Key Industries
in Morgan Hill

From high-tech to high-touch, business of all types will find a welcome home here.

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Our vision for economic prosperity, as defined in our Economic Blueprint, embraces the unique opportunities available in Morgan Hill and has been carefully crafted with guidance from thought leaders and pathfinders from the Bay Area.

The Blueprint explains our commitment to accelerate business development, and lays out the ways we’re helping our business community thrive.

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Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing

Innovative technology companies looking to locate their global headquarters, research and development or manufacturing facilities will find more space at lower cost than anywhere else in Silicon Valley.

Find out why companies like Specialized Bicycle Components—a leader in bicycling technology—Anritsu, ShoePalace, Toray Advanced Composites, Sunbasket and Lusamerica Foods call Morgan Hill home.

 
  • 7.7 million square feet of Industrial and R&D innovation space in Morgan Hill (source: CoStar Industrial Report, May 2023)

  • 132 acres of vacant commercial land and 92 acres of vacant industrial land available

  • Top manufacturing niches include sports/recreation, electronic components and Food Manufacturing (source: City of Morgan Hill analysis of Business License data, 2019)

  • Over 19% of all jobs in Morgan Hill are associated with advanced manufacturing (source: City of Morgan Hill analysis of Business License data, 2018)

Toray Advanced Composites has chosen Morgan Hill as its headquarters because it’s a friendly place to grow and expand our manufacturing capacity and because of the proximity to our key customers.
— Scott Unger, Group President, Toray Advanced Composites

In honor of 2022 Manufacturing Week, the City of Morgan Hill hosted a Manufacturing Roundtable featuring two panels with leading industry experts!

The first portion of the panel will consist of manufacturer executives who will discuss the industry’s current environment, challenges, issues, opportunities, and future. The second portion of the panel will consist of service providers and subject matter experts who can offer counsel, advice, information, tools, and resources to manufacturers.


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Healthcare

Medical services and diagnostics providers like Morgan Hill Imaging are discovering that the growing residential and business population in Morgan Hill and its surrounding area is an attractive and highly receptive audience. Bioscience, medical R&D and manufacturing companies such as Phoenix Deventures, Paramit Corporation, Aragen, and Anaerobe Systems have also found a supportive home in Morgan Hill.

Because our zoning permits healthcare providers to locate in over 90 percent of the city’s business districts, finding the perfect location for your office or clinic couldn’t be easier.

 
  • A 35,000 to 55,000+ square foot ambulatory center can easily be supported in Morgan Hill (Source: Health System Advisor Report 2014)

  • Morgan Hill’s population is growing at a faster rate than the national average (Source: Health System Advisor Report 2014)

  • Unmet supply results in 78% of Morgan Hill residents leaving the area to receive inpatient medical services (Source: Health System Advisor Report 2014)

  • Morgan Hill has demand for Primary Care providers (Source: Health System Advisor Report 2014)

The Bay Area is one of a handful of hot areas for medical technology development in the country
— Jeff Christian, CEO, Phoenix DeVentures Inc.

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Hospitality

Morgan Hill is a growing tourism and sports recreation destination. Cycling routes and sports facilities bring competitors from all over Northern California. We have one of the oldest wine regions in California with dozens of premium wineries in our backyard. Pick-your-own farms, lakes, golf courses, equestrian trails, recreational facilities -- the list goes on and on! 

Morgan Hill is a perfect home for lodging businesses, from full-service hotels to bed and breakfasts, and any business, like wineries, breweries, indoor sports facilities and sports retailers, that can serve the thousands of people who visit each day for business and pleasure.

 
  • Over 70 outdoor, recreation and park areas, farms and winery venues located in South County (source: City of Morgan Hill)

  • Morgan Hill's recreation facilities (Outdoor Sports Center and Aquatics Center) attracted over 1.2 million visitors to Morgan Hill (source: City of Morgan Hill)

  • 29 wineries are within a 20-minute drive time of Downtown Morgan Hill (source: City of Morgan Hill analysis of Wineries Association data, 2018)

  • A variety of 14 Hotel properties for all travelers with 897 rooms available (source: City of Morgan Hill analysis of Business License data, 2019)

Ten years ago we had about ten wineries here in the southern part of Santa Clara Valley. Now, we have 30.
— Roy Froom, Winery Estate Sommelier

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Retail

Fantastic demographics and over 1.1 million square feet of available retail space provide opportunity for retailers of every type and size.

Morgan Hill has 8 major shopping centers (and several more retail projects underway), a vibrant and expanding downtown, and developable land in easily accessible and highly visible locations, including along US Highway 101.   

 
  • There are over 14,400 households in Morgan Hill (source: HdL, 2020)

  • 32% of households are considered affluent (source: Insight Market Analysis, March 2020)

  • Gross sales in Morgan Hill near $941 million in 2020 (source: HdL, 2020)

  • Average household income in Morgan Hill exceed $149,324 (source: HdL, 2020)

They have done so many things right around placemaking, around downtown development, they have restaurants and arts and cultural activities and residents in Morgan Hill really appreciate their city and people are coming from outside of Morgan Hill to be a part of that
— Teresa Alvarado, SPUR, San Jose

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