North Carolina Business Rankings

North Carolina Business Rankings

2001

* The Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill region was ranked 8th among the nation's most-wired cities, according to an annual study by Yahoo! Internet Life magazine. The rankings, published in the April issue of the magazine, are based on a variety of data, including percentage of households online, proportion having high-speed connections, amount of online spending, local business presence on the Web, and sites for local government services. [ April 2001 ]

* Site Selection magazine ranked North Carolina No. 7 in the nation for the number of new facilities and the expansion of existing facilities in the state during 2000. [ March 2001 ]

* Statesville, N.C., was ranked for the second year in a row as America's No. 1 small town for corporate facilities. Site Selection magazine's annual ranking, which lists the top 100 small towns in America for expansion activity, includes 18 towns in North Carolina. Also among the top ten is Mooresville, N.C. [ March 2001 ]

2000

* In its survey of the 50 Best Large Metro Areas to start a business, Inc. magazine ranked Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte No. 4 and No. 7 in the nation, respectively. The Wilmington-Jacksonville area was ranked No. 7 in the 50 Best Small Metro Area category. Rankings were based on two measures--number of new businesses locating to the area over the past ten years, and the growth index of those companies. [ December 2000 ]

* Money magazine has rated the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area as the No. 1 best place to live in the South, according to the magazine’s 14th annual survey. [ December 2000 ]

* North Carolina was ranked the No. 1 state to relocate to in a recent reader survey conducted by Plants, Sites and Parks magazine. [ November 2000 ]

* Entrepreneur Magazine and Dun & Bradstreet rated the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area No. 3 among the top 10 large U.S. metropolitan areas in their seventh annual ranking of the Best Cities in the nation for entrepreneurship. The Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area was also ranked No. 2 among Southeast cities for entrepreneurship. These cities were ranked based on their ability to inspire business start-ups, encourage expansion of existing firms, attract new jobs and limit the risk of failure. [ October 2000 ]

* World Trade magazine ranked North Carolina as one of the "Top Ten Best Places to do Business." The states selected were the ones that demonstrated success in a variety of sectors, such as educational facilities, R&D centers and quality of life. [ March 2000 ]

1999

* Site Selection magazine ranked North Carolina No. 1 in the nation for its business climate. The rankings were compiled based on a survey of corporate executives and information from Conway Data's new and expanded facilities database. [ November 1999 ]

* North Carolina was rated No. 3 in the nation for business retention according to an index study conducted by the Brandow Co. for Business North Carolina magazine. The study counted businesses in each state in 1996, determined how successful they were through 1999 and measured growth in both sales and jobs. [ November 1999 ]

* North Carolina was ranked the No. 5 state for biotechnology growth by Business Facilities magazine. The rankings were based on statistics released by the US Labor Bureau. [ October 1999 ]

* The North Carolina Community College System was ranked No. 1 in worker training for the second year in a row, according to Expansion Management magazine. The rankings were decided by the magazine's national panel of site selection consultants. [ October 1999 ]

* In a recent survey conducted by Development Counsellors International (DCI), North Carolina ranked No. 3 in the nation for most favorable business climate. [ May 1999 ]

* Site Selection magazine ranks North Carolina No. 4 in the nation for the number of new facilities and the expansion of existing facilities during 1998. [ February/March 1999 ]

* Business Facilities magazine ranked North Carolina No. 4 in the nation for the plastics industry location. [ February 1999 ]

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