Relocating or expanding your business demands speed and flexibility. The Oklahoma Fast Forward Team provides customized relocation and expansion services. We are your liaison to the Oklahoma Tax Commission, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, utility companies, and training and community economic development specialists—just to name a few. From initial site identification to project start-up and beyond, Commerce reduces the red tape, which means your project will complete on time and well within budget.
Relocating or expanding your business to a new site demands speed and flexibility. Let the Oklahoma Fast Forward Team help you find the best site, reap the full benefits of the state’s business incentive offerings, recruit a highly skilled and trained workforce, and ensure that your project completes on time and well within budget.
Oklahoma is widely recognized for its outstanding incentive program and pro-business environment. Businesses can choose between a cash incentive or a tax credit package, and in some cases, qualifying businesses can take advantage of both.
Oklahoma workers are acknowledged for an extraordinary level of proficiency, productivity and reliability. They contribute their skills, experience and dedication to the success of a wide variety of technologically advanced industries.
These skills come at a competitive wage because of Oklahoma’s cost of living which is significantly lower than comparable states.
Oklahoma’s Workforce Team specializes in streamlining the HR recruiting process to ensure a steady pipeline of qualified workers to meet your start-up and long-term needs.
Oklahoma’s system of 25 colleges and universities and 57 career and technology centers educates students of all ages in the curriculum, degreed programs and skilled certifications needed for today’s information-based, technology-driven economy.
Going beyond traditional education, Oklahoma’s Training for Business Program delivers start-up training to meet your needs.
Oklahoma’s central location in the US makes it an easily accessible profit center with efficient connections to over 80 million people within a 500-mile radius. Equidistant between New York, Los Angeles, Mexico City and Canada, the state is ideally positioned to serve the United States, NAFTA and world markets through a comprehensive network of air, ground, water and rail transportation systems. Oklahoma is well suited to deliver and receive goods from around the globe.
More than just a listing of buildings and sites, visitors to locateok.com can create demographic reports, view available properties and search by square footage, use, cost and available infrastructure.
LocateOK highlights Oklahoma’s project-ready Certified Sites that are available for sale or lease right now; ready to build on with all utilities in place or pre-permitted and planned; and clear of regulatory land mines.
Oklahoma is nationally recognized for creating and maintaining a dynamic pro-business environment with expertly tailored policies, programs and incentives that positively affect your business’ bottom line.
Here are just some of the reasons Oklahoma is good for your business:
International airports in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, along with 149 public-use airports across the state offer access to domestic and international destinations around the world. Major highways connect Oklahoma to within a day’s drive of all US markets. Oklahoma is home to three inland ports, connecting the state to seaports worldwide. Twenty rail operators provide Class I and II service throughout the state.
To help support the wealth generating industries we will train an appropriate workforce, remove unnecessary regulation, create pro-growth incentives, identify infrastructure needs and we will align the state's policies so that our current market winners become even more competitive in the global economy. Those industries are:
Oklahoma is a land of unexpected beauty and diversity in its land and people. With our low cost of living you’ll be able to enjoy everything our natural splendor and diverse, thriving culture have to offer.