State Business Incentives Directory

Browse 148 state business incentive programs, with program descriptions, types, administering agencies and source links.

Alabama Jobs Act: Jobs Credit

Performance-based Alabama Jobs Act jobs credit for qualifying job-creation projects.

State: Alabama

Program type: Job creation tax credit

Source

Alabama Jobs Act: Investment Credit

Alabama Jobs Act investment credit for qualifying capital-investment projects.

State: Alabama

Program type: Capital investment tax credit

Source

Property & Sales Tax Abatements

State-authorized abatements for qualifying property and sales/use taxes connected to industrial and economic-development projects.

State: Alabama

Program type: Tax abatement/exemption

Source

Rural Development Initiative Fund

State: Alaska

Financing Programs

State: Alaska

AIDEA Small Business Economic Development Revolving Loan Fund

State: Alaska

Arizona Competes Fund

Deal-closing grant fund for competitive business attraction/expansion projects.

State: Arizona

Program type: Deal-closing grant

Source

Arizona Quality Job Tax Credit

Income/franchise tax credit for projects creating quality jobs and meeting investment/wage requirements.

State: Arizona

Program type: Job creation tax credit

Source

Arizona Qualified Facility Tax Credit Program

Refundable income tax credit for qualifying manufacturing, headquarters, or R&D facilities.

State: Arizona

Program type: Qualified facility tax credit

Source

Advantage Arkansas Income Tax Credit

State: Arkansas

Create Rebate

State: Arkansas

Arkansas Tax Back

State: Arkansas

California Competes Tax Credit

Negotiated income tax credit for businesses that want to locate, stay, or grow in California.

State: California

Program type: Discretionary tax credit

Source

California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank

IBank provides financing tools and credit support for infrastructure, small business, and economic-development projects in California.

State: California

Program type: Financing

Source

Employment Training Panel

Workforce training funding for employers to upskill new or incumbent California workers.

State: California

Program type: Workforce training

Source

Job Growth Incentive Tax Credit

State: Colorado

Colorado Strategic Fund

State: Colorado

Colorado Enterprise Zone

State: Colorado

Urban and Industrial Sites Reinvestment Tax Credit Program

State: Connecticut

Sales & Use Tax Exemptions

State: Connecticut

Loan & Financing Programs

State: Connecticut

Delaware Strategic Fund

State: Delaware

New Business Facility Tax Credit

State: Delaware

New Economy Jobs Tax Credit

State: Delaware

Capital Investment Tax Credit

Corporate income tax credit for qualifying high-impact capital investment projects.

State: Florida

Program type: Capital investment tax credit

Source

High Impact Business Performance Incentive Grant

Performance grant for high-impact facilities in designated sectors meeting investment and job requirements.

State: Florida

Program type: Performance grant

Source

Quick Response Training

Employer-driven training grant for new or expanding businesses creating jobs in Florida.

State: Florida

Program type: Workforce training

Source

Regional Economic Business Assistance Program

Discretionary REBA grant used to close competitive location/expansion projects in Georgia.

State: Georgia

Program type: Deal-closing grant

Source

Economic Development, Growth, and Expansion Grant

EDGE grant for competitive projects creating significant jobs and investment.

State: Georgia

Program type: Deal-closing grant

Source

Job Tax Credit

Georgia job tax credit for eligible businesses creating jobs, with benefits varying by county tier and industry.

State: Georgia

Program type: Job creation tax credit

Source

Capital Goods Excise Tax Credits

State: Hawaii

Enterprise Zone Partnership Program

State: Hawaii

Idaho Tax Reimbursement Incentive

State: Idaho

Investment Tax Credit

State: Idaho

Idaho Business Advantage

State: Idaho

Illinois Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Program

EDGE tax credit for qualifying job creation/retention and capital investment projects in Illinois.

State: Illinois

Program type: Job creation/retention tax credit

Source

Reimagining Energy and Vehicles

REV Illinois incentive package for EV, battery, renewable energy, and related supply-chain projects.

State: Illinois

Program type: Target-industry tax credit

Source

Illinois Enterprise Zone Program

Place-based incentives for businesses investing or creating jobs in certified Illinois Enterprise Zones.

State: Illinois

Program type: Enterprise zone/place-based

Source

Economic Development for a Growing Economy

EDGE refundable tax credit for companies creating or retaining jobs in Indiana.

State: Indiana

Program type: Job creation/retention tax credit

Source

Hoosier Business Investment Tax Credit

Tax credit supporting qualified capital investment in Indiana facilities and equipment.

State: Indiana

Program type: Capital investment tax credit

Source

Property Tax Exemptions/Rebates

Local property-tax abatement tools for qualifying real and personal property investment.

State: Indiana

Program type: Property tax abatement

Source

High Quality Jobs Program

State: Iowa

Business Incentives for Growth

State: Iowa

New Jobs Tax Credit

State: Iowa

Promoting Employment Across Kansas

State: Kansas

High Performance Incentive Program

State: Kansas

Kansas Industrial Training

State: Kansas

Kentucky Business Investment

KBI provides income tax credits and wage assessments for eligible companies creating jobs and investment.

State: Kentucky

Program type: Job/investment tax incentive

Source

Kentucky Enterprise Initiative Act

KEIA offers sales and use tax refunds for eligible construction and equipment costs for approved projects.

State: Kentucky

Program type: Sales/use tax refund

Source

Property Tax Abatements

State/local property tax tools for qualifying manufacturing and economic-development projects.

State: Kentucky

Program type: Property tax abatement

Source

High-Impact Jobs Program

Louisiana incentive for projects that create high-wage jobs and significant economic impact.

State: Louisiana

Program type: High-impact jobs incentive

Source

Industrial Tax Exemption Program

Property tax exemption for eligible manufacturing capital investments in Louisiana.

State: Louisiana

Program type: Property tax exemption

Source

LED FastStart

Customized workforce recruitment and training services for qualifying new or expanding companies.

State: Louisiana

Program type: Workforce training

Source

Dirigo Business Incentives

State: Maine

Business Equipment Tax Exemption

State: Maine

Municipal Tax Increment Financing

State: Maine

Advantage Maryland

State: Maryland

Economic Development Opportunities Program Fund

State: Maryland

Job Creation Tax Credit

State: Maryland

Economic Development Incentive Program

State: Massachusetts

Workforce Training Fund Program

State: Massachusetts

Investment Tax Credit

State: Massachusetts

Michigan Business Development Program

Performance-based grant, loan, or other assistance for competitive business attraction and expansion projects.

State: Michigan

Program type: Deal-closing/performance incentive

Source

Michigan New Jobs Training Program

Community-college financed training program for employers creating new jobs.

State: Michigan

Program type: Workforce training

Source

Critical Industry Program

Incentive program for transformational or critical-industry investments in Michigan.

State: Michigan

Program type: Target-industry performance incentive

Source

Minnesota Investment Fund

State: Minnesota

Minnesota Job Creation Fund

State: Minnesota

Property Tax Abatements

State: Minnesota

Mississippi Flexible Tax Incentive

State: Mississippi

Growth and Prosperity Program

State: Mississippi

Advantage Jobs Rebate Program

State: Mississippi

Missouri Works

State: Missouri

Business Use Incentives for Large-Scale Development

State: Missouri

Property Tax Abatements

State: Missouri

Job Growth Incentive Tax Credit

State: Montana

Property Tax Abatements

State: Montana

ImagiNE Nebraska

State: Nebraska

Site and Building Development Fund

State: Nebraska

Employment Expansion and Investment Incentive Act

State: Nebraska

Modified Business Tax Abatement

State: Nevada

Sales Tax Abatement

State: Nevada

Personal Property Tax Abatement

State: Nevada

Economic Revitalization Zone Tax Credit

State: New Hampshire

WorkInvestNH

State: New Hampshire

Municipal Economic Development and Revitalization Districts

State: New Hampshire

Emerge Program

NJEDA job-creation tax credit for eligible projects that create/retain jobs and meet net-benefit requirements.

State: New Jersey

Program type: Job creation tax credit

Source

Aspire Program

Gap-financing tax credit for eligible real estate and redevelopment projects in New Jersey.

State: New Jersey

Program type: Redevelopment gap financing

Source

Next New Jersey Manufacturing Program

Targeted NJEDA program for manufacturing investment and job growth.

State: New Jersey

Program type: Manufacturing incentive

Source

Local Economic Development Act

State: New Mexico

High Wage Job Tax Credit

State: New Mexico

Job Training Incentive Program

State: New Mexico

New York Excelsior Jobs Program

Tax credits for strategic businesses creating jobs and making significant investments in New York.

State: New York

Program type: Job/investment tax credit

Source

Empire State Development Grant Funds

Flexible grant assistance for projects generating economic-development benefits in New York.

State: New York

Program type: Capital grant

Source

Employee Training Incentive Program

Tax credit for employer training and internship programs tied to strategic industries and job growth.

State: New York

Program type: Workforce training tax credit

Source

Jobs Development Incentive Grants

Performance-based cash grant for companies creating jobs and investment in North Carolina.

State: North Carolina

Program type: Job creation performance grant

Source

One North Carolina Fund

Deal-closing grant supporting job creation and investment, usually requiring local match.

State: North Carolina

Program type: Deal-closing grant

Source

Local Tax Rebates

Local governments may negotiate property-tax grants/rebates for qualifying economic-development projects.

State: North Carolina

Program type: Local tax incentive

Source

Renaissance Zone

State: North Dakota

New/Expanding Business Income Tax Exemption

State: North Dakota

New Jobs Training Program

State: North Dakota

JobsOhio Economic Development Grant

JobsOhio grant for companies making fixed-asset investments and creating/retaining jobs in Ohio.

State: Ohio

Program type: Economic-development grant

Source

JobsOhio Workforce Grant

JobsOhio grant to support employee training for new, expanding, or upskilling projects.

State: Ohio

Program type: Workforce training

Source

Ohio Job Creation Tax Credit

Refundable commercial activity tax credit tied to new payroll for approved job-creation projects.

State: Ohio

Program type: Job creation tax credit

Source

Quality Jobs Program

State: Oklahoma

Quick Action Closing Fund

State: Oklahoma

Oklahoma Business Expansion Incentive Program

State: Oklahoma

Strategic Investment Program

State: Oregon

Governor Strategic Reserve Fund

State: Oregon

Business Expansion Program

State: Oregon

Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority

Low-interest loans and lines of credit for eligible businesses, industrial parks, and economic-development projects.

State: Pennsylvania

Program type: Financing

Source

Pennsylvania First

Grant, loan, or other assistance for job-creating and investment projects in Pennsylvania.

State: Pennsylvania

Program type: Deal-closing/performance incentive

Source

Workforce Training and Development Grant

State workforce assistance for companies training employees as part of an expansion or attraction project.

State: Pennsylvania

Program type: Workforce training

Source

Qualified Jobs Incentive Tax Credit Program

State: Rhode Island

Rebuild Rhode Island Tax Credit Program

State: Rhode Island

Tax Increment Financing

State: Rhode Island

Job Development Credit

Performance-based credit against employee withholding for qualifying job creation and investment projects.

State: South Carolina

Program type: Job development credit

Source

Coordinating Council for Economic Development Grants

State discretionary grant support for infrastructure and project needs tied to economic-development deals.

State: South Carolina

Program type: Infrastructure/deal-closing grant

Source

Fee-in-Lieu of Property Taxes & Special Source Revenue Credits

Local property-tax incentive tools reducing or offsetting property taxes for qualifying investments.

State: South Carolina

Program type: Property tax incentive

Source

Reinvestment Payment Program

State: South Dakota

South Dakota Jobs Grant Program

State: South Dakota

Local Infrastructure Improvement Program

State: South Dakota

FastTrack Economic Development Fund

Discretionary grant for infrastructure, relocation, and other project costs tied to job creation and investment.

State: Tennessee

Program type: Deal-closing grant

Source

FastTrack Job Training Assistance Program

Grant/reimbursement for customized training for companies creating net new jobs in Tennessee.

State: Tennessee

Program type: Workforce training

Source

Jobs & Industrial Machinery Tax Credits

Franchise/excise tax credits and industrial machinery sales tax benefits for qualifying businesses.

State: Tennessee

Program type: Tax credit/exemption

Source

Texas Enterprise Fund & Texas Enterprise Zone

TEF is a deal-closing grant; Enterprise Zone provides state sales/use tax refunds for approved projects in designated/qualifying areas.

State: Texas

Program type: Deal-closing and place-based incentives

Source

Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Program

JETI provides school district M&O tax limitation benefits for eligible large capital investment projects.

State: Texas

Program type: Property tax limitation

Source

Local Grants and Tax Abatements

Texas local governments may negotiate Chapter 380/381 grants and tax abatements for economic-development projects.

State: Texas

Program type: Local incentive

Source

Economic Development Tax Increment Financing

State: Utah

Rural Economic Development Tax Increment Financing

State: Utah

Custom Fit Workforce Training Program

State: Utah

Vermont Employment Growth Incentive

State: Vermont

Vermont Training Program

State: Vermont

Economic Development Authority Loans

State: Vermont

Commonwealth's Development Opportunity Fund

Discretionary governor's deal-closing grant for projects creating jobs and investment in Virginia.

State: Virginia

Program type: Deal-closing grant

Source

Virginia Investment Performance Grant

Performance grant for existing manufacturers and research-and-development services making capital investments.

State: Virginia

Program type: Capital investment performance grant

Source

Virginia Jobs Investment Program

Workforce recruiting and training services/funding for new and expanding Virginia companies.

State: Virginia

Program type: Workforce training

Source

Community Economic Revitalization Board Grant & Loans

State: Washington

Job Skills Program

State: Washington

Business & Occupational Tax Credits

State: Washington

Economic Opportunity Credit

State: West Virginia

Governor's Guaranteed Work Force Program

State: West Virginia

Manufacturing Investment Credit

State: West Virginia

Business Development Tax Credit

Refundable tax credit for eligible businesses creating jobs, making capital investment, training workers, or retaining corporate headquarters.

State: Wisconsin

Program type: Business development tax credit

Source

Enterprise Zone Tax Credit

Refundable tax credits for major expansion/retention projects in designated enterprise zones.

State: Wisconsin

Program type: Enterprise zone tax credit

Source

Manufacturing & Agricultural Credit

Income/franchise tax credit for qualified production activities income from manufacturing or agriculture in Wisconsin.

State: Wisconsin

Program type: Manufacturing/agriculture tax credit

Source

Economic Development Large Project Loan Program

State: Wyoming

Business Ready Community Grant and Loan Program

State: Wyoming

Workforce Development Training Fund

State: Wyoming