The City of Boca Raton provides a unique environment for business – a strong business environment, with economic resources and a well-educated and talented workforce, all within a community known for its high quality of life.

Boca Raton is a rich blend of corporate and regional headquarters, small businesses, and innovative start-up companies. There are economic opportunities for all types of companies and businesses.

The birthplace of the IBM personal computer in l967, Boca Raton has grown from a small agricultural community to a large regional employment center with one of the largest business concentrations in South Florida.

In fact, about half of all of the large office buildings in Palm Beach County are in Boca Raton, and a number of national and international corporations call Boca Raton home including Office Depot, Tyco, NCCI and SBA Communications.

BusinessWeek recently named Boca Raton number two in the top ten places to start a business in the USA. Boca Raton has easy access to road, rail and air transportation. It is becoming a hub for technology, medical, financial, security and educational businesses, although many other business categories are represented in the City.