SPAIN MAD WELCOMES SPANISH COMPANIES DALLAS - DFW FORT WORTH

ACCESS The DFW Region has easy access to 187 nonstop domestic QUALITY OF LIFE destinations and 62 nonstop international destinations. • No state, personal, or corporate income tax SAMPLE OF DIRECT FLIGHTS TO SELECT MAJOR WORLD CITIES • The Dallas Arts District is nearly 70 acres — the largest Home to American Airlines and Southwest Airlines contiguous arts district in the country Amsterdam Cancun Honolulu Montreal Seoul Beijing Dubai Lima Paris Shanghai • Dallas has more than 230 sunny days a year Bogotá Dublin London Quito Sydney Buenos Aires Hong Kong Mexico City Rome Tokyo • Highway infrastructure conducive to an easy commute, with a $2.2 billion year-over-year investment in transportation infrastructure 10 Weekly Direct Flights to Spain American Airlines , 10x | Weekly direct service to MAD • Home to the Dallas Spanish House, oering immersive Spanish-language education to children and adults. Central is developing the first high-speed rail line in the United States, • Home to the FC Dallas (MLS), (NHL), Dallas connecting Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston, the fourth and fifth largest U.S. Cowboys (NFL), (NBA), metros, in 90 minutes (a 4-hour drive by car). (MLB), and Dallas Wings (WNBA)

AFFORDABILITY The DFW Region is one of the most aordable large metros in the country for businesses and individuals. 97.5 DFW DFW €292,000 102.0 Chicago Chicago €446,000 110.2 Seattle Boston €592,000 Typical Middle Los Angeles Seattle Management Home Cost of doing 112.8 €647,000 223 square meters business index 116.0 Washington, D.C. Los Angeles €721,000 4 bedrooms 130.2 Boston Washington, D.C. €832,000 2 bathrooms 143.7 San Francisco San Francisco €1,108,000 162.4 New York New York €1,695,000 *Currency listed in Euros.

TALENT The DFW Region has an abundant pipeline of talent for existing and new employers.

POPULATION LABOR FORCE & GROWTH MAGNET FOR TALENT

380,880 students enrolled in higher education at major 4 MILLION universities and community colleges in DFW. regional labor force

49,098 296,647 Current 400 Projected DFW is #1 for large # of Bachelors, # of graduates DFW Region RESIDENTS regional Masters and PhD in 2017 from the added daily or population by metro job growth in 2018, population 1 person 2045 is adding 116,000 jobs. degrees awarded in 100+ colleges and 7.4 MILLION per 4 minutes 11.2 MILLION 2017 by DFW-area universities within Texas colleges and universities. and adjacent states. BUSINESS CLIMATE Dallas-Fort Worth is the largest U.S. metropolitan area with a low-cost, low-tax, business-friendly climate and numerous incentives that encourage continued growth and investment in the region. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT IN EUROS PARTNERS DFW & SPAIN TRADE: €301.44B

Consul General of Spain DFW TEXAS in Houston €175.41M 41.81% €476.95 BILLION €1.52 TRILLION Honorary Consul General of 58.19% exports from imports from DFW DFW to SPAIN Spain in Dallas SPAIN to DFW Singapore €311.78 Billion Mexico €1.03 Trillion €126.03M UAE €385.13 Billion Russia €1.41 Trillion Trade with Spain accounts for 0.44% of DFW’s total international trade.

DIVERSE INDUSTRIES TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION Key sectors of strength: advanced services and corporate DFW has one of four regional U.S. patent and trademark oces headquarters, logistics and trade, and technology. (USPTO) due to the growing output of high-tech innovations. MAJOR U.S. COMPANIES HEADQUARTERED IN DFW FORTUNE 500 = 22, FORTUNE 1,000 = 43

2 Exxon Mobil 505 Michaels Stores, Inc. 9 AT&T 525 Commercial Metals Company 64 Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. 548 Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. Inc. 71 American Airlines 591 Torchmark Corporation 142 Southwest Airlines Co. 611 Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. 147 Tenet Healthcare Corporation 620 Lennox International Inc. 153 Fluor Corporation 633 Trinity Industries 163 Kimberly-Clark Corporation 634 Darling Ingredients 192 Texas Instruments Incorporated 635 Flowserve Corporation 206 HollyFrontier Corporation 647 Sabre Corporation 211 D.R. Horton, Inc. 702 Comerica Incorporated 235 J.C. Penney Company, Inc. 714 Brinker International, Inc. 724 297 Jacobs Engineering Atmos Energy Dallas Startup Hub 322 GameStop Corp. 736 Cinemark Holdings, Inc. 362 Dean Foods Company 775 Fossil Group, Inc. 365 Alliance Data Systems Corporation 793 Rent-A-, Inc. 397 Yum China Holdings 806 Range Resources + 400 Builders FirstSource 848 Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 85 42 25 418 Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. 853 Primoris Services Corporation 455 Celanese Corporation 897 Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Co-working Accelerators Corporate Innovation 497 Pioneer Natural Resources 959 Valhi, Inc. Spaces & Incubators Centers 499 Vistra Energy The DFW Region will soon welcome (6) McKesson Corporation and (247) Core-Mark to the region.

SPANISH BUSINESS COMMUNITY Approximately 26 Spanish-owned companies operate U.S. or North American headquarters and other facilities in the Dallas-Fort Worth Region.

CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS The Dallas-Fort Worth Region welcomes the relocation or expansion of companies across a variety of industries. Since 2010, more than 130 new headquarters have been added to the DFW Region. Below is a sample of recent headquarters relocations, oce establishments, and industrial facility openings in the region.

HEADQUARTERS MOVE NEW SIGNIFICANT OFFICE LOCATION NEW INDUSTRIAL FACILITY

Dallas Regional Chamber | Sarah Carabias-Rush | [email protected] | (214) 746-6750 | www.dallaschamber.org