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Greater Birmingham Region

Locate & Expand

Whether you’re looking for a new office space, large industrial site, or incentives to help you grow, our team of experts are ready to assist. The Greater Birmingham Region offers competitive incentive programs that make it easy for you to choose our region as your next destination to do business.

Job Creation

Available for industrial and commercial projects with at least 50 new jobs paying an average wage of $14 per hour. 

Tax Abatements

  • Property tax abatements are available to qualifying new industrial or commercial projects 
  • City, county and state non-educational sales and use tax abatements are available on construction materials and manufacturing machinery
  • Non-educational property taxes may be abated for up to 10 years (limited to the incremental increase in such taxes if the property does not perform a new function)

 

Department of Revenue Information

Local Municipality & County Incentives

Municipalities and counties located within the Greater Birmingham Region may offer additional discretionary incentives. BBA Economic Development Team can provide information based on project details.

Workforce Development Assistance

Services include post-employment/ on-the-job training, maintenance assessments, safety assistance and training, leadership development, process improvement, and robotics technology. Qualifying projects are eligible for no-cost comprehensive workforce recruitment and training through AIDT. Services include post employment/ on-the-job training; maintenance assessments; safety assistance and training; leadership development; process improvement; and robotics technology. AIDT was recently ranked second in the nation for state workforce development agencies, according to Business Facilities. Qualifying projects are eligible for no-cost comprehensive workforce recruitment and training through AIDT.   

Click here to view our incentives overview. Click here to view Alabama’s Economic Development Incentives. 

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Available Sites & Buildings

If you’re interested in exploring available sites in the Greater Birmingham Region, visit the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA)’s website of available listings.

If you are interested in learning more about one of the listed sites, we’d be happy to field any questions. Please contact us at econdev@birminghambusinessalliance.com.

Business Retention and Expansion (BRE)

Our Business Retention and Expansion (BRE) program is for companies located in Jefferson County ranging from startups to the largest employers.

Through onsite, one-on-one visits, our economic development staff works with companies to provide information on growth opportunities and understand issues that may hinder growth for a company, while using data from our Market Intelligence team to spot larger trends in the overall local economy.

The goal of each visit is to identify expansion opportunities and potential treats while developing a strong working relationship with the existing business base. We assist them with information, resources and elationships to grow their business.

The Business Retention and Expansion program is one component of the overall economic development strategy of our combined efforts to create jobs, capital investment and better quality of life throughout the seven-county Greater Birmingham Region.

To learn more about our BRE services, please contact econdev@birminghambusinessalliance.com.