NYC: Best For Business

Best City in the World for Business NEW VORK CITY DESPITE THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, BUSINESS IN NYC IS BOOMING. IN FACT, IF NYC WERE A COUNTRY, IT WOULD HAVE THE WORLD'S 21ST LARGEST ECONOMY. READ ON TO FIND OUT WHY NYC IS BEST FOR BUSINESS. ШП GROCERY COFFEE Cupcares OPEN Quality of Cife 430,000 ASIAN NEW TREES SINCE 2007 HISPANIC BLACK/ AFRICAN AMERICAN WHITE 200+ DIVERSITY 100 + MUSEUMS & ART, HISTORY, PARKS, FOOD, PERFORMING ARTS HISTORICAL SITES CULTURE, AND DIVERSITY. NYC HAS IT ALL. COMPANIES JOB GROWTH Job Growth BY BOROUGH NYC tHtitiA USA 1H 2002-2007 WHILE MANHATTAN ACCOUNTS FOR THE LARGEST SHARE OF NYC'S EMPLOYMENT, THOSE BOROUGHS OUTSIDE MANHATTAN ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED FASTER RATES OF JOB GROWTH IN THE PAST DECADE. THROUGH JUNE 2012, NEW YORK CITY HAS RECOVERED 205% OF PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS LOST DURING THE RECESSION, COMPARED TO 42% IN THE NATION. MANHATTAN 3.5% BROOKLYN 15.4% BRONX 8.5% QUEENS 6.6% STATEN ISLAND 4.9% Tech 648 ft /198 m Q0 480 82 14% 30% GROWTH IN EMPLOYMENT RAISED AT LEAST INCREASE IN NUMBER OF DIGITAL START-UPS FORMED IN NYC SINCE 2007 RECEIVED ANGEL, VC OR OTHER OUTSIDE FUNDING $10 MILLION IN EMPLOYEES AT NYC DIGITAL FINANCING MEDIA COMPANIES IN TECH FROM 2007 TO 2010 Fashion FASHION AV $55 BILLION 900 170,000+ INDUSTRY FASHION COMPANIES PEOPLE EMPLOYED BY HEADQUARTERED IN NYC THE FASHION INDUSTRY k Cinte Media DOF 17,000+ BILLION 300,000+ MEDIA COMPANIES IN ANNUAL REVENUE PEOPLE EMPLOYED BY THE MEDIA IN NYC INDUSTRY - NEARLY 10% OF NYC'S PRIVATE WORKFORCE Bioscience 26 58 120 MAJOR ACADEMIC ADDITIONAL HOSPITALS BIOSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH CENTERS COMPANIES Awards # 1 #1 #1 MOST COMPETITIVE GLOBAL CITY BEST CITY IN THE CITY IN THE WORLD WORLD TO DO BUSINESS (AT Kearney Global Cities Index) (Economist Intelligence Unit) (Euromoney) Created by NYCEDC For more info, visit www.nycedc.com/bestforbusiness ERICA VIRTUE NEW YORK CITY, MAKE IT HERE ericavirtue.com ニニ