Nearly every week, a sales engineer at GenX Security Solutions gets on a first call with a with someone needing door access control who opens with some version of the same sentence: "I've been told access control runs about $1,500 to $2,500 a door." We hear it from an operations manager at a Charleston distribution center, a general manager at a Columbia medical office, the general manager of a hotel property in Myrtle Beach adding fobs to a recreational building, and a facil

In this exclusive GenX Security Solutions report, we turn our focus to North Carolina’s most dangerous cities for businesses in 2025. Behind the crime statistics are real risks that impact local companies daily. From break-ins and theft to workplace violence and even employee-related crimes, these challenges don’t just affect residents; they hit North Carolina's business owners, employees, and entire industries hard.