Healthcare providers occupy 3 places in Moore County’s list of the top 10 private-sector employers, employing nearly 30% of our private-sector workforce. Our largest employer, First Health of the Carolinas, operates one of the top ranked hospitals in the nation.

With more than 40 golf courses in a 15-mile radius, Moore County is the most golf-dense area on the planet, making hospitality our 2nd largest private sector. Employers in our world-renowned golf sector include Pinehurst Resort, the United States Golf Association (USGA), Golf Pride, and US Kids Golf.

A vibrant, diverse retail sector spans from one-of-a-kind boutique shops, lively craft breweries and unique restaurants of our quaint downtown areas to big-box retailers and popular chain restaurants of our larger commercial districts. Retail trade is the county’s 3rd largest private-sector industry.

Moore County is home to nearly 80 manufacturers of all sizes that produce a wide variety of unique products. Employing over 1,800 workers with total wages exceeding $23 million, manufacturing is Moore County’s 5th largest private industry sector.

Our proximity to the world’s largest military installation in nearby Fayetteville and the unique skills, valuable experience and diverse backgrounds of our growing veteran population have led to several military and defense businesses planting their roots in Moore County.