# Counties in North Carolina by business revenue: transportation and warehousing (Economic Census), 2017

All 92 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2017, so the places are comparable. 6 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `business_revenue_usd_transportation_warehousing`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census. Excludes rail transportation (NAICS 482) and the Postal Service (491).
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all establishments (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.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 transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-transportation-warehousing/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 5,838.4 |
| 2 | Guilford County | 1,958 |
| 3 | Wake County | 1,438.9 |
| 4 | Forsyth County | 589.3 |
| 5 | Catawba County | 544.4 |
| 6 | New Hanover County | 340.4 |
| 7 | Gaston County | 329.5 |
| 8 | Union County | 318.9 |
| 9 | Durham County | 291.5 |
| 10 | Johnston County | 281.8 |
| 11 | Rowan County | 276.9 |
| 12 | Cumberland County | 269.3 |
| 13 | Davidson County | 241.3 |
| 14 | Iredell County | 226.1 |
| 15 | Buncombe County | 210.2 |
| 16 | Surry County | 178.8 |
| 17 | Cabarrus County | 175.7 |
| 18 | Alamance County | 159.8 |
| 19 | Nash County | 140.3 |
| 20 | Randolph County | 136.1 |
| 21 | Rockingham County | 134.2 |
| 22 | Craven County | 120.4 |
| 23 | Henderson County | 118.3 |
| 24 | Pitt County | 113.9 |
| 25 | Wilson County | 103.5 |
| 26 | Cleveland County | 103.3 |
| 27 | Robeson County | 102.2 |
| 28 | Moore County | 98.9 |
| 29 | Lincoln County | 87.1 |
| 30 | Wayne County | 84.5 |
| 31 | Lenoir County | 83 |
| 32 | Brunswick County | 79.7 |
| 33 | Caldwell County | 77.7 |
| 34 | Onslow County | 68.9 |
| 35 | Hertford County | 66.2 |
| 36 | Granville County | 61.4 |
| 37 | Harnett County | 58.2 |
| 38 | Pender County | 51.7 |
| 39 | Duplin County | 51.2 |
| 40 | Orange County | 50.9 |
| 41 | Vance County | 44.3 |
| 42 | Rutherford County | 43.7 |
| 43 | Chatham County | 42.8 |
| 44 | Carteret County | 41.1 |
| 45 | Sampson County | 40.9 |
| 46 | Lee County | 39.8 |
| 47 | Yadkin County | 38.3 |
| 48 | Franklin County | 38.1 |
| 49 | Wilkes County | 37.4 |
| 50 | Davie County | 37.2 |
| 51 | Beaufort County | 36.1 |
| 52 | Burke County | 32.7 |
| 53 | Alexander County | 30.1 |
| 54 | Pasquotank County | 30 |
| 55 | Bladen County | 28.7 |
| 56 | Chowan County | 28 |
| 57 | Edgecombe County | 26.9 |
| 58 | Stanly County | 26.1 |
| 59 | Richmond County | 24.9 |
| 60 | Northampton County | 22 |
| 61 | Hoke County | 19.5 |
| 62 | Columbus County | 19 |
| 63 | Halifax County | 18.3 |
| 64 | Alleghany County | 18 |
| 65 | Watauga County | 18 |
| 66 | Martin County | 17.6 |
| 67 | Greene County | 17.4 |
| 68 | Jackson County | 16 |
| 69 | Avery County | 15.7 |
| 70 | Washington County | 15.6 |
| 71 | McDowell County | 15.6 |
| 72 | Madison County | 15.4 |
| 73 | Haywood County | 14.8 |
| 74 | Dare County | 14.5 |
| 75 | Perquimans County | 14 |
| 76 | Macon County | 12.7 |
| 77 | Warren County | 12.5 |
| 78 | Stokes County | 12.4 |
| 79 | Person County | 9.7 |
| 80 | Currituck County | 8.4 |
| 81 | Pamlico County | 6.5 |
| 82 | Swain County | 6.5 |
| 83 | Bertie County | 6 |
| 84 | Graham County | 6 |
| 85 | Ashe County | 5 |
| 86 | Caswell County | 4.1 |
| 87 | Gates County | 4 |
| 88 | Hyde County | 3.5 |
| 89 | Jones County | 2.9 |
| 90 | Cherokee County | 2.3 |
| 91 | Camden County | 2.2 |
| 92 | Tyrrell County | 1.8 |