North Carolina sales tax rate by county
Every North Carolina county has one sales tax rate, but the counties differ. Rates run from 6.75% to 8.25% on a 4.75% state rate. Within any one county the rate is the same at every address, because North Carolina cities cannot levy a general sales tax of their own.
Sales tax rate in every North Carolina county
Collected from North Carolina's own agency sources and verified September 9, 2026. A range means the rate genuinely differs by address inside that county, not that we are unsure. Each county page gives the components and what the rate does not cover.
Why some counties show a range
Sales tax is levied by the state, sometimes by the county, and very often by cities and special districts whose boundaries ignore county lines. Where that happens there is no single county rate to publish, so these pages give the lowest and highest totals found inside the county and link the state's own address lookup. Adding a state rate to a county rate does not reproduce those totals, because the districts levy in between.
More on North Carolina tax
See North Carolina sales tax for the statewide picture, exemptions and who has to collect. For property tax, which is a separate tax with separate rules, see property tax by county in North Carolina.