List of companies in Charlotte

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This is a list of major companies and organizations in the Charlotte metropolitan area , through corporate or subsidiary headquarters or through significant operational and employment presence in and around the American city of Charlotte, North Carolina. The Charlotte metropolitan area is home to seven Fortune 500 companies, numbers in italics denote Fortune 500 ranking. [1] [2]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ally Financial</span> American financial services company

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Advance Auto Parts</span> American auto parts retailer

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wachovia</span> Defunct banking company

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  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2017-12-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ Krupa, Charles (8 June 2017). "Charlotte's down to six Fortune 500 companies. A decade ago, it had nine". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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