Government and public bodies in the United States

The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 2,323 government and public bodies in the United States.

Government and public bodies set policy, fund programs and run the economic development work that shapes a regional innovation ecosystem.

The largest concentrations are in Washington, DC (337), Arlington, Virginia (81) and Silver Spring, Maryland (50).

The United States scores 68.5 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking 21 of 117 economies.

See the United States on the IEPA ↗

2,323 government and public bodies

• City of Hooks
  Government or public body · Hooks
• City of Louisville Economic Vitality
  Government or public body · Louisville
• City of Moore, Economic Development (Public Affairs Dept.)
  Government or public body · Moore
• City of Nash
  Government or public body
• City of Nash, Texas
  Government or public body
• City of Norman, Community and Business Relations Division
  Government or public body · Norman
• City of Palm Beach Gardens Economic Development
  Government or public body · Palm Beach Gardens
• City of Pittsburg
  Government or public body · Pittsburg
• City of Port St. Lucie Office of Economic Development
  Government or public body · Port St. Lucie
• City of Prescott
  Government or public body · Prescott
• City of Richmond Department of Economic Development
  Government or public body · Richmond
• City of Tulsa, Economic Development
  Government or public body · Tulsa
• City of West Palm Beach Office of Economic Development
  Government or public body · West Palm Beach
• City of Wichita
  Government or public body · Wichita
• Civil Aeronautics Authority
  Government or public body · Dormant · Washington
• Coffey County Economic Development
  Government or public body · Burlington
• Colorado Air and Space Port
  Government or public body
• Colorado Creative Industries
  Government or public body · Denver
• Colorado Employee Ownership Office
  Government or public body · Denver
• Colorado Office of Film, Television and Media
  Government or public body · Denver
• Colorado Office of Just Transition
  Government or public body · Denver
• Cook County Bureau of Economic Development
  Government or public body · Chicago
• Crater Planning District Commission
  Government or public body · Petersburg
• Denver Economic Development and Opportunity (DEDO)
  Government or public body · Denver
• Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs
  Government or public body · Closed · Harrisburg
• Department of Health Services
  Government or public body · Berkeley
• Department of Natural Resources
  Government or public body · Closed · Annapolis
• Dickinson County Economic Development
  Government or public body · Abilene
• DLA Distribution Red River
  Government or public body · New Boston
• Eagle County
  Government or public body · Eagle
• Educational Service Center of Central Ohio
  Government or public body · Columbus
• Elk County Community Development
  Government or public body · Howard
• Ellis County, Kansas
  Government or public body · Hays
• Enterprise Florida
  Government or public body · Closed
• Environmental Science Services Administration
  Government or public body · Dormant · Washington
• Evans Redevelopment Agency
  Government or public body · Evans
• FAA Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center: V-PAR (Vertical Takeoff and Landing Procedures and Analysis Range)
  Government or public body · Oklahoma City
• Fairfax County Department of Economic Initiatives
  Government or public body · Fairfax
• Florida SBDC at Florida Atlantic University
  Government or public body · Boca Raton
• Florida SBDC at Indian River State College
  Government or public body · Fort Pierce
• Ford County, Kansas
  Government or public body · Dodge City
• FRIENDS Foundation (Sevier County)
  Government or public body · De Queen
• GO Virginia Region 2 Regional Council
  Government or public body · Roanoke
• Greater Chicagoland Economic Partnership
  Government or public body · Chicago
• Greater Oklahoma City Partnership
  Government or public body · Oklahoma City
• Greeley Downtown Development Authority
  Government or public body · Greeley
• Greeley Urban Renewal Authority
  Government or public body · Greeley
• Hampton Roads SBDC
  Government or public body · Hampton Roads
• High Plains Library District
  Government or public body · Greeley
• i2E, Inc.
  Government or public body · Oklahoma City
• Illinois Office of Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Technology (DCEO)
  Government or public body
• Information Network of Kansas
  Government or public body · Topeka
• Innovate Illinois
  Government or public body
• Innovate Oklahoma (innovate.ok.gov)
  Government or public body · Closed · Oklahoma City
• Iowa Agricultural Development Division
  Government or public body · Des Moines
• Iowa Arts Council
  Government or public body · Des Moines
• Iowa Capital Investment Board
  Government or public body
• Iowa Economic Development Authority
  Government or public body · Des Moines
• Iowa Energy Center
  Government or public body · Des Moines
• Iowa Innovation Council
  Government or public body · Des Moines
• Iowa Northland Regional Economic Development Commission
  Government or public body · Waterloo
• Johnstown Downtown Development Authority
  Government or public body · Johnstown
• Kansas Arts Commission
  Government or public body · Topeka
• Kansas Commerce International Division
  Government or public body · Topeka
• Kansas Forest Service
  Government or public body · Manhattan
• Kansas Office of Broadband Development
  Government or public body · Topeka
• Kansas Office of Innovation
  Government or public body · Topeka
• Kansas Office of Rural Prosperity
  Government or public body · Topeka
• Kansas SBDC at Fort Hays State University
  Government or public body · Hays
• Kansas SBDC at the University of Kansas
  Government or public body · Lawrence
• Kirkwood Small Business Development Center
  Government or public body · Cedar Rapids
• Lake/Geauga Small Business Development Center
  Government or public body · Kirtland
• Lane County Department of Youth Services
  Government or public body · Eugene
• Larimer County Economic and Workforce Development Department
  Government or public body · Fort Collins
• Lawrence-Douglas County Biosciences Authority
  Government or public body · Lawrence
• Little River County, Arkansas
  Government or public body · Ashdown
• Los Angeles County Office of Education
  Government or public body · Downey
• Martin County Industrial Development Authority
  Government or public body · Stuart
• McIntosh Sustainable Environment and Economic Development
  Government or public body · Darien
• Miami Valley SBDC
  Government or public body · Dayton
• Miami-Dade County Office of Innovation and Economic Development
  Government or public body · Miami
• Mid-Atlantic Tech Bridge (MATB)
  Government or public body · Norfolk
• Minority Business Office of Colorado
  Government or public body · Denver
• Nash Industrial Development
  Government or public body
• National Center for Public Health Informatics
  Government or public body · Atlanta
• National Coordination Office
  Government or public body · Dormant · Washington
• National Security Innovation Network
  Government or public body
• Naval Weapons Center
  Government or public body · Dormant · China Lake
• NAVWAR Space Field Activity
  Government or public body · Chantilly
• Nebraska State Office of the Governor
  Government or public body · Lincoln
• New Boston Special Industrial Development
  Government or public body · New Boston
• New River Valley Regional Commission
  Government or public body · Radford
• Nh State Department of Health and Human Sers
  Government or public body · Closed · Concord
• Northwest Kansas Planning and Development Commission
  Government or public body · Hill City
• OCAST SSBCI programs (OVCI + OBLP)
  Government or public body · Oklahoma City
• OEDIT Business Funding and Incentives Division
  Government or public body · Denver
• OEDIT Global Business Development Division
  Government or public body · Denver
• Office of Missouri Governor
  Government or public body · Jefferson City
• Ohio Third Frontier
  Government or public body · Columbus
• Ohio Third Frontier Commission
  Government or public body · Columbus
• Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics (ODAA)
  Government or public body · Oklahoma City
• Oklahoma Department of Commerce
  Government or public body · Oklahoma City
• Oklahoma Secretary of Science and Innovation
  Government or public body · Oklahoma City
• OMES Information Services (state CIO office)
  Government or public body · Oklahoma City
• Overland Park Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Council
  Government or public body · Overland Park
• Palm Beach County Department of Housing and Economic Development
  Government or public body · West Palm Beach
• Palm Beach County Office of Small Business Development
  Government or public body · West Palm Beach
• Palm Beach Workforce Development Consortium
  Government or public body · West Palm Beach
• PartnerTulsa
  Government or public body · Tulsa
• Pikes Peak Small Business Development Center
  Government or public body · Colorado Springs
• Polk County
  Government or public body · Des Moines
• Pottawatomie County Economic Development
  Government or public body · Wamego
• Pottawattamie County
  Government or public body · Council Bluffs
• Prince George County
  Government or public body · Prince George
• Region 8 Education Service Center
  Government or public body · Northeast
• REI Oklahoma Women's Business Center (Oklahoma City office)
  Government or public body · Oklahoma City
• Riverbend Water Resources District
  Government or public body
• Rural Opportunity Office
  Government or public body
• Scioto County Juvenile Court
  Government or public body · Portsmouth
• Sevier County Economic Development
  Government or public body · De Queen

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Cities

• Government and public bodies in Washington, DC 337
• Government and public bodies in Arlington, Virginia 81
• Government and public bodies in Silver Spring, Maryland 50
• Government and public bodies in Denver, Colorado 39
• Government and public bodies in Richmond, Virginia 38
• Government and public bodies in Sacramento, California 33
• Government and public bodies in Columbus, Ohio 29
• Government and public bodies in Austin, Texas 28
• Government and public bodies in New York, New York 27
• Government and public bodies in Albany, New York 25
• Government and public bodies in Des Moines, Iowa 25
• Government and public bodies in Boston, Massachusetts 23
• Government and public bodies in Atlanta, Georgia 21
• Government and public bodies in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 21
• Government and public bodies in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 21
• Government and public bodies in Topeka, Kansas 21
• Government and public bodies in Bethesda, Maryland 19
• Government and public bodies in Olympia, Washington 19
• Government and public bodies in Hartford, Connecticut 18
• Government and public bodies in Raleigh, North Carolina 18
• Government and public bodies in Saint Paul, Minnesota 18
• Government and public bodies in Alexandria, Virginia 17
• Government and public bodies in Chicago, Illinois 17
• Government and public bodies in Seattle, Washington 17
• Government and public bodies in Trenton, New Jersey 17
• Government and public bodies in Little Rock, Arkansas 16
• Government and public bodies in Tallahassee, Florida 16
• Government and public bodies in West Palm Beach, Florida 16
• Government and public bodies in Indianapolis, Indiana 14
• Government and public bodies in Lansing, Michigan 14
• Government and public bodies in Montgomery, Alabama 14
• Government and public bodies in Baltimore, Maryland 13
• Government and public bodies in Boulder, Colorado 13
• Government and public bodies in Madison, Wisconsin 13
• Government and public bodies in Columbia, South Carolina 12
• Government and public bodies in Frankfort, Kentucky 12
• Government and public bodies in Honolulu, Hawaii 12
• Government and public bodies in Boise, Idaho 11
• Government and public bodies in Greenbelt, Maryland 11
• Government and public bodies in Jackson, Mississippi 11
• Government and public bodies in Phoenix, Arizona 11
• Government and public bodies in Rockville, Maryland 11
• Government and public bodies in Salem, Oregon 11
• Government and public bodies in San Francisco, California 11
• Government and public bodies in Springfield, Illinois 11
• Government and public bodies in Anchorage, Alaska 10
• Government and public bodies in Charlottesville, Virginia 10
• Government and public bodies in Greeley, Colorado 10
• Government and public bodies in Helena, Montana 10
• Government and public bodies in Providence, Rhode Island 10
• Government and public bodies in Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 10
• Government and public bodies in Bismarck, North Dakota 9
• Government and public bodies in Cleveland, Ohio 9
• Government and public bodies in College Park, Maryland 9
• Government and public bodies in Concord, New Hampshire 9
• Government and public bodies in Jefferson City, Missouri 9
• Government and public bodies in Juneau, Alaska 9
• Government and public bodies in Nashville, Tennessee 9
• Government and public bodies in Salt Lake City, Utah 9
• Government and public bodies in Baton Rouge, Louisiana 8
• Government and public bodies in Gaithersburg, Maryland 8
• Government and public bodies in Lincoln, Nebraska 8
• Government and public bodies in Santa Fe, New Mexico 8
• Government and public bodies in Charleston, West Virginia 7
• Government and public bodies in Cheyenne, Wyoming 7
• Government and public bodies in Colorado Springs, Colorado 7
• Government and public bodies in Norfolk, Virginia 7
• Government and public bodies in Peterson SFB, Colorado 7
• Government and public bodies in Pierre, South Dakota 7
• Government and public bodies in Portland, Oregon 7
• Government and public bodies in San Antonio, Texas 7
• Government and public bodies in Texarkana, Texas 7
• Government and public bodies in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 6
• Government and public bodies in Annapolis, Maryland 6
• Government and public bodies in Augusta, Maine 6
• Government and public bodies in Cincinnati, Ohio 6
• Government and public bodies in Dover, Delaware 6
• Government and public bodies in Fairfax, Virginia 6
• Government and public bodies in Fort Pierce, Florida 6
• Government and public bodies in Montpelier, Vermont 6
• Government and public bodies in Oakland, California 6
• Government and public bodies in Reno, Nevada 6
• Government and public bodies in Virginia Beach, Virginia 6
• Government and public bodies in Carson City, Nevada 5
• Government and public bodies in Dayton, Ohio 5
• Government and public bodies in Fort Belvoir, Virginia 5
• Government and public bodies in Lawrence, Kansas 5
• Government and public bodies in Los Angeles, California 5
• Government and public bodies in Miami, Florida 5
• Government and public bodies in Peoria, Illinois 5
• Government and public bodies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 5
• Government and public bodies in Texarkana, Arkansas 5
• Government and public bodies in Akron, Ohio 4
• Government and public bodies in Albany, California 4
• Government and public bodies in Dodge City, Kansas 4
• Government and public bodies in Fort Collins, Colorado 4
• Government and public bodies in Fort Meade, Maryland 4
• Government and public bodies in Fredericksburg, Virginia 4
• Government and public bodies in Hays, Kansas 4
• Government and public bodies in Houston, Texas 4
• Government and public bodies in Knoxville, Tennessee 4
• Government and public bodies in Minneapolis, Minnesota 4
• Government and public bodies in New Orleans, Louisiana 4
• Government and public bodies in Norman, Oklahoma 4
• Government and public bodies in San Jose, California 4
• Government and public bodies in Stuart, Florida 4
• Government and public bodies in Tulsa, Oklahoma 4
• Government and public bodies in Wichita, Kansas 4
• Government and public bodies in Ann Arbor, Michigan 3
• Government and public bodies in Boca Raton, Florida 3
• Government and public bodies in Champaign, Illinois 3
• Government and public bodies in Charlotte, North Carolina 3
• Government and public bodies in Danville, Virginia 3
• Government and public bodies in Dubuque, Iowa 3
• Government and public bodies in Durham, North Carolina 3
• Government and public bodies in Fort Sam Houston Joint Base San Antonio, Texas 3
• Government and public bodies in Kirtland AFB, New Mexico 3
• Government and public bodies in New Boston, Texas 3
• Government and public bodies in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 3
• Government and public bodies in Riviera Beach, Florida 3
• Government and public bodies in Roanoke, Virginia 3
• Government and public bodies in San Diego, California 3
• Government and public bodies in San Luis Obispo, California 3
• Government and public bodies in Schriever SFB, Colorado 3
• Government and public bodies in Scott Air Force Base, Illinois 3
• Government and public bodies in St Louis, Missouri 3
• Government and public bodies in Suitland, Maryland 3
• Government and public bodies in Toledo, Ohio 3
• Government and public bodies in Tucson, Arizona 3
• Government and public bodies in Washington, Illinois 3
• Government and public bodies in Waterloo, Iowa 3
• Government and public bodies in Wilmington, Delaware 3
• Government and public bodies in Windsor, Colorado 3
• Government and public bodies in Youngstown, Ohio 3