To find out, I analyzed every CNBC ranking from 2007 through 2025 - every category, every data point, every dizzying swing.

North Carolina bested Texas, Florida, Virginia and Ohio to finish No. 1 on CNBC’s latest annual ranking of best states for business. It is the third time in four years North Carolina has topped the ...

How North Carolina took the top spot in the annual CNBC rankings, and what Gov. Josh Stein plans to do to keep the state up ...

North Carolina is the leader for Best Business Climate in Business Facilities’ 18th Annual Rankings Report, published in the upcoming issue of the magazine. “North Carolina hit a new level for ...

State Rep. John Bell, the powerful Republican Rules Committee chair, wrote on social media that “North Carolina is back on top as the #1 state for business! Proud to work with my @NCGOP in the General ...

After losing the Number One ranking to Virginia in 2024, North Carolina has reclaimed bragging rights as the Top State for Business in 2025 according to CNBC. “Our people, state’s business ...

“North Carolina continues to be the best place in America to do business thanks to our first-class workforce and excellent quality of life,” Gov. Roy Cooper said in a release about the ranking ...

Chief Executive Magazine ranked North Carolina the second-best state for business in the country. PolitiFact reviewed North Carolina’s rankings in Forbes, CNBC and Chief Executive magazine ...

North Carolina also punches above its weight on the venture capital disbursed per every $1 million of state gross domestic product, at $6,082, according to the study, ranking third among the top ...

Site Selection magazine recently released its annual ranking of the nation’s top business climates, placing North Carolina and Georgia at No. 1. The two states were followed by Ohio in third ...

N.C. state Sen. Paul Newton said Republican "pro-business policies moved North Carolina from among the worst business rankings in the country, to the top 10." He ignored rankings by at least three ...