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Why Companies Choose OC for Their Headquarters

Those who prefer a campus-style or low-rise environment, access to a great labor pool, proximity to gateway and secondary markets and a less-expensive alternative to L.A. choose Orange County, CBRE's Petra Durnin tells GlobeSt.com.

By Carrie Rossenfeld | carrierossenfeld | Updated on October 05, 2017

Petra Durnin Durnin: “Generally speaking, from an operational standpoint Orange County is a less-expensive alternative overall as compared with markets such as Santa Monica and others.”

ORANGE COUNTY, CA—Those companies that prefer a campus-style or low-rise environment, access to a great labor pool, proximity to gateway and secondary markets and a less-expensive alternative to L.A. choose Orange County, Petra Durnin, CBRE‘s head of research and analysis for Southern California, tells GlobeSt.com. According to a recent report from the firm, Inc Magazine‘s latest list of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the US included 296 businesses in L.A. and Orange County, ranking the metro area third in the nation. When adding the 41 startups in neighboring Ventura and the Inland Empire, the region accounted for approximately half of the 670 California companies listed.

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