Agency
Take Your Business Further in SF
Our Business Development team helps businesses and organizations of all sizes navigate the opportunities, incentives, and connections to succeed in San Francisco. The city offers a diverse, inclusive business ecosystem with unmatched access to talent, capital, and innovation.
Why Businesses Choose San Francisco
With a vibrant quality of life, world-class arts and culture, and stunning natural beauty, San Francisco offers a diverse and dynamic environment where great ideas and great people come together.
Favorable Tax Credits and Incentives
Boost your bottom line with a business tax structure that makes starting businesses in San Francisco more cost-effective. Find location-based tax credits, film production rebates, energy and equipment savings, tax credits to fund business and nonprofit growth, and hiring incentives at the local, state and federal levels.
Prime Space - Flexible, Future-Ready and Cost-Effective
San Francisco offers unmatched leasing opportunities for office, retail, R&D, and manufacturing spaces in a central Bay Area location, perfectly placed to reach the region’s top talent.
Diverse Business Ecosystem
San Francisco is a strategic launchpad for all types of companies looking to grow in the region, nationally and internationally. With a diverse array of businesses, our ecosystem has everything you need to succeed. Learn more about our sectors and our specialized support.
Meet the team
Financial Services, Technology, Other Downtown Businesses, NonprofitsLaurel ArvanitidisDirector of Business Development
Financial Services, Technology, Other Downtown BusinessesSusanna Conine-NakanoBusiness Development Manager
InternationalMark ChandlerDirector of International Trade & Commerce
Technology, Clean Technology and Green Business, Life Sciences and HealthcareManish GoyalBusiness Development Manager
Manufacturing, Production, Distribution, and Repair (PDR) and SF Community Investment FundDylan SmithBusiness Development Manager
Tourism and HospitalitySelina SunBusiness Development Manager
Creative IndustriesBen Van HoutenDirector of Nightlife Initiatives
Creative IndustriesKelly VarianBusiness Development ManagerContact information
Address
City Hall1 Dr Carlton B. Goodlett Place
Room 448
San Francisco, CA 94102
Room 448
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone
Office of Economic and Workforce Development415-554-6969
Additional info
For emerging and established companies, the Business Development team offers one-on-one guidance to help new businesses in a variety of sectors open quickly, including access to capital, innovative programs, and technical assistance. Business Development is a division of the San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development.