Locating your business in Chatham-Kent is a winning proposition for business.

Economic Development Services' mandate is to promote Chatham-Kent as a location for business, industry and tourism destinations. Economic Development Services is uniquely qualified to assist the communities of Chatham-Kent – big and small – to strengthen local economies and business infrastructure. Chatham-Kent Economic Development Services provides confidential l business assistance with available site and building information, community briefings and tours, statistics, research, grant writing and customized information packages.

Chatham-Kent is a community of 108,000 located in the heart of Southwestern Ontario just minutes from the Windsor/Detroit border. There are three major US border crossings and three international airports within a one-hour drive. Chatham-Kent is also serviced by a local municipal airport that accommodates corporate aircraft. To ensure that workforce availability is never a problem, over 1 million Canadians live within one-hour of Chatham-Kent’s borders.

Chatham-Kent businesses appreciate the skilled workforce, the ease to Canadian and US markets, the low business operating costs and the wide range of greenfield and existing businesses.

Easy access to Highway 401 and the proximity to three major border crossings coupled with competitive land costs have made Chatham-Kent a popular location for business.