Dallas-Irving-Plano Area of Economic Development

Dallas-Irving-Plano’s strong economy is supported by companies across a range of business sectors, from food processing to telecommunications.

Major business clusters in Dallas-Irving-Plano include aerospace and aviation, business and financial services, food processing, information technology, manufacturing and telecommunications. Major employers include AT&T, BAE Systems, Capital One Finance, Celanese, Dean Foods, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Energy Future Holdings, Flexjet, Flextronics, Fluor, Frito-Lay North America, Fujitsu America, GE Energy, Gulfstream Aerospace, Honeywell, J.C. Penny, Kimberly-Clark, L3 Technologies, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Lockheed Martin, Maxim Integrated, Peterbilt Motors, Raytheon, Southwest Airlines, State Farm Insurance, Texas Instruments, Toyota Motor North America and Torchmark Corporation.

Home to a large network of esteemed colleges and universities, the Dallas-Irving-Plano region offers companies skilled graduates.

Dallas-Irving-Plano’s higher education institutions include Collin County Community College District, Dallas Baptist University, Dallas County Community College District, Navarro College, North Central Texas Community College District, Paris Junior College, Southern Methodist University, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Texas Woman’s University, The University of Texas at Dallas, Trinity Valley Community College, University of North Texas and University of North Texas at Dallas. Top educational institutions for students in the life sciences field include Parker University and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.

This region’s celebrated infrastructure offers businesses direct access across the nation for logistics and distribution operations.

A multitude of interstate highways links this region to the rest of Texas, including I-20, I-30, I-35 and I-45. Two major airports offer convenient domestic and international travel: Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas Love Field. Class I railroad carriers are well represented in the area. This area is also home to three foreign trade zones: No. 39 Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, No. 113 Ellis County and No. 168 Dallas-Fort Worth.