Phoenix

Phoenix

Growing Companies Choose Phoenix

The city is affectionately known as “The Connected Place” and has become ground zero for several tech-based industry disruptors. Phoenix also flaunts a myriad of outdoor attractions and relatively low cost of living.

Paypal

Paypal

Lyft

Lyft

ON Semiconductor

ON Semiconductor

Oscar

Oscar

American Express

American Express

Zoom

Zoom

Doordash

Doordash

Red Hat

SAP

Top Companies have thousands of employees in Phoenix

6 Fortune 500 companies HQ in Arizona

2,700 software degrees awarded annually

Gained 1.6M residents since 2000 One of the fastest-growing metro areas

Top ten largest US metros with 4.9m residents

300 days of sunshine every year

“Greater Phoenix is an emerging tech market. The region is sought after for its talent, collaborative environment, business-friendly culture and quality of life.”
—CBRE

:Talent

With world-class universities and a consistent cohort of tech degree graduates, Phonix stands out as a epicenter for tech talent, making it an attractive city for growing companies.

Phoenix Talent
Phoenix Talent

Phoenix is the 8th largest producer of tech degree graduates, more than 24K between 2012 and 201711

Home to University of Arizona & Arizona State, ranked #5 best qualified graduates by WSJ11

Phoenix among top cities cited as tech talent hot spot12

57,000 Workers in High-Tech Positions
—Chamber Business News

:Cost

Phoenix has 5M residents, but affordability and quality of life score high—providing many advantages to expanding companies.

Phoenix Cost

One of the fastest growing metro areas—gaining 1.6m people since 2000

Fourth Most leased space by tech companies—after SF, Manhattan and Seattle

Top ten largest US metros with 4.9m residents

Phoenix Stands Out as an Affordable City
—CBRE

:Quality of Life

Phoenix QOL

Basks in Sunshine
—NCDC

:Connection

Easy access to the West Coast and Mexico make Phoenix a uniquely-positioned city from which to base operations.

Phoenix Connection

Nonstop destinations9

See full list at nsflight.com

Phoenix Flights

Ranked #1 large airport in the US by the Wall Street Journal

The sun shines on Phoenix during 85 percent of its daylight hours

Over 70 domestic and international direct flights from Phoenix

:Strategic Sectors

Aerospace Aviation

Aerospace and Defense

  • Arizona is home to more than 1,200 small—and larg—scale aerospace and defense companies
Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0

  • Industry leaders such as Intel, Microchip, Honeywell, Raytheon, JDA Software & Insight manufacture in AZ
Data Processing and Hosting

Data Processing and Hosting

  • Because of it’s reliable weather, Arizona hosts over 350 data centers
Autonomous Vehicles

Autonomous Vehicles

  • Arizona has given permission ot car companies to test their self driving cars in Phoenix for years now
Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

  • Some of the nation’s leading cyber intelligence centers are located in Greater Phoenix

:Growing companies choose Phoenix

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

Intel

Intel

$7 billion investment and 12,000 employees

TSMC

TSMC

$12B investment and thousands of employees

Carvana

Carvana

HQ in Phoenix, 135K ft2 space, over 1,000 employees

DoorDash

DoorDash

345,800 ft2, thousands of employees
ZorroSign

ZorroSign

Moving HQ and 300 jobs to Phoenix

Oscar

Oscar

139,000 ft2 and 400 jobs

ZipRecruiter

ZipRecruiter

500 new employees at Phoenix location

SAP

SAP

40,000 ft2 and 275 employees

Infosys

Infosys

1,000 new employees at Phoenix location

Indeed

Indeed

100 new employees at Phoenix location

Wag

Wag

220 new employees at Phoenix location

Clear Link

Clear Link

300 new employees at Phoenix location

MiTek

MiTek

40 new full-time positions, $5M, & 412K ft2

Red Hat

Zoom

R&D Center; to hire hundreds of software engineers over 5 years

Root

Root

To create 480 jobs over five years

Phoenix ranks 9th in nation for best city to start a business14

Emerging tech is lightly regulated

First fully driverless cars in the US are testing in Phoenix

Sources

1 2020 Scoring Tech Talent, cbre.us; 2 C2ER, coli.org; 3 Cushman and Wakefield Phoenix Office MarketBeat Report Q2 2020; 4 Cushman and Wakefield Phoenix Industrial MarketBeat Report Q2 2020; 5 Zillow.com; 6 Statisticalatlas.com; 7 Statista.com; 8 Crunchbase News, news.crunchbase.com; 9 nsflights.com; 10 myCollegeOptions, mycollegeoptions.org; 11 AZ Big Media, azbigmedia.com; 12 The Business Journals, bizjournals.com; 13 Phoenix Strategic Plan, phoenix.gov; 14 AZ Central, azcentral.com;