Alpharetta, Georgia

==Economy==

===Top employers===
According to the City's 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alpharetta.ga.us/docs/default-source/publications/comprehensive-annual-financial-report/2022-annual-comprehensive-financial-report.pdf |title=City of Alpharetta ACFR |access-date=January 16, 2023 }}</ref> the city's top private sector employers are:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
|1
|[[ADP, Inc.]]
|2,231
|-
|2
|[[Fiserv, Inc.]]
|2,088
|-
|3
|[[Equifax]]
|1,669
|-
|4
|[[LexisNexis]]
|1,384
|-
|5
|[[MCI Inc.]] ([[Verizon]])
|1,095
|-
|6
|ET Securities, LLC
|878
|-
|7
|[[Ernst & Young]]
|806
|-
|8
|[[Hewlett Packard Enterprise]]
|738
|-
|9
|[[Synchrony Financial]]
|600
|-
|10
|LocumTenens.com
|496
|}

===Retail and mixed-use complexes===
Complexes in the area include:
*[[North Point Mall]], a traditional mall set for redevelopment
*An {{convert|86|acre|ha|adj=on}} [[mixed-use development]], [[Avalon (Alpharetta, Georgia)|Avalon]], opened in 2014. 
*The [[Halcyon (Forsyth County, Georgia)|Halcyon]] mixed residential-retail-entertainment-dining complex opened in 2019 in nearby Forsyth County has an Alpharetta postal address, but is not within the city limits or in the same county.

===Tech Alpharetta===
Tech Alpharetta (formerly known as the Alpharetta Technology Commission<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local/alpharetta-technology-panel-gets-new-name/hxTd0hkv4rNAXsXZSG8wnN/|title=Alpharetta technology panel gets new name|first=David|last=Ibata|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|language=en|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref> or simply ATC) is an advisory organization established by the City of Alpharetta in 2012.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.techalpharetta.com/history/|title=History|website=Tech Alpharetta|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-28}}</ref> The organization is an independent, [[501(c)(6)]] [[nonprofit organization]]<ref name=":0" /> that aims to help Alpharetta lead in technology innovation.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191219005546/en/Tech-Alpharetta-Appoints-New-Members-Strategic-Board|title=Tech Alpharetta Appoints Six New Members to Its Strategic Board|date=2019-12-19|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-28}}</ref> Tech Alpharetta runs an advisory board of technology companies based in the city, holds monthly technology events for technology executives,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/north_fulton/community/upcoming-tech-alpharetta-panel-focused-on-technology-s-transformation-of/article_90a02c4a-12d3-11e9-81d9-33046ab7690f.html|title=Upcoming Tech Alpharetta panel focused on 'technology's transformation of healthcare'|last=Moscarello|first=Lindsay|website=MDJOnline.com|date=January 7, 2019 |language=en|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref> and operates the Tech Alpharetta Innovation Center, a technology [[startup incubator]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local/alpharetta-oks-200k-for-city-technology-incubator/DF2M1FriStnwJ8K2gPOltN/|title=Alpharetta OKs $200K for city's technology incubator|first=David|last=Ibata|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|language=en|access-date=2020-02-28}}</ref> As of early 2020 about ten companies have "graduated" from Tech Alpharetta's incubator and were hiring employees in the North Fulton County region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2019/07/05/north-fulton-taking-aim-at-tech-health-care-worker.html|title=North Fulton taking aim at tech, health-care worker shortages|website=www.bizjournals.com|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref>

===Major companies===
[[File:5995 Windward Pkwy, Alpharetta, GA March 2017.jpg|thumb|[[McKesson Corporation]] offices]]
[[File:1000 Windward Concourse, Alpharetta, Georgia March 2017.jpg|thumb|[[Travelers Insurance]] offices]]

[[Cynergy Data]] is headquartered in Alpharetta, as was [[NetBank]] when it existed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.netbank.com/contact.htm |author=[[NetBank]] |date=January 11, 2001 |access-date=February 25, 2011 |title=NetBank Royal Centre Three, Suite 100 11475 Great Oaks Way Alpharetta, GA 30022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010111031900/http://www.netbank.com/contact.htm |archive-date=January 11, 2001 }}</ref>