Fast Facts
Fourteen Fortune 1000 companies are headquartered in Charlotte: Bank of America, Belk, Carlisle, Commscope, Duke Energy, Domtar, Family Dollar, Goodrich, Lowe’s, Nucor, Piedmont Natural Gas, Ruddick Corporation, Sonic Automotive and SPX. Because of the large presence of Bank of America and Wachovia, A Wells Fargo Company., Charlotte has held the distinction as the nation’s second-largest banking center for many years, with $2.13 trillion in assets held.
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Nation’s second-largest banking center - 14 Fortune 1000 companies headquartered in the Charlotte region
- More than 67,000 financial services sector employees in Charlotte USA
- More than 11,000 residents registered with either Series 27, 53, 6, 62, 63, 65, 66, or 7 licenses, and nearly 9,000 workers registered with the NASD’s broker dealer list
- 25,000 IT workers in the Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC MSA - roughly one out of every four IT workers employed in North Carolina and South Carolina
- More than 30 call centers, with over 10 employing more than 500 workers
- Approximately 35 percent of Charlotte’s Center City residents estimated to be between the ages of 18 and 34
- Charlotte Douglas International Airport, sixth-busiest in the U.S., located just a 15-minute drive from uptown Charlotte
- Regional immigration averaging more than 100,000 people each year, solidifying Charlotte USA as one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the U.S.
- Regional cost of living roughly 93 percent of the rest of the United States
Recent Announcements
- Hewitt & Associates announces 463 new jobs at existing office in Charlotte over next three years
- Fifth Third Bank relocates its North Carolina headquarters from the university area to Charlotte Center City, renaming the building Fifth Third Center
- Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA) announces 1,000+ new jobs in its mortgage processing division
- GMAC Financial selects new office space for its expanded corporate center in Charlotte, adding 200 jobs and $16+ million in investment
- MassMutual hiring 50-60 financial services employees in the Charlotte region
- Swiss-based UBS opens center for investment advising for emerging affluent customers in the Charlotte region
Quote: “I think that Charlotte is going to continue to be a very strong growth region. Charlotte is a great market for the financial services industry. The growth prospects over the next five years are some of the best in the country.”
- Bob James, president & CEO, North Carolina affiliate of Fifth Third
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