

Allen Tate Co Inc 299 Regional Residential real estate agents

Lincoln Harris LLC 275 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate development

Childress Klein Properties 266 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate

Avis Budget Group Inc 213 Regional Car rental agencies

Enterprise Rent-A-Car 209 Regional Passenger cartruck rental

Keith Corp The 160 Mecklenburg Offices of real estate agents and brokers

Hertz Global Holdings 122 Regional Passenger car rental

Ryder Integrated Logistics 112 Regional Truck leasing amp rental finance leasing control logistics amp transportation

Public Administration (NAICS 92)Company Employees County NAICS Description

North Carolina State Government

7600 Regional State government

City of Charlotte 6800 Mecklenburg City government

US Government 5300 Regional Federal government

Mecklenburg County 5000 Mecklenburg County government

South Carolina State Government

2826 Regional State government

Gaston County 1500 Gaston County government

Iredell County 1330 Iredell County government

Catawba County 1100 Catawba County supervisor amp executive offices

Union County 1100 Union County government

Rowan County 1089 Rowan County government

York County SC 1000 York County government

Cabarrus County 987 Cabarrus County supervisor amp executive offices

City of Gastonia 958 Gaston City government

Lincoln County 940 Lincoln County government

City of Concord 919 Cabarrus City government

Cleveland County 890 Cleveland County government

City of Rock Hill 803 York City government

Lancaster County 762 Lancaster County government

City of Monroe 712 Union City government

NC Research Campus

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 15

Retail (NAICS 44-45)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wal-Mart Stores Inc 17100 Regional Discount department stores

Delhaize America Inc 9078 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Harris Teeter Supermarkets 8239 Regional Retail grocery store

Lowersquos Companies Inc 7801 Regional Home improvement retail stores

Target Stores 3049 Regional Department store

Bi-Lo LLC 2500 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Family Dollar Stores Inc 2500 Regional Discount department stores

Belk Inc 2300 Regional Department store retail company

TJX Companies Inc 1831 Regional Discount department stores

JC Penney Corp Inc 1793 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Hendrick Automotive Group

1723 Regional Automotive retail sales amp service

Ross Stores Inc 1704 Regional Family clothing stores

Publix 1678 Regional Retail grocery store

Home Depot Inc 1495 Regional Home center

Rite Aid Corp 1319 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

CVS Corp 1262 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

Dillardrsquos Inc 1205 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Kohlrsquos Department Store 1198 Regional Department store

Advance Auto Parts 1087 Regional Automotive parts amp accessories stores

Best Buy Co Inc 1020 Regional Radio television amp other electronics stores

Stonecrest Shopping Center

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal16

Transportation amp Warehousing (NAICS 48)Company Employees County NAICS Description

American Airlines 11000 Mecklenburg Scheduled passenger air transportation

DMSI Inc 2175 Mecklenburg Transportation services

Transit Management of Charlotte Inc

715 Mecklenburg Public transportation

YRC Freight 700 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

420 Mecklenburg Other airport operations

Carolina Cargo Inc 400 York General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Maersk Inc 375 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

FleetNet America Inc 300 Gaston Other support activities for road transportation

Sunbelt Furniture Xpress Inc

240 Catawba Common amp contract hauling

Estes Express Lines 226 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Averitt Express Inc 200 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

USF Holland Inc 200 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Schneider National Inc 180 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Forward Air Corp 170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Odyssey Logistics amp Technology Corp

170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Cardinal Logistics Management Corp

161 Regional General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics LLCOHL

150 Regional Freight transportation arrangement

Saia LTL Freight 150 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Air General Inc 130 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Lisk Trucking Inc 125 Anson Long distance trucking operator

Charlotte was listed in the top 10 cities for export assistance

[Global Trade Magazine 2015]

Maersk

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 17

Utilities (NAICS 22)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Duke Energy Corp 7800 Regional Electrical power generation amp distribution

Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc

923 Regional Natural gas distribution

Scana Corporation 305 Gaston Natural gas distribution

Cogentrix Energy LLC 150 Mecklenburg Other electric power generation

Union Power Cooperative 128 Regional Electric power distribution

Duke Energyrsquos Marshall Steam Station

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal18

Wholesale Sales (NAICS 42)Company Employees County NAICS Code amp Description

Merchants Distributors Inc 1400 Catawba General line grocery merchant wholesalers

US Foods Inc 1245 Regional Wholesale general groceries

Cardinal Health Inc 960 Regional Medical dental amp hospital equipment amp supplies merchant wholesalers

Performance Fibers Inc 750 Regional Other miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

Stanley Black amp Decker Inc 687 Regional Hardware merchant wholesalers

Doosan Infracore Portable Power Inc

500 Iredell Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Sysco Charlotte 500 Cabarrus Food service wholesale distribution

Atlas Copco 450 Regional Industrial machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Carolina CAT 405 Regional Construction amp mining machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Manheim Statesville 350 Iredell Automobile auction to dealers

ADESA Inc 300 Mecklenburg Automobile amp other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers

ZF Chassis Systems LLC 300 Catawba Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Hanes Industries Inc 295 Catawba Wholesale trade agents amp brokers

Murata Machinery USA Inc 280 Mecklenburg High-tech industrial equipment sales

Acosta Sales amp Marketing Co

276 Mecklenburg General line grocery merchant wholesalers

TharpeRobbins Co The 265 Iredell Assembler amp distributor of employee recognition awards

Haddon House Food Products

250 Chester Distribution center mdash groceries wholesaler

SellEthics Marketing Group Inc

250 Mecklenburg Other grocery amp related products merchant wholesalers

United Stationers Supply Co 250 Mecklenburg Stationery amp office supplies merchant wholesalers

Family Dollar

Forbo Siegling

7th Street Market

Many thanks to the following companies for their support of the Charlotte Chamberrsquos economic development efforts

PLATINUM SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSOR

BRONZE SPONSORS

Axiom LawBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBryan Cave LLPBurkert Contromatic Corp Carolinas HealthCare SystemCompass Group North AmericaDiscoverReady LLCDTI Global Epiq SystemsFedExG4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc

Haynes and Boone LLPHendrick Automotive GroupHollander Home Fashions InciCrossingLincoln HarrisLouis Raphael - Kizan International IncMcGuireWoodsPerformance Team Phillips-Van Heusen CorpRockTenn Rogers Electric

RR Donnelley amp Sons CompanyRust Consulting Inc Shearman amp SterlingSidley Austin LLPStanley Convergent Security SolutionsStaples Facility SolutionsSteelFab Inc XP RetailZeichner Ellman amp Krause LLP

Charlotte Chamber Economic Development | charlotteglobal330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 USA | 7043781300 | cltecondev

Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation With our great location world-acclaimed international hub airport professional sports low energy costs diverse and

talented labor and a nationally ranked education system itrsquos easy to see why more businesses are flocking here every year

Visit charlotteglobal to learn more

copyPA

TRIC

KS

CH

NE

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RP

HO

TOC

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330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 7043781300

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Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal12

Other (NAICS 81)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Autobell Car Wash Inc 557 Regional Car washes

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

400 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Alsco Inc 308 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Maple Springs Laundry LLC 289 Catawba Industrial launderers

Massage Envy 284 Regional Other personal care services

Bethlehem Center of Charlotte Inc

235 Mecklenburg Community-based human services for children amp families

Modern Salon amp Spa Inc 234 Mecklenburg Hair salon amp day spa

Cintas Corp 231 Regional Uniform supply

Salisbury Rowan Community Action Agency Inc

200 Rowan Community service

Salvation Army 198 Regional Emergency homeless shelter

Rush Truck Center 177 Mecklenburg Automotive repair

Intermec Inc 175 Mecklenburg Repair depot for Intermec equipment

Meineke Car Care Centers Inc

133 Regional Automotive exhaust system repair

MorningStar Ministries 130 York Religious organizations

Hickory Grove Baptist Church

120 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

115 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Aramark Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial uniform apparel services

UniFirst Corp 110 Mecklenburg Industrial launderers

Rental Uniform Service Inc 100 Iredell Industrial uniform launderers amp rental

SIM USA 100 Mecklenburg Religious organizations

Charlotte boasts the third most industry

variety in the country[WalletHubcom 2015]

Billy Graham Library

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 13

Professional amp Technical Services (NAICS 54)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Red Ventures LLC 2700 Lancaster Marketing consulting services

IBM Corp 2500 Mecklenburg Computer software publishing

Aon Hewitt 1640 Mecklenburg Global human resources services firm

Lash Group 1500 Mecklenburg Health care consultant

CBampI 1071 Mecklenburg Engineers power transmission amp distribution systems

Premier Inc 900 Mecklenburg Health care management amp consulting services

Deloitte LLP 712 Mecklenburg Tax auditing amp accounting services

AREVA Inc 645 Mecklenburg Engineering services

Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

600 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

EY 580 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

Security Forces Inc 500 Regional Security consulting services

Moore amp Van Allen PLLC 450 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Synchrony Financial 400 Mecklenburg Financial services

CPI Corp 350 Mecklenburg Photography studios portrait

Grant Thornton LLP 350 Mecklenburg Global accounting

KPMG LLP 350 Mecklenburg Accounting auditing amp tax services

McGuireWoods LLP 350 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

AvidXchange Inc 320 Mecklenburg Technology consulting

Alston amp Bird LLP 300 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Electric Power Research Institute Inc

300 Mecklenburg Utility research institute

Charlotte was named the

9th biggest city where white-collar

employmentis booming

[Forbes 2015]

North Carolina was listed in the top 10 states for high-tech performance

[US Chamber of Commerce Foundation 2015]

Electric Power Research Institute

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal14

Real Estate Rental (NAICS 53)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wilkinson amp Associates 630 Mecklenburg Residential real estate

Sunbelt Rentals Inc 334 Regional Construction industrial specialty amp homeowner equipment rental

Allen Tate Co Inc 299 Regional Residential real estate agents

Lincoln Harris LLC 275 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate development

Childress Klein Properties 266 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate

Avis Budget Group Inc 213 Regional Car rental agencies

Enterprise Rent-A-Car 209 Regional Passenger cartruck rental

Keith Corp The 160 Mecklenburg Offices of real estate agents and brokers

Hertz Global Holdings 122 Regional Passenger car rental

Ryder Integrated Logistics 112 Regional Truck leasing amp rental finance leasing control logistics amp transportation

Public Administration (NAICS 92)Company Employees County NAICS Description

North Carolina State Government

7600 Regional State government

City of Charlotte 6800 Mecklenburg City government

US Government 5300 Regional Federal government

Mecklenburg County 5000 Mecklenburg County government

South Carolina State Government

2826 Regional State government

Gaston County 1500 Gaston County government

Iredell County 1330 Iredell County government

Catawba County 1100 Catawba County supervisor amp executive offices

Union County 1100 Union County government

Rowan County 1089 Rowan County government

York County SC 1000 York County government

Cabarrus County 987 Cabarrus County supervisor amp executive offices

City of Gastonia 958 Gaston City government

Lincoln County 940 Lincoln County government

City of Concord 919 Cabarrus City government

Cleveland County 890 Cleveland County government

City of Rock Hill 803 York City government

Lancaster County 762 Lancaster County government

City of Monroe 712 Union City government

NC Research Campus

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 15

Retail (NAICS 44-45)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wal-Mart Stores Inc 17100 Regional Discount department stores

Delhaize America Inc 9078 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Harris Teeter Supermarkets 8239 Regional Retail grocery store

Lowersquos Companies Inc 7801 Regional Home improvement retail stores

Target Stores 3049 Regional Department store

Bi-Lo LLC 2500 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Family Dollar Stores Inc 2500 Regional Discount department stores

Belk Inc 2300 Regional Department store retail company

TJX Companies Inc 1831 Regional Discount department stores

JC Penney Corp Inc 1793 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Hendrick Automotive Group

1723 Regional Automotive retail sales amp service

Ross Stores Inc 1704 Regional Family clothing stores

Publix 1678 Regional Retail grocery store

Home Depot Inc 1495 Regional Home center

Rite Aid Corp 1319 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

CVS Corp 1262 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

Dillardrsquos Inc 1205 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Kohlrsquos Department Store 1198 Regional Department store

Advance Auto Parts 1087 Regional Automotive parts amp accessories stores

Best Buy Co Inc 1020 Regional Radio television amp other electronics stores

Stonecrest Shopping Center

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal16

Transportation amp Warehousing (NAICS 48)Company Employees County NAICS Description

American Airlines 11000 Mecklenburg Scheduled passenger air transportation

DMSI Inc 2175 Mecklenburg Transportation services

Transit Management of Charlotte Inc

715 Mecklenburg Public transportation

YRC Freight 700 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

420 Mecklenburg Other airport operations

Carolina Cargo Inc 400 York General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Maersk Inc 375 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

FleetNet America Inc 300 Gaston Other support activities for road transportation

Sunbelt Furniture Xpress Inc

240 Catawba Common amp contract hauling

Estes Express Lines 226 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Averitt Express Inc 200 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

USF Holland Inc 200 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Schneider National Inc 180 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Forward Air Corp 170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Odyssey Logistics amp Technology Corp

170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Cardinal Logistics Management Corp

161 Regional General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics LLCOHL

150 Regional Freight transportation arrangement

Saia LTL Freight 150 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Air General Inc 130 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Lisk Trucking Inc 125 Anson Long distance trucking operator

Charlotte was listed in the top 10 cities for export assistance

[Global Trade Magazine 2015]

Maersk

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 17

Utilities (NAICS 22)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Duke Energy Corp 7800 Regional Electrical power generation amp distribution

Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc

923 Regional Natural gas distribution

Scana Corporation 305 Gaston Natural gas distribution

Cogentrix Energy LLC 150 Mecklenburg Other electric power generation

Union Power Cooperative 128 Regional Electric power distribution

Duke Energyrsquos Marshall Steam Station

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal18

Wholesale Sales (NAICS 42)Company Employees County NAICS Code amp Description

Merchants Distributors Inc 1400 Catawba General line grocery merchant wholesalers

US Foods Inc 1245 Regional Wholesale general groceries

Cardinal Health Inc 960 Regional Medical dental amp hospital equipment amp supplies merchant wholesalers

Performance Fibers Inc 750 Regional Other miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

Stanley Black amp Decker Inc 687 Regional Hardware merchant wholesalers

Doosan Infracore Portable Power Inc

500 Iredell Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Sysco Charlotte 500 Cabarrus Food service wholesale distribution

Atlas Copco 450 Regional Industrial machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Carolina CAT 405 Regional Construction amp mining machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Manheim Statesville 350 Iredell Automobile auction to dealers

ADESA Inc 300 Mecklenburg Automobile amp other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers

ZF Chassis Systems LLC 300 Catawba Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Hanes Industries Inc 295 Catawba Wholesale trade agents amp brokers

Murata Machinery USA Inc 280 Mecklenburg High-tech industrial equipment sales

Acosta Sales amp Marketing Co

276 Mecklenburg General line grocery merchant wholesalers

TharpeRobbins Co The 265 Iredell Assembler amp distributor of employee recognition awards

Haddon House Food Products

250 Chester Distribution center mdash groceries wholesaler

SellEthics Marketing Group Inc

250 Mecklenburg Other grocery amp related products merchant wholesalers

United Stationers Supply Co 250 Mecklenburg Stationery amp office supplies merchant wholesalers

Family Dollar

Forbo Siegling

7th Street Market

Many thanks to the following companies for their support of the Charlotte Chamberrsquos economic development efforts

PLATINUM SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSOR

BRONZE SPONSORS

Axiom LawBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBryan Cave LLPBurkert Contromatic Corp Carolinas HealthCare SystemCompass Group North AmericaDiscoverReady LLCDTI Global Epiq SystemsFedExG4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc

Haynes and Boone LLPHendrick Automotive GroupHollander Home Fashions InciCrossingLincoln HarrisLouis Raphael - Kizan International IncMcGuireWoodsPerformance Team Phillips-Van Heusen CorpRockTenn Rogers Electric

RR Donnelley amp Sons CompanyRust Consulting Inc Shearman amp SterlingSidley Austin LLPStanley Convergent Security SolutionsStaples Facility SolutionsSteelFab Inc XP RetailZeichner Ellman amp Krause LLP

Charlotte Chamber Economic Development | charlotteglobal330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 USA | 7043781300 | cltecondev

Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation With our great location world-acclaimed international hub airport professional sports low energy costs diverse and

talented labor and a nationally ranked education system itrsquos easy to see why more businesses are flocking here every year

Visit charlotteglobal to learn more

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Page 13: Charlotte's Major Employers  

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 13

Professional amp Technical Services (NAICS 54)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Red Ventures LLC 2700 Lancaster Marketing consulting services

IBM Corp 2500 Mecklenburg Computer software publishing

Aon Hewitt 1640 Mecklenburg Global human resources services firm

Lash Group 1500 Mecklenburg Health care consultant

CBampI 1071 Mecklenburg Engineers power transmission amp distribution systems

Premier Inc 900 Mecklenburg Health care management amp consulting services

Deloitte LLP 712 Mecklenburg Tax auditing amp accounting services

AREVA Inc 645 Mecklenburg Engineering services

Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

600 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

EY 580 Mecklenburg Offices of certified public accountants

Security Forces Inc 500 Regional Security consulting services

Moore amp Van Allen PLLC 450 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Synchrony Financial 400 Mecklenburg Financial services

CPI Corp 350 Mecklenburg Photography studios portrait

Grant Thornton LLP 350 Mecklenburg Global accounting

KPMG LLP 350 Mecklenburg Accounting auditing amp tax services

McGuireWoods LLP 350 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

AvidXchange Inc 320 Mecklenburg Technology consulting

Alston amp Bird LLP 300 Mecklenburg Offices of lawyers

Electric Power Research Institute Inc

300 Mecklenburg Utility research institute

Charlotte was named the

9th biggest city where white-collar

employmentis booming

[Forbes 2015]

North Carolina was listed in the top 10 states for high-tech performance

[US Chamber of Commerce Foundation 2015]

Electric Power Research Institute

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal14

Real Estate Rental (NAICS 53)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wilkinson amp Associates 630 Mecklenburg Residential real estate

Sunbelt Rentals Inc 334 Regional Construction industrial specialty amp homeowner equipment rental

Allen Tate Co Inc 299 Regional Residential real estate agents

Lincoln Harris LLC 275 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate development

Childress Klein Properties 266 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate

Avis Budget Group Inc 213 Regional Car rental agencies

Enterprise Rent-A-Car 209 Regional Passenger cartruck rental

Keith Corp The 160 Mecklenburg Offices of real estate agents and brokers

Hertz Global Holdings 122 Regional Passenger car rental

Ryder Integrated Logistics 112 Regional Truck leasing amp rental finance leasing control logistics amp transportation

Public Administration (NAICS 92)Company Employees County NAICS Description

North Carolina State Government

7600 Regional State government

City of Charlotte 6800 Mecklenburg City government

US Government 5300 Regional Federal government

Mecklenburg County 5000 Mecklenburg County government

South Carolina State Government

2826 Regional State government

Gaston County 1500 Gaston County government

Iredell County 1330 Iredell County government

Catawba County 1100 Catawba County supervisor amp executive offices

Union County 1100 Union County government

Rowan County 1089 Rowan County government

York County SC 1000 York County government

Cabarrus County 987 Cabarrus County supervisor amp executive offices

City of Gastonia 958 Gaston City government

Lincoln County 940 Lincoln County government

City of Concord 919 Cabarrus City government

Cleveland County 890 Cleveland County government

City of Rock Hill 803 York City government

Lancaster County 762 Lancaster County government

City of Monroe 712 Union City government

NC Research Campus

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 15

Retail (NAICS 44-45)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wal-Mart Stores Inc 17100 Regional Discount department stores

Delhaize America Inc 9078 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Harris Teeter Supermarkets 8239 Regional Retail grocery store

Lowersquos Companies Inc 7801 Regional Home improvement retail stores

Target Stores 3049 Regional Department store

Bi-Lo LLC 2500 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Family Dollar Stores Inc 2500 Regional Discount department stores

Belk Inc 2300 Regional Department store retail company

TJX Companies Inc 1831 Regional Discount department stores

JC Penney Corp Inc 1793 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Hendrick Automotive Group

1723 Regional Automotive retail sales amp service

Ross Stores Inc 1704 Regional Family clothing stores

Publix 1678 Regional Retail grocery store

Home Depot Inc 1495 Regional Home center

Rite Aid Corp 1319 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

CVS Corp 1262 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

Dillardrsquos Inc 1205 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Kohlrsquos Department Store 1198 Regional Department store

Advance Auto Parts 1087 Regional Automotive parts amp accessories stores

Best Buy Co Inc 1020 Regional Radio television amp other electronics stores

Stonecrest Shopping Center

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal16

Transportation amp Warehousing (NAICS 48)Company Employees County NAICS Description

American Airlines 11000 Mecklenburg Scheduled passenger air transportation

DMSI Inc 2175 Mecklenburg Transportation services

Transit Management of Charlotte Inc

715 Mecklenburg Public transportation

YRC Freight 700 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

420 Mecklenburg Other airport operations

Carolina Cargo Inc 400 York General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Maersk Inc 375 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

FleetNet America Inc 300 Gaston Other support activities for road transportation

Sunbelt Furniture Xpress Inc

240 Catawba Common amp contract hauling

Estes Express Lines 226 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Averitt Express Inc 200 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

USF Holland Inc 200 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Schneider National Inc 180 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Forward Air Corp 170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Odyssey Logistics amp Technology Corp

170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Cardinal Logistics Management Corp

161 Regional General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics LLCOHL

150 Regional Freight transportation arrangement

Saia LTL Freight 150 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Air General Inc 130 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Lisk Trucking Inc 125 Anson Long distance trucking operator

Charlotte was listed in the top 10 cities for export assistance

[Global Trade Magazine 2015]

Maersk

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 17

Utilities (NAICS 22)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Duke Energy Corp 7800 Regional Electrical power generation amp distribution

Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc

923 Regional Natural gas distribution

Scana Corporation 305 Gaston Natural gas distribution

Cogentrix Energy LLC 150 Mecklenburg Other electric power generation

Union Power Cooperative 128 Regional Electric power distribution

Duke Energyrsquos Marshall Steam Station

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal18

Wholesale Sales (NAICS 42)Company Employees County NAICS Code amp Description

Merchants Distributors Inc 1400 Catawba General line grocery merchant wholesalers

US Foods Inc 1245 Regional Wholesale general groceries

Cardinal Health Inc 960 Regional Medical dental amp hospital equipment amp supplies merchant wholesalers

Performance Fibers Inc 750 Regional Other miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

Stanley Black amp Decker Inc 687 Regional Hardware merchant wholesalers

Doosan Infracore Portable Power Inc

500 Iredell Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Sysco Charlotte 500 Cabarrus Food service wholesale distribution

Atlas Copco 450 Regional Industrial machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Carolina CAT 405 Regional Construction amp mining machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Manheim Statesville 350 Iredell Automobile auction to dealers

ADESA Inc 300 Mecklenburg Automobile amp other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers

ZF Chassis Systems LLC 300 Catawba Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Hanes Industries Inc 295 Catawba Wholesale trade agents amp brokers

Murata Machinery USA Inc 280 Mecklenburg High-tech industrial equipment sales

Acosta Sales amp Marketing Co

276 Mecklenburg General line grocery merchant wholesalers

TharpeRobbins Co The 265 Iredell Assembler amp distributor of employee recognition awards

Haddon House Food Products

250 Chester Distribution center mdash groceries wholesaler

SellEthics Marketing Group Inc

250 Mecklenburg Other grocery amp related products merchant wholesalers

United Stationers Supply Co 250 Mecklenburg Stationery amp office supplies merchant wholesalers

Family Dollar

Forbo Siegling

7th Street Market

Many thanks to the following companies for their support of the Charlotte Chamberrsquos economic development efforts

PLATINUM SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSOR

BRONZE SPONSORS

Axiom LawBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBryan Cave LLPBurkert Contromatic Corp Carolinas HealthCare SystemCompass Group North AmericaDiscoverReady LLCDTI Global Epiq SystemsFedExG4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc

Haynes and Boone LLPHendrick Automotive GroupHollander Home Fashions InciCrossingLincoln HarrisLouis Raphael - Kizan International IncMcGuireWoodsPerformance Team Phillips-Van Heusen CorpRockTenn Rogers Electric

RR Donnelley amp Sons CompanyRust Consulting Inc Shearman amp SterlingSidley Austin LLPStanley Convergent Security SolutionsStaples Facility SolutionsSteelFab Inc XP RetailZeichner Ellman amp Krause LLP

Charlotte Chamber Economic Development | charlotteglobal330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 USA | 7043781300 | cltecondev

Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation With our great location world-acclaimed international hub airport professional sports low energy costs diverse and

talented labor and a nationally ranked education system itrsquos easy to see why more businesses are flocking here every year

Visit charlotteglobal to learn more

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330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 7043781300

Page 14: Charlotte's Major Employers  

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal14

Real Estate Rental (NAICS 53)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wilkinson amp Associates 630 Mecklenburg Residential real estate

Sunbelt Rentals Inc 334 Regional Construction industrial specialty amp homeowner equipment rental

Allen Tate Co Inc 299 Regional Residential real estate agents

Lincoln Harris LLC 275 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate development

Childress Klein Properties 266 Mecklenburg Commercial real estate

Avis Budget Group Inc 213 Regional Car rental agencies

Enterprise Rent-A-Car 209 Regional Passenger cartruck rental

Keith Corp The 160 Mecklenburg Offices of real estate agents and brokers

Hertz Global Holdings 122 Regional Passenger car rental

Ryder Integrated Logistics 112 Regional Truck leasing amp rental finance leasing control logistics amp transportation

Public Administration (NAICS 92)Company Employees County NAICS Description

North Carolina State Government

7600 Regional State government

City of Charlotte 6800 Mecklenburg City government

US Government 5300 Regional Federal government

Mecklenburg County 5000 Mecklenburg County government

South Carolina State Government

2826 Regional State government

Gaston County 1500 Gaston County government

Iredell County 1330 Iredell County government

Catawba County 1100 Catawba County supervisor amp executive offices

Union County 1100 Union County government

Rowan County 1089 Rowan County government

York County SC 1000 York County government

Cabarrus County 987 Cabarrus County supervisor amp executive offices

City of Gastonia 958 Gaston City government

Lincoln County 940 Lincoln County government

City of Concord 919 Cabarrus City government

Cleveland County 890 Cleveland County government

City of Rock Hill 803 York City government

Lancaster County 762 Lancaster County government

City of Monroe 712 Union City government

NC Research Campus

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 15

Retail (NAICS 44-45)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wal-Mart Stores Inc 17100 Regional Discount department stores

Delhaize America Inc 9078 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Harris Teeter Supermarkets 8239 Regional Retail grocery store

Lowersquos Companies Inc 7801 Regional Home improvement retail stores

Target Stores 3049 Regional Department store

Bi-Lo LLC 2500 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Family Dollar Stores Inc 2500 Regional Discount department stores

Belk Inc 2300 Regional Department store retail company

TJX Companies Inc 1831 Regional Discount department stores

JC Penney Corp Inc 1793 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Hendrick Automotive Group

1723 Regional Automotive retail sales amp service

Ross Stores Inc 1704 Regional Family clothing stores

Publix 1678 Regional Retail grocery store

Home Depot Inc 1495 Regional Home center

Rite Aid Corp 1319 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

CVS Corp 1262 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

Dillardrsquos Inc 1205 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Kohlrsquos Department Store 1198 Regional Department store

Advance Auto Parts 1087 Regional Automotive parts amp accessories stores

Best Buy Co Inc 1020 Regional Radio television amp other electronics stores

Stonecrest Shopping Center

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal16

Transportation amp Warehousing (NAICS 48)Company Employees County NAICS Description

American Airlines 11000 Mecklenburg Scheduled passenger air transportation

DMSI Inc 2175 Mecklenburg Transportation services

Transit Management of Charlotte Inc

715 Mecklenburg Public transportation

YRC Freight 700 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

420 Mecklenburg Other airport operations

Carolina Cargo Inc 400 York General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Maersk Inc 375 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

FleetNet America Inc 300 Gaston Other support activities for road transportation

Sunbelt Furniture Xpress Inc

240 Catawba Common amp contract hauling

Estes Express Lines 226 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Averitt Express Inc 200 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

USF Holland Inc 200 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Schneider National Inc 180 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Forward Air Corp 170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Odyssey Logistics amp Technology Corp

170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Cardinal Logistics Management Corp

161 Regional General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics LLCOHL

150 Regional Freight transportation arrangement

Saia LTL Freight 150 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Air General Inc 130 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Lisk Trucking Inc 125 Anson Long distance trucking operator

Charlotte was listed in the top 10 cities for export assistance

[Global Trade Magazine 2015]

Maersk

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 17

Utilities (NAICS 22)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Duke Energy Corp 7800 Regional Electrical power generation amp distribution

Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc

923 Regional Natural gas distribution

Scana Corporation 305 Gaston Natural gas distribution

Cogentrix Energy LLC 150 Mecklenburg Other electric power generation

Union Power Cooperative 128 Regional Electric power distribution

Duke Energyrsquos Marshall Steam Station

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal18

Wholesale Sales (NAICS 42)Company Employees County NAICS Code amp Description

Merchants Distributors Inc 1400 Catawba General line grocery merchant wholesalers

US Foods Inc 1245 Regional Wholesale general groceries

Cardinal Health Inc 960 Regional Medical dental amp hospital equipment amp supplies merchant wholesalers

Performance Fibers Inc 750 Regional Other miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

Stanley Black amp Decker Inc 687 Regional Hardware merchant wholesalers

Doosan Infracore Portable Power Inc

500 Iredell Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Sysco Charlotte 500 Cabarrus Food service wholesale distribution

Atlas Copco 450 Regional Industrial machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Carolina CAT 405 Regional Construction amp mining machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Manheim Statesville 350 Iredell Automobile auction to dealers

ADESA Inc 300 Mecklenburg Automobile amp other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers

ZF Chassis Systems LLC 300 Catawba Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Hanes Industries Inc 295 Catawba Wholesale trade agents amp brokers

Murata Machinery USA Inc 280 Mecklenburg High-tech industrial equipment sales

Acosta Sales amp Marketing Co

276 Mecklenburg General line grocery merchant wholesalers

TharpeRobbins Co The 265 Iredell Assembler amp distributor of employee recognition awards

Haddon House Food Products

250 Chester Distribution center mdash groceries wholesaler

SellEthics Marketing Group Inc

250 Mecklenburg Other grocery amp related products merchant wholesalers

United Stationers Supply Co 250 Mecklenburg Stationery amp office supplies merchant wholesalers

Family Dollar

Forbo Siegling

7th Street Market

Many thanks to the following companies for their support of the Charlotte Chamberrsquos economic development efforts

PLATINUM SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSOR

BRONZE SPONSORS

Axiom LawBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBryan Cave LLPBurkert Contromatic Corp Carolinas HealthCare SystemCompass Group North AmericaDiscoverReady LLCDTI Global Epiq SystemsFedExG4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc

Haynes and Boone LLPHendrick Automotive GroupHollander Home Fashions InciCrossingLincoln HarrisLouis Raphael - Kizan International IncMcGuireWoodsPerformance Team Phillips-Van Heusen CorpRockTenn Rogers Electric

RR Donnelley amp Sons CompanyRust Consulting Inc Shearman amp SterlingSidley Austin LLPStanley Convergent Security SolutionsStaples Facility SolutionsSteelFab Inc XP RetailZeichner Ellman amp Krause LLP

Charlotte Chamber Economic Development | charlotteglobal330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 USA | 7043781300 | cltecondev

Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation With our great location world-acclaimed international hub airport professional sports low energy costs diverse and

talented labor and a nationally ranked education system itrsquos easy to see why more businesses are flocking here every year

Visit charlotteglobal to learn more

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Page 15: Charlotte's Major Employers  

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 15

Retail (NAICS 44-45)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Wal-Mart Stores Inc 17100 Regional Discount department stores

Delhaize America Inc 9078 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Harris Teeter Supermarkets 8239 Regional Retail grocery store

Lowersquos Companies Inc 7801 Regional Home improvement retail stores

Target Stores 3049 Regional Department store

Bi-Lo LLC 2500 Regional Supermarkets amp other grocery stores

Family Dollar Stores Inc 2500 Regional Discount department stores

Belk Inc 2300 Regional Department store retail company

TJX Companies Inc 1831 Regional Discount department stores

JC Penney Corp Inc 1793 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Hendrick Automotive Group

1723 Regional Automotive retail sales amp service

Ross Stores Inc 1704 Regional Family clothing stores

Publix 1678 Regional Retail grocery store

Home Depot Inc 1495 Regional Home center

Rite Aid Corp 1319 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

CVS Corp 1262 Regional Pharmacies amp drug stores

Dillardrsquos Inc 1205 Regional Department stores (except discount department stores)

Kohlrsquos Department Store 1198 Regional Department store

Advance Auto Parts 1087 Regional Automotive parts amp accessories stores

Best Buy Co Inc 1020 Regional Radio television amp other electronics stores

Stonecrest Shopping Center

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal16

Transportation amp Warehousing (NAICS 48)Company Employees County NAICS Description

American Airlines 11000 Mecklenburg Scheduled passenger air transportation

DMSI Inc 2175 Mecklenburg Transportation services

Transit Management of Charlotte Inc

715 Mecklenburg Public transportation

YRC Freight 700 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

420 Mecklenburg Other airport operations

Carolina Cargo Inc 400 York General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Maersk Inc 375 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

FleetNet America Inc 300 Gaston Other support activities for road transportation

Sunbelt Furniture Xpress Inc

240 Catawba Common amp contract hauling

Estes Express Lines 226 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Averitt Express Inc 200 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

USF Holland Inc 200 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Schneider National Inc 180 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Forward Air Corp 170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Odyssey Logistics amp Technology Corp

170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Cardinal Logistics Management Corp

161 Regional General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics LLCOHL

150 Regional Freight transportation arrangement

Saia LTL Freight 150 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Air General Inc 130 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Lisk Trucking Inc 125 Anson Long distance trucking operator

Charlotte was listed in the top 10 cities for export assistance

[Global Trade Magazine 2015]

Maersk

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 17

Utilities (NAICS 22)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Duke Energy Corp 7800 Regional Electrical power generation amp distribution

Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc

923 Regional Natural gas distribution

Scana Corporation 305 Gaston Natural gas distribution

Cogentrix Energy LLC 150 Mecklenburg Other electric power generation

Union Power Cooperative 128 Regional Electric power distribution

Duke Energyrsquos Marshall Steam Station

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal18

Wholesale Sales (NAICS 42)Company Employees County NAICS Code amp Description

Merchants Distributors Inc 1400 Catawba General line grocery merchant wholesalers

US Foods Inc 1245 Regional Wholesale general groceries

Cardinal Health Inc 960 Regional Medical dental amp hospital equipment amp supplies merchant wholesalers

Performance Fibers Inc 750 Regional Other miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

Stanley Black amp Decker Inc 687 Regional Hardware merchant wholesalers

Doosan Infracore Portable Power Inc

500 Iredell Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Sysco Charlotte 500 Cabarrus Food service wholesale distribution

Atlas Copco 450 Regional Industrial machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Carolina CAT 405 Regional Construction amp mining machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Manheim Statesville 350 Iredell Automobile auction to dealers

ADESA Inc 300 Mecklenburg Automobile amp other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers

ZF Chassis Systems LLC 300 Catawba Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Hanes Industries Inc 295 Catawba Wholesale trade agents amp brokers

Murata Machinery USA Inc 280 Mecklenburg High-tech industrial equipment sales

Acosta Sales amp Marketing Co

276 Mecklenburg General line grocery merchant wholesalers

TharpeRobbins Co The 265 Iredell Assembler amp distributor of employee recognition awards

Haddon House Food Products

250 Chester Distribution center mdash groceries wholesaler

SellEthics Marketing Group Inc

250 Mecklenburg Other grocery amp related products merchant wholesalers

United Stationers Supply Co 250 Mecklenburg Stationery amp office supplies merchant wholesalers

Family Dollar

Forbo Siegling

7th Street Market

Many thanks to the following companies for their support of the Charlotte Chamberrsquos economic development efforts

PLATINUM SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSOR

BRONZE SPONSORS

Axiom LawBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBryan Cave LLPBurkert Contromatic Corp Carolinas HealthCare SystemCompass Group North AmericaDiscoverReady LLCDTI Global Epiq SystemsFedExG4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc

Haynes and Boone LLPHendrick Automotive GroupHollander Home Fashions InciCrossingLincoln HarrisLouis Raphael - Kizan International IncMcGuireWoodsPerformance Team Phillips-Van Heusen CorpRockTenn Rogers Electric

RR Donnelley amp Sons CompanyRust Consulting Inc Shearman amp SterlingSidley Austin LLPStanley Convergent Security SolutionsStaples Facility SolutionsSteelFab Inc XP RetailZeichner Ellman amp Krause LLP

Charlotte Chamber Economic Development | charlotteglobal330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 USA | 7043781300 | cltecondev

Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation With our great location world-acclaimed international hub airport professional sports low energy costs diverse and

talented labor and a nationally ranked education system itrsquos easy to see why more businesses are flocking here every year

Visit charlotteglobal to learn more

copyPA

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Page 16: Charlotte's Major Employers  

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal16

Transportation amp Warehousing (NAICS 48)Company Employees County NAICS Description

American Airlines 11000 Mecklenburg Scheduled passenger air transportation

DMSI Inc 2175 Mecklenburg Transportation services

Transit Management of Charlotte Inc

715 Mecklenburg Public transportation

YRC Freight 700 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

420 Mecklenburg Other airport operations

Carolina Cargo Inc 400 York General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Maersk Inc 375 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

FleetNet America Inc 300 Gaston Other support activities for road transportation

Sunbelt Furniture Xpress Inc

240 Catawba Common amp contract hauling

Estes Express Lines 226 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

Averitt Express Inc 200 Regional General freight trucking long-distance truckload

USF Holland Inc 200 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Schneider National Inc 180 Mecklenburg Long distance trucking

Forward Air Corp 170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Odyssey Logistics amp Technology Corp

170 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Cardinal Logistics Management Corp

161 Regional General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics LLCOHL

150 Regional Freight transportation arrangement

Saia LTL Freight 150 Mecklenburg General freight trucking long-distance less than truckload

Air General Inc 130 Mecklenburg Freight transportation arrangement

Lisk Trucking Inc 125 Anson Long distance trucking operator

Charlotte was listed in the top 10 cities for export assistance

[Global Trade Magazine 2015]

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Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 17

Utilities (NAICS 22)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Duke Energy Corp 7800 Regional Electrical power generation amp distribution

Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc

923 Regional Natural gas distribution

Scana Corporation 305 Gaston Natural gas distribution

Cogentrix Energy LLC 150 Mecklenburg Other electric power generation

Union Power Cooperative 128 Regional Electric power distribution

Duke Energyrsquos Marshall Steam Station

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal18

Wholesale Sales (NAICS 42)Company Employees County NAICS Code amp Description

Merchants Distributors Inc 1400 Catawba General line grocery merchant wholesalers

US Foods Inc 1245 Regional Wholesale general groceries

Cardinal Health Inc 960 Regional Medical dental amp hospital equipment amp supplies merchant wholesalers

Performance Fibers Inc 750 Regional Other miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

Stanley Black amp Decker Inc 687 Regional Hardware merchant wholesalers

Doosan Infracore Portable Power Inc

500 Iredell Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Sysco Charlotte 500 Cabarrus Food service wholesale distribution

Atlas Copco 450 Regional Industrial machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Carolina CAT 405 Regional Construction amp mining machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Manheim Statesville 350 Iredell Automobile auction to dealers

ADESA Inc 300 Mecklenburg Automobile amp other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers

ZF Chassis Systems LLC 300 Catawba Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Hanes Industries Inc 295 Catawba Wholesale trade agents amp brokers

Murata Machinery USA Inc 280 Mecklenburg High-tech industrial equipment sales

Acosta Sales amp Marketing Co

276 Mecklenburg General line grocery merchant wholesalers

TharpeRobbins Co The 265 Iredell Assembler amp distributor of employee recognition awards

Haddon House Food Products

250 Chester Distribution center mdash groceries wholesaler

SellEthics Marketing Group Inc

250 Mecklenburg Other grocery amp related products merchant wholesalers

United Stationers Supply Co 250 Mecklenburg Stationery amp office supplies merchant wholesalers

Family Dollar

Forbo Siegling

7th Street Market

Many thanks to the following companies for their support of the Charlotte Chamberrsquos economic development efforts

PLATINUM SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSOR

BRONZE SPONSORS

Axiom LawBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBryan Cave LLPBurkert Contromatic Corp Carolinas HealthCare SystemCompass Group North AmericaDiscoverReady LLCDTI Global Epiq SystemsFedExG4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc

Haynes and Boone LLPHendrick Automotive GroupHollander Home Fashions InciCrossingLincoln HarrisLouis Raphael - Kizan International IncMcGuireWoodsPerformance Team Phillips-Van Heusen CorpRockTenn Rogers Electric

RR Donnelley amp Sons CompanyRust Consulting Inc Shearman amp SterlingSidley Austin LLPStanley Convergent Security SolutionsStaples Facility SolutionsSteelFab Inc XP RetailZeichner Ellman amp Krause LLP

Charlotte Chamber Economic Development | charlotteglobal330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 USA | 7043781300 | cltecondev

Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation With our great location world-acclaimed international hub airport professional sports low energy costs diverse and

talented labor and a nationally ranked education system itrsquos easy to see why more businesses are flocking here every year

Visit charlotteglobal to learn more

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Page 17: Charlotte's Major Employers  

Charlottersquos Major Employerscharlotteglobal 17

Utilities (NAICS 22)Company Employees County NAICS Description

Duke Energy Corp 7800 Regional Electrical power generation amp distribution

Piedmont Natural Gas Co Inc

923 Regional Natural gas distribution

Scana Corporation 305 Gaston Natural gas distribution

Cogentrix Energy LLC 150 Mecklenburg Other electric power generation

Union Power Cooperative 128 Regional Electric power distribution

Duke Energyrsquos Marshall Steam Station

Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal18

Wholesale Sales (NAICS 42)Company Employees County NAICS Code amp Description

Merchants Distributors Inc 1400 Catawba General line grocery merchant wholesalers

US Foods Inc 1245 Regional Wholesale general groceries

Cardinal Health Inc 960 Regional Medical dental amp hospital equipment amp supplies merchant wholesalers

Performance Fibers Inc 750 Regional Other miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

Stanley Black amp Decker Inc 687 Regional Hardware merchant wholesalers

Doosan Infracore Portable Power Inc

500 Iredell Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Sysco Charlotte 500 Cabarrus Food service wholesale distribution

Atlas Copco 450 Regional Industrial machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Carolina CAT 405 Regional Construction amp mining machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Manheim Statesville 350 Iredell Automobile auction to dealers

ADESA Inc 300 Mecklenburg Automobile amp other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers

ZF Chassis Systems LLC 300 Catawba Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Hanes Industries Inc 295 Catawba Wholesale trade agents amp brokers

Murata Machinery USA Inc 280 Mecklenburg High-tech industrial equipment sales

Acosta Sales amp Marketing Co

276 Mecklenburg General line grocery merchant wholesalers

TharpeRobbins Co The 265 Iredell Assembler amp distributor of employee recognition awards

Haddon House Food Products

250 Chester Distribution center mdash groceries wholesaler

SellEthics Marketing Group Inc

250 Mecklenburg Other grocery amp related products merchant wholesalers

United Stationers Supply Co 250 Mecklenburg Stationery amp office supplies merchant wholesalers

Family Dollar

Forbo Siegling

7th Street Market

Many thanks to the following companies for their support of the Charlotte Chamberrsquos economic development efforts

PLATINUM SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSOR

BRONZE SPONSORS

Axiom LawBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBryan Cave LLPBurkert Contromatic Corp Carolinas HealthCare SystemCompass Group North AmericaDiscoverReady LLCDTI Global Epiq SystemsFedExG4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc

Haynes and Boone LLPHendrick Automotive GroupHollander Home Fashions InciCrossingLincoln HarrisLouis Raphael - Kizan International IncMcGuireWoodsPerformance Team Phillips-Van Heusen CorpRockTenn Rogers Electric

RR Donnelley amp Sons CompanyRust Consulting Inc Shearman amp SterlingSidley Austin LLPStanley Convergent Security SolutionsStaples Facility SolutionsSteelFab Inc XP RetailZeichner Ellman amp Krause LLP

Charlotte Chamber Economic Development | charlotteglobal330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 USA | 7043781300 | cltecondev

Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation With our great location world-acclaimed international hub airport professional sports low energy costs diverse and

talented labor and a nationally ranked education system itrsquos easy to see why more businesses are flocking here every year

Visit charlotteglobal to learn more

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Charlottersquos Major Employers charlotteglobal18

Wholesale Sales (NAICS 42)Company Employees County NAICS Code amp Description

Merchants Distributors Inc 1400 Catawba General line grocery merchant wholesalers

US Foods Inc 1245 Regional Wholesale general groceries

Cardinal Health Inc 960 Regional Medical dental amp hospital equipment amp supplies merchant wholesalers

Performance Fibers Inc 750 Regional Other miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

Stanley Black amp Decker Inc 687 Regional Hardware merchant wholesalers

Doosan Infracore Portable Power Inc

500 Iredell Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Sysco Charlotte 500 Cabarrus Food service wholesale distribution

Atlas Copco 450 Regional Industrial machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Carolina CAT 405 Regional Construction amp mining machinery amp equipment merchant wholesalers

Manheim Statesville 350 Iredell Automobile auction to dealers

ADESA Inc 300 Mecklenburg Automobile amp other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers

ZF Chassis Systems LLC 300 Catawba Motor vehicle supplies amp new parts merchant wholesalers

Hanes Industries Inc 295 Catawba Wholesale trade agents amp brokers

Murata Machinery USA Inc 280 Mecklenburg High-tech industrial equipment sales

Acosta Sales amp Marketing Co

276 Mecklenburg General line grocery merchant wholesalers

TharpeRobbins Co The 265 Iredell Assembler amp distributor of employee recognition awards

Haddon House Food Products

250 Chester Distribution center mdash groceries wholesaler

SellEthics Marketing Group Inc

250 Mecklenburg Other grocery amp related products merchant wholesalers

United Stationers Supply Co 250 Mecklenburg Stationery amp office supplies merchant wholesalers

Family Dollar

Forbo Siegling

7th Street Market

Many thanks to the following companies for their support of the Charlotte Chamberrsquos economic development efforts

PLATINUM SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSOR

BRONZE SPONSORS

Axiom LawBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBryan Cave LLPBurkert Contromatic Corp Carolinas HealthCare SystemCompass Group North AmericaDiscoverReady LLCDTI Global Epiq SystemsFedExG4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc

Haynes and Boone LLPHendrick Automotive GroupHollander Home Fashions InciCrossingLincoln HarrisLouis Raphael - Kizan International IncMcGuireWoodsPerformance Team Phillips-Van Heusen CorpRockTenn Rogers Electric

RR Donnelley amp Sons CompanyRust Consulting Inc Shearman amp SterlingSidley Austin LLPStanley Convergent Security SolutionsStaples Facility SolutionsSteelFab Inc XP RetailZeichner Ellman amp Krause LLP

Charlotte Chamber Economic Development | charlotteglobal330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 USA | 7043781300 | cltecondev

Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation With our great location world-acclaimed international hub airport professional sports low energy costs diverse and

talented labor and a nationally ranked education system itrsquos easy to see why more businesses are flocking here every year

Visit charlotteglobal to learn more

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330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 7043781300

Page 19: Charlotte's Major Employers  

Many thanks to the following companies for their support of the Charlotte Chamberrsquos economic development efforts

PLATINUM SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSOR

BRONZE SPONSORS

Axiom LawBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBryan Cave LLPBurkert Contromatic Corp Carolinas HealthCare SystemCompass Group North AmericaDiscoverReady LLCDTI Global Epiq SystemsFedExG4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc

Haynes and Boone LLPHendrick Automotive GroupHollander Home Fashions InciCrossingLincoln HarrisLouis Raphael - Kizan International IncMcGuireWoodsPerformance Team Phillips-Van Heusen CorpRockTenn Rogers Electric

RR Donnelley amp Sons CompanyRust Consulting Inc Shearman amp SterlingSidley Austin LLPStanley Convergent Security SolutionsStaples Facility SolutionsSteelFab Inc XP RetailZeichner Ellman amp Krause LLP

Charlotte Chamber Economic Development | charlotteglobal330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 USA | 7043781300 | cltecondev

Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation With our great location world-acclaimed international hub airport professional sports low energy costs diverse and

talented labor and a nationally ranked education system itrsquos easy to see why more businesses are flocking here every year

Visit charlotteglobal to learn more

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330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 7043781300

Page 20: Charlotte's Major Employers  

Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation With our great location world-acclaimed international hub airport professional sports low energy costs diverse and

talented labor and a nationally ranked education system itrsquos easy to see why more businesses are flocking here every year

Visit charlotteglobal to learn more

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330 South Tryon Street Charlotte NC 28202 7043781300