Meet Our Businesses

Chesapeake’s vibrant business community offers unparalleled opportunities for existing companies to expand, innovate, and transform. Year after year, Chesapeake’s economy continues to generate multi-million dollar business investments and high-demand jobs. With connected transportation networks, diverse industry sectors, and a skilled 21st-century workforce, Chesapeake is a thriving business center like no other.

• 20 percent of the region’s largest employers—like Canon, Cox Communications, General Dynamics, Dollar Tree, and USAA—are located in Chesapeake.
• Dollar Tree Inc. developed into a Fortune 500 company right here in Chesapeake, improving its ranking of No. 499 in 2009 to become No. 330.
• Start-up business Big Ugly Brewing Company used innovative tactics to open a craft brewery. Innovation and transformation are intricately woven together in Chesapeake.