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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.
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Atlanta is in Fulton County, Georgia. Major employers in the Atlanta area include Delta Air Lines, The Home Depot, Emory University / Emory Healthcare and Piedmont Healthcare.
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FedEx Drivers File 400-Plus Overtime Suits in Georgia Courts
ATLANTA, Ga. — More than 400 wage-and-hour suits against FedEx hit Georgia federal courts in the past week, all from one litigation team, as a national wave of…
VDL Groep to Add 120 Jobs in $77 Million Hall County
OAKWOOD, Ga. — About 120 more jobs are headed to Hall County as VDL Groep, an engineering and equipment maker from the Netherlands, plans to put roughly $77…
UCB dedicates site of $2B biologics plant, 330 jobs in Georgia
ATLANTA — Belgian drugmaker UCB on Friday dedicated ground for its first U.S. biologics plant, a roughly $2 billion Gwinnett County project billed among Georgia’s largest life-sciences bets.…
Cardinal Glass closing Statesboro plant, 115 jobs at risk
ATLANTA, Ga. — Cardinal Glass Industries plans to permanently close its Statesboro manufacturing facility, affecting 115 employees, according to a WARN notice filed with the Technical College System…
EPA drops obsolete Georgia air permitting rules statewide
ATLANTA, Ga. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday approved revisions to Georgia State Implementation Plan that remove obsolete air permitting requirements now that the entire state…
Kemp extends Georgia gas tax suspension through Nov. 5
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgians will get another week of relief from the state motor fuel tax after Gov. Brian P. Kemp extended the break through Nov. 5, moving…
DOE loans to Georgia Power aim to cut bills, upgrade grid
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia Power and Alabama Power secured a historic federal loan package that officials say will modernize plants including Plant Oliver and deliver over $7 billion…
Hyundai Transys plans $560M West Point hybrid expansion
ATLANTA, Ga. — Hyundai Transys will invest nearly $560 million to expand its West Point manufacturing campus, adding a third plant and 320 new jobs aimed at hybrid-vehicle…
Pacolet Milliken buys two northeast Georgia biomass power plants
Greenville, South Carolina-based investment firm Pacolet Milliken has acquired Georgia Renewable Power, which owns two biomass power plants in northeast Georgia. The plants, one in Franklin County and…
Cardinal Glass to close Statesboro plant, cutting 115 jobs
Cardinal Glass Industries plans to close its plant in Statesboro, eliminating 115 jobs, according to a layoff notice filed with the state. The notice, posted Tuesday in Georgia's…
Georgia Power breach hits 300,000 customer accounts
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