SNAPSHOT.

• Position: Warehousing and storage - Brief Article - Illustration - Statistical Data Included

SNAPSHOT Tar Heels are stashing stuff at more than 1,500 warehouse and storage centers statewide. The industry employs more than 4,000 in North Carolina. NATIONAL BANK In 1999, the United States had 10,703 warehousing and storage centers with employees. North Carolina had 4% of the total. Storage centers * 1. California 1,612 2. Texas 1,031 3. Florida 632 4. New Jersey 479 5. North Carolina 425 (*)Excludes businesses that have no employees covered by unemployment insurance. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1999 TOP CITIES The 10 Tar Heel cities with the most household and commercial storage centers, including those without employees, have 27% of the state total. Storage centers 1. Charlotte 77 2. Raleigh 64 3. Greensboro 58 4. Fayetteville 42 5. Winston-Salem 38 6. Wilmington 34 7. Asheville 32 8. Durham 30 9. New Bern 23 10. High Point 22 State 1,543 Source: North Carolina Business-to- Business Sales & Marketing Directory, 2001-2002 TOP STORAGE COMPANIES Morningstar Storage Centers LLC is North Carolina's largest storage company. Nationally, it ranks just below the top 10. Company/ Total square feet headquarters (million) 1. Public Storage Inc. Glendale, Calif. 81.4 2. Storage USA Memphis, Tenn. 34.7 3. U-Haul International Inc. Phoenix 31.4 4. Shurgard Storage Centers Inc. Portland, Ore. 23.6 5. Sovran Self Storage Inc. Williamsville, N.Y. 12.7 11. Morningstar Storage Centers LLC Matthews 4.5 Source: Self Storage Association...