Professional Services

Did You Know?

The Shreveport region is home to dozens of professional service operations due to our reasonably-priced class-A office space availability.

Judge our cost advantages for yourself:

As the 3rd largest city in Louisiana (MSA population of 436,341), we are positioned uniquely to save manufacturers in both startup costs and ongoing operating costs. Our proximity as the largest city east of Dallas for 600 miles along Interstate-20 allows companies who locate here to save money on cost of transportation.

Specialized Workforce

Specialized Workforce

Shreveport has an existing workforce that is highly specialized in back-office operations while maintain a contact-center saturation of only 1.2%.

Plug and Play Real Estate

Plug and Play Real Estate

The Shreveport region has multiple available plug and play call centers that can be leased at rates below the US average and are located less than 15 minutes from a commercial airport.

Fiber Connectivity

Fiber Connectivity

The Shreveport area is served by multiple transport providers with 1,000 Mbps speeds.

Reliable Electric Power

Reliable Electric Power

AEP-SWEPCO has more than 1,000 MW of availability capacity with average industrial rates 33.3% less than the national average.

Pipeline of Workers

Pipeline of Workers

The Shreveport region is home to more than 20,000 enrolled students and a military base with more than 10,000 active duty airmen and women. More than 3,000 STEM degrees are awarded by area colleges and universities every year and more than 800 servicemen and women joined the civilian workforce last year.

Sampling of Professional Service Companies in Our Region

  • General Dynamics Information Technology - 1,100 Employee IT Consulting
  • APS – National Payroll ad HR Software Company with headquarters in Shreveport
  • PracticeMax – Full-service medical billing, practice management, and EMR technologies company. PracticeMax’s only facility in the Southeastern US is in Shreveport.