The Best Place for Business Development... Literally.
Best in Ohio 
In 2009, BusinessWeek rated the City of Dublin as the top small city in Ohio to start a business. BusinessWeek searched for cities in each state -- with populations ranging from 20,000 to 200,000 people -- to compile its list of the best place to start a business in the nation. The cities were selected after an analysis of a variety of demographic, business and geographic variables that impact the potential for growth. To read the report, click here.
(Dublin) draws the highly skilled and educated people you need to bring in, especially to a high-tech startup company.”
-Phillip Eggers, national entrepreneur
Best in the U.S.
In 2009, Fox Business News announced the City of Dublin as the top small city in the U.S. to start a business. Fox pointed to the quality of the City’s infrastructure and its strategic location as reasons for this recognition. Watch the report.
This city has the smallest population of five we just mentioned, only 40,000 people in town. But even with that, 2.4 startups per 1,000 people, (a) totally growing city which means they're infrastructure is fabulous because it's all brand new. Great places are high tech if you will look – because it's wired for sound.”
-Tracy Burgess, Fox Business News correspondent
Best in the world? Stay Tuned...
In January, the City of Dublin was named a Top Seven Intelligent Community in an annual list of smart cities from around the globe. Dublin joins communities from Scotland, Estonia and South Korea – and is one of only two from the U.S. – to be named to this prestigious list from the New York-based Intelligent Community Forum
This is the first time Dublin has made it to the Top Seven and the third consecutive time the City has made it into the Forum’s Top 21 list. The top Intelligent Community in the world will be announced in May.
-Louis Zacharilla, ICF co-founderThe Top Seven of 2010 have demonstrated ingenuity through innovative broadband applications and dedication to education. Each of these communities was affected by the recession, yet they pushed forward with their commitment to broadband, innovation and a knowledge-based economy through investments in research and development facilities, the creation and aggressive support of small business and clusters of industries that continued to produce new jobs.”
Dublin offers everything that businesses need to flourish
With its entrepreneurial spirit and ability to react at the speed of business, Dublin, Ohio sets the conditions to not only thrive during economic downturns, but to come out on top. Earning rave reviews for its wired network, new infrastructure, premiere community lifestyle and close proximity to one of the largest universities in the country,
