California

California leads the nation not only in key industries like information technology and entertainment, but also in agriculture, clean energy, and aerospace. Since the beginning of last year, we’ve created an unprecedented 1.5 million jobs.

— Dee Dee Myers, Senior Advisor to Gov. Newsom and Director of the Governor’s Office of Business & Economic Development

DOING BUSINESS IN CALIFORNIA

California
Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California. (Photo: Apple)

 

California

TOP BUSINESS FACILITIES RANKINGS: CALIFORNIA

#1 Food Processing2023 State Rankings
#1 EV Charging Infrastructure2023 State Rankings
#1 Agribusiness2023 State Rankings
#1 Medtech/Medical Devices2023 State Rankings
#2 Aerospace/Defense2023 State Rankings
#2 Life Sciences2023 State Rankings
Top 5 Tech Talent Pipeline2023 State Rankings
Top 5 Semiconductors2023 State Rankings
#2 Food Processing: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim2023 Metro Rankings
Top 5 Financial Center: San Francisco2023 Global Rankings

From the July / August 2023 issue of Business Facilities

 

California

California

FEATURED LOCATIONS

Antioch California

In Antioch, opportunity is everywhere. It’s our location, location, location in the center of everything. It’s affordable building sites and greenfield parcels and our very own BART station. It’s our growing city, our freeway access and our diverse population. It’s being a Bay Area city that’s friendly to development and developers—because we can’t wait to see what develops next.

 


Fontana CA

From agriculture to steel, from healthcare to transportation, Fontana is an economic powerhouse. Due to its geographic location, Fontana has become a vital hub for the supply chain linking suppliers to businesses to consumers throughout the world. Fontana sits at the crossroads of three major highways (I-10, I-15, and SR-210), as well as located 50 miles from Los Angeles, 70 miles from the Port of Long Beach, and 10 miles from Ontario International Airport.

 


City of Industry CA

The City of Industry has a daytime workforce population of more than 60,000 people working in over 3,000 companies located in the city. Designed to attract businesses that benefit from a skilled and dedicated workforce from the surrounding communities, the City is committed to continuously improving the necessary tools to attract manufacturers and employees that want to grow and take pride in American-made products.

 


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