Savannah GA Business News
The Georgia Ports Authority's Garden City Terminal — the largest single container terminal in the Western Hemisphere — anchors Savannah's economy, handling 5.7 million TEUs in FY2025. Unemployment ran at 3.4% through 2025-05, against a state rate of 3.6%. Georgia is a right-to-work state.
What anchors the Savannah economy
- Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation.
- Georgia Ports Authority.
- Savannah-Chatham County Public School System.
- St. Joseph's/Candler Health System.
Beyond the headlines
The economy reaches into Aerospace Manufacturing, Healthcare, Tourism / Hospitality, and Higher Education. Savannah is corporate home to JCB North America Inc. (North American HQ). The single largest taxpayer in the county is Georgia Ports Authority / Gulfstream Aerospace (among largest private taxpayers).
Trade & infrastructure
- Appalachian Regional Port (Chatsworth, GA).
- Central Georgia Railpark (Cordele, GA).
- Garden City Terminal (seaport).
- Ocean Terminal (seaport).
- Foreign-Trade Zone 104 — federal duty-deferral zone for manufacturers and distributors here.
- Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (3,200,000 passengers/yr).
Talent pipeline
Workforce flows out of Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Savannah State University, Georgia Southern University – Armstrong Campus, and Savannah Technical College — feeding the engineering, healthcare, finance, and skilled-trade jobs that Savannah employers fill every year.
How HERESavannah covers it
We track every layer of the Savannah economy: corporate relocations, retail openings, restaurant launches, workforce trends, commercial real estate, supplier announcements, hospital and university capital projects, and the local, state, and federal government decisions that shape how businesses here grow. If it affects business in Chatham County, it's HERE.
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Savannah is in Chatham County, Georgia. Major employers in the Savannah area include Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Georgia Ports Authority, St. Joseph's/Candler Health System and Memorial Health University Medical Center.
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