Alpharetta added 1,349 jobs and attracted eight company relocations between January 2025 and March 2026, helping push Fulton County six spots up Site Selection magazine's annual "America's Best Counties" list to No. 7 in the nation.

Select Fulton, the county's economic development agency, announced the ranking on July 9. The placement also makes Fulton County No. 1 among all Southeast counties and marks the third consecutive year it has landed in the magazine's top 10 for corporate facility investment.

Site Selection evaluates counties on the number of economic development projects, total capital investment, and jobs created during the evaluation window. Fulton County sat at No. 13 on the 2025 list.

Alpharetta's contribution was substantial. Connected Alpharetta, the city's economic development initiative, reported that the 15-month evaluation period produced eight relocations, five expansions of existing companies, and the 1,349 new positions. Connected Alpharetta's Mandy York published the city's breakdown on Monday, July 14.

Several of those moves are already visible along the Georgia 400 corridor. An earlier Connected Alpharetta report, covering nine months through April 2026, named 5Q, Ansell, ACCIONA, Hisense, Kawneer, and Kloeckner Metals as companies that relocated to the city, collectively leasing more than 155,000 square feet of office space. Five of those six moves were headquarters relocations drawn from elsewhere in Metro Atlanta.

Expansion activity during the same stretch included Equifax and UPS growing their corporate offices in Alpharetta, along with PAJUNK, a German medical-device manufacturer, expanding its advanced manufacturing footprint.

The Windward Tech District anchors much of this corporate density, with longstanding tenants including ADP, Morgan Stanley, Fiserv, LexisNexis, and Verizon.

Select Fulton called the placement "national recognition" of the county's business investment pipeline. Major county-wide announcements during the evaluation period included projects from Rivian, Mercedes-Benz USA, Shriners Children's, CRH Americas, Boston Scientific, and Duracell R&D, according to Select Fulton's LinkedIn page.

Georgia ranked No. 2 nationally for business climate in the same survey, and Metro Atlanta placed No. 2 for corporate headquarters projects.

The ranking is backward-looking, reflecting deals already closed. No public hearing or vote is attached to the announcement.