Office of Economic Development

The World's Center for Innovation

Welcome to www.sjeconomy.com--the web site of the City of San Jose's Office of Economic Development. Here you will find information that can help your business succeed in San Jose, the Capital of Silicon Valley.

The site includes information about business assistance programs; including San Jose's Enterprise Zone and Foreign Trade Zone. It shares publications and resource links, and answers frequently asked questions.

With the world's strongest concentration of innovative people and companies, and real estate available at 1998 rates, you can't help but succeed here. You can't afford not to have a presence in San Jose. Catch our spirit of innovation!

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News

San Jose/Silicon Valley, the largest and most influential high-tech center in the world according to Milken Institute Study
San Jose/Silicon Valley, the largest and most influential high-tech center in the world, continues to lead all other metropolitan regions in North America in the breadth and scope of economic activity it creates through technological innovation. But many other metros have built strong and diverse industries that should allow them to prosper when the global economy recovers, according to a new report from the Milken Institute.

Here’s the link to the news release.
Here’s the link to the report.

What's New

• Official Unveiling of the First of Hundreds of ChargePoint America EV Stations in San Jose
• Mattson Technology San Jose ViaVelo To Turn Busy Street into Car-Free, Carefree Promenade
• Webcor Builders Executive Challenge Offers Leaders Opportunity to Vie for King of the Mountain at San Jose Cycling Classic
• Adopted Economic Strategy
• Fortune Data Centers Earns LEED Gold Certification from U.S. Green Building Council for Silicon Valley Facility
• San Jose Hosts U.S. Department of Commerce Green Building Program
• Paul Krutko Acknowledged With Special Economic Development Designation
• San Jose Green Vision Named Best Sustainable Development Program in U.S. for a Big City by International Economic Development Council
• San Jose/Silicon Valley Site Selection Tool