Missouri

Sectors it is courting

• Agribusiness
• Food and Beverage
• Industrial Materials
• Automotive
• Aerospace and Defense
• Distribution and Logistics
• Equipment and Machinery
• Energy
• Financial Services
• Business and Professional Services
• Healthcare
• Information and Communication Technology
• Safety and Security
• Media and Entertainment

In its own words: Geospatial intelligence — typed in free text, so not filterable above.

Investment it is seeking from

• France
• United Kingdom
• Germany
• Canada
• India
• Spain
• Japan
• South Korea
• Australia
• Belgium
• Mexico
• Netherlands
• Italy
• Switzerland
• China

Supply-chain projects it is looking for

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), Biotechnology, Critical Minerals and Materials, Electric Vehicles (EVs), Large Capacity Batteries, Semiconductor Manufacturing and Advanced Packaging

Site-selection services it offers

Real Estate: Assist with identifying and vetting suitable buildings/sites, coordinate site visits and tours. Incentives: Identify utility costs, determine eligibility for business incentives. Introductions: Facilitate meetings with strategic partners and government agencies. Workforce: Provide data on talent availability, coordinate labor training. Market Research: Business cost comparisons with other states, industry cluster identification.

Incentive programmes

• Tax Credit

  Refundable tax credits.

• Tax Exemption

  Building and equipment tax exemptions.

• Other

  Training programs.

Shovel-ready sites

• Missouri’s Certified Sites program provides consistent standards regarding the availability industrial development sites. All sites are at least 25 acres and have available utilities. There are more than 30 certified sites available throughout Missouri.

  Site details

Programmes for international technology startups

Missouri Works rewards job creation and capital investment, regardless of size or age of company. There are numerous entrepreneurship programs in the state.

Incubators and accelerators

• Cortex

  The Cortex Innovation Community is a vibrant, 200-acre hub of business, innovation, and technology integrated into St. Louis' historic Central West End and Forest Park Southeast neighborhoods, surrounded by nationally ranked universities and medical centers and abundant cultural and recreational assets.

• UMKC Innovation Center

  The UMKC Innovation Center unlocks the potential of entrepreneurship by helping people turn their ideas and innovations into ventures that shape an economy of hope.

• Jordan Valley Innovation Center

  The former MFA milling facility, which resided in downtown Springfield for the majority of the 20th century, has been transformed into a seven-story state-of-the-art facility, providing a location to conduct cutting edge research and development within a collaborative environment.

Additional services

Site visits, introductions to attorneys and accountants, introductions to state government agencies, training programs, and assistance with exports.

In its own words

The state’s FDI policy goals are to position the state for advanced manufacturing, clean tech, distribution, and mobility.

Who to contact

• Subash AliasCEOsubash@missouripartnership.com(314) 954-0522

120 South Central Avenue, Suite 1275, St. Louis, MO 63105