Headquarters in Columbus, Georgia — A Proven Home for Corporate Growth
Columbus is where headquarters start, grow, and stay competitive. Anchored by Aflac, Synovus, and TSYS (Global Payments), our market gives executive teams the advantage of a supportive, low-cost, pro-business environment—just 90 minutes from Atlanta. Companies find leadership talent from a 250k+ regional labor shed (strengthened by Fort Benning veterans), pipeline partnerships with Columbus Technical College and Columbus State University, and a community that moves projects from idea to operational quickly and cooperatively.
Columbus is also an exceptional landing spot for U.S. headquarters of international firms. You’ll plug into a Southeastern hub with I-185/U.S. 80 access, a regional airport, and a unified team that coordinates incentives, permitting, utilities, and workforce behind one door. The result: faster decisions, clearer timelines, and a headquarters that performs on day one.
Columbus Has a Headquarters Buildings for Sale
A unique advantage right now: Synovus has relocated to a new campus, and its former headquarters building is available and ready for occupancy—a rare, move-in-ready HQ opportunity in a walkable, amenity-rich city. Another manufacturing headquarters building is available next to a 101,000 sf warehouse space. Pair these buildings with Columbus’s cost efficiency, recruitment appeal, and all-hands partnership across Choose Columbus, the Development Authority, utilities, and local leadership, and you have a headquarters location built for long-term value.”
What CEOs Say About Columbus, GA
We are proud to call Georgia home, as we work to provide innovative payment solutions for people and businesses around the world.”
M. Troy Woods, CEO, TSYS
“My favorite thing about the City of Columbus are its people and its can-do attitude.”
Heath Schondelmayer, CEO, Synovus
Reasons to Place Your Headquarters in Columbus
- Leadership & Talent: Executive and shared-services pipelines from CSU & Columbus Tech, plus a veteran-rich talent pool.
- Access & Reach: Quick links to ATL (global air), regional rail and interstate networks for client reach and team mobility.
- Cost & Certainty: Pro-business climate, competitive operating costs, coordinated state & local incentives, and streamlined local processes with permits in 45-days.
- One Team: Choose Columbus coordinates partners so sites, incentives, utilities, and workforce come together as a single plan.