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Welcome to the city of vast and emerging opportunities- where the city’s abundant resources, competitive workforce and growing economy allow new businesses to flourish and markets to expand extensively. Davao City ensures to take care of you and your business. The strong synergy among the business players and our local leaders continue to bring prosperity and economic abundance, spurring the city’s overall growth and development. Be part of our growing success. Do business in Davao City. Discover the wide range of lucrative markets in the city, made accessible through different access ports and infrastructures that connect the city to over 500 million people in the ASEAN and East Asian economies. Over the years, the city’s robust economy continues to indicate strong performance in trading and investments. With the right mix of business requisites and inputs in Davao City, investors are assured of healthy returns. With an available agricultural land area of about 20,001 hectares, investors find numerous opportunities for agribusiness. The abundant supply of agricultural products and availability of raw materials along with low labor cost, make investments in agribusiness, food production, and other agri-industrial processing viable. The Davao City local government takes care of you and your business by ensuring ease of doing business from start-up, operation through pro-business legislations and procedures. Davao City has the right conditions to make businesses flourish. With a vast land area, abundant supply of raw materials, affordable power rates, high workforce rate, and a responsive market of over 5.48 million people in Southern Mindanao, the city is ready for business growth and expansion. Davao city has an international airport with 9 domestic routes and 5 international routes that has access to the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA). This advantageous position makes trade movements convenient and efficient. Extensive trade linkages between Davao city’s foreign partners allows for a more comprehensive and efficient approach to business partnerships. Davao City bagged the 4th Most Competitive highly Urbanized City in the 2022 Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index (CMCI). Davao is the only city outside Metro Manila that has consistently made it on the top 5 of the lists since 2015. This consistent recognition continues to prove Davao city to be highly adept for trade, commerce, investment, and tourism.