Columbus

Columbus

Stem Lives in Columbus

With close proximity to several Fortune 500 companies, and a local government and foundation community investing in the future—Columbus is working overtime to become a leader in smart city technology and increasing mobility and connectivity.

Amazon Web Services

AWS

Google

Facebook

Olive

Root

JPMorgan Chase

covermymeds

covermymeds

Amazon Web Services

Nationwide

Amazon Web Services

Path Robotics

Top Companies have thousands of employees in Columbus

#1 Fastest-Growing Midwest Metro for Population, Jobs, and GDP

16 Fortune 1000 Headquarters

22K College grads/yr8

One of the Highest Concentrations of Millenials in the Country

“Columbus is maturing into a full-fledged midwestern tech hub.”
—Dice.com

:Talent

Columbus is a Top 10 metro for millennial concentration, the only metro with this distinction in the eastern half of the country. 26.1% of students in Ohio graduate with degrees in STEM.7

Columbus Talent Stats
Columbus Talent Stats

4,100 degrees in computer and electrical engineering in the last 5 years.8

#1 in the midwest and #12 in the U.S. for millennial migration.8

Twice as many engineering grads within 200 miles as San Francisco

Top City for Tech Workers
—SmartAsset

:Cost

Columbus’s strong appeal to growing tech companies is demonstrated in its affordability and investment infrastructure.

Columbus Cost Stats

Columbus received $40M Smart City grant to build out Technology and infrastructure11

#1 GDP Growth in Midwest Region 2010-2019.15
“Site Selection” top 10 metros list every year since 2012

No. 1 Rising City in U.S. for Startups
—Forbes

:Quality of Life

With major local and state attractions, Columbus is an energetic blend of arts and culture.

Best Big City in the Midwest
Money

:Connection

As the region’s grows, flights are added to top destinations to accommodate business employees. Columbus’s proximity to major markets allows travelers to make same-day business meeting trips to New York, D.C., and Chicago.

71 direct flights to 40 cities.10

Average commute from downtown to airport: 15 min.8

Less than two hours to Chicago, N.Y., D.C., Boston.

A Best U.S. City to Live in Right Now
—Travel and Leisure

:Local VC Funding

With proven local accelerators and substantial venture capital investors (including $1B+ under management through Drive Capital12), Columbus’s collaborative spirit spurs a dynamic startup community.

:Strategic Sectors

The Columbus region has 16 Fortune 1000 HQs and a diverse economy where no major industry sector holds more than 18% of employment.8

Transportation Tech

  • 650K cars produced annually, $2.7B output
  • Home to Honda’s North American and R&D headquarters
  • Transportation Research Center—the largest U.S. proving ground

E-Commerce

  • Columbus is an ideal location for distribution
    and fulfillment operations.
  • Unmatched market access to U.S. consumers; within
    1-day drive of 150M people8
  • Major hub for FedEx, UPS, DHL, and Amazon

Finance/ insurance

  • JPMorgan Chase’s 2nd-largest center, with over 20K employees, and
    a global tech center
  • Fintech and insurtech hub with high-growth companies: Upstart, Beam, Homeside, Root

Retail Brands and Tech

  • Global brand HQs include Abercrombie, Express, DSW, and Big Lots
  • Ranks above NYC and L.A. for concentration of apparel firm HQs
  • Test market of the U.S.

Bio-Med and Health Services

  • Battelle global HQ
  • OSU Wexner Medical Center—20 institutes, 1,000+ active studies
  • Gene therapy leader
  • Innovating tech (Updox, Olive)

Advanced Computing

  • 50 data centers including AWS, Google Cloud, and FB
  • No tangible personal property tax in Ohio
  • Tax exemptions for qualifying data centers are available.

:Expanding Here

The Columbus region has seen continued investment, expansions, and new locations from national and globally recognized companies.

AWS

3 cloud campus sites; billions invested in region; directly employs 150, hundreds more indirectly

Facebook

Rapidly expanding its data center infrastructure; directly employs 75 and is expanding rapidly

Google

Data center campus under construction; will employ 50, with plans for additional growth

CoverMyMeds

CoverMyMeds

Downtown HQ campus under construction; 800 employees, plans to add hundreds more

Amgen

Amgen

Biomanufacturing plant under construction, employing 400 people

Intel

Intel

$20B investment and 3,000 jobs

Nexient

HQ in Bay Area; recently selected Columbus for a new hub; currently hiring 200

Veeva

Veeva

Based in Bay Area with one of its largest offices in Columbus; continues to expand in Columbus

Sarepta

Sarepta

Building center of excellence for R&D and clinical-scale mfg.; will employ 100

hims & hers

Selected the Columbus region as its East Coast hub; will employ around 500 people

Beam

Beam

Employs 50
Homegrown VC-funded

Bold Penguin

Bold Penguin

Employs 65
Homegrown VC-funded

Updox

Updox

Headquartered in the Columbus region with approximately 130 employees
Homegrown VC-funded

Updox

Honda

Expanding to build $3.5B EV battery plant. $700M investment; 2,200 jobs

Sources

1 2020 Scoring Tech Talent, cbre.us; 2 C2ER, coli.org; 3 Statista.com; 4 Cushman and Wakefield Columbus Industrial MarketBeat Report Q1 2020; 5 Zillow.com; 6 Statisticalatlas.com; 7 Nsf.gov; 8 Roblox Columbus Region Overview; 9 The Columbus Region, columbusregion.com; 10 flycolumbus.com; 11 U.S. Dept. of Transportation transportation.gov/smartcity/winner; 12 Bizjournals.com; 13 FRED Economic Data, fred.stlouisfed.org; 14 US Census; 15 US Bureau of Economic Analysis; Real GDP; 16 One Columbus; 17 Brookings 2019; 18 Colliers; 19 Ohio State University; 20 Pitchbook