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This month, EDC dove into the data from Q2 2026 to explore what investment and employment trends might mean for the future of the region. We also explored how ASML works towards building an #inclusiveSD and the key occupations and skills regional employers are hiring for.

Here’s what we accomplished this month, with and through our investors and partners ➡️

By the numbers

• 16.6K healthcare and social assistance jobs added (June 2025-2026)
• +5.7% year-over-year increase in office asking rent (June 2026)
• $1.09M median single-family home price (June 2026)

Featured stories

• • Q2 quarterly economic Snapshot
  • Inclusive growth spotlight: ASML
  • San Diego employers share 2026 talent needs across priority occupations

New and renewing investors

• BAE
• Boston Consulting Group
• Commute with Enterprise
• Cross Border Xpress
• Dexcom
• Enterprise Bank
• Gensler
• Lifeline Community Services
• Neurocrine
• Novo Brazil Brewing
• Point Loma Nazarene University
• PriceSmart
• Public Consulting
• Qualcomm
• San Diego State University
• UC San Diego

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As we entered 2026 with our region facing a critical inflection point, we looked ahead at the economic trends we predicted would be most significant to San Diego’s economy this year. Now midway through the year, the significance of this inflection point is becoming clearer. What is also becoming clearer are the actions San Diego must take—with and through you—to restart our region’s economic engines and retain our global competitiveness.

Here’s what we accomplished this month, with and through our investors and partners ➡️

Business Impact Awards Honorees by the numbers

• 13K+ people employed
• $9B+ combined revenue
• $6B added to the regional economy

Featured stories

• • Meet our 2026 San Diego Business Impact Awardees
  • EDC awarded grant to connect classrooms to careers in an AI-enabled workforce
  • UK-based Arup opens new San Diego office, expanding in Southern California

New and renewing investors

• Arup
• Associated Builders & Contractors
• BD
• Burger Construction
• City of Carlsbad
• City of Escondido
• Customers Bank
• Equus Workforce Solutions
• Illumina
• Neighborhood House
• Life Science Cares
• Tootris
• Workshop for Warriors

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This month, we took every opportunity to celebrate San Diego’s innovation, with more to come: We kicked off BIO 2026 with our Invest in San Diego breakfast, spotlighting our region’s world-class life sciences ecosystem, and invite you to join us at our upcoming events, the San Diego Business Impact Awards and Summer Bash.

Here’s what we accomplished this month, with and through our investors and partners ➡️

BIO 2026 by the numbers

• 240 attendees at Invest in San Diego Breakfast
• 54.5K life sciences jobs in San Diego (EDC, 2025)
• $26.1B estimated life sciences economic impact (EDC, 2025)

Featured stories

• • EDC, WTCSD kick off BIO 2026 spotlighting San Diego to international delegations
  • San Diego Business Impact Awards
  • Summer Bash 2026

New and renewing investors

• BioMed Realty
• Evans Hotels
• Intesa
• JPMorganChase
• Lowe Enterprises
• Marsh McClennan
• Parity Development
• Republic Services
• San Diego Community Power
• San Diego County Airport Authority
• Snell & Wilmer
• Southwest Airlines

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There’s nothing sweeter than a San Diego summer. The days are longer, the weather is stunning, and there’s no shortage of reasons to get outside and reconnect.

This summer, we’re continuing to bring together business and community leaders from across our binational region and we’d love to see you at one (or more!) of those upcoming opportunities.

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Q1 by the numbers

• $3B in VC funding captured (Q1 2026)
• 15.1K total jobs added (March 2025 to March 2026)
• $1.07M median home price (April 2026)

Featured stories

• • Q1 2026 Economic Snapshot
  • Intesa partner reflects on EDC Leadership Trip to Chicago
  • Apply: San Diego Business Impact Awards

New and renewing investors

• Aya Healthcare
• BCCA
• Cultura
• Deloitte
• LBA Realty
• Neighborhood House
• San Diego County Water Authority
• San Diego Padres
• SDICCCA

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As summer begins to draw near, our team at San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation (EDC) is eager to kick off many of our signature programs and events just around the corner. Underwritten by Point Loma Nazarene University, EDC’s Annual Dinner has become our biggest celebration and yearly moment of reflection—not just to take stock of the work behind us or ahead us, but to think of how much our mission continues to evolve and adapt to the economy and community we serve.

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Chicago by the numbers

• 39 delegates representing San Diego’s key leaders advancing Inclusive Growth
• 12 Chicago leaders engaged in programming across 6 sessions
• 11 local organizations sharing how they shape Chicago’s economic strategy

Featured stories

• • EDC, SDTA, Convention Center secured TED’s flagship conference move to San Diego
  • Investor Spotlight: Cross Border Xpress
  • Invest in San Diego Breakfast

New and renewing investors

• Alliance Healthcare
• Bank of America
• Eli Lilly
• Excelerate
• Ganmi Corp
• Kaiser Permanente
• San Diego Workforce Partnership
• Scripps Health
• Sip Wine & Beer
• Solomon Minton
• Sudberry
• Times of San Diego

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We know through our own research and data that important elements of San Diego’s economy are competitive and growing. However, we also know that as we track toward 2030, the region’s Inclusive Growth is facing a challenging inflection point.

Simply put, our progress is not outpacing our problems. And that isn’t something to run from or ignore—but rather something to face and resolve.

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By the numbers

• 43.5K new quality jobs within small businesses as of 2024
• 13K graduates completed post-secondary education in 2024
• 38.1K newly thriving households as of 2024

Featured stories

• • 2025 Inclusive Growth progress update
  • EDC analysis: Petco Park generates $913M in annual economic impact
  • Inclusive Growth Spotlight: Cajon Valley Union School District

New and renewing investors

• CBRE
• Clark Construction
• Cordia
• Rady Children’s Health
• SBCS
• SANDAG
• Solar Turbines
• Strategic Communications
• Verizon

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The global economy is being rewired in real time. Trade relationships are being reassessed. Supply chains are shifting. Capital is flowing more selectively. Here at home, the innovation drivers powering San Diego’s growth for more than a decade are beginning to show signs of strain.

Time and again, we hear from businesses like yours that uncertainty—more than any single policy—is the primary concern of 2026.

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By the numbers

• 1.4% increase in employment in Q4 2025
• 47% decrease in Life Sciences VC funding in 2025
• $31B in economic impact is tied to Life Sciences in 2025
• 2.3% decline in jobs leading in the in the innovation industry in Q4 20205

Featured stories

• • Q4 2025 Economic Snapshot
  • San Diego’s role in fusion’s next chapter
  • EDC’s 2026 Annual Dinner

New and renewing investors

• California Schools VEBA
• COX
• Endeavor Bank
• Gafcon
• General Atomics
• H.G. Fenton Company
• MedWest Realty
• SAIC
• Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation
• YMCA of San Diego County

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More San Diego students are completing degrees and credentials than ever before and jobs requiring a bachelor’s degree or higher continue to grow at a significantly faster rate than those requiring less education. Still, early-career talent face mounting challenges…

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By the numbers

• 375 new local jobs by MetroConnect companies since 2015
• 28 new international offices by MetroConnnect Companies since 2015
• 210 subsidized interns placed in 2025
• 110 companies hosted interns in 2025

Featured case study

• EDC quantifies $4.5B economic impact of SAN’s New T1 construction

Featured stories

• Meet the MetroConnect VIII Companies!
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New and renewing investors

• Accenture
• Alaska Airlines
• Apple
• Deloitte
• EY
• Sharp
• Top Notch Finders

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As another year begins, I sit with my crystal ball once again to see what we can glean from the data we’ve received this past year and what implications it may have for our region’s economic growth.

The past year told a complex story driven by uncertainty, and in 2026, San Diego stands at an inflection point—one where technological transformation collides with traditional economic challenges in ways we haven’t seen before.

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EDC’s impact in 2025

• 149 companies supported
• $5.1B FDI supported by WTCSD in 2025
• 14 research products supported and published
• $1.38M intern payroll covered via ASD

Featured case study

• Point Loma Nazarene University creates an affordable pathway for community college STEM talent, with EDC support

Featured stories

• San Diego’s Good News of the Year 2025
• EDC’s Annual Report
• Local procurement means big impact: The power of the Anchor Institution Collaborative

New and renewing investors

• Carrier Johnson + Culture
• City of Chula Vista
• ClayCo
• Cubic Corporation
• Grifols
• MAAC
• Meyers Nave
• Northrop Grumman
• Sea World San Diego
• Townshend Venture Advisors
• San Diego WAVE FC
• Torrey Pines Bank, a branch of Wester Alliance Bank

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As we head into 2026, there are many important and valuable causes, initiatives, and organizations within our region that are in need—among them youth employment and internship programs. EDC’s Advancing San Diego program has funded paid work-based learning experiences for more than 800 students to date and is in need of support for its next cohort—whether contributing financially or hosting an intern.

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By the numbers

• 95K Local jobs supported by binational trade
• 97% Of San Diego and Imperial exports go to Mexico
• $4.3B Regional economic impact of cyber S\sector
• 29K+ Jobs supported by cyber sector

Featured case study

• EDAN establishes first U.S. manufacturing facility in San Diego, adds 100+ jobs with WTCSD support

Featured stories

• Study: Cali Baja trade grows under USMCA, fuels 95K local jobs in strategic sectors
• Study: San Diego’s $4.3B cyber cluster expands amid tech contraction
• Meeting San Diego’s healthcare talent needs beyond 2025

New and renewing investors

• Cajon Valley Union School District
• Dexcom
• Meyers Nave
• Prebys Foundation
• Viasat

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