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Atlanta, Georgia is an outstanding place to live and work. Located in the geographic center of the Southeast, the area is the nation’s 9th largest metropolitan area and home to the busiest airport in the country. Atlanta is a regional, national and global center for business operations of all kinds – from headquarters to life sciences, from distribution centers to traditional manufacturing. Metro Atlanta is home to nearly 138,000 business establishments, nearly 5,000 of which are manufacturing facilities, which employs 2.3 million people. Metro Atlanta is also home to the headquarters of 27 Fortune 1,000 companies including United Parcel Service, Coco Cola Company, Georgia-Pacific, The Home Depot, Delta Air Lines, SunTrust Banks and Newell Rubbermaid to name a few.

• Strategic Location – Located in the southeastern portion of the United States, more than 80% of U.S consumers can be reached from Atlanta in two flight hours or two truckload delivery days.
• Highways – Three major interstates highways (I-75, I-85, and I-20) converge near the central business district. The Perimeter highway (I-285) circles the city in a 62.7 –mile loop. Atlanta has the 7th largest industrial market in the U.S. – more than 80% of American consumer markets can be reached in two truckload delivery days.
• Rail - Today Atlanta is the rail center of the South and one of the five most important distribution centers in the U.S. CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern each operate more than 100 freight trains in and out of Atlanta daily. Overnight “piggy-back” freight service is available from the ports of Savannah and Brunswick, GA, Jacksonville, FL, New Orleans, LA and Charleston, SC. This capability makes Atlanta one of the largest inland ports in the world.
• Sea – Atlanta is 250 miles from the Port of Savannah, the nation’s fastest growing and 5th largest container port. More than 60% of Savannah’s container volume comes from China.
• Mass Transit – With 46 miles of high-speed rail, 38 rail stations and 200 bus routes, the Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has the capacity to transport nearly one million passengers daily. Its extensive geographic coverage spans nearly 1,600 miles. In addition, Cobb County Transit (CCT) & Gwinnett County Transit connects into MARTA at various points. AMTRAK has overnight service to Washington, D.C through Charlotte, NC and daytime service to New Orleans, LA through Birmingham, AL. Greyhound has more than 70 buses arriving and departing daily.
• Business taxes & incentives are available to have a dramatic impact on throughput cost of goods distributed out of Georgia. Such as the Freeport exemption.

Recent accolades received

Least costly large U.S. city for business (KPMG, 2008). Ranked 4th "Top City with the Most FORTUNE 500 Headquartered Firms" (FORTUNE, 2008) a total of 11 FORTUNE 500 and 24 FORTUNE 1000 firms are headquartered in Atlanta. Ranked 3rd "Top City with Tax Structures Favorable to Business" (KPMG, 2008). "America's Most-wired City" (Forbes, 2008) Atlanta has topped the list of most-wired cities for 3 consecutive years. "Best City for Singles" (Forbes, 2008). 2nd Top City for Black Americans (Black Enterprise Magazine, 2007)