Tulsa offers a cost-effective business location, a highly-skilled workforce and a quality of life that exceeds other cities in the region. As a result, numerous high-profile businesses call Tulsa home.
Recent new company announcements include Verizon, SWEP, American Tire Distributors, GWACS Defense, and Word Industries.
Noteworthy expansions include Borets-Weatherford, Sawyer Manufacturing, Capital One Auto Finance, Baker Hughes, Airgas, and Premier Natural Resources.
For years 2010 through 2012, Tulsa was ranked:
No. 1 global location (Oklahoma) for oil and gas investment (Fraser Institute 2012)
No. 1 affordable city in the U.S. (Relocate America 2010)
No. 1 metro for cost of living (Business Facilities 2010)
No. 1 fastest-growing state by GDP (The Huffington Post 2010)
No. 2 in the country for the location of secure data centers (The Boyd Co. 2012)
No. 2 among top 10 cities for young people to find a job (The Fiscal Times 2012)
No. 2 (tied) nationally for announced new and expanded facilities (Site Selection 2012)
No. 3 in national home value growth (Zillow.com 2012)
No. 3 best employment outlook in the nation, second quarter 2012 (Manpower 2012)
No. 4 city for Ten Best Places to Find a Job (The Fiscal Times 2011)
No. 4 city for jobs in winter 2011 (Forbes 2010)
No. 4 metro for quality of life (Business Facilities 2010)
No. 4 state for workforce development (Area Development 2010)
No. 5 city for out-of-state house hunters (Trulia.com 2012)
No. 5 place to buy a home (Zillow.com 2011)
No. 6 state for wind power capacity (U.S. Dept. of Energy 2011)
No. 6 region for small business (The Business Journals 2011)
No. 6 in the country for percentage growth in exports (Brookings Institution 2012)
No. 8 among top 10 U.S. cities for manufacturing (Bureau of Labor Statistics 2012)
No. 9 financially fit city in the nation (CredAbility 2012)
Top 10 state for job growth and business creation (Bureau of Labor Statistics 2011)
Top 10 city for best music scene (Livability.com 2012)
No. 10 state for doing business (Area Development 2010)
Top 10 pro-business communities in the South (Southern Business & Development 2011)
No. 15 best state for top business climate (Site Selection Magazine 2012)
No. 15 affordable city (Forbes 2011)
Among top 25 U.S. cities for tech job growth (Engine Advocacy 2012)
Top 25 best city for retirees (Forbes 2012)
No. 38 among U.S. best cities (Bloomberg/Businessweek.com 2012)
No. 41 city out of top 150 for export growth (U.S. Conference of Mayors 2012)
Broken Arrow No. 69 best small city for families (Money Magazine 2012)
Top 100 Metro among the leading world economies (Brookings Institution 2012)624