Atlanta
Atlanta
Growth Lives in Atlanta
A major city, home to Fortune 500 companies and the world’s largest airport, Atlanta has become a growing center of innovation and a place companies set up for long term growth.
Microsoft
Kabbage
Delta Airlines
GE Digital
SAP America
Calendly
FiServ
Top Companies have thousands of employees in Atlanta
18 Fortune 500 HQs 3rd most in the US
$1.8B in VC investment in 20198
70 colleges & universities in the Atlanta region with 275K+ students/yr
“Ranked #4 metro area for STEM career”
—WalletHub
:Talent
Atlanta’s tech-talent labor pool is the ninth-largest nationally, with 146,720 workers, according to CBRE.
Between 2013-2018, Atlanta added nearly 32K tech jobs, 2nd only to SF13
Atlanta ranked 7th in the nation for total tech-degree completions with 7,731 in 20181
Georgia Tech is the 8th ranked engineering school in the US14
Atlanta Sees 29% Tech Talent Growth over Last Five Years
—Metro Atlanta CEO
:Cost
Affordable and World Class
Avg monthly apartment rent is $120011
Median Listing Price for active-sale homes $334,38611
Overall Cost of doing business is 92.1 versus 100 US average11
Most affordable Cost of Living of the Top 10 US Metros15
—Invest Atlanta
:Quality of Life
Top 100 globally
for quality of life
—Mercer
:Connection
Nonstop destinations9
See full list at nsflight.com
#2 Moving Destination in the Nation16
#3 City for Work-From-Home conditions12
—Invest Atlanta
:Strategic Sectors
Automotive
- Center of the Southeast for the
automotive industry - 6th largest automobile processing port in the nation
FinTech
- Known as “Transaction Alley”
- More than 70% of the $5.3 trillion in credit, debit and gift card transactions in the U.S. handled by companies based in Atlanta
Bioscience and Health IT
- Medical device
- Health IT
- Cardiovascular R&D
- Vaccine R&D
- Regenerative medicine
- Pharmaceuticals
Technology & Mobility
- Wireless applications and services
- Software development and engineering
- Financial transaction processing
- Internet and network security
- Digital media and content
Supply Chain & Manufacturing
- Supply chain management software
- Hardware
- Air cargo carriers, services
- Distribution services
- Transportation and logistics
Film & Entertainment
- Georgia is the most popular film and television location in the U.S.
- Atlanta is a destination for film, digital media and music production
:Expanding Here
Atlanta’s economy is built on a diverse mix of industries and strategic focus. Recent investment in the region includes:
Southwest Regional HQ opening in 2022
Microsoft
Investing $75mm and hiring 1,500
GE Digital
Hiring 200 technology workers
Anthem
Will eventually hire 3,000 workers in Atlanta
Honeywell
Opened two offices and hiring 800 technology workers
Sage
NCR
750,000 ft2 and 5,000 employees
Starbucks
Global Payments
Black Rock
Norfolk Southern
Sources
1 2020 Scoring Tech Talent, cbre.us; 2 C2ER, coli.org; 3 Cushman and Wakefield Atlanta Office MarketBeat Report Q2 2020; 4 Cushman and Wakefield Atlanta Industrial MarketBeat Report Q2 2020; 5 Zillow.com; 6 Statisticalatlas.com; 7 Statista.com; 8 The Business Journals, bizjournals.com; 9 nsflights.com; 10 Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, atlanta.net; 11 Metro Atlanta Chamber, metroatlantachamber.com; 12 WalletHub; 13 Business Insider, businessinsider.com; 14 U.S. News & World Report, usnews.com; 15 Invest Atlanta, investatlanta.com (by population); 16 Penske;
