North Carolina moved up a spot to No. 2 on Site Selection magazine's annual ranking  of business climates. Georgia claimed top spot for the third year in a row. The list is based on a survey of corporate site selectors and an index of seven criteria, including the number of new plants, new projects and state tax burdens.

North Carolina ranked No. 10 in the categories of high-tech performance and innovation and entrepreneurship in a U.S. Chamber Foundation report.

NC Ranks #8 – Consultants to industry continue to rank North Carolina highly in crucial infrastructure areas including competitive utility rates, energy reliability and smart grid deployment, and certified sites/shovel-ready programs. North Carolina updated its Certified Sites program, which has vast digital capabilities. The state also has continued to rank highly for its labor climate, with the nation’s lowest unionization rate, and in the quality of its workforce.

NC ties for 3rd – Texas, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina are viewed as having the best business climates among the 50 states, according to a new survey of U.S. corporate executives released on October 20, 2014 at the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) Annual Conference. When asked why they selected the states they did [...]

A report from the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council ranked North Carolina No. 6 in economic outlook competitiveness. The state’s 2013 tax reform helped it jump sixteen spots, from No. 22 on last year’s list, which is based on trends in economic growth. First in ranking was Utah, while New York was last.