Grow your Business in Buffalo Niagara.
Perfectly Positioned for Success
Buffalo Niagara is in the center of an internationally significant community and regional marketplace. The region’s strategic location is on the Canadian border among the Great Lakes System along the Niagara River. Buffalo Niagara is enjoying economic success and is poised for long-term growth, but our location is just one of our assets.
With a diverse economy, 20 colleges and universities, affordable and renewable power (Thanks, Niagara Falls), and a history of innovation, Buffalo Niagara is enjoying economic success and is poised for long-term growth. Come grow your business with us.
Cost-Effective Operating Environment
Benefit from enticing incentives, eco-friendly energy savings, competitive salaries, affordable real estate, and an overall low cost of living and doing business.
Major Employers with Industry Leaders
Grow your business among industry-disrupting companies deeply rooted in its collaborative ecosystem and innovative economy.
Well-educated & Dedicated Workforce
Our strong ties with top educational institutions & training programs ensure you have access to unmatched talent. Not just any talent -- our workforce is unmatched. Our hard work and hustle attitude is what has us at the forefront of innovation.
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Key Industries
Discover Thriving Industries in Buffalo Niagara
Business is booming in a region undergoing an all-encompassing renaissance. The region’s diversified and growing economy has been recognized by leading business publications such as Fast Company, Forbes, The New York Times, CNBC, Business Week, and more.
Advanced Business Services
Invest Buffalo Niagara has assisted more than 60 advanced business services companies expand or startup in the region like Yahoo!, One Touch Direct, AML RightSource, and Rural Sourcing.
Advanced Manufacturing
Buffalo Niagara has enjoyed a long history of manufacturing success and is in the midst of a new wave of innovators and builders changing the future of advanced manufacturing.
Food & Beverage Processing
The Buffalo Niagara region is a cornerstone of New York State’s $3.6 billion agribusiness and food and beverage processing industries.
Life Sciences
Buffalo Niagara has long been a hub of innovation in life sciences and health sciences.
Logistics & Distribution
Buffalo Niagara is a fully operational, integrated center for transshipment, storage, collection, and distribution of goods.
Advantages Of Growing In Buffalo Niagara
Grow your Business in a Region on the Rise!
Our rich manufacturing history has gifted us with expansive infrastructure, and an unmatched workforce. The people who work her are having an impact all over the world. Take for example the employees at Moog who develop technology that is used in power-generated turbines, Formula One racing cars, and medical infusion systems.
Buffalo Niagara is home to top tech talent, available capital, an entire collaborative community of startup resources, and industry disrupting companies like M&T Bank who is deeply rooted in Buffalo’s Central Business District on our Main Street Innovation Corridor.
Why buffalo Niagara?
There’s never been a better time to invest, work, and live in Buffalo Niagara.
Finding ways to spend your free time is easy, affordable, and accessible. Buffalo Niagara is a cultural destination for history, art, and entertainment. Just a few notable options include Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Colored Musician Club, National Comedy Center, Explore & More Children’s Museum, Shea’s Performing Arts Center, Naval & Military Park, Aquarium of Niagara, sports teams including the Buffalo Bills & Sabres, and Erie Canal. Explore so many more plus great architecture, dining, and music. Download our 90-page relocation guide.
Big-city amenities, small-town charm, and affordable real estate has made Buffalo one of the most desirable places to live for millennials. The cost of living here is 5.6% below the national average. See how your current city stacks up.
A Harvard University study found that Buffalo may be a potential refuge from the immediate effects of climate change thanks to our abundant fresh water, mild temperatures, ready infrastructure, and more. Buffalo is the 4th safest city from natural disasters and is strategically located along the Great Lakes – the largest fresh water supply in the world. Plus, Upstate NY has the cleanest electric power profile in the country. Learn more.
A spectacular region with wonderful waterways and generous green spaces to explore year-round. Buffalo Niagara boasts attractions like the Maid of the Mist at Niagara Falls, endless hiking trails at Letchworth State Park, tubing and skiing at Holliday Valley, and kayaking or ice skating at Canal Side. Read about our cool spaces.
Our people are our greatest asset – skilled, hard working, and friendly! More Western New Yorkers are earning degrees here than ever before and building their futures here too. Our efforts to attract talent are intentional as seen in our Be in Buffalo initiative. Read our ambassador stories.
Whether you’re an engineer or marketing professional, a nurse or tech wiz, we’ve got you covered. Moving to Western New York and not sure where to get started in your job search? Start browsing our tools and resources
Wins & Success Stories
See Buffalo Niagara Success Stories
Success Story
T&T Legacy Metals
Both Jim Terhune Sr. and his son, James Terhune Jr. followed a similar career path. They both joined the United States Army and then entered a career in the metal and steel business. Today, with over 60 years of combined experience, the two decided it was time to expand Jim Sr.’s business and have his son James Jr. join him. James Jr. led the process and began looking for communities that fit the company’s brand, sites that would suit their needs, and options that would lower startup costs.
Success Story
Greenpac
Norampac is the largest containerboard producer in Canada and the 8th largest in North America. The company is also a major manufacturer of corrugated products. In 2008, Invest Buffalo Niagara and Norampac representatives discussed the company’s desire to build a new facility that would construct new corrugated box products from recycled fibers. With 43 operating units throughout the world the company could have sited this project anywhere.
Success Story
GoGoPak
GoGoPak is an Oakville, ON family owned company specializing in the sale of retail packaging and promotional products. The company has $1-2M in annual sales with services including custom printing solutions on packaging products such as bags, boxes, tissue paper, ribbon, labels, and string tags. In 2018, they were looking to the U.S. for expansion for various reasons. The high employee and power costs in Canada, their high percentage of U.S. sales and raw materials, bridge issues and delays for importing U.S. raw materials and sending orders to U.S. customers were all factors in their consideration of a U.S. facility. GoGoPak was also looking to bring the outsourced manufacturing for both their Canadian and U.S. orders back in house for better control over the product quality.
Success Story
Sierra Biological Inc.
Sierra Biological is an early-stage agri-business company that manufactures microscopic nematodes and other biological organisms used by the commercial greenhouse industry and other agricultural applications. Sierra’s products offer growers a highly effective and economical alternative to using pesticides in their growing process.
The company was originally founded in the Sierra Mountains of Northern California. However, the company’s primary upstream and downstream supply chains were both located on the U.S. East Coast and in Southern Ontario, Canada, prompting them to consider a relocation.
In addition to proximity, costs and workforce, Sierra needed to find a building that met its needs and a welcoming community.
Success Story
Kyklo
Kyklo is a software as a service company that helps businesses build their cloud marketplace sales, specifically in the industrial sector. The company is based in Thailand and was looking for a location for their U.S. based headquarters in 2019. Decision makers started with a list of nine U.S. metro areas including Brooklyn, Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Denver, Nashville, Raleigh, Tampa, and Buffalo. The company prioritized locations that had access to a talented and skilled workforce, desirable office location options, and an affordable business climate.
Success Story
Surmet Ceramics
Surmet is a Massachusetts-based advanced materials manufacturer with operations in Buffalo. The company produces high-tech transparent ceramic powders and coatings used in aerospace and defense applications. Surmet was investing in new technology and equipment in order to consolidate its forming and heat-treating capabilities into one location where it would produce transparent ceramic windows, lenses and armor. For this expansion of capabilities, space, and workforce, Surmet considered several options including Buffalo Niagara and at its headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Incentives: Empire State Development Excelsior Jobs Tax Credit award, New York Power Authority expansion/retention power allocation, Erie County IDA sales tax abatement
About Invest Buffalo
A Legacy of Growth & Innovation.
Invest Buffalo Niagara is the region’s leading economic development organization, dedicated to growing jobs and investment in the Buffalo Niagara area. As a catalyst for economic progress, we provide invaluable support, resources, and expertise to businesses looking to start, expand, or relocate in this dynamic region. With a deep understanding of the local market and a network of strategic partnerships, Invest Buffalo Niagara is committed to driving innovation, job creation, and prosperity in the heart of Western New York.
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