Business & Industry

Wake Forest’s dynamic business climate has attracted and supports a number of successful companies, and the region is home to many distinguished national and international corporations. The list is topped by leading technology firms, government and world-class universities, medical centers and life science companies.

Major Employers: Wake Forest

Name Employees
Carolina Sunrock 150
Chris Leith Automotive 140
Embarq 374
Genpass Technologies
Hillside Nursing Center 167
Home Depot 118
Lowes Home Improvement 120
PowerSecure 70
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary 360
Target Stores 275
The Body Shop 325
Town of Wake Forest 176
Wake County Public Schools 734
Wal-Mart Super Center 425
Source:ESRI

Major Employers: Triangle Region

Name Employees
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of NC 2,500 +
Cisco Systems 2,500 +
City of Raleigh 2,500 +
Cree 1,000 +
Duke University & Medical Center 10,000 +
Durham Public Schools 2,500 +
Fidelity Investments 1,000 +
First Citizens Bank 1,000 +
GlaxoSmithKline 2,500 +
Health Services 1,000 +
IBM 10,000 +
Lenovo 1,000 +
Longistics 1,000 +
Misys Healthcare Systems 1,000 +
National Institute of Environmental 1,000 +
News & Observer 1,000 +
Nortel Networks 1,000 +
North Carolina State University 2,500 +
Progress Energy 2,500 +
Quintiles Transnational 1,000 +
Rex Healthcare 2,500 +
RTI International 1,000 +
SAS Institute 2,500 +
State of North Carolina 10,000 +
University of North Carolina 10,000 +
Wake County Government 2,500 +
Wake County Public School System 10,000 +
WakeMed Health & Hospitals 2,500 +
Wake Technical Community College 1,000 +
Waste Industries 1,000 +
Source:ESRI

New & Expanding Companies

Recent Wake Forest Announcements

January 2009: Stewart Engineers has relocated its corporate headquarters to Wake Forest, NC. All 15 of the company's employees chose to make the move from Flat Rock, Michigan. The company will likely hire a few more employees now that its here. Stewart Engineers, founded in 1986, designs float bath furnaces used in glass making. It also designs glass coating equipment, which is used in the production of energy-efficient glass.

New and Expanding Companies in Wake County

New and Expanding Companies in the state of North Carolina