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Opportunity knocks in Knox County Indiana • PO Box 701  Vincennes, IN 47591-0701 • TEL (812) 886-6993 • FAX 812.886.0888 • info@kcdc.com

Knox County Indiana employers give high marks to their workforce when it comes to measuring productivity levels. The annual employee turnover rate is less than 5 percent, and absenteeism rates range from 0-3 percent per month.

If you have specific needs and do not see a Site or Building to fill them below, contact us - we can help!

Information on our existing industries, the cost of doing businesses, taxes, incentives available, government, services and tools for building a successful business are linked below.

The Median Center of US Population is approximately 20 miles west of Vincennes. Because of its strategic location near the Median Center of U.S. Population and the major urban centers, markets and industries, Knox County is a prime location for development and distribution.

Detailed information on the availability and providers of vital services including electric, gas, fire protection, telecommunications, waste water treatment, portable water, groundwater availability and transportation can be found via this link.

Knox County Indiana is a great place to live and work. The community is equally supportive of raising a thriving family or a successful business. And, it is a true community in every sense of the world. We invite you to take a look around, both this site and the Knox County area. We think you will like what you see.

The Knox County Development Corporation would like to acknowledge the Vincennes Sun Commercial, Indiana Economic Digest, InSide Indiana Business, the Evansville Courier and Press and other area resources for some of the news stories and photographs which appear in our news links. We appreciate their ongoing coverage of events which emphasize the growth of Knox County and its economic development efforts.

The Knox County Development Corporation can assist you from planning to completion of your project. How may we assist you? Note:All services are free-of-charge and inquiries are kept strictly confidential.

Indiana ranked as the best place to do business in the Midwest and the sixth best nationwide in a survey of more than 500 chief executives by Chief Executive magazine.

Indiana was ranked as the best place to do business in the Midwest and the sixth best nationwide in a survey of more than 500 chief executives by Chief Executive magazine.

The magazines seventh annual Best & Worst States survey asks CEOs to evaluate states based on business tax policies, regulation, workforce quality and livability factors. Indianas 2011 ranking is up from 16th place in 2010. Its among the highest year-to-year improvements in the survey.
This ranking is a validation that business leaders recognize the work that Governor Daniels and the General Assembly are doing to make Indiana the best possible place to do business, said Mitch Roob, Secretary of Commerce and chief executive officer of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation. It seems fitting to celebrate this recognition on the same day that Amazon.com announced it will create hundreds of Indiana jobs by opening another fulfillment center here.
Indianas 6th place ranking makes it the only Midwestern state in the publications top 10. Among neighboring states, Kentucky ranked 17th, Ohio ranked 41st, Michigan ranked 46th and Illinois ranked 48th.

The Chief Executive magazine rankings come less than a week after the state announced that it was the recipient of a 2011 Gold Shovel Award from Area Development magazine. The publications top honor for economic development efforts, the Gold Shovel was awarded based on the states 2010 performance in categories including total job creation, job creation per-capita, new capital investment and number of new facilities.
Chief Executive magazine is a bi-monthly publication for top management executives published by the Chief Executive Group LLC. Founded in 1977, the Chief Executive Group LLC is headquartered in Greenwich, Conn. The Best & Worst States, survey results are available at: http://chiefexecutive.net/best-worst-states-for-business