Location or Expansion

Oklahoma’s National Recruiting Team offers a comprehensive one-stop business location assistance program connecting you to key information, people, and resources.

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.

Incentives

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.

Learn more about the best incentives package in the nation

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Workforce

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.

Get to know Oklahoma’s workforce and see how we can assist you with recruiting, screening, and hiring.

Training and Education

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.

Learn about Oklahoma’s higher education and career training system and see how the Training for Industry Program can work for you.

Markets and Demographics

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.

See Oklahoma By-the-Numbers

Site Selection

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.

Fast Forward Team

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.

Meet the Fast Forward Team

Buildings & Sites Database

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 landmines.

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Cost of Doing Business

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:

Compare the numbers and see why Oklahoma is good for your business.

Transportation

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.

Find out how to get air, road, and water delivery to and from every corner of the globe.

Key Industries

Oklahoma’s employees contribute their skills, experience and dedication to the success of a wide variety of technologically advanced industries that are thriving in a robust economy and include:

Quality of Life

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.

See why life in Oklahoma is beautiful.