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The City of West Palm Beach is both the financial and cultural center of Palm Beach County. As the largest city in the region, West Palm Beach serves as a vibrant destination for business, industry and culture.

With 120,915 residents and an average household income of $54,603, West Palm Beach has been named one of the nation’s top 10 metro areas for job creation by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It has also been designated one of the top 50 best places for business and careers by Forbes.

In 2022, Fodor’s ranked West Palm Beach among the 12 best U.S. seaside cities for a summer escape. Also in 2022, West Palm Beach achieved LEED Cities and Communities Gold Certification, and PETA even recognized the city in its list of the top 10 vegan-friendly beach towns in the United States.

West Palm Beach is a pro-business environment that attracts a diversified mixture of business and investment. The city’s downtown Flagler Financial District is home to countless regional, national and international financial institutions.

From its thriving northern neighborhoods teeming with charm and culture, to its vibrant downtown area defined by its signature dining, shopping and entertainment destinations, to its family-oriented southern districts, the City of West Palm Beach has something to offer everyone.

West Palm Beach is: Business. Life. Balanced.

In recent years, West Palm Beach scored the No. 4 ranking in the Milken Institute’s Best Performing Cities index, which measures the wage and salary growth, job growth and high-tech output growth of more than 290 metro areas in the country. Additionally, Inc. magazine, the nation’s premier publication for small and medium-sized businesses, recently placed West Palm Beach in the No. 5 slot for the Top 25 Cities to do Business in America. In 2021, the Humans Rights Campaign once again bestowed a perfect 100+ rating to West Palm Beach on its Municipal Equality Index Score; the city has achieved that ranking for the past five years.

Downtown West Palm Beach boasts an active cultural community with the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Norton Museum of Art, Armory Art Center, Palm Beach

Opera and Palm Beach Dramaworks, just to name a few. You can jump on the city’s Arts & Entertainment trolley line to visit dozens of cultural venues. Plus, a key historic building—the 1916 county courthouse—was renovated to house the first countywide history museum, the Richard and Pat Johnson Palm Beach County History Museum, which opened in March 2008.

The pedestrian-friendly West Palm Beach waterfront is a hub of activity, from casual walks along the water to more formal affairs inside the waterfront pavilion. The waterfront is home to numerous highly popular and award-winning events throughout the year, including the Palm Beach Boat Show, SunFest, Clematis by Night, West Palm Beach GreenMarket, Sunday at the Meyer and 4th on Flagler, among many others.

Of course, West Palm Beach offers top-notch education through prestigious private schools and the A-rated Palm Beach County School District. Add the abundance of parks and recreation activities to the mix, and you will see that the City of West Palm Beach is an ideal location for families, young professionals and retirees alike.

We know you have a lot to do. That’s why the City of West Palm Beach’s reputation is built around making sure your business needs are met. Whether it is our one-stop permitting process, business incentive programs to expand your business or tax extension to encourage business relocation, we roll up our sleeves every day because we know you do too.

For more information on how we can help your business, please contact us at (561) 822-1400.

City of West Palm Beach Leadership 401 Clematis St., West Palm Beach 33401 (561) 822-2222 | www.wpb.org

Mayor – Keith James (561) 822-1400

City Commissioners (561) 822-1390

District 1 – Cathleen Ward

District 2 – Shalonda Warren

District 3 – Christy Fox

District 4 – Joseph Peduzzi

District 5 – Christina Lambert