# Counties in North Carolina by business revenue: accommodation and food services (Economic Census), 2022

All 91 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2022, so the places are comparable. 3 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `business_revenue_usd_accommodation_food_services`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in accommodation and food services (hotels, restaurants and bars) (NAICS 72), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all establishments (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-accommodation-food-services/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 5,441.2 |
| 2 | Wake County | 4,397.8 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 1,815.9 |
| 4 | Buncombe County | 1,661.6 |
| 5 | Durham County | 1,320.6 |
| 6 | New Hanover County | 1,193.3 |
| 7 | Forsyth County | 1,184.5 |
| 8 | Jackson County | 1,038.5 |
| 9 | Cumberland County | 967.1 |
| 10 | Cabarrus County | 824.8 |
| 11 | Onslow County | 570.6 |
| 12 | Pitt County | 564.8 |
| 13 | Gaston County | 518.2 |
| 14 | Iredell County | 513.5 |
| 15 | Catawba County | 507.2 |
| 16 | Dare County | 503.9 |
| 17 | Alamance County | 491.2 |
| 18 | Moore County | 471.4 |
| 19 | Union County | 458.5 |
| 20 | Johnston County | 453.3 |
| 21 | Orange County | 448.5 |
| 22 | Brunswick County | 410.7 |
| 23 | Cherokee County | 318 |
| 24 | Henderson County | 315.9 |
| 25 | Carteret County | 309.8 |
| 26 | Davidson County | 304.7 |
| 27 | Wayne County | 301.3 |
| 28 | Rowan County | 286.4 |
| 29 | Watauga County | 272.8 |
| 30 | Craven County | 260.1 |
| 31 | Randolph County | 252.2 |
| 32 | Nash County | 247.7 |
| 33 | Wilson County | 234.9 |
| 34 | Robeson County | 229 |
| 35 | Macon County | 205.5 |
| 36 | Cleveland County | 197 |
| 37 | Burke County | 195.1 |
| 38 | Harnett County | 189.8 |
| 39 | Surry County | 173.6 |
| 40 | Haywood County | 168.6 |
| 41 | Rockingham County | 150.7 |
| 42 | Halifax County | 139.9 |
| 43 | Lee County | 139.4 |
| 44 | Caldwell County | 136.1 |
| 45 | Transylvania County | 131.8 |
| 46 | Stanly County | 124.8 |
| 47 | Pender County | 123.6 |
| 48 | Chatham County | 120.7 |
| 49 | Rutherford County | 118.6 |
| 50 | Pasquotank County | 114.8 |
| 51 | Lenoir County | 106.8 |
| 52 | Wilkes County | 102.1 |
| 53 | Currituck County | 91.4 |
| 54 | Beaufort County | 88.9 |
| 55 | Avery County | 87.5 |
| 56 | Columbus County | 86.5 |
| 57 | McDowell County | 82.4 |
| 58 | Vance County | 81.3 |
| 59 | Sampson County | 77.8 |
| 60 | Granville County | 76.2 |
| 61 | Scotland County | 68.3 |
| 62 | Davie County | 67.4 |
| 63 | Edgecombe County | 66.7 |
| 64 | Person County | 63.8 |
| 65 | Franklin County | 63.2 |
| 66 | Richmond County | 62.9 |
| 67 | Swain County | 59.4 |
| 68 | Stokes County | 57 |
| 69 | Bladen County | 51.3 |
| 70 | Yadkin County | 46.4 |
| 71 | Pamlico County | 42.6 |
| 72 | Ashe County | 37.9 |
| 73 | Alexander County | 36.9 |
| 74 | Hertford County | 36.2 |
| 75 | Polk County | 32.9 |
| 76 | Chowan County | 32.8 |
| 77 | Hoke County | 32.7 |
| 78 | Montgomery County | 28.7 |
| 79 | Mitchell County | 28.2 |
| 80 | Madison County | 25.9 |
| 81 | Hyde County | 22.6 |
| 82 | Washington County | 19.5 |
| 83 | Yancey County | 18.9 |
| 84 | Alleghany County | 17.4 |
| 85 | Greene County | 16.2 |
| 86 | Graham County | 15 |
| 87 | Perquimans County | 9.9 |
| 88 | Northampton County | 6.7 |
| 89 | Camden County | 6.5 |
| 90 | Jones County | 2.9 |
| 91 | Gates County | 1.5 |