Georgia’s economic growth continues to create opportunity across the state. Industrial facilities are rising along major transportation corridors, corporate campuses are expanding, and communities are investing in development-ready sites, roads, ports and other infrastructure.
The Georgia Department of Economic Development reported that during fiscal year 2025, the state supported 423 new locations and expansions representing more than $26.3 billion in investment and 23,200 future private-sector jobs. Seventy-seven percent of those projects occurred outside the 10-county Atlanta region.
What makes that growth particularly significant is the business activity created around each major investment.
Manufacturing plants, industrial parks and corporate expansions require construction, engineering, electrical work, transportation, technology, security, facilities management and professional services. Each project creates opportunities for businesses at multiple levels of the supply chain.
Georgia’s logistics infrastructure is another important driver. The Georgia Ports Authority has outlined a nearly $5 billion investment plan for the next decade, including expanded capacity in Savannah and Brunswick.
These investments strengthen Georgia’s competitiveness while creating additional opportunities for contractors, suppliers and service providers throughout the state.
Commercial real estate also plays an important role. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta reported in July that commercial real estate conditions across the Southeast were showing signs of improvement, while freight activity increased in sectors including construction and machinery.
Georgia and metro Atlanta have also developed a strong ecosystem for engaging small and emerging businesses in public and private-sector opportunities. Certification programs, supplier development initiatives and corporate procurement efforts have helped create pathways for businesses to participate in the region’s continued expansion.
For the Georgia Business Council, the opportunity is to build on the foundation already in place by helping businesses prepare for increasingly sophisticated and larger-scale opportunities. That includes strengthening supplier readiness, expanding relationships with corporations and prime contractors, and helping companies position themselves for opportunities before procurement begins.
Georgia has established itself as one of the nation’s most competitive environments for business investment. The next phase of growth provides an opportunity to make that success even more valuable by connecting development, infrastructure and procurement with the businesses that call Georgia home.
The real measure of Georgia’s business boom is not simply what gets built, but the economic activity generated around it.
When major investment creates new opportunities for local, small businesses to grow alongside it, Georgia’s entire business community benefits.
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