• Average Commute Time

    Louisville’s average commute time is one of the shortest in the United States.

  • Cost of Living

    The cost of living in Louisville is about 4% lower than the national average.

  • Cost of Doing Business

    According to CNBC, Kentucky ranks No. 1 in the United States for cost of doing business.

Unparalleled Connectivity

Louisville’s access to rail, runway, road, and river infrastructure means you can easily get people and products across the globe in a matter of hours.

Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport

Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) is not just the gateway to Bourbon Country, but it’s also the front door for more than 4 million travelers annually. With access to more than 37 nonstop destinations to Boston, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami, San Francisco, and more, leisure and business travelers have access to more destinations than ever before. In 2023, Louisville Muhammad Ali International airport was the fastest growing airport in North America by added seat capacity.

If you are traveling through Louisville now or in the near future, you’ll get a glimpse of SDF’s impressive growth as the $500 million renovation and expansion, SDF Next, is currently underway. The renovation includes an interior/exterior terminal refresh, additional parking options, expanded security, new shopping and dining, and the construction of a new international terminal and customs facility.

Allegiant, American Airlines, Breeze Airways, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, and United Airlines offer coast-to-coast service from SDF.

UPS Worldport

Louisville is home to the largest automated package handling facility in the world—UPS Worldport. This innovative hub also serves as the center point of the UPS worldwide air network, with a prime location that allows UPS to reach 95% of the US populace in just four hours flying.

The 5.2 million square foot facility employs more than 20,000 people who staff an operation that sorts more than 416,000 packages per hour. Companies that have time-sensitive products and clients around the world benefit from the more than 300 daily arriving and departing flights.

UPS employs an innovative staffing model through its Metropolitan College Program. Participants in the program are able to earn a free college education at the University of Louisville and Jefferson Community and Technical College all while working part-time, earning a competitive wage, and receiving milestone bonuses. More than 22,000 students have utilized Metropolitan College benefits, and over 13k certificates, associate, bachelor, and graduate degrees have been earned.

Major Interstate, Rail and Waterway Access

Completed in 2016, the $2.5 billion Ohio River Bridges Project saw the addition of a new Downtown Louisville bridge crossing the Ohio River carrying traffic on I-65 northbound and an additional crossing on Louisville’s east end carrying northbound traffic on I-265. Major interstates including I-64, I-65, I-71, I-264 and I-265 intersect across the region and provide access to all corners of the United States.

Founded in 1778 at the Falls of the Ohio, Louisville was established as a major logistics and commercial hub from its beginning. Louisville Riverport is one of the two inland ports located in the region, with the other being Ports of Indiana-Jeffersonville located in Indiana’s Clark County. Louisville Riverport has developed over 2,000 acres of industrial and commercial real estate in Louisville and continues to offer great opportunities for investment today.

For companies seeking access to railways, Louisville is served by Norfolk Southern, CSX, BNSF, and Paducah and Louisville Railway.

  • "Louisville is a key strategic location for Clariant in North America, and is the North American headquarters of our Catalysts business unit - an essential component of Clariant’s profitable growth portfolio in the U.S. The cooperation we have received from the city makes doing business here easy."

    Ken Golder, CEO
    Clariant Corporation

  • "Louisville’s an affordable city in a great geographic location, with major markets in easy reach on all points of the compass. For any business, finding a new city is about finding the right combination of cost and benefit. Louisville has that combination – in abundance."

    Bill Ball, Managing Director
    Hogan Lovells

  • "Louisville and Kentucky offer all the necessary components for our global success - the natural ingredients for our products, a centrally located workforce, and a vibrant, caring and diverse community. We are proud to call Louisville our hometown. From community leaders to business leaders, Louisville is supportive of growth, excited about innovation, and willing to work together to accomplish new ideas."

    Lawson Whiting, CEO
    Brown-Forman Corporation

  • "Louisville is an epicenter of aging innovation, where companies work collectively to improve health outcomes for our fastest growing population and solve industry-wide issues by supporting local startups."

    Randy Bufford, CEO
    Synchrony Health Services