Research Triangle - Rankings

Rankings

Triangle

• 1 Top City for Small Business (Raleigh, NC) -- Bizjournals, February 2009
• 1 America’s Smartest Cities (Raleigh–Durham, NC) -- The Daily Beast, October 2009
• 1 Fastest-Growing Metropolitan Area in the Country (Raleigh–Cary, NC) -- U.S. Census Bureau, March 2009
• 1 Best Place for Business and Careers (Raleigh, NC) -- Forbes.com, March 2009
• 3 Best Places to Launch a Small Business (Raleigh, NC) -- CNNMoney.com, October 2009
• 3 Hot Cities for Entrepreneurs (Raleigh–Durham) - Entrepreneur Magazine, September, 2005
• 1 High Tech Region (Raleigh–Durham) -- "Daring To Compete: A Region-to-Region Reality Check," Silicon Valley Leadership Group, September 16, 2005
• 2 Top Business Opportunity Metros (Durham MSA, Raleigh–Cary MSA) -- 2005 Mayor's Challenge "Top Business Opportunity Metros", Expansion Management, July 11, 2005
• 5 U.S. Life Sciences Clusters (Greater Raleigh–Durham) -- "The Greater Philadelphia Life Sciences Cluster", Milken Institute, June 2005; May 2009
  • 1 City (Greater Raleigh–Durham) for Biotechnology—Milken Institute, June 2005
  • 2 City (Greater Raleigh–Durham) for Life Sciences Human Capital—Milken Institute, June 2005
  • 4 City (Greater Raleigh–Durham) for Life Sciences Workforce—Milken Institute, June 2005
• 1 City Where Americans Are Relocating (Raleigh, NC) -- Forbes.com, April 2009
• 3 Best Places to Live in America—Forbes, 2003
• 8 Best Big Cities for Jobs (Raleigh–Cary, NC) -- Forbes.com, May 2009
• One of Top 10 University Markets that Has Its Act Together (Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill) -- Southern Business & Development, Summer 2005
• 5 Best Knowledge Worker Metro (Raleigh–Cary MSA) -- "Knowledge Worker Quotient", Expansion Management, May 2005
• 1 Most Unwired City (Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill) -- Forbes.com 2009
• 1 Best Place to Work (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, RTP), # 4 (NIEHS) and # 1 Academic Institution (UNC-Chapel Hill) for Postdocs -- "Best Places to Work for Postdocs: 2005", The Scientist, February 14, 2005
• 1 of America's Most Entrepreneurial Campuses (UNC Chapel Hill) -- Forbes, October 22, 2004

North Carolina

• 4 Top Pro-Business State -- "Pollina Corporate Top 10 Pro-Business States for 2005: Keeping Jobs in America", Pollina Corporate Real Estate, Inc., 2005
• 4 Best State in Health Care and Availability -- "Health Care Cost Quotient", Expansion Management, February, 2005
• 9 Top State in Nanotechnology—Small Times, March 2005
• 10 Top Venture Capital State—Moran Stahl & Boyer LLC, Site Selection, July 2005