Business Climate
Sandy Springs’ business climate promotes opportunity, innovation, and growth.
Whether you own a globally recognized brand or a local business, Sandy Springs works to create an environment where your needs are met. With an emphasis on business outreach, accessible staff, and excellent customer service, it is our goal to provide support wherever possible.
One of the greatest ways we fuel our local economy is through continual investment in public infrastructure. Through the Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST), the City of Sandy Springs works to improve means of transportation, focusing on road enhancements, multi-use paths, and sidewalks to increase connectivity, lessen traffic, and improve walkability.
Additionally, the City has made public health and safety a top priority. With some of the highest paid police officers in the state and rapid emergency response times, your employees will feel safe living and working in Sandy Springs.
Conduct Business with Ease
The administrative team at the City of Sandy Springs is constantly collaborating to streamline processes and provide business owners with high quality, efficient customer service. We are always working to improve our permitting processes and remove barriers to doing business in our city.
Supportive City Government
Sandy Springs believes economic development is one of the most important investments we can make in our community, which is why our elected officials have chosen to invest in vibrant public gathering spaces, top-notch public safety, and improving public infrastructure.
Thriving Local Economy
The Sandy Springs economy is robust with low unemployment, a well-educated and active workforce, thriving healthcare and office market, minimal vacant retail space, and some of the highest household incomes in Georgia and the nation.
Top Sectors
With a strong belief in the entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for Economic Development, Sandy Springs is working hard to support and empower its people and the companies they own.
Tech
From FinTech to Food Tech, tech companies gravitate to Sandy Springs. This industry draws highly trained professionals, and with so many metro Atlanta universities nearby, Sandy Springs has access to the best talent that Georgia has to offer.
Healthcare
Sandy Springs has the largest concentration of major healthcare facilities in metro Atlanta, consisting of three leading hospitals and hundreds of healthcare offices. Representing more than 20% of jobs in the city, healthcare is one of the fastest growing industries in Sandy Springs.
Professional Services
Professional and Business Support is the biggest business cluster in Sandy Springs. This includes everything from law firms to cleaning services to accountants, providing over 90,000 jobs in the city.