Asheville NC Business News
Asheville's mountain scenery, Biltmore Estate, and nationally recognized brewery scene drive a tourism economy that supports thousands of hospitality jobs and anchors the city's identity as "Beer City USA.". Unemployment ran at 3.6% through 2026-03, against a state rate of 3.9%. North Carolina is a right-to-work state.
What anchors the Asheville economy
- Mission Hospital (HCA Healthcare).
- Buncombe County Schools.
- Ingles Markets, Inc..
- County of Buncombe.
Beyond the headlines
The economy reaches into Healthcare, Advanced Manufacturing, Craft Brewing, and Higher Education.
Trade & infrastructure
- Asheville Regional Airport.
Talent pipeline
Workforce flows out of UNC Asheville, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (A-B Tech), Warren Wilson College, and Montreat College — feeding the engineering, healthcare, finance, and skilled-trade jobs that Asheville employers fill every year.
How HEREAsheville covers it
We track every layer of the Asheville economy: corporate relocations, retail openings, restaurant launches, workforce trends, commercial real estate, supplier announcements, hospital and university capital projects, and the local, state, and federal government decisions that shape how businesses here grow. If it affects business in Buncombe County, it's HERE.
HERE Asheville Economic Indicators
July 26, 2026
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