About Our Area

On both sides of the Blue Ridge, a vital and diverse business climate offers job opportunities at all levels of skill and experience. Tourism, technology, health care, manufacturing, education, food processing, retail, textiles, construction, agriculture and service industries are among the options.

Major employers

In Charlottesville, the University of Virginia is the largest employer. Local governments, school districts, and hospitals are also big employers, as are other colleges and universities. Major employers in the region include:

• American Safety Razor
• GE Fanuc
• Lexis Nexis
• Klockner Pentaplast of America
• the National Ground Intelligence Center
• Litton Marine
• Alcoa Hershey Nibco,
• McKee Baking Company
• State Farm Insurance
• DuPont (Invista)

Real Estate III's Relocation Services Department stays in close touch with area employers, working with them to settle new hires in homes they love.

Small business

For people looking to relocate their company or start a new one, Charlottesville is a great entrepreneur city, with many programs and organizations that support business development: SCORE, the Charlottesville–Albemarle Small Business Development Center, and the Charlottesville Venture Group, to name a few.

Economic development

The Thomas Jefferson Planning District, the Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development, and the Central Shenandoah Regional Planning District Commission provide vital planning, statistical and development service to the surrounding counties.

Chamber of Commerce