Growing Companies Choose Dallas

Telecoms and software companies have thrived here historically, while cybersecurity firms are gathering in clusters here as well. Beyond the successful commercial scene lies a place where art, education, and sports have deep roots and are rich in local culture.

Cisco

Cisco

Uber

Uber

Amazon

Amazon

Facebook

Microsoft

Intuit

Intuit

Raytheon

Raytheon

Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin

American Airlines Group Inc

American Airlines Group Inc

Top Companies have thousands of employees in Dallas

Telecom Corridor hosts over 5700 companies

Top Ten Digital Infrastructure Globally

23 Fortune 500 Companies in Dallas-Forth Worth

4th Largest Metro Area with 7.5 million people

5th most diverse city in the US

“The favorable business climate and available tech talent in Dallas has made it one of the top startup markets in the U.S.”
—CBRE

:Talent

Dallas ranks second in educational attainment among the Texas metros, with 36.5% holding a bachelor’s degree or higher. A well-educated workforce and rapid growth continue to attract businesses to the area.12

Dallas Talent
Dallas Talent

Dallas has solidified its place in the country as a top five tech labor market1

15 major universities, 400K+ students enrolled1

6,503 tech degrees obtained in 2017 at local universities1

5th Largest Tech Labor Pool in North America
—CBRE

:Cost

Dallas is ranked highly for key economic measures, but its cost of living and working is reasonable by coastal tech hub standards.

Dallas Cost

Dallas area housing consistently one of
the most affordable metro markets in the US

13.9% rent-to-tech wage ratio, the most rent-friendly large tech talent labor pool market

Per capita income & median household income higher than national figures12

#9 Best Performing City
—Milken Institute

:Quality of Life

Dallas QOL

High ratings in startups, environmental quality and leisure & culture
—Teleport

:Connection

HQ for both American Airlines and Southwest Airlines—DFW is one of the most globally connected airports in the world.

Dallas Connection

Nonstop destinations9

See full list at nsflight.com

Dallas Flights
DFW is now the third-most connected airport in the United States8

DFW airport is the 4th busiest in the US, and larger than the island of Manhattan

Dallas is HQ to both American Airlines and Southwest Airlines

:Strategic Sectors12

Technology

High Tech

  • The first microchip was invented in Dallas at Texas Instruments
  • Today high tech manufacturing has a very large base in Dallas.
  • The DFW tech industry encompasses four general categories: manufacturing, information services, professional technical services, and bio-life sciences.
Digital & Broadband

IT & Telecom

  • Dallas is home to major technology companies, including Texas Instruments and AT&T
  • The information technology and telecommunications cluster employed about 8 percent of the metro’s workforce in 2017, growing 16 percent from 2010-2017
Fintech

Business and Financial Services

  • Business and financial services is the largest industry cluster in Dallas, employing around 14% of the workforce in 2017
  • Some of Dallas’ largest employers are banking companies, such as JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America
Cybersecurity

Defense and Security

  • The Defense and Security sector has gained standing in Dallas, employing 5 percent of the workforce
  • Dallas’ neighbor, the Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan division, also has dominant defense and energy clusters
Logistics

Transportation and Logistics

  • Expected to see continued expansion following an earlier national consolidation that increased the sectors’ local concentration
  • Fort Worth–Arlington serves as a logistics and distribution hub with activity spilling into Dallas, where transportation and logistics was the fastest-growing cluster.

:Growing companies choose Dallas

Dallas’s economy is built on a diverse mix of industries and strategic focus. Recent investment in the region includes:

Uber

Uber

450K ft2 space and 3000 jobs

McKesson

McKesson

Moved HQ from CA, $157M and 1,000 jobs

Charles Schwab

Charles Schwab

Moved HQ from SF + 3,000 jobs

JPMorgan

JPMorgan

540K & 4000 jobs at Dallas location

Aeromax

Aeromax

Moved HQ to Dallas from California

Amazon

Amazon

1500 tech jobs at Dallas location

Infosys

Infosys

500 jobs at Dallas location
Paycom

Paycom

1000 Jobs at Dallas location
Peloton

Peloton

400 jobs at Dallas location
AMN Healthcare

AMN Healthcare

650 jobs at Dallas location
Wipro

Wipro

150 jobs at Dallas location
Raytheon

Raytheon

$5B investment and 500 engineering jobs

Dallas was #1 metro for job growth in 2018 and 2019

Texas named top state for business 15 years in a row

Inc 500 fastest growing private companies lists 17 Dallas companies

Sources

1 2020 Scoring Tech Talent, cbre.us; 2 C2ER, coli.org; 3 Cushman and Wakefield Dallas Office MarketBeat Report Q2 2020; 4 Cushman and Wakefield Dallas Industrial MarketBeat Report Q2 2020; 5 Zillow.com; 6 Statisticalatlas.com; 7 Statista.com; 8 The Business Journals, bizjournals.com; 9 nsflights.com; 10 College Simply, collegesimply.com; 11 Destination DFW, destinationdfw.com; 12 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, dallasfed.org;