Atlanta GA Business News
Anchored by Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport — the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic for a sixth consecutive year in 2025 — Atlanta is a national logistics and air-cargo hub. The county economy was a $604.3 billion engine (2024). Unemployment ran at 3.3% through May 2026, against a state rate of 3.6%. Georgia is a right-to-work state.
What anchors the Atlanta economy
- Delta Air Lines.
- Emory University & Emory Healthcare.
- The Home Depot.
- Northside Hospital System.
Beyond the headlines
The economy reaches into Film & Television Production, Financial Technology & Payments, Healthcare & Biosciences, and Higher Education. Atlanta is corporate home to The Coca-Cola Company, The Home Depot, Delta Air Lines, and UPS. The single largest taxpayer in the county is Georgia Power / Southern Company (utility real property).
Trade & infrastructure
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Talent pipeline
Workforce flows out of Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University, Emory University, Morehouse College, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta Technical College, and Georgia Piedmont Technical College — feeding the engineering, healthcare, finance, and skilled-trade jobs that Atlanta employers fill every year.
How HERE Atlanta covers it
We track every layer of the Atlanta economy: corporate relocations, retail openings, restaurant launches, workforce trends, commercial real estate, supplier announcements, hospital and university capital projects, and the local, state, and federal government decisions that shape how businesses here grow. If it affects business in Fulton, it's HERE.
HERE Atlanta Economic Indicators
July 26, 2026
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