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

All 19 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2022, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `business_revenue_usd_utilities`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in utilities (NAICS 22), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census. Excludes government owned utilities.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of utilities (NAICS 22), 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 utilities (NAICS 22), 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-utilities/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Gaston County | 378.7 |
| 2 | Person County | 247.7 |
| 3 | Iredell County | 240 |
| 4 | Onslow County | 195.2 |
| 5 | Durham County | 194 |
| 6 | Rutherford County | 177.1 |
| 7 | Lee County | 113.5 |
| 8 | Surry County | 106.4 |
| 9 | Carteret County | 103.7 |
| 10 | Anson County | 65.6 |
| 11 | Cabarrus County | 63.4 |
| 12 | Halifax County | 59.6 |
| 13 | Dare County | 50.3 |
| 14 | Pitt County | 42.6 |
| 15 | Burke County | 38.2 |
| 16 | Lincoln County | 34.6 |
| 17 | Wilkes County | 31.2 |
| 18 | Lenoir County | 24.7 |
| 19 | Duplin County | 18.1 |