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Oakland is California’s most strategic location for companies whose success depends on the ability to move goods and ideas quickly and seamlessly over air, water, land or cyberspace. Oakland is a renaissance city with abundant development and investment opportunities. We offer a range of locations, incentives and other resources to help locate, establish and grow your business in our city.
Advantages of Doing Business in Oakland
- Location
-- Oakland’s strategic location in the San Francisco Bay Area
makes it easier to distribute products and services, easier to commute
to work for your employees, and easier to draw shoppers from various
cities. This central location allows employees to work closer
to where they live.
- Affordability
–- Relative to San Francisco and San Jose, the cost of doing
business (including labor, rent, and taxes) in Oakland remains lower.
- Labor
Pool –- Oakland has a highly educated, skilled labor pool offering qualified employees to businesses
in every sector. The U.S. Census ranks Oakland’s labor pool
as the 8th in the United States in overall educational achievement.
- Quality
of Life -- Whether working or living in Oakland, you will
appreciate the best climate in the United States, abundant
green space, world class attractions, eclectic shopping, diverse dining,
and a wide variety of cultural and recreational opportunities.
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