Economy of Atlanta

The top employment sectors in Metro Atlanta are (November 2011, excludes agriculture):{{Cite web|url=http://bls.gov/ro4/cesatl.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114063549/http://bls.gov/ro4/cesatl.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Nov. 2011 preliminary figures|archive-date=January 14, 2012}}

File:FedReserve Atlanta.jpg in Midtown Atlanta.]]

Atlanta has a sizable financial sector. The Federal Reserve System has a district headquarters in Atlanta; the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, which oversees much of the deep South, relocated from downtown to Midtown in 2001.{{cite news | last = Bowers | first = Paige | title = Beers built marble monument for Fed. Reserve | work=Atlanta Business Chronicle | publisher=American City Business Journals, Inc | date= December 7, 2001 | url = http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2001/12/10/focus9.html | access-date =September 28, 2007}} Wachovia announced plans in August 2006 to place its new credit-card division in Atlanta,{{cite news | last = Rauch | first = Joe | title = Wachovia to put headquarters of card subsidiary in Atlanta | work=Birmingham Business Journal | publisher=American City Business Journals, Inc | date= August 21, 2006 | url = http://birmingham.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2006/08/21/daily3.html | access-date =September 28, 2007}} and city, state and civic leaders harbor long-term hopes of having the city serve as the home of the secretariat of a future Free Trade Area of the Americas.{{cite web|url=http://www.atlantagateway.org/|title=Atlanta: gateway to the future | publisher=Hemisphere, Inc. | access-date=June 26, 2007}} Before being acquired by BB&T in 2019, SunTrust Banks, the seventh largest bank by asset holdings in the United States,{{cite web | title = The Largest Banks in the U.S. | publisher=The New York Job Source | date= June 30, 2006 | url = http://nyjobsource.com/banks.html | format = chart | access-date =August 22, 2007}} had its home office on Peachtree Street in downtown.{{cite web | last = Sarath | first = Patrice | title = SunTrust Banks, Inc. | publisher = Hoovers | url = http://hoovers.com/suntrust/--ID__11416--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml | access-date = August 22, 2007 | archive-date = August 24, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070824225418/http://www.hoovers.com/suntrust/--ID__11416--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml | url-status = dead }}

Invesco Ltd., an independent investment management company is headquartered in Atlanta, and has branch offices in 20 countries. Its common stock is a constituent of the S&P 500 and trades on the New York stock exchange. In December 2013, Invesco reported assets under management (AUM) of $778.7 billion.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

Atlanta has a growing hi-tech community{{cite web|url=http://www.unpakt.com/blog/top-10-high-tech-companies-to-work-for-in-atlanta/|title=Top 10 High-Tech Companies to Work for in Atlanta|date=5 January 2016|website=Unpakt.com|access-date=16 October 2017}}

and is also home to a growing Biotechnology sector, gaining recognition through such events as the 2009 BIO International Convention.{{cite news | last = McGirt | first = Dan | title = Plans for the 2009 BIO International Convention in Atlanta, Georgia | work = BIOtechNOW | date = January 11, 2010 | url = http://biotech-now.org/plans-for-the-2009-bio-international-convention-in-atlanta-georgia-0511.html | access-date = January 11, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101102114508/http://biotech-now.org/plans-for-the-2009-bio-international-convention-in-atlanta-georgia-0511.html | archive-date = November 2, 2010 }} Atlanta is also the headquarters of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II.

Adjacent to Emory University, the city is also home to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with a staff of nearly 15,000 including: engineers, entomologists, epidemiologists, biologists, physicians, veterinarians, behavioral scientists, nurses, medical technologists, economists, health communicators, toxicologists, chemists, computer scientists, and statisticians. CDC has 10 other offices throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, and other staff in 45 countries around the world.{{cite web|title=CDC's Origins and Malaria|url=https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/history/history_cdc.html|access-date=March 23, 2011}}

The auto manufacturing sector in metropolitan Atlanta has suffered setbacks recently, including the closure of the General Motors Doraville Assembly plant in 2008, and the shutdown of Ford Motor Company's Atlanta Assembly plant in Hapeville in 2006. Kia, however, has opened a new assembly plant near West Point.{{cite news|last=Duffy |first=Kevin |title=Supplier to build at Kia site in West Point |work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=August 9, 2007 |url=http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2007/08/08/mobis_0809.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120628224808/http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2007/08/08/mobis_0809.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 28, 2012 |access-date=August 22, 2007 }} Hyco International Inc, one of the world's largest manufacturers of hydraulic cylinders, is headquartered in Atlanta.{{cite web|url=http://www.secinfo.com/d14D5a.v3C5u.htm#iio|title=SEC Info - Hyco International, Inc. - IPO: 'S-1' on 5/12/06|website=www.secinfo.com}}

Kitchen decor company Appliance Art, Inc. is based in Atlanta. It was founded in 2008 by Grant T. Smith.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

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The city is a major cable television programming center. Ted Turner began the Turner Broadcasting System media empire in Atlanta, where he bought a UHF station that eventually became WTBS. Turner established the headquarters of the Cable News Network at CNN Center, adjacent today to Centennial Olympic Park. As his company grew, its other channels—the Cartoon Network, Boomerang, TNT, Turner South, Turner Classic Movies, CNN International, CNN en Español, HLN, and CNN Airport Network—centered their operations in Atlanta as well (Turner South has since been sold). Turner Broadcasting is a division of WarnerMedia. In 2008 Tyler Perry established his studios in Southwest Atlanta; and in 2010 EUE/Screen Gems opened soundstages in Lakewood Heights, south Atlanta. (See also: Film industry in Georgia) The Weather Channel, owned by a consortium of NBC Universal, Blackstone Group, and Bain Capital, has its offices in the Cumberland district northwest of downtown Atlanta.

Cox Enterprises, a privately held company controlled by James C. Kennedy, his sister Blair Parry-Okeden and their aunt Anne Cox Chambers, has substantial media holdings in and beyond Atlanta; it is headquartered in the city of Sandy Springs."[http://www.coxinc.com/corp/presscenter/viewPressRelease.asp?articleid=575 Cox Enterprises, Inc. Reaches Agreement to Acquire Public Minority Stake in Cox Communications, Inc.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709062743/http://www.coxinc.com/corp/presscenter/viewPressRelease.asp?articleid=575 |date=2009-07-09 }}" Cox Enterprises. October 19, 2004. Retrieved on July 4, 2009. Its Cox Communications division, headquartered in unincorporated DeKalb County,"[http://ww2.cox.com/aboutus/contact-us.cox Atlanta Headquarters]." Cox Communications. Retrieved on April 22, 2009. is the third-largest cable television service provider in the United States.{{cite web | title = About Cox | publisher = Cox Communications, Inc | url = http://www.cox.com/about/ | access-date = August 22, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070815124406/http://www.cox.com/about/ | archive-date = August 15, 2007 | url-status = dead }}

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Atlanta has gained recognition as being a center of TV and film production, it being determined by Gocompare.com to be in the top 10 of the most popular cities in the world where films and TV shows have been filmed.{{cite web |last1=Ho |first1=Rodney |title=Atlanta is the 10th most popular city for TV and film production in the world |url=https://www.myajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/atlanta-the-10th-most-popular-city-for-and-film-production-the-world/priYfHYxkBJjGGL2b2XlQL/ |website=myajc.com |publisher=Cox Media Group |access-date=1 July 2018}} Atlanta is a major center of television production and is the hub of the nation's third-largest film industry. Atlanta counts the presence of Techwood Studios, which produces content for the Turner Broadcasting family of stations; since 2008 the Tyler Perry Studios in Southwest Atlanta; and since 2010 the EUE/Screen Gems soundstages in Lakewood Heights, south Atlanta. Atlanta is the setting for popular TV shows such as the Real Housewives of Atlanta and Tyler Perry's series. Due to Perry, the "Housewives", and others, Atlanta is also known as a center of black entertainment in the U.S.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/26/us/atlanta-emerges-as-a-center-of-black-entertainment.html|title=Atlanta Emerges as a Black Entertainment Mecca|first=Kim|last=Severson|newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 25, 2011}}

Films set in Atlanta include two pictures that were awarded the Oscar for Best Picture:, Gone with the Wind (1939) and Driving Miss Daisy (1989). Other films set in Atlanta include Little Darlings (1980), Sharky's Machine (1981), Outbreak (1995), Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (2008), Life as We Know It (2010), Contagion (2011), and Baby Driver (2017).{{cn|date=July 2024}}

Well-known television shows set in Atlanta include House of Payne and Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns from Tyler Perry Studios, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, the CBS sitcom Designing Women, and numerous HGTV original productions. Since moving to BET for the 2011 season, The Game - {{as of|2012|January|lc=y}} the highest rated ad-supported sitcom ever on cable - has been shot in Atlanta.{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/01/12/the-game-returns-huge-for-bet-with-7-7-million-viewers/78348/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112213550/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/01/12/the-game-returns-huge-for-bet-with-7-7-million-viewers/78348|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 January 2011|title='The Game' Returns Huge for BET with 7.7 Million Viewers|date=12 January 2011|website=Zap2it|access-date=16 October 2017}} Williams Street Productions has produced multiple Adult Swim series as well as Freaknik: The Musical at their Midtown Atlanta studios.

Atlanta is the filming location for many horror-themed productions, including the TV series Goosebumps and its sequel Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, Teen Wolf, The Walking Dead, Vampire Diaries, and the 2009 comedy Zombieland. In addition, the horror festival Atlanta HorrorFest is held yearly in October, and features the Buried Alive Film Fest,{{cite web|url=http://buriedalivefilmfest.com/|title=Buried Alive Film Fest - Atlanta Independent Horror Film Festival|website=Buriedalivefilmfest.com|access-date=16 October 2017}} bands, and a zombie walk. These factors prompted Atlanta magazine to dub the city the "Zombie Capital of the World",{{cite news|url=http://www.atlantamagazine.com/features/story.aspx?ID=1531520 |author=Heckert, Justin |title=Zombies are so hot right now|magazine=Atlanta|date= September 2011}}{{cite news |url=http://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2011/10/19/atlanta-the-new-zombie-capital/ |author=Mathis, George |title=Atlanta the new 'zombie capital' |newspaper=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=October 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030133351/http://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2011/10/19/atlanta-the-new-zombie-capital |archive-date=October 30, 2011 }} and The New York Times to recognize Atlanta's stature in the genre.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/us/zombie-apocalypse-in-atlanta.html |author=Brown, Robbie |title=Zombie Apocalypse? Atlanta Says Bring It On|newspaper=The New York Times|date= October 18, 2011}}

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Delta Air Lines is the largest employer in the Atlanta metro area.{{Cite web|title=View the Largest Employers in Metro Atlanta: MAC|url=https://www.metroatlantachamber.com/resources/most-popular/metro-atlanta-top-employers|access-date=2023-11-09|website=www.metroatlantachamber.com|language=en}} Their 34,500 Atlanta-based employees include airport staff, flight crews, and those who work at the headquarters adjacent to the airport. Delta operates the world's largest airline hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and, together with the hub of competing carrier Southwest Airlines, has helped make Hartsfield-Jackson the world's busiest airport, both in terms of passenger traffic and aircraft operations. The airport, since its construction in the 1950s, has served as a key engine of Atlanta's economic growth.{{cite book |last=Allen |first=Frederick |title=Atlanta Rising |url=https://archive.org/details/atlantarisinginv0000alle |url-access=registration |year=1996 |publisher=Longstreet Press |location=Atlanta, Georgia |isbn=1-56352-296-9}}

Source: Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Top 25 Metro Atlanta Employers (2018–2019){{Cite web|title=View the Largest Employers in Metro Atlanta: MAC|url=https://www.metroatlantachamber.com/resources/most-popular/metro-atlanta-top-employers|access-date=2021-11-20|website=www.metroatlantachamber.com|language=en}}

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The following is a list of the most notable companies that were founded or have their corporate headquarters in Atlanta or the surrounding metro area.

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• Aaron's, Inc.
• Acuity Brands
• Adecco (USA)
• AGCO Corporation (Duluth)
• AGL Resources
• AirWatch"[http://www.ajc.com/news/news/software-firm-airwatch-expected-to-announce-about-/nT6kd/ Software firm AirWatch announces 800 New Jobs in Atlanta]." Retrieved on January 25, 2013.
• Alston & Bird
• American Cancer Society
• American Megatrends (unincorporated Gwinnett County"[http://www.ami.com/contact/ Contact Us] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025164124/http://www.ami.com/contact/ |date=October 25, 2010 }}." American Megatrends. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.)
• Apollo Vredestein (USA)
• Arby's
• Arden's Garden
• Arcapita
• Asbury Automotive Group
• AT&T Mobility in Lenox Park (Brookhaven, Georgia) "[http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_hbht7 At&T Mobility Llc]." Manta. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.
• The Athlete's Foot
• Atlanta Bread Company
• Atlantis Plastics
• Axiall (formerly Georgia Gulf)"[http://www.axiall.com/Company Axiall Company Page]." Retrieved on September 2, 2013.
• Beazer Homes USA
• Boys & Girls Clubs of America
• BlueLinx Holdings
• Carter's
• Chick-fil-A (unincorporated Fulton County"[http://www.chick-fil-a.com/#facts Company Fact Sheet]." Chick-fil-A. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.)
• Comcast
• Church's Chicken
• CNN
• Circa of America
• The Coca-Cola Company
• Coca-Cola Enterprises
• Colonial Pipeline (Alpharetta)
• Cox Automotive
• Cox Communications (Dunwoody)"[http://ww2.cox.com/aboutus/contact-us.cox Atlanta Headquarters]." Cox Communications. Retrieved on April 22, 2009.
• Cox Enterprises (Sandy Springs)"[http://files.sandysprings-ga.org/maps/SandySprings_CouncilDistricts.pdf City Council Districts] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117135736/http://files.sandysprings-ga.org/maps/SandySprings_CouncilDistricts.pdf |date=January 17, 2010 }}." City of Sandy Springs. Retrieved on July 4, 2009."[http://www.coxinc.com/corp/presscenter/viewPressRelease.asp?articleid=575 Cox Enterprises, Inc. Reaches Agreement to Acquire Public Minority Stake in Cox Communications, Inc.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709062743/http://www.coxinc.com/corp/presscenter/viewPressRelease.asp?articleid=575 |date=2009-07-09 }}" Cox Enterprises. October 19, 2004. Retrieved on July 4, 2009.
• Cox Media Group (Sandy Springs)"[http://coxradio.com/contact/ Contact Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029082937/http://coxradio.com/contact/ |date=2009-10-29 }}." Cox Radio. Retrieved on April 24, 2009.
• Crawford & Company
• Dell SecureWorks
• Delta Air Lines"[http://www.delta.com/help/contact_us/corporate_information/index.jsp Contact Corporate]." Delta Air Lines. Retrieved October 17, 2008."[http://apps.atlantaga.gov/citydir/dpcd/maps/zoning_sheet_14-128.pdf Zoning Ordinance of Atlanta, Georgia Sheet No. 14-128] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080824014251/http://apps.atlantaga.gov/citydir/dpcd/maps/zoning_sheet_14-128.pdf |date=August 24, 2008 }}." City of Atlanta. Retrieved October 17, 2008.
• Dunkin' Donuts (Part of Inspire Brands)
• Double Up Digital
• EarthLink
• Elavon
• Equifax
• Exide
• Floor & Decor
• First Data (Sandy Springs)
• Focus Brands
• Foundation Financial Group
• Galaxy Gas
• Gas South
• GCP Technologies"[https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2021/03/31/gcp-applied-technologies-headquarters-atlanta.html]"
• Gentiva Health Services
• Genuine Parts
• Georgia-Pacific
• Global Franchise Group
• Global Payments
• Glock, Inc
• Gray Television
• Great Wraps
• GreyOrange AI (Roswell)
• Hapag Lloyd
• Havertys
• Honeywell (software center)
• HD Supply
• The Home Depot (unincorporated Cobb County)"[http://corporate.homedepot.com/en_US/Corporate/Public_Relations/Online_Press_Kit/Docs/Corp_Financial_Overview.pdf Corporate and Financial Overview] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002023554/http://corporate.homedepot.com/en_US/Corporate/Public_Relations/Online_Press_Kit/Docs/Corp_Financial_Overview.pdf |date=October 2, 2011 }}." The Home Depot. Retrieved on April 24, 2009.
• Hooters of America, Inc
• Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
• InterContinental Hotels Group (Americas Headquarters)
• Internap
• Invesco Ltd."[http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2007/11/05/daily28.html Invesco moving global HQ to Atlanta]." Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved on April 12, 2011.
• Jamba Juice
• Kabbage
• King & Spalding
• Krystal
• Lockheed Martin Aeronautics (in Marietta, a manufacturing plant)
• MaggieMoo's Ice Cream and Treatery
• MailChimp"[http://mailchimp.com/about/ About MailChimp]." MailChimp Website. Retrieved on May 9, 2016.
• Marble Slab Creamery
• Mellow Mushroom
• Mercedes-Benz (USA)
• Merial
• Mirant
• NAPA Auto Parts
• NCR
• Newell Rubbermaid
• New Vision Television
• Norfolk Southern
• North American Electric Reliability Corporation
• Novelis
• Oxford Industries
• Papa John's
• ParkMobile
• Piedmont Healthcare{{cite web|url=http://www.metroatlantachamber.com/docs/default-source/EcoDev/metro-atlanta-top-employers-2014.pdf?sfvrsn=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206102358/http://www.metroatlantachamber.com/docs/default-source/EcoDev/metro-atlanta-top-employers-2014.pdf?sfvrsn=2|title=2014 Metro Atlanta Top Employers|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 February 2015|date=6 February 2015|access-date=9 January 2019}}
• Popeyes (moved out in 2018)
• Porsche AG (American headquarters)
• PulteGroup
• RaceTrac
• Remington Arms
• Rheem Manufacturing Company
• Roark Capital Group
• Rollins/Orkin
• SANY America (in Peachtree City)
• Scientific-Atlanta (in Lawrenceville)
• Service Master
• Sharecare
• Simmons Bedding Company (in Norcross)"[http://www.simmons.com/company.cfm Simmons Company History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210105706/http://www.simmons.com/company.cfm |date=2008-12-10 }}."
• Sony Mobile (North American headquarters){{cite news | url=https://www.ajc.com/business/sony-ericsson-moving-atlanta-amid-cuts/FhE309iezLrAC6uxi4UceP/ | title=Sony Ericsson moving HQ to Atlanta amid cuts | first=Péralte C. | last=Paul | work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | date=November 19, 2009}}
• Southern Company
• Spanx
• Travelport"[http://www.travelport.com/sitecore/content/Common-Resources/Regions/Americas/North%20America/UNITED%20STATES Travelport Locations List] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313155053/http://www.travelport.com/sitecore/content/Common-Resources/Regions/Americas/North%20America/UNITED%20STATES |date=2013-03-13 }}." Retrieved on September 1, 2013
• Troutman Sanders
• Turner Broadcasting
• UPS (in Sandy Springs"[http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/contact/index.html?WT.svl=Footer Contact UPS: United States]." United Parcel Service. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.)
• Uncle Maddio's Pizza Joint
• Vision Airlines (in Suwanee){{cite web|url=http://www.visionairlines.com/documents/2010-10-07-VisionAirlinesAnnounces-PressRelease.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717215126/http://www.visionairlines.com/documents/2010-10-07-VisionAirlinesAnnounces-PressRelease.pdf|title=Vision Airlines Announces New Low-Fare Atlanta-Louisville Flight Service|url-status=usurped|archive-date=17 July 2011|date=17 July 2011|access-date=9 January 2019}}
• Visa
• Veritiv
• Waffle House (unincorporated Gwinnett County)"[http://www.wafflehouse.com/contactus.asp Contact Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427010437/http://www.wafflehouse.com/contactus.asp |date=2010-04-27 }}." Waffle House. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.
• The Weather Channel (in Vinings)
• TK Elevator
• WestRock
• Wing Zone
• Yik Yak
• YP Holdings (in Tucker"[http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/yellow-pages-parent-opens-new-hq-in-atlanta-suburb/article_a55220b0-a022-11e1-bb41-001a4bcf6878.html Yellow Pages parent opens new HQ in Atlanta suburb]." St Louis Post Dispatch. Retrieved on September 13, 2012.)

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According to the Case–Shiller index, home prices in Atlanta increased 19.1% between March 2012 and March 2013.{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/05/28/home-prices-climbing-but-not-in-bubble-territory/2366953/ | work=USA Today | first1=Julie | last1=Schmit | title=Home price jump is more rebound than bubble | date=May 28, 2013}}

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