The Charlotte Regional Partnership is a nonprofit, public/private economic development organization that leverages regional resources to market the 16-county Charlotte region.  The organization markets the Charlotte region as a “Center for International Business” by promoting the following ten factoids.

  • Largest concentration of foreign-owned firms between Washington, D.C. and Atlanta; German, British and Japanese parent companies represent the countries with the largest representation of foreign-owned firms
  • Home to Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT), 5th-busiest airport in the U.S. and only 15 minutes from uptown Charlotte
  • Never more than one plane change away from any business destination
  • If the Carolinas were a country, would be the 17th largest economy in the world
  • More than 40 languages spoken in the Charlotte region
  • Five language immersion programs in French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and Japanese
  • Twelve honorary consuls located within the Charlotte region
  • More than 715 daily departures to 159 nonstop destinations, including nonstop daily service to international business destinations such as London, Frankfurt, Munich, Rome, Paris, and Mexico City
  • Foreign Trade Zone #57
  • Siemens Energy, Areva NP, Dassault Systèmes, Okuma, Toshiba and Compass among largest foreign-owned firms