About Us

NC Department of Commerce ThriveNC.com is the place where company executives and site selection consultants meet the people, find the data, and discover the tools and innovative ideas that will help a company succeed in North Carolina.

ThriveNC.com is published by the North Carolina Department of Commerce, the state's lead economic development agency.  The department, headed by Secretary of Commerce Sharon Allred Decker, has a mission to improve the economic well-being and quality of life for all North Carolinians.

For businesses considering locating or expanding their operations in North Carolina, the Department provides confidential consulting and business development services, including facility identification and location analysis.  Our team of economic developers works across the state to meet the needs of business executives and their site selection teams.  After collaborating with a company, we coordinate and deliver helpful resources from a wide network of public and private organizations across North Carolina.  This approach streamlines the site selection process while providing every company a customized view of the benefits and resources available in a given location.

Headquartered in Raleigh, the North Carolina Department of Commerce also maintains nine regional offices located throughout the state as well as international offices in Toronto, Frankfurt, Shanghai, and Tokyo.

For more information about the Department's boards, the management team, partners and allies or working at the North Carolina Department of Commerce, visit the About Our Department tab at the agency's main site: http://www.nccommerce.com.