Quad Cities

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Doing Business

With a diverse and dynamic mix of successful and entrepreneurial businesses, the Quad Cities leads the way in commerce and industry.  Enterprises prosper here — everything from multinational corporations to small innovative technology companies to creative retail shops.  City and community leaders along with various organizations are extremely committed to dedicating resources and staff to deliver economic growth to the Quad Cities.

As the economy continues to move forward, significant growth is occurring in the Quad City region.   The Quad Cities has a number of exciting new investments in progress that are attractive reasons to start or move a business to our community.

Expansion Management named the Quad Cities the 27th best metro in the U.S. out of 320 metro areas to locate a company.  The criteria was based on:  Education, Health, Quality of Life, Logistics, Legislative and High Value Labor.

Labor Force

Local labor includes a workforce of 320,000 within a 60 mile radius with an absentee rate around 2%.  Almost 30% are college grads and 37% more productive than the national average.

Infrastructure

• Nearly 40 million consumers within 300 miles. 
• Close proximity to interstate highways 88, 74, 80 (the only cross-country interstate in the country).  Trucks up to highway speed within 5 minutes of leaving bays.
• The Mississippi River offers barge and shipping access to anywhere in the world.