City of Surrey 2020-2024 Financial Plan

COMMUNITY PROFILE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

Surrey is home to various large and medium sized companies and organizations. The chart below reflects self-reported numbers by the listed organizations. These numbers depict only the employees who are employed at the Surrey locations of the companies or organizations and are updated every two years, the next update will be in 2020.

Source: City of Surrey Economic Development Division

Current total employment in Surrey, as of December 2019, is estimated to be 211,820 jobs. The graph below illustrates existing and projected total employment for the years 2015 through 2024. Over the last five years 17,580 jobs have been added in Surrey, representing an average annual growth rate of 1.8%, this is slightly less than the rate of population growth of 1.83% over this same period. Further employment growth of approximately 23,270 jobs is projected for the next five years, for an estimated 235,090 jobs.

*Numbers for 2020—2024 are projected Source: City of Surrey Planning & Development Department

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