City of LaGrange Information

Connecting Georgia to the Globe - Less than an hour southwest of Atlanta, LaGrange is a place where business gets done. Major corporations and small enterprises alike find the City of LaGrange Economic Development Office approach uncharacteristically efficient. And once companies are here, their employees and families love lakeshore living within this progressive community. According to the Georgia Department of Labor, LaGrange and Troup County rank 7th in Georgia for the number of people employed by international companies. Businesses from Canada, Denmark, Germany, India, Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea and the UK are all located in LaGrange. This success is largely due to our staff providing an array of services for local, domestic and international businesses seeking assistance with site selection or continued expansion, such as: • Fast-track permitting • Below market land costs within three industrial parks • Incentive rates for new customers leveraging the city as their electricity provider • Property tax abatement based on the capital investment and number of jobs created • No municipal property taxes • Tax exemptions for various types of inventory • Logistical advantages with convenient rail, port, road and air access • Abundant water and sewer infrastructure to support business needs • Available Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) acreage