Every Company Moving To Texas: 2020-2025
In this report, we highlight all of the companies moving to Texas from 2020 onward. This research by Buildremote compiles every public announcement by businesses stating that they've changed their headquarters to Texas. This report was published on September 18, 2023. It was updated on October 25, 2023, then on January 8, 2024, January 25, 2024, May 14, 2024, August 30, 2024, and most recently on February 19, 2025.
Find out the date the company moved, which city in Texas it moved to, a quote about why the company moved, and the source. We’ll update the list whenever a company announces its plan to leave the state.
Table of Contents
- Notable companies moving to Texas
- Download a spreadsheet of all companies & data
- Statistics
- Why are they moving? (Quotes)
👉 Companies Moving To Texas: The Complete List 👈
Here are 16 notable companies that moved to Texas (about 10% of our database) between 2020 and 2025. To download the full database of 175+ companies, click here.
Company | Moved From | Moved To | Story |
KFC | Kentucky | Plano, TX | "The chain founded by Col. Harland Sanders is leaving its Louisville headquarters to set up shop in the Dallas suburb of Plano, Yum! Brands announced Tuesday." |
Realtor.com | California | Austin, TX | February 6, 2025 |
X (Twitter) | California | Austin, TX | "'This is the final straw,' Musk said in announcing that X would move its headquarters to Austin, Texas." |
TIAA | Colorado | Frisco, TX | August 9, 2024 |
Chevron | California | Houston, TX | "We’ve had our headquarters gradually growing in Texas and gradually pulling down in California. This is a continuation of a trend that has been underway for some time."
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SpaceX | California | Austin, TX | July 16, 2024 |
McAfee | California | Frisco, TX | January 20, 2023 |
Fisher Investments | Washington | Plano, TX | March 28, 2023 |
Frontier | Connecticut | Dallas, TX | August 25, 2023 |
Caterpillar | Illinois | Irving, TX | June 15, 2022 |
Boring Co. | California | Pflugerville, TX | April 18, 2022 |
Tesla | California | Austin, TX | “To be clear we will be continuing to expand our activities in California,” Musk said. “Our intention is to increase output from Fremont and Giga Nevada by 50%. If you go to our Fremont factory it’s jammed.” But, he added, “It’s tough for people to afford houses, and people have to come in from far away....There’s a limit to how big you can scale in the Bay Area.” |
AECOM | California | Dallas, TX | August 17, 2021 |
Charles Schwab | California | Westlake, TX | January 1, 2021 As part of the merger, the combined company’s headquarters would relocate from San Francisco to North Texas (Westlake)." |
Oracle | California | Austin, TX | “Oracle is implementing a more flexible employee work location policy and has changed its Corporate Headquarters from Redwood City, California to Austin, Texas. We believe these moves best position Oracle for growth and provide our personnel with more flexibility about where and how they work,” a spokesperson confirmed to CNBC." |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) | California | Spring, TX | December 1, 2020 |
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See Also: Every Company Leaving California | Every Company Leaving San Francisco | Notable Companies Leaving Chicago
Statistics About Companies Moving To Texas
According to primary research conducted by Buildremote, here are the main takeaways of our study of companies moving to Texas:
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Which states are they leaving?
We found 176 companies moving to Texas. They’ve moved from 26 different states.
To which Texas cities are they moving?
We found 176 companies moving to Texas. They’ve moved to 36 different cities.
How many companies have moved to Texas?
We found 176 companies that have moved to Texas since 2020.
Why are companies moving to Texas?
In our complete list of companies moving to Texas, we provide quotes from company leaders about why they’ve chosen to move. Here are some direct quotes pulled out to highlight the recurring themes:
- “Texas supports entrepreneurs and innovative businesses”
- “Favorable tax rate for businesses and residents and cost of living implications”
- “With a highly skilled workforce, ongoing trade programs, reasonable cost of living, and a lower overall tax burden”
- “We need our U.S. headquarters to be centrally located”
- “It’s tough for people to afford houses [in California]”
- San Antonio’s “very attractive environment for future growth”
- “Texas’ welcoming attitude towards small businesses”
- “To benefit from the state’s tremendous logistical advantages”
- Austin’s “educated, diverse, and growing population”
- Dallas “is one of the fastest-growing tech centers in the country”
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Sources & Further Reading
Here’s where we found our research.
- News stories linked to from within the table
- Dallas Regional Chamber
- Office of the Governor, Texas Economic Development & Tourism
- The California Book of Exoduses compiled by California Policy Center
- Y Texas’s Relo Tracker
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