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==Economy== {| class="wikitable floatright" |+ Biggest employers by headcount<ref>{{cite web |url=https://locateincarolina.com/data-center/major-employers/ |title=Major Employers |website=Pitt County Development Commission |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505112825/http://locateincarolina.com/major-employers/ |archive-date=May 5, 2014 |access-date=August 13, 2020}}</ref> ! # !! Employer !! Product !! Employment |- | 1 || [[ECU Health]]|| Healthcare || 6,760 |- | 2 || [[East Carolina University]] || Education || 5,672 |- | 3 || [[Pitt County Schools]] || Education || 3,699 |- | 4 || [[Hyster-Yale Materials Handling|Hyster-Yale]] || Lift trucks || 1,226 |- | 5 || [[Thermo Fisher Scientific]] || Pharmaceuticals || 1,261 |- | 6 || City of Greenville || Government || 1,132 |- | 7 || [[Pitt Community College]] || Education || 1,100 |- | 8 || [[Pitt County, North Carolina|County of Pitt]] || Government || 1,000 |- | 9 || DENSO (formerly ASMO) || Small electric motors || 722 |- | 10 || [[Walmart]] || Department store || 673 |- | 11 || Mayne Pharma || Pharmaceuticals || 629 |- | 12 || Physicians East || Healthcare || 615 |- | 13 || Greenville Utilities Commission || Public utilities || 460 |- | 14 || Avient Protective Materials || Textiles || 425 |- | 15 || Attends Healthcare Products || Paper products || 400 |- | 16 || Grady-White Boats || Fiberglass boats || 349 |} Greenville's economy is largely reliant on the local hospital system and East Carolina University.<ref>{{cite news| last = Larson| first = Ren| title = A $1.4 Billion Bet on North Carolina's Universities| newspaper = The Assembly| date = July 19, 2023| url = https://www.theassemblync.com/politics/nc-innovation-budget/| access-date = July 19, 2023}}</ref> A diversified base of companies in advanced manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, emerging technology, and food and beverage fuels the economy. [[MrBeast]], Thermo Fisher Scientific, Avient, Catalent, Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, and Weyerhaeuser are among a long list of companies that call Greenville home. In 2024, the [[North Carolina Department of Commerce]] announced that two international companies selected Greenville for their first United States based manufacturing locations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Global Solar Technology Leader Selects Pitt County for First North American Production Facility {{!}} NC Commerce |url=https://www.commerce.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2024/04/26/global-solar-technology-leader-selects-pitt-county-first-north-american-production-facility |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=www.commerce.nc.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Governor Cooper Announces Japanese Healthcare Company to Build First North American Manufacturing Center in Pitt County {{!}} NC Commerce |url=https://www.commerce.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2024/07/17/governor-cooper-announces-japanese-healthcare-company-build-first-north-american-manufacturing |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=www.commerce.nc.gov |language=en}}</ref> Boviet Solar, a Vietnamese renewable energy company, committed to creating 908 new jobs and investing more than $294 million to locate its first North American solar panel manufacturing facility in the City of Greenville.<ref>{{Cite web|title= Clean energy company plans $300M, 900-job factory in North Carolina |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2024/04/26/boviet-solar-north-carolina-factory-greenville.html|access-date=2024-10-10|website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref> [[Nipro]] Medical Corporation, a Japanese healthcare and medical device company, will create 232 jobs and invest more than $397.8 million to build a new manufacturing campus and U.S. headquarters in Greenville.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=B. F. |date=2024-07-18 |title=Nipro Medical To Invest Nearly $400M In North Carolina |url=https://businessfacilities.com/nipro-medical-to-invest-nearly-400m-in-north-carolina/ |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=Business Facilities Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> Minges Bottling Group, a large [[Pepsi]] bottling and distribution facility, is also located just outside Greenville in [[Ayden, North Carolina|Ayden]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=WITN Web Team |date=March 13, 2023 |title=Minges Bottling to build new facility outside Ayden |url=https://www.witn.com/2023/03/13/minges-bottling-build-new-facility-outside-ayden/ |access-date=August 14, 2023 |website=www.witn.com |language=en}}</ref> Greenville is also home to The HammockSource, the world's largest hammock manufacturer. The largest employer is ECU Health (formerly Vidant Medical Center) and the second largest is East Carolina University with specialized manufacturing and scientific industries augmenting the employment portfolio.
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