Welcome to the Virginia Beach Defense Business Center site.  An initiative by the Military Economic Development Advisory Committee, this site has been developed to assist area businesses interested in expanding their government contracting capability.

Virginia Beach’s proximity to the world’s largest naval base – not to mention the Pentagon – makes it an obvious candidate for companies associated with the Department of Defense or Homeland Security contract firms.

The Virginia Beach and Hampton Roads area is home to 12 major military installations representing all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, including the world's largest naval base and the home of the Atlantic Fleet. 

Virginia Beach is home to a civilian workforce of 228,000. The Hampton Road’s civilian labor force is substantially larger than that of the City’s, which allows businesses to draw from a pool of more than 824,000 people. In addition to civilian workers, the region is home to the largest concentration of Department of Defense installations in the world, with an active duty population of more than 90,000.

Each year more than 16,000 personnel exit the Navy with many preferring to stay in the area and seek private sector employment. The education and training level of the exiting military personnel bring diverse and disciplined production, technical, managerial, computer and electronic skills to the labor force.