The Research Triangle Region
The RTRP is your direct connection to some of the fastest growing companies and communities in the world.
The Best Place To Do Business
With diverse businesses, highly skilled talent and low tax rates, it’s no wonder the Research Triangle Region is the first choice for growing businesses.
A Place To Call Home
An affordable cost of living, vibrant culture and world-class universities are enticing to employers and employees all looking for the life they want to live.
Fast Facts
Our regional population is over two million people.

Ranked 4th highest concentration of PhDs in the United States.
Our regional workforce is over one million (ages 18 to 64).

Over 113,000 degrees conferred each year.
64 people move in daily.

The median home price is $174,830.

Duke AI Health: Building Better Guardrails for Algorithmic Medicine
Recent years have seen growing interest in the use of artificial intelligence tools for healthcare applications, including diagnosis, risk prediction, clinical decision support, and resource management. Capable of finding hidden patterns within the enormous amounts of data that reside in patient electronic health records (EHRs) and administrative databases, these algorithmic tools are diffusing across the world of patient care.

Triangle precision medicine, drug research firm Metabolon lands $25M in new capital
Metabolon is gearing up to further drive its global mission in precision medicine and drug research through study of the metabolome with $25 million in new equity funding. The metabolome refers to the complete set of small-molecule chemicals found within a biological sample. Metabolon recently signed a testing agreement with Mayo Clinic. Metabolon studies more than genetics […]

Pharma giant Eli Lilly to add 100 jobs at $450M manufacturing facility in RTP
Eli Lilly is expanding its presence in the Triangle, with plans to invest $450 million in a manufacturing facility that will employ at least 100 workers.