Sugar Land means business. A growing list of global corporations are thriving here and many others are moving here.

One of the fastest growing communities in Texas, Sugar Land has grown more than 158 percent in the last 10 years. Supported by Sugar Land’s strong infrastructure, the quality of the Fort Bend economy is rising at a rate greater than that of the 10 strongest metropolitan economies in the nation. In addition, the size of the economy, earnings and employment have grown at a rate much faster than 99 percent of all economies in the country.

This successful infrastructure supports an exceptional community and an extraordinary quality of life. Offering a strong economy through diversification, corporate vitality and quality of life, Sugar Land is the optimal place to work, shop, play and live.

Sugar Land is located southwest of Houston, and has been nationally recognized for its business climate and quality of life. In 2006, it was ranked as the third best city in the U.S. to live by CNN/Money Magazine. It was ranked the eighth best place in the nation to raise a family by the guidebook Best Places to Raise Your Family – The Top 100 Affordable Communities in the U.S. These sources recognized Sugar Land as one of the fastest growing community in the nation, and second in the U.S. for future job growth from 2006-2010. Sugar Land’s population has grown 210% since 1990. Today, more than 75,000 people call sugar Land home, with over 130,000 in the City and unincorporated area and 500,000 in the trade market area.