Why Santa Clarita?
Just 25-minutes from the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles, Santa Clarita offers an abundance of California sunshine, welcoming smiles and a plethora of activities for all ages. Santa Clarita is a community where thoughtful planning assures corporate and individual residents a balanced approach to future growth and economic prosperity. The City of Santa Clarita has a thriving local economy, continually ranked by major banks, publications, professional organizations and research authorities as one of California’s strongest cities. Home to Six Flags and Six Flags Magic Mountain & Hurricane Harbor, the Valley boasts some of the State's most coveted golf courses, charming wine lounges, family and fine dining, impressive retail shopping, live music events, and a rich western heritage. Santa Clarita blends its small-town charm with the sophistication of a larger urban center. In Santa Clarita you’ll enjoy the very best that California has to offer as a destination, business location and residence.

Santa Clarita is Los Angeles County’s “Most Business Friendly City”
Most recently, the City of Santa Clarita was named the “Most Business Friendly City in Los Angeles County” (2008) by the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation. A title the City is proud to boast, the City of Santa Clarita harvests a unique business infrastructure set at the crossroads of Los Angeles, Ventura and Kern Counties along California’s I-5 corridor, within easy reach of the entire western Unites States and Pacific Rim.

Home to the largest master-planned industrial park in Los Angeles County and a hard-hitting competitor in Southern California business attraction and retention, the City of Santa Clarita offers a variety of noteworthy incentives to businesses ranging from the tax saving benefits of the Enterprise Zone, to no businesses license fees, and no gross tax receipts. The City of Santa Clarita boasts a diverse fusion of business and industry including several business clusters within targeted industries such as Biomedical, Entertainment, High Technology and Aerospace

The Santa Clarita Advantage
Santa Clarita is a premier place to conduct business as it offers a desirable and vivacious place to live, a strong and talented workforce, and several benefits to doing business with the City. The City of Santa Clarita has been named one of only forty-two (42) designated Enterprise Zones in the state of California offering hiring-tax benefits and impressive income tax savings methods to drastically reduce State taxes. Additionally, business benefit from advantages including, no Business License fees , no Utility Users tax, no Gross Receipts tax, expedited plan review and permit processing, and no paid parking garages or paid street parking leading to lower overall costs of doing business and consumer convenience, just to name a few.

We look forward to seeing you in the City of Santa Clarita. To find out more about visiting or locating your business in Santa Clarita, please call the City of Santa Clarita’s economic Development Division at (661) 255-4347 for more information.