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economic development

location, location, location
Perhaps so many businesses chose
Sandy Springs as headquarters for their
business because the City’s location is
so ideal. Directly connected to metro
Atlanta by Georgia Highway 400 and
Interstate 285 and proximity to major
arteries such as Georgia Highway 9
(Roswell Road) and State Highway 141,
Top Corporate Employers commercial transportation and trade are
easily accessible.
With so many large corporate employers including computer-related services, The busiest airport in the world,
package delivery, telecommunications, media, and financial transaction transporting 90 million people each
processing based in Sandy Springs, it’s no wonder the City’s top 10 corporations year, is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
employ numbers nearly equal to 20 percent of the population, with thousands of International Airport, and it’s located
employees commuting to Sandy Springs from surrounding areas. The list below only half an hour drive away. For local
travel, residents can take advantage of
exceeds the top 10 corporations and names some of the other major names as four Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit
well and does not include the large number of healthcare workers in the City; the Authority (MARTA) rail stations serving
three hospitals in Sandy Springs employ more than 11,000 workers. the area. MARTA also provides direct
BUSINESS NAME # OF % CITY access to the airport, with a station
(DBA) EMPLOYEES EMPLOYMENT actually in the airport terminal.
For businesses who require freight
IBM Corporation 3,396 6.0% transport, up to 140 rail freight trains
Cox Communications, Inc. 2,005 3.5% come and go from the Eastern Seaboard
Cisco Systems, Inc. 1,690 3.0% into Atlanta’s Norfolk Southern and CSX
United Parcel Service General 1,678 2.9% Transportation rail systems.
Airwatch, LLC 1,400 2.5%
Oracle America, Inc. 1,062 1.9%
AT&T Mobility Services, LLC 789 1.4%
Manheim Auctions, Inc. 771 1.4%
National Account Svc. Co. 688 1.2%
Internal Data Resources, Inc. 650 1.1%
Walden Security 650 1.1%
World Pay Us 627 1.1%
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 550 1.0%
Elavon, Inc. 497 0.9%
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. 470 0.8%
Ing North American Ins Corp 455 0.8%
Xerox State Healthcare, LLC 420 0.7% Georgia Highway 400
Global Payments, Inc. 410 0.7%
Principle Solutions Group 400 0.7% population and workforce –
Manheim Corporate Services, Inc. 369 0.6% the envy of the nation
Sandy Springs’ workforce is well-
Golden Living Center Dunwoody 364 0.6% equipped for the employment the
Graphic Packaging International, Inc. 351 0.6% City offers. With young and energetic
Automatic Data Processing 329 0.6% employees, executive-level management
Infosys Mccamish Systems, LLC 315 0.6% and their families, as well as retirees, the
Allconnect, Inc. 315 0.6% City’s demographic profile is a diverse
mix that is helping to foster a thriving
Source: City of Sandy Springs Economic Development economy in the City.

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