The Opportunity: Professional Services Firms and their client relationships are essential fuel for the continued economic growth of Atlanta.
Atlanta is a growing Mecca for Professional Services firms. Attracted by the rich business climate boasting the 3rd most Fortune 500 headquarters and the presence of 70 % of the Fortune 1000, Professional and Business Services firms represented the largest share (26%) of 2005 job growth in Atlanta bringing the total number of Professional Services firm employees in the city to nearly 400,000 according to the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. A strong professional services economy is both an indicator of local market health and a predictor of it: just as professional services firms are attracted to a city because of its corporate success, so too are corporations attracted to a market due to a robust community of high quality supporting services providers.
