Startup

Let Decatur and Macon County serve as the launchpad for your new business, with 99 million customers within a 500-mile radius. Entrepreneurship takes thinking outside the lines, and we’re ready to help you explore all the options across the County.

Here you’ll find all the right resources to set your business up for success, starting with the Economic Development Corporation of Decatur & Macon County. From site selection and building search to community profiles, municipal services and tax structures, they’re ready to help you develop potential. Thinking of starting a new business? They can help with that, too.

Business Facilities magazine ranked the Decatur area third for logistics hubs in the nation. We operate a multi-modal inland port. We’re at the crossroads of four railroads and five major highways. We’re home to passenger and cargo air service, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office, a Port of Entry and a designated Foreign Trade Zone. And nearly $1 billion of capital investment is planned or underway in the region.

Business blossoms around here, thanks to incentives like enterprise zones and TIF districts; a ready-made, skilled workforce pool; a deep well of commercial services and much more. We’re paving the way for success without limits.