FDI Directory · SelectUSA snapshot, February 2025
Louisiana
Louisiana Department of Economic Development
- Priority sectors
- 6
- Incentive programmes
- 3
- Shovel-ready sites
- 0
- Incubators
- 0
- Countries courted
- 7
Sectors it is courting
Investment it is seeking from
Incentive programmes
Tax Credit
Digital Interactive Media and Software Program, a 25 percent tax credit for in-state labor, and an 18 percent tax credit for eligible production expenditures OR applicants can opt for 85% of the value earned as a rebate any time during the year.
Tax Exemption
Industrial Tax Exemption Program. The Louisiana Industrial Ad Valorem Tax Exemption Program (ITEP) is an original state incentive program, which offers an attractive tax incentive for manufacturers who make a commitment to jobs and payroll in the state. With approval by the Board of Commerce and Industry and local governmental entities, the program provides an 80% property tax abatement for an initial term of five years and the option to renew for five additional years at 80% property tax abatement on a manufacturer’s qualifying capital investment related to the manufacturing process in the state.
Other
Quality Jobs Rebate. The Quality Jobs, or QJ, program provides a cash rebate to companies that create well-paid jobs and promote economic development. The program provides up to a 6% cash rebate of annual gross payroll for new direct jobs for up to 10 years,provides a state sales/use tax rebate on capital expenditures or a 1.5% project facility expense rebate on the total capital investment, excluding tax exempted items.
Who to contact
- Paige CarterChief Business Development Officerpaige.carter@la.gov22534240585043767809
- Abigail DePinoProject ManagerAbigail.DePino@la.gov(225) 342-6524
617 North 3rd Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802
What Louisiana did not submit
These headings exist in the federal questionnaire and this jurisdiction left them blank. Blank means unanswered, not zero — it is not evidence that there is nothing there.
- Site-selection services
- Shovel-ready sites
- Incubators and accelerators
- University programmes
- Regional partner organisations
- Technology startup programmes
- Clean-energy programmes
- Supply-chain projects sought
Source: SelectUSA FDI Database — U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration. All profile text above is Louisiana Department of Economic Development's own submission, carried verbatim. Snapshot: February 2025. Programmes close, budgets change and people move on; confirm with the organisation before acting on anything here.