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Contact Info
Ronnie Bryant, CEcD, FM, HLM
President & CEO
rbryant@charlotteusa.com
Charlotte Regional Partnership
550 South Caldwell Street
Suite 760
Charlotte, NC 28202
Phone: 704-347-8942
Toll Free : 1-800-554-4373
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Fortune 1000 | Major Foreign Firms | Major Manufacturers | Major High Tech Manufacturers | Major Back Offices
Consistently ranked as one of the fastest growing and most affordable regions in the United States the Charlotte region can boast a list of companies that will rival any other. Charlotte USA is the home of nine Fortune 500 firms that are headquarted here and is the second largest financial center in the United States, second only to New York, with both Bank of America and Wachovia. We are also home to over 750 foreign owned firms representing more than 46 countries. Below are a few lists of what Charlotte USA has to offer.
Fortune 1000 Companies in the Charlotte Region
| Company |
Fortune 1000 Rank |
Industry |
| Bank of America |
9 |
Banking |
| Lowe's Cos. Inc. |
45 |
Retail |
| Wachovia Corp. |
46 |
Banking |
| Duke Energy Corp. |
143 |
Electricity & Natural Gas |
| Sonic Automotive Inc. |
285 |
Automotive Retailer |
| SPX Corp. |
471 |
Technical & industrial products |
| Nucor Corp. |
161 |
Steel Products |
| Goodrich Corp. |
390 |
Aerospace Components |
| Family Dollar Stores |
359 |
Retail |
| Ruddick Corp. |
608 |
Holding company for Harris Teeter, American & Efird Inc. |
| Belk Inc. |
591 |
Retail Department Stores |
Carlisle Cos Inc.
Piedmont Natural Gas
Commscope |
688
878
976 |
Construction & industrial materials, automotive parts
Utility
Fiber Optic Cable | |
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Major Foreign Firms in Charlotte USA
| Company |
Product |
HQ |
# Employees |
| Food Lion Inc. |
Food Retailing |
Belgium |
8,658 |
| Freightliner LLC |
Transport Equipment |
Germany |
3,700 |
| Compass Group USA |
Food/Vending Service |
Great Britain |
2,410 |
| Royal & Sun Alliance USA |
Insurance |
Great Britain |
1,500 |
| Continental Tire |
Radial Tires |
Germany |
1,400 |
| Celanese Acetate LLC |
Synthetic Fibers |
Germany |
1,000 |
| Clariant Corp. |
Dyes, Specialty Chemicals |
Switzerland |
883 |
| Blyth Construction Inc. |
Construction, Utilities |
France |
850 |
| Alcatel Cables & Components |
Fiber Optic Cable |
France |
825 |
| Equitable |
Life Insurance |
France |
770 |
| Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp. |
Turbines for power plants |
Germany |
750 |
| ASMO North Carolina Inc. |
Motor Manufacturing |
Japan |
700 |
| Stabilus |
Gas Springs |
Germany |
700 |
| Pass & Seymour/Legrand |
Electrical Devices |
France |
650 |
| Vermont American Tool Co. |
Cutting tools accessories |
Germany |
628 |
| Universal Manufacturing & Logistics |
Compact Discs |
France |
600 |
| AmeriSteel |
Concrete reinforcing products |
Brazil |
575 |
| Michelin Aircraft Tire Corporation |
Aircraft parts & Equipment |
France |
553 |
| Maersk Sealand |
Containerized Cargo Carrier |
Denmark |
550 | |
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Major Manufacturers in Charlotte USA
| Company |
Product |
# Employees |
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| Freightliner LLC |
Transportation equipment |
3,700 |
| Philip Morris |
Cigarettes |
2,750 |
| Commscope Inc. |
Coaxial, fiber optic & telecomm cables |
2,100 |
| Solectron Technology Inc. |
Electronics equipment |
2,100 |
| Continental Tire North America |
Passenger, industrial tires |
2,000 |
| American & Efird |
Industrial Sewing Thread |
1,744 |
| Dana Corporation |
Oil, fuel, air induction system filters |
1,618 |
| KoSa |
Polyester fibers, resins & polymers |
1,600 |
| Sara Lee Corporation |
Intimate apparel |
1,600 |
| Pharr Yarns |
Carpet, upholstery, apparel & hosiery yarns |
1,550 |
| Century Furniture Industries |
Home furnishings |
1,500 |
| Knight Ridder Inc. |
Publishing, newspapers |
1,500 |
| Parkdale Mills |
Cotton & cotton synthetic yarn |
1,500 |
| Sherrill Furniture |
Household furniture |
1,403 |
| Broyhill Furniture Industries |
Bedroom furniture |
1,400 |
| Lance Inc. |
Snack food |
1,400 |
| Tyson Foods Inc. |
Fresh retail poultry |
1,300 |
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| Alcatel NA Cable Systems Inc. |
Fiber optics & LAN products |
1,100 |
| Bowater Inc. |
Coated & specialty papers |
1,085 |
| Allvac |
High performance alloys |
1,000 |
| Celanese Acetate |
Synthetic fibers, cellulose polymers |
1,000 |
| Hickory Chair Co. |
Wooden & upholstered furniture |
1,000 | |
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Major High Tech Manufacturers in Charlotte USA
| Company |
Location |
Specialty |
| Alcatel NA Cable Systems |
Hickory, NC |
Optical Cable manufacturing |
| Allvac Metals Co |
Monroe, NC |
High-Performance Alloys |
| CommScope Inc |
Hickory , NC |
Optical Cable manufacturing |
| Corning Cable Systems |
Hickory , NC |
Optical Cable manufacturing |
| Digital Optics Corp |
Charlotte, NC |
Diffractive optics, refractive micro-lenses |
| Lenier Health Products |
Fort Mill, SC |
Vitamins and nutritional supplements |
Northrop Grumman Polyscientific
3D Systems |
Charlotte, NC
Rock Hill, SC |
Optical components, microlasers, specialty crystals
Rapid Prototyping; 3D printing | |
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Major Back Offices in Charlotte USA
| Company |
# Employees |
Wachovia Corporation
Wells Fargo |
1,500
1,500 |
| Sprint PCS |
1,200 |
| Microsoft Corporation |
1,100 |
| Sitel Corporation |
1,000 |
| Alltel Corporation |
700 |
| The Vanguard Group |
700 |
| Allstate Insurance Co (Customer Service) |
550 |
| Americredit |
500 |
| Allstate Insurance Co. (Claim Center) |
450 |
| Time Warner |
308 |
| TIAA - CREF |
243 |
| The Lash Group |
300 |
| METRO TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
200 | |
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