It’s time to bring or build your business here. Take advantage of our strategic, centralized location. Then, it’s time for you to grow and thrive utilizing our robust business network, ambitious and skilled workforce and strong sense of community.
Greater Reading, Pennsylvania (Berks County) is proud to offer business owners from all backgrounds and experience levels like you the opportunities and support to thrive. The region is the entrepreneurial heartland of southeastern Pennsylvania. With industry-leading transportation companies, a diverse and highly educated workforce, customized business solutions and internationally recognized gourmet options, Greater Reading offers everything growing businesses and people need for local development and expansion.
Why greater reading, pa?
Greater Reading is ready to welcome you. You’ll find that our community takes pride in cultural and social inclusiveness. And, since you’re ambitious, smart and dedicated to growing your talents, Greater Reading is the right place for you.
Whether you’re an intern, entry-level, seasoned professional or entrepreneur extraordinaire, the opportunities in Greater Reading offer the support you need. With competitive wages, a welcoming culture and unmatched development potential, there’s no better place to locate and grow.
Site Selection
Let us connect the dots for you to help your business develop and grow. The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance is dedicated to helping you with all your needs toward expanding or relocating your business to the Greater Reading, PA region. With essential workforce development programs, available properties, financing opportunities and regional demographics data, we are prepared to connect your business to a wealth of information and profitable local opportunities.
Workforce + Demographics
You can utilize the skill sets of our workforce, which are complemented by an exceptional work ethic instilled in our community for many generations. Paired with our distinguished continuing-education and technical training resources at our local colleges and universities, employers like you have access to nearly 5,000 graduates and 29,000 within 40 miles.
Business Community
You want to be a part of Greater Reading’s proactive business community that encourages innovation, creativity and inclusion. Businesses like yours are successful here in large part, due to diversity–diversity of industries, people and amenities. This diversity provides stability to the local economy also while offering a community of cultural and social inclusiveness. What makes Berks County unique is our ability to serve and support many industries. With a recent surge in higher learning and strengths in construction, manufacturing, health care, agriculture and services–Greater Reading is growing. Now is the time for you to come join us!
Transportation
Here everything is within your reach. Few locations on the East Coast offer you more business and living advantages or a more central location than Greater Reading. Philadelphia is just 50 miles away. New York and Washington, D.C. are just over 100 miles. Boston, Richmond and Toronto are all within overnight driving distance. You’ll love our ideal and cost-effective location.
