What incentives and support exist for a company relocating to Greater Phoenix?

The Commerce Authority is the state’s economic development agency and the gateway to its programmes: the Qualified Facility and Quality Jobs tax credits reward capital investment and new jobs above set wage levels, the research and development credit offsets qualifying R&D spending, the Arizona Competes Fund provides discretionary grants for projects that meet performance terms, and foreign-trade zones around Phoenix reduce duties and property taxes for qualifying operations. Each programme has eligibility rules and a pre-approval step, so engage before committing to a site [1].

GPEC is the regional non-profit that works with companies considering Greater Phoenix at no charge: comparative cost data, labour analysis, real estate options and introductions to the cities, utilities and universities, under confidentiality [2]. City economic development teams then handle local permitting support and local incentives; Phoenix and Chandler, the two largest tech employment centres, publish theirs [3] [4].

The Phoenix Business Journal’s coverage of relocations and expansions is a useful way to see which incentives real deals have used and which industries are clustering where [5].