Data & Demographics

Major Employers

Wake County is home to employers of all industries and sizes. The Major Employers List below provides a snapshot of both public and private companies in Wake County and Research Triangle Park that employ 2.000 or more people.

The complete Major Employers Directory, which contains companies located in Wake County and the Research Triangle Park that employ more than 250 people, can be viewed here.


Employers # Employees 
Duke University and Duke Health Systems   43,108
State of North Carolina   24,083
Wake County Public School System   17,000
Wal-Mart   16,800
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill   12,204
WakeMed Health & Hospitals     10,307
Food Lion     9,037
North Carolina State University     9,019
IBM (International Business Machines)      9,000
Target Stores     8,400
UNC Rex Healthcare System     7,700
Fidelity Investments     5,968
Harris Teeter     5,300
Lenovo     5,100
Cisco Systems     5,000
Wake County Government     4,389
SAS Institute, Inc.     4,024
City of Raleigh     3,974
Pfizer    3,700
Sensus (a Xylem Brand)     3,691
Blue Cross and Blue Shield North Carolina     3,583
Conduent Business Services     3,487
Epic Games     3,118
Metlife     3,100
Wells Fargo     2,965
Lowe's Home Centers     2,750
Duke Energy     2,743
Iqvia     2,700
Wake Technical Community College     2,547
Cree     2,500
Wolfspeed     2,500
Credit Suisse     2,373
Research Triangle Institute (RTI)     2,370
First Citizens Bancshares     2,200
Grifols     2,100
Syneos Health     2,100
bioMérieux     2,000
Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD)     2,000
Red Hat     2,000
Siemens     2,000
United States Postal Service     2,000
Verizon Business Network Services     2,000