International Business Development Center
The International Business Development Center (IBDC) functions as a soft landing for foreign businesses looking to expand into the U.S. market in San Antonio. Since its creation in 1999, IBDC has helped over 200 businesses create lasting expansion in San Antonio.
SAEDF hosts the annual Tom C. Frost International Business Forum to bring business leaders, policymakers, and trade experts together.
7 new
companies
in 2019
Access
to local
experts

$25M
in economic
impact
Office space,
business
planning,
market
research
and more
From the Source
AmeriVet, a Canadian company that provides services to veterinary offices, contacted SAEDF for information on doing business in the U.S. The SAEDF team was able to successfully recruit Amerivet to locate their first U.S. operations into the IBDC, which provides a soft landing for international companies. Through participation in the IBDC program, AmeriVet outgrew its original IBDC office space and projects to hire 60 new employees as part of its U.S. headquarters in San Antonio, Texas.