Maryland Department of Commerce
State of Maryland
Maryland’s lead agency for business attraction and retention, with strengths in life sciences, cybersecurity, and federal-adjacent industries.
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Programs & Incentives
Income-tax credit for businesses creating a threshold number of new full-time jobs.
Large credit for major projects that create jobs in the state’s most distressed jurisdictions.
Flexible loans, grants, and investments through the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Fund.
Refundable credit for qualified investors in early-stage Maryland biotech companies.
Matching training grants for skills upgrades at existing manufacturing and technology firms.
Economic Briefings
This week in Maryland
Seven days to 26 October 2026
No Maryland item scored above the weekly brief’s threshold this week. That reflects the feeds we read, not everything that happened in Maryland — the source register lists which feeds we can reach.
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