Although highly urbanized, the region also includes suburbs and more rural communities, particularly in outlying Carroll County. Among the major transportation assets in the region are the Port of Baltimore and the Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport. When coupled with the State's extensive interstate highway system, these assets provide Greater Baltimore businesses with ready access to both U.S. and international markets. The Greater Baltimore region is part of the Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia Combined Statistical Area, the nation’s fourth largest retail market. A long-established financial hub—and emerging high-tech center—the region develops intellectual capital through world-class educational institutions such as The Johns Hopkins University, Morgan State University, the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Major employers in the region include aerospace, defense and electronics, financial services, distribution and logistics and biotech companies such as: ARINC, Arbitron, BD Diagnostic Systems, Battelle, Boeing, Computer Sciences Corporation, Constellation Energy, Educate, Inc., Frito-Lay, General Dynamics, GM Powertrain, Morgan Stanley, Northrop Grumman, Procter & Gamble, Random House, Rite Aid, T. Rowe Price and W.R. Grace.
Additional benefits of a Greater Baltimore location:
Five Enterprise Zones (in Baltimore City and Baltimore and Harford counties)
Two Foreign-Trade Zones located at the Port of Baltimore and BWI Airport
Tax credits and incentives for qualified businesses, including: One Maryland and job creation tax credits, low cost loans for qualified capital investments, training grants, and business personal property and sales tax exemptions
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Located in the heart of the state, Greater Baltimore is comprised of Baltimore City and the following counties: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, and Howard.
