Strategically located in the centre of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Richmond Hill provides the business community with access to the areas east, west, north, and south of the GTA. This allows companies to draw from local and near-local resources for labour, supplies, and customers.

More than 4,000 businesses call Richmond Hill home with many Canadian head offices, such as BMW Canada, LEGO Canada, Apotex, Ash City, and others. Four prestige business parks are strategically located along the Highway 404, with easy access to the Pearson International Airport, CN Rail - Classification Yard, and Port Toronto.

Economic Development staff work with local businesses to help them expand, attract new investment to Richmond Hill, assist in the relocation of new or existing businesses to the area, and provide support to business entrepreneurs.