The Orange County Economic Development Department serves to diversify Orange County’s local economy by promoting the growth, retention and recruitment of small and locally-owned businesses, local agricultural and food processing ventures, entrepreneurial innovation start-ups, and large business employers engaged in a variety of retail trades, hospitality centers such as hotels and restaurants, light industrial manufacturing, logistics distribution centers, research and commercial office development. OCED offers several free-of-charge services and provides tailored site selection analysis and other market- and labor-condition analyses to assist in economic development efforts in Orange County.