Why Atlanta?
Atlanta is home to more than 2,000 installations by international companies, with sales offices, manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and headquarters. Fortune Magazine ranks Atlanta fourth in the number of Fortune 500 Company Headquarters in the U.S. and in the Top 10 for Global 500 Company Headquarters in the world.
Incredible Market Access
Location is everything, and Atlanta's location offers your business unmatched direct access to over 170 U.S. cities and 80 destinations around the world for your customers and your operations. Atlanta is home to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, from where over 80 percent of the U.S. consumer market is accessible via a 2-hour flight from Atlanta.
In addition, your products can reach those same consumers via a two-day journey by truck. Air, rail and highway makes Atlanta among the top three distribution centers in the eastern U.S.
Competitive Business Environment
Atlanta offers the right combination of benefits for all sorts and sizes of business. Rankings include:
- Least expensive Major City in which to do business in the U.S. (KPMG, 2006)
- #2 U.S. city for low HQ costs (The Boyd Company, 2007)
- Most Business-Friendly city of North American Cities of the Future (fDi Magazine, 2008)
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World Class Infrastructure
Atlanta's world-class infrastructure airports, sea ports, highways & railways is a major reason that companies choose to locate here.
- Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport offers more destinations and serves more passengers than any other airport in the world
- Atlanta offers access to three major interstates connecting all regions of the U.S. (Southeast, Northeast, Midwest, West)
- Atlanta is the Rail Heart of the South with two major railroad lines linking you to the rest of the U.S.
- Atlanta is directly connected via rail lines with the Port of Savannah, the 4th largest container port in the U.S.