High Point is a globally-connected city, earning its nicknames as North Carolina's International City™ and Home Furnishings Capital of the World™.
- More than 80 internationally-headquartered companies have year-round facilities in High Point - giving the city an impressive 37% of all such foreign-based companies in our 12-county Piedmont Triad region. Please see the listing below.
- The High Point Market - the world’s largest home furnishings trade show - brings to town approximately 14,000 foreign guests each year. Those visitors represent more than 110 countries.
- Scores of international companies show their products twice each year at the High Point Market.
- City government encourages foreign investment, and the High Point Economic Development Corporation works closely with both its internationally-owned companies and foreign clients considering opening operations in High Point.