Raleigh's industrial base includes banking/financial services; electrical,
medical, electronic and telecommunications equipment; clothing and apparel;
food processing; paper products; and pharmaceuticals. Raleigh is part of North
Carolina's Research Triangle, one of the country's largest and most successful
research parks, and a major center in the United States for high-tech and
biotech research, as well as advanced textile development. The city is a major
retail shipping point for eastern North Carolina and a wholesale distributing
point for the grocery industry.
Raleigh, NC is number three on the 2013 Forbes
