Fort Worth, TX

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Fort Worth is a city that empowers business—where the future begins, where people and businesses can live authentically and thrive financially, and where a responsive and proven economic landscape leads to innovation, opportunity, and growth. While Dallas-Fort Worth is the fourth-largest MSA in the country, Fort Worth holds its own as the 12th-largest city in the United States, with a 2020 U.S. Census Bureau estimated population of 918,915.

Fort Worth is known for Texas hospitality and a dozen remarkable districts (including a walkable downtown), three Texas-size entertainment centers (Dickies Arena, Texas Motor Speedway, and Will Rogers Memorial Center), and the world's only twice-daily cattle drive at the historic western Stockyards. Fort Worth’s 325acre campus of Texas Christian University is home to over 11,000 students. The City of Cowboys & Culture is part of the No. 1 tourist destination in Texas, welcoming 9.4 million visitors annually. The city’s economy is also stimulated by many multinational corporations, including Bell Helicopter, Lockheed Martin, American Airlines, BNSF Railway, Pier 1 Imports and RadioShack.

Fort Worth’s diverse economy and its proximity to Alliance and D/FW airports and the Interstate 35 corridor have contributed to its past and current ability to rebound from economic challenges. In addition, the community’s pro-business stance has helped diversify the Fort Worth economy in many industry sectors such as services, trade, manufacturing, transportation, communication, and construction. Fort Worth has a 12 percent lower cost of doing business than the national average, a low cost of real estate, pro-business government ready to partner and provide incentives, and an abundance of quality land to develop. Fort Worth’s robust economic growth is expected to continue at a pace significantly faster than the nationwide rate. Fort Worth has plenty to offer for economic development, particularly since the city received word that $403 million would be coming for the Trinity River Vision/ Central city flood control project. Alliance Airport, founded by Ross Perot, Jr. as the nation’s first pure cargo airport, has cemented the region’s position as a national logistics center. For commercial real estate developers, the numbers and prognostications for Fort Worth were by-and-large positive. The city and the area have moved to the top ranks in terms of industrial, multi-family, office and retail measurements.

The cowboy way of life meets modern culture in Fort Worth, TX, and with a vast reserve of land to drive growth in the city and an economy that capitalizes on high-growth businesses and the creative individuals who fuel them, continuing economic development proves promising.

4th Metropolitan Area with Highest Forecasted Gross Metropolitan Product in the U.S. (Statista)

1 st Most Affordable Cities to Live and Work (Business Student)

7 th Strongest Meropolitan Area Economy in the U.S. (Policom)

12 th

Largest City in the U.S.

9.4M Visitors Annually