# Counties in North Carolina by business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census), 2022

All 100 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2022, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `business_revenue_usd_retail_trade`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in retail trade (NAICS 44-45), 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 retail trade (NAICS 44-45), 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 retail trade (NAICS 44-45), 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-retail-trade/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 31,027.5 |
| 2 | Wake County | 30,744.2 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 11,504.5 |
| 4 | Forsyth County | 8,348.9 |
| 5 | New Hanover County | 7,111.9 |
| 6 | Cumberland County | 6,305.3 |
| 7 | Buncombe County | 6,149.8 |
| 8 | Durham County | 6,094.5 |
| 9 | Cabarrus County | 5,290.2 |
| 10 | Iredell County | 4,735.9 |
| 11 | Catawba County | 4,181.8 |
| 12 | Gaston County | 3,610.8 |
| 13 | Pitt County | 3,476.8 |
| 14 | Johnston County | 3,427.7 |
| 15 | Alamance County | 3,415.1 |
| 16 | Union County | 3,378.1 |
| 17 | Wilkes County | 3,280.7 |
| 18 | Onslow County | 3,254.1 |
| 19 | Henderson County | 2,287.9 |
| 20 | Brunswick County | 2,230.7 |
| 21 | Davidson County | 2,149.6 |
| 22 | Wayne County | 2,124.8 |
| 23 | Orange County | 2,049.3 |
| 24 | Rowan County | 2,038.4 |
| 25 | Moore County | 2,006.4 |
| 26 | Craven County | 1,982.9 |
| 27 | Nash County | 1,852.9 |
| 28 | Randolph County | 1,802.7 |
| 29 | Surry County | 1,802.6 |
| 30 | Robeson County | 1,775.6 |
| 31 | Carteret County | 1,619.2 |
| 32 | Lee County | 1,554 |
| 33 | Harnett County | 1,530.5 |
| 34 | Cleveland County | 1,402.7 |
| 35 | Dare County | 1,373.4 |
| 36 | Wilson County | 1,367.5 |
| 37 | Haywood County | 1,306.3 |
| 38 | Lincoln County | 1,280.5 |
| 39 | Rockingham County | 1,255.9 |
| 40 | Watauga County | 1,187.9 |
| 41 | Burke County | 1,142.9 |
| 42 | Stanly County | 1,114.6 |
| 43 | Caldwell County | 1,054.7 |
| 44 | Pasquotank County | 975.5 |
| 45 | Lenoir County | 949.5 |
| 46 | Chatham County | 861.6 |
| 47 | Rutherford County | 831.1 |
| 48 | Sampson County | 826.3 |
| 49 | Halifax County | 809.8 |
| 50 | Beaufort County | 781.6 |
| 51 | McDowell County | 767.6 |
| 52 | Macon County | 747.1 |
| 53 | Vance County | 742.9 |
| 54 | Pender County | 711.6 |
| 55 | Duplin County | 658.5 |
| 56 | Columbus County | 655.9 |
| 57 | Davie County | 650.5 |
| 58 | Richmond County | 647.2 |
| 59 | Granville County | 632.1 |
| 60 | Jackson County | 609.6 |
| 61 | Cherokee County | 568.8 |
| 62 | Franklin County | 566.5 |
| 63 | Person County | 496.7 |
| 64 | Transylvania County | 438.5 |
| 65 | Currituck County | 438.4 |
| 66 | Scotland County | 433.5 |
| 67 | Montgomery County | 427.4 |
| 68 | Edgecombe County | 425.4 |
| 69 | Stokes County | 388.3 |
| 70 | Ashe County | 387 |
| 71 | Yadkin County | 338.2 |
| 72 | Martin County | 329 |
| 73 | Hertford County | 326.7 |
| 74 | Alexander County | 305.7 |
| 75 | Hoke County | 296.1 |
| 76 | Bladen County | 279.3 |
| 77 | Avery County | 275 |
| 78 | Northampton County | 251.7 |
| 79 | Mitchell County | 246.3 |
| 80 | Anson County | 217.7 |
| 81 | Yancey County | 201.5 |
| 82 | Pamlico County | 191.4 |
| 83 | Clay County | 190.1 |
| 84 | Swain County | 184.8 |
| 85 | Chowan County | 182.9 |
| 86 | Polk County | 154.5 |
| 87 | Washington County | 153.4 |
| 88 | Warren County | 130.1 |
| 89 | Madison County | 129.1 |
| 90 | Greene County | 118.4 |
| 91 | Perquimans County | 105 |
| 92 | Alleghany County | 104.1 |
| 93 | Bertie County | 102.5 |
| 94 | Caswell County | 86.2 |
| 95 | Graham County | 85.5 |
| 96 | Gates County | 61.6 |
| 97 | Tyrrell County | 54 |
| 98 | Hyde County | 48.3 |
| 99 | Camden County | 40 |
| 100 | Jones County | 34.6 |