# Counties in North Carolina by business revenue: real estate, rental and leasing (Economic Census), 2022

All 90 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2022, so the places are comparable. 4 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `business_revenue_usd_real_estate`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), 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 real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), 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 real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), 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-real-estate/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 6,449.5 |
| 2 | Wake County | 3,589 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 1,190.8 |
| 4 | New Hanover County | 874.1 |
| 5 | Forsyth County | 842.5 |
| 6 | Durham County | 825 |
| 7 | Buncombe County | 803.8 |
| 8 | Cumberland County | 578.9 |
| 9 | Dare County | 379.8 |
| 10 | Cabarrus County | 301.8 |
| 11 | Gaston County | 292.5 |
| 12 | Pitt County | 281.1 |
| 13 | Catawba County | 273 |
| 14 | Brunswick County | 257.1 |
| 15 | Henderson County | 237.8 |
| 16 | Iredell County | 235.4 |
| 17 | Onslow County | 206.4 |
| 18 | Orange County | 198.1 |
| 19 | Union County | 191 |
| 20 | Davidson County | 180.3 |
| 21 | Johnston County | 178.9 |
| 22 | Alamance County | 164 |
| 23 | Watauga County | 144.4 |
| 24 | Carteret County | 136.7 |
| 25 | Rowan County | 124.1 |
| 26 | Pender County | 108.6 |
| 27 | Moore County | 92.5 |
| 28 | Cleveland County | 85.6 |
| 29 | Craven County | 84.6 |
| 30 | Nash County | 77.7 |
| 31 | Wilkes County | 72.4 |
| 32 | Currituck County | 69.3 |
| 33 | Wilson County | 68.7 |
| 34 | Wayne County | 65.3 |
| 35 | Randolph County | 64.6 |
| 36 | Chatham County | 64.3 |
| 37 | Lenoir County | 62.7 |
| 38 | Jackson County | 59.6 |
| 39 | Lee County | 53.5 |
| 40 | Lincoln County | 52.7 |
| 41 | Stanly County | 50.2 |
| 42 | Macon County | 47.9 |
| 43 | Harnett County | 43.3 |
| 44 | Burke County | 43 |
| 45 | Haywood County | 42.4 |
| 46 | Vance County | 40.9 |
| 47 | Stokes County | 40.7 |
| 48 | Robeson County | 40.6 |
| 49 | Pasquotank County | 40.3 |
| 50 | Surry County | 39.8 |
| 51 | Cherokee County | 28.4 |
| 52 | Beaufort County | 27.9 |
| 53 | Rutherford County | 27.1 |
| 54 | Avery County | 26.6 |
| 55 | Rockingham County | 26.1 |
| 56 | Edgecombe County | 25.8 |
| 57 | Granville County | 24.1 |
| 58 | Caldwell County | 23.2 |
| 59 | Halifax County | 18.4 |
| 60 | Davie County | 17.1 |
| 61 | Scotland County | 16.4 |
| 62 | Ashe County | 16.3 |
| 63 | Columbus County | 16.1 |
| 64 | Hyde County | 15.3 |
| 65 | Mitchell County | 14 |
| 66 | Hoke County | 14 |
| 67 | Swain County | 13.1 |
| 68 | Person County | 12.9 |
| 69 | McDowell County | 12.8 |
| 70 | Franklin County | 11.2 |
| 71 | Sampson County | 10 |
| 72 | Yadkin County | 9.7 |
| 73 | Polk County | 9.3 |
| 74 | Madison County | 9.1 |
| 75 | Bladen County | 7.5 |
| 76 | Hertford County | 7.3 |
| 77 | Alexander County | 7.1 |
| 78 | Duplin County | 6.8 |
| 79 | Pamlico County | 6.4 |
| 80 | Chowan County | 6.3 |
| 81 | Montgomery County | 5.4 |
| 82 | Warren County | 5.1 |
| 83 | Martin County | 4.4 |
| 84 | Alleghany County | 3.8 |
| 85 | Yancey County | 3.6 |
| 86 | Graham County | 3.3 |
| 87 | Anson County | 3 |
| 88 | Washington County | 0.7 |
| 89 | Perquimans County | 0.4 |
| 90 | Jones County | 0.2 |