Business Services

Supporting Start-Ups

  • Guidance in developing a solid business plan.
  • Comprehensive and customized local market research, including demographic and economic trends for business planning.
  • Referrals to relevant local, provincial & federal business resources.
  • Assistance with finding a suitable business location.


Attracting New Businesses

  • Highlighting St. Albert’s competitive advantages for business.
  • Providing location and site selection services to incoming companies.
  • Facilitate business connections to key community players, organizations, stakeholders and resources.

Contact our Business Attraction Team


Promoting St. Albert

  • A premier destination to live, visit and do business
  • A community with many competitive advantages for doing business
  • A location that has an unparalleled quality of life


Fostering Business Retention and Expansions

  • Listening and responding to business concerns and providing customized solutions on a wide range of topics.
  • Identifying businesses at risk of leaving the community and working with them to resolve issues.
  • Work with businesses considering expansion or with expansion potential to remove barriers and assist in successfully expanding operations.
  • Assisting in exploring new export markets. 
  • Gathering feedback from local businesses to monitor St. Albert's business climate.
  • Work to create and foster a friendly business environment in the community.

Contact our Business Retention and Expansion Team


Maintaining Business Practices

  • Licensing and regulatory compliance for your business, including permit and certification requirements with other agencies
  • Promotion of your business through the City’s online business directory

Contact our Business Licensing Department


Encouraging Tourism

  • Operating and promoting signature events in the city.
  • Working with local businesses to build their tourism capacity.

Tourism project inquiries and event development are managed by our Business Retention and Expansion Team. 

Learn more about St. Albert Tourism


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Last edited: March 10, 2026