Professional Services & Corporate Operations

Texas is the headquarters of headquarters.

Texas is home to 54 Fortune 500 headquarters, one in ten publicly traded companies in the U.S. and more than 3.5 million small businesses. The Professional Services and Corporate Operations sector provides data services — supported by the Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence sector — as well as back-office operations, financial activities and more with an industry workforce of more than 1.6 million. The new “Y’all Street,” Texas ranks #1 in the U.S. for total financial services employment. That trend is expected to continue with the new Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE), expected to begin trading in early 2026, along with the recently announced NYSE Texas and new Texas regional headquarters for Nasdaq, all located in Dallas.

Texas Advantages: With an estimated GDP of $2.7 trillion, Texas is the eighth-largest economy compared to the nations of the world. Texas offers unmatched operating advantages: a business-friendly climate—with no corporate or personal income tax—a predictable regulatory enivornment, robust infrastructure and a highly skilled, educated and growing workforce. Texas also moves at the speed of business, offering corporate governance protections and access to specialty business corts to efficiently resolve complex litigation. The top state for new business investment, population growth, job creation, exports and foreign director investment (FDI), Texas is where businesses come to compete, innovate and thrive.

Targest industry clusters within the Professional Services and Corporate Operations sector include:

Business Services and Corporate Headquarters
Financial Services

Top Companies

Professional services and corporate operations with a strong presence in Texas:

TaskUs	Continuum Global Solutions
Charles Schwab	Wells Fargo
NASDAQ	TX Capital Bank
Jacobs Solutions	Frost Bank
JP Morgan	AECOM