America’s Top States for Business 2025
Written By Lexx Thornton With a solid economy, a world-class workforce, and a wealth of corporate hospitality, NorthCarolina is America’s Top State for Business in 2025. The Tar Heel State is on a roll. It captured top honors in the annual CNBC rankings in 2022 and 2023, and it was runner-up in 2021 and 2024—missing the top spot last year by just three points to Virginia, which slips this year to its lowest position among states since 2018. “North Carolina offers the ideal combination of talent, infrastructure, and forward-thinking leadership to support our mission to reshape aviation,” said Tom O’Leary,