The Best Places in the United States for Printing Companies to be Located Are...

If your business is not concentrated, the double-play is locating in an underserved market that’s close to the U.S. population center. Of the 100 most seriously underserved markets, the most ideal place to locate a physical plant in this decade is along the 200 mile (320 km) Interstate 44 corridor between Springfield, MO, and Tulsa, OK. Tornados love this area, but so does Wal-Mart, O’Reilly Automotive and Tyson Foods, among hundreds of multimillion-dollar print demanders. Best of all there are no Hot Markets Top 1,000 print suppliers there—yet. The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metopolitan standard area (MSA) is the most underserved in the U.S. and the several other MSAs are in the minors with Tulsa ranked #20. A tell-tale sign of all underserved markets is the number of locations, and share of print shipments, of Fed-Ex Office, UPS Stores, Staples and Office Depot. These are notable new competitors who pick up where we don’t.