INFRASTRUCTURE: The 2026 Global Groundwork Index
The Top 10 U.S. states, Top 10 U.S. Metros and Top 10 countries outside the United States are detailed in this unique take on the blended impact of infrastructure investment and industry projects.
Rankings
2026 TOP UTILITIES: Feeling the Surge
The energy providers whose economic development divisions excelled in 2025 at attracting investment and jobs to their service areas are showcased.
2026 Canada’s Best Locations
The Canadian provinces, regions and metros that outpaced their competitor locations to attract the most capital investment, facilities and jobs both cumulatively and per capita.
U.S. FOREIGN – TRADE ZONE RANKINGS: Top Zones Help Hedge Risk & Move Goods
Site Selection presents the top 20 FTZs in the nation based on a blend of metrics such as value of merchandise received, value of exports and number of employees.
TOP DEALS OF 2025
Judged by capital investment and job creation, Site Selection presents the Top 20 economic development projects in North America and abroad in 2025.
2026 PROSPERITY CUP
For the second straight year, Texas takes the crown for registering the highest scores across the 10 categories of data in the Prosperity Cup rankings.
GLOBAL BEST TO INVEST 2026
The United Kingdom keeps its crown as the top country in our index this year, with London taking top metro.
2025 TOP METROS — TIER 2: Second to None: Top Tier 2 Metros Offer Robust Operating Environments
With 49 facility investments qualified for Site Selection’s Conway Projects Database, the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area of Pennsylvania — known to most as the Lehigh Valley and to many as the home of Bethlehem Steel, Crayola and Martin Guitars — is the No. 1 Tier-2 metro area for corporate facility projects in 2025.
The 2025 Site Selection SUSTAINABILITY RANKINGS
Site Selection’s unique and far-reaching index has determined the top countries, U.S. states and U.S. metro areas for sustainability, ranking two Texas cities at the top of the U.S. metro list, Texas and California atop the state list and the U.S. as the global leader of sustainability.
2024 TOP INDUSTRIES: The Machinery of Business Evolves
Machinery & Equipment reigns supreme once again, while Business & Financial Services is the biggest upward mover.
2024 GOVERNOR’S CUPS RANKINGS: Winning Streaks
Texas wins for the 13th year in a row and South Dakota repeats as the per-capita champ. Editor Emeritus Mark Arend talks to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, former South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (now U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security) and new South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden about their states’ success. “Freedom” is a common thread.
TOP MICROPOLITANS OF 2024: Bow Down Before Ohio
Steadfast Findlay, Ohio, is No. 1 again. Wait ’til you see how many other Ohio micropolitan areas are crowding the top of the rankings.
Top Metros – Tier 1: Investment Keeps Sailing into the Windy City
With nearly 100 more projects than in 2023, Chicagoland reigns supreme among the nation’s largest cities. Greater Austin, Texas, wins the per-capita competition.
Top Metros – Tier 3: Purpose Built for Industry Needs
Ongoing success at a major industrial park continues to propel the fortunes of Tier 3 champion Bowling Green, Kentucky, which takes the per-capita title as well.
Top Metros – Tier 2: Dayton Lands Back on Top
The region returns to No. 1 among medium-sized metro areas for the first time since 2021. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is No. 1 per capita.
2023 Top Industries: Top Three Industries See Major Boost
Global project numbers rose in every leading sector throughout 2023.
Top Micropolitans: Ohio Delivers A Fab Five
Findlay leads the way, closing the loop on 10 years of dominance among smaller towns.
2023 Top Metros- Tier 3: Industrial At Heart
2023-Top-Metros-Tier-3: Industrial At Heart
2023 Top Metros- Tier 2: Goods Movement Moves Economy in Lehigh Valley
2023-Top-Metros-Tier-2: Goods Movement Moves Economy in Lehigh Valley
2023 Top Metros- Tier 1: Hungry for More
Chicagoland Claims No. 1 Spot for 11th Year in a Row
The 2023 Governor’s Cups
A newcomer to the winner’s circle and a 12-time repeat winner explain their strategies for corralling enough capital investment projects to claim the Cups.
Ohio and Greater Indianapolis Top 2023 Global Groundwork Index Rankings
Canada, Australia and South Korea lead the way internationally.
This Year’s Top Utilities Know When to Move and How Fast
Utilities are making the power generation, transmission and innovation investments for the transition to clean energy...
Canada’s Best Locations 2023
A strong thread of tech runs through the nation’s leading regions for economic development.