休斯顿地区继续吸引新的公司, 证明香港仍然是寻求搬迁的公司的首选目的地, 扩展或建立新的皇冠HGA010官方下载. According to a Partnership analysis, the new business category accounted for more than 50% of new business announcements in 2022.

Site Selection Magazine 休斯顿-伍德兰-糖地MSA报道 won 255 projects in 2022, ranking third among large U.S. metros. 芝加哥地铁以448个项目排名第一, 达拉斯-沃斯堡-阿灵顿以426个项目排名第二.

The Partnership reported 199 new business announcements 在2022年的休斯顿地区，人数低于 Site Selection Magazine 由于报告结构和数据检索方法的差异. 制造业是最常见的行业, 占所有公告的29%, 根据伙伴关系分析.

伙伴关系支持的一些值得注意的项目包括:

• Orsted - a leading offshore wind developer from Denmark is expanding its presence in Texas by establishing a new office in the Woodlands. 此举预计将在该地区创造多达100个就业岗位.
• Syzygy等离子体-一种基于休斯顿的能量.这家公司正在把皇冠HGA010官方下载扩展到珀尔兰. 新地点将作为总部，R&D, and manufacturing for its deep-decarbonization platform, creating up to 120 jobs.
• Alfred Talke Logistic Services - a German logistics firm is establishing a new facility in the region, serving as its U.S. headquarters. This project represents a $25 million investment and will create 240 jobs.

Texas as a whole remains the top destination in the nation for new companies. Site Selection Magazine 让德州连续第11次获得该奖项, and 19th total, Governor's Cup for the most total capital investment projects in the nation for 2022 with 1,028 projects. This was more than twice the number of projects that second-place Illinois attracted.

为了让一个项目被算进总督杯比赛, projects must meet one or more of these criteria: a minimum investment of $1 million, 创造20个或更多的新工作岗位, or 20,000平方英尺或更多的新建筑.

Despite a slight dip from the 2021 project count of 1,123, Governor Greg Abbott told Site Selection Magazine 他仍然对德州的未来持乐观态度, 祝贺当地“杰出的经济发展团队”, regional, and state level who work so diligently to attract and retain these growing businesses and the jobs they create in communities across Texas.”

Texas remains number one in the United States for the most Fortune 500 headquarters, 休斯顿在德州排名第一. Twenty-four of Texas’ 53 Fortune 500 headquarters are located in Houston.  

Governor Abbott also touted the state’s lack of an individual income tax, 有利营商的监管环境, workforce, and recent investments in infrastructure as reasons why more and more businesses are choosing to relocate or expand in Texas.

称德州为“全国的经济引擎”,” Governor Abbott stressed that in order for the state to remain a leader on the national and global levels, it would need to continue to “lead with major capital investments in critical industries such as advanced manufacturing and energy production” and to “work collaboratively with local economic development organizations and business communities and maintain strategic economic development tools.”

Maintaining these competitive advantages is a key issue state legislators are addressing during the current legislative session. House Bill 5, which the Partnership supports, aims to establish a new economic development incentive program to attract new businesses.

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