Wake County Economic Development Email Format
Non-profit OrganizationsNorth Carolina, United States11-50 Employees
Wake County Economic Development is a nonprofit organization that serves as the primary economic development agency for Wake County, supporting its 12 municipalities. It operates as a program of the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce and aims to foster an environment that enables growth, job creation, and capital investment. The group pursues its mission through activities in business recruitment, retention and expansion; marketing and public relations; talent recruitment and retention; and support of entrepreneurship. Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, WCED coordinates regionwide economic development efforts to attract new companies and help existing ones expand, with a focus on workforce development. In 2026, New Media Campaigns partnered with WCED on a redesign and site migration to a modern platform to better communicate the region's scale and forward-looking energy.