Endeavor Analysis
Jordan Business Migration We surveyed a sample of 125 companies of various sizes and from different sectors (Data collected via email in November 2016)
72%
YES
Considering to relocate HQ / operations abroad
ALREADY ABROAD
55% 45%
Of those that would consider relocating ...
16% 12%
NO
would relocate only HQ/ legal entity
would relocate HQ and operations
Planning to maintain presence in Jordan, per sector Technology
Professional Services
15%
Financial Services
19%
Consumer Goods/Retail
25%
27%
Destinations
Where businesses would consider relocating to ...
74% of those who would
9%
67%
24%
5%
5%
KSA
USA
4%
consider relocating to the USA are from the technology sector,
Other
compared to
34% for the UAE
UK
Bahrain
UAE
Reasons to stay
Reasons to relocate
69%
a good testing ground
Low cost of human capital
24% Market
16%
Local market opportunities
14%
knowledge
7%
6%
Good infrastructure
74%
24%
31% Local market is
This is home
38% Access
High quality of human capital
$
$
Regulatory instability
31% Easier transactions/
23%
Other countries’ better reputation
Jordan’s economy will get better within…
15%
60%
5-10 years
22%
27%
2-5 years
Reasons to stay in Jordan, per sector
Region’s negative image
If starting business over today,
36%
< 2 years
Bureaucracy/ corruption
12%
16%
Government support
40%
taxation
capital controls
to funding
2%
Good partners
45% High
$
Access to larger markets
would start abroad
>10 years
> 30%
This is home
Low cost of human capital
Local market is a good testing ground
Market knowledge
Local market opportunities
> 60%
Technology Professional Services Financial Services Consumer Goods/ Retail
Business in Jordan today for the 125 sampled companies
67% 30%
<10%
47% 16%
10-30%
12%
7% 31-50%
Revenues from abroad
>51%
<50%
20%
51-80%
>80%
Employees in Jordan
Of the technology sector companies surveyed...
59%
have more than 51% of their revenues from abroad
73%
have more than 80% of their employees in Jordan