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Located less than 30 miles northwest of Houston, the City of Tomball has emerged as a great place to live and work by blending economic opportunity with small-town charm.
An expanded transportation network, business-friendly mentality, excellent education system, and exceptional quality of life make Tomball an ideal business location. Whether
you come for a visit or are considering relocating, it has never been easier to get to Tomball and there have never been better reasons for sticking around. It’s time for you to
find out why.

to Galveston. Several local and state roads are interested in Tomball. Tomball has uniquely
currently undergoing expansion projects, which will positioned itself to meet this demand with the
allow for increased capacity in and around Tomball. master-planned and deed-restricted Tomball
Business and Technology Park. The 99.5-acre Park
It is not just road transportation, however, that gives is fully served with all utilities, provides off-site
Tomball an advantage. George Bush Intercontinental detention, and is located less than 2 miles from
Airport, the 8th busiest airport in the United States, the Grand Parkway.
is less than 30 minutes from Tomball, providing
businesses and residents easy access to destinations The Business and Technology Park has proven
around the globe. David Wayne Hooks Memorial to have national and international reach, with
Improved Connectivity
Airport, a regional airport located five miles from Canadian-based Packers Plus Energy Services
Tomball’s close proximity to Houston, one of Tomball’s Main Street, provides general aviation, and French-based SUEZ Water and Technologies
America’s most diverse and fastest growing chartered flights and fixed-based operator (FBO) Solutions operating in the Park.
metropolitan areas, gives companies the accessibility services, as well as government and military flight
needed to thrive. Due to a multitude of recent operations. Packers Plus was the first company to purchase
and ongoing transportation projects, numerous property in the Tomball Business and Technology
companies have strategically migrated to northwest Within an hour’s drive is one of the U.S.'s busiest Park, acquiring 17 acres in 2015. The company built a
Harris County, where Tomball emerges as a unique seaports, the Port of Houston. With the 52-mile- 50,000-square-foot Rapid Tool Development facility
business location and vibrant community. long Houston Ship Channel moving more than 247 in 2016 and future plans include a manufacturing
million tons of cargo each year, the Port is a strategic facility and corporate office building. The SUEZ
The recently expanded State Highway 249 (Tomball gateway for international trade. Ample truck and facility, which opened in October 2018, is one
Parkway) and newly completed State Highway 99 rail connections allow shippers to economically of the world’s largest research and development
(Grand Parkway) run directly through Tomball, transport goods between the Port and inland points. analytical testing labs. The 45,000-square-foot
putting major thoroughfares at the front door of Tomball is serviced by Burlington Northern Santa facility is home to 80 employees, including over 50
local companies. These highways provide access Fe (BNSF) Railway, allowing local business to move highly trained engineers, chemists, and technicians.
to downtown Houston and nearly every major goods quickly and conveniently across foreign and
Houston-area connector, while reducing congestion domestic markets. While the Business and Technology Park continues
and shortening travel times to and from Tomball. to grow, prominent business facilities are not
Thriving Business limited to the Park. The Baker Hughes Western
Interstate 45 and Beltway 8, each just minutes Hemisphere Education Center is a notable site for
from Tomball, help local companies service the The benefits of the improved transportation visitors entering Tomball from the east on Main
Houston area and access markets from Dallas infrastructure have resulted in a spike of companies Street. The cross-training facility, designed to

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