State Incentives

Targeted, Performance-based Programs to Accelerate Growth

The State of North Carolina provides all qualified companies with financial programs and advantages that will lower your costs of doing business, thus impacting your company’s bottom line. These programs include discretionary cash grants, building renovation and infrastructure funds, customized worker training, and more. For a full list of current incentives available from the State of North Carolina, visit here.

The N.C. Department of Commerce annually ranks the state’s 100 counties based on economic well-being and assigns each a tier designation. The 40 most distressed counties are designated as Tier 1, the next 40 as Tier 2 and the 20 least distressed as Tier 3. Rowan County has been designated a Tier 2 county.