The City of Carrollton incentives include:

Property Tax Rebate

The Property Tax Rebate program provides property tax rebates for high-quality development and infrastructure that will enhance and expand the City’s economy. Eligibility of projects must bring at least $5 million in new capital investment (Real Property & Business Personal Property).

Job Creation Grant

The Job Creation Grant program promotes bringing jobs to Carrollton as well as assisting existing businesses to expand operations in Carrollton. Eligibility includes jobs paid an average annual full-time equivalent salary above the county’s average annual wage. Job grants can range from $100-$2,000 per each new job created and located in Carrollton.

Triple Freeport Exemption

The City of Carrollton offers Triple Freeport Exemption from three local taxing authorities, including the city, county and school district. Inventory that is brought into Carrollton from outside of Texas and reshipped out of the state within 175 days is exempt from inventory tax.

Public/ Private Agreement Program for Transit-Oriented Development

The Public/Private Agreement Program supports transit-oriented developments that go beyond base zoning by offering incentives to projects that demonstrate clear added value and a need for public assistance to move forward.

Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ-Downtown Carrollton)

The Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) helps fund infrastructure improvements towards two of Carrollton's three DART Light Rail Transit stations by reinvesting a portion of future tax revenue increases to support long-term redevelopment.

Retail Rehab & Redevelopment Grant

The Retail Rehabilitation & Redevelopment Grant provides matching funds to improve or redevelop retail properties that are at least 20 years old, with a focus on increasing property value and visual appeal in areas such as Historic Downtown Carrollton.

Josey/Belt Line Property Rehab Grant Program

The Josey/Belt Line Property Rehabilitation Grant Program offers financial incentives to encourage the revitalization of commercial properties along key corridors, supporting façade improvements, site upgrades and adaptive reuse to boost long-term economic vitality.

Specialty Retail & Restaurant 

The Specialty Retail & Restaurant Program offers incentives to unique dining and retail concepts that enhance the city's destination appeal and contribute to the local economy.

Back-fill Incentive Program for Vacant Grocery Store Anchors 

The Back-fill Incentive Program offers one-time grants to help revitalize aging retail centers by supporting retailers that occupy at least half of a long-vacant grocery store anchor space (50,000+ SF), with funding available for exterior improvements like signage, landscaping and façades.

Billboard Removal Grant

The Billboard Removal Grant encourages the permanent removal of billboards by offsetting removal costs and offering property tax rebates.

The City of Carrollton's boundaries lie primarily within Dallas County, but the northern portions of the City fall in both Denton and Collin Counties.  For information related to incentives available through a specific County, please click on the County name below.

• Dallas County

• Denton County

• Collin County

The State of Texas has worked hard to develop and sustain a business-friendly operating environment.  State and local government provides tax incentives, financing assistance, workforce training programs, and an array of services to help companies establish or expand in Texas. 

To find out more about the various State programs available, please visit the State’s website found here.

Two of the State’s more well-known programs are the Texas Enterprise Fund and the Texas Enterprise Zone Program. 

Texas Enterprise Fund

The Texas Enterprise Fund was established in 2003 to help attract new jobs and investment to the state. The fund was reappropriated by the Legislature in 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011. As the largest "deal-closing" fund of its kind in the nation, the TEF continues to attract businesses to Texas. The fund is used only as a final incentive tool where a single Texas site is competing with another viable out-of-state option. Additionally, the TEF will only be considered to help close a deal that already has significant local support behind it from a prospective Texas community. Additional information regarding the Enterprise Fund Program can be found here.

Texas Enterprise Zone Program

The Texas Enterprise Zone Program is an economic development tool for local communities to partner with the State of Texas to promote job creation and capital investment in economically distressed areas of the state.  The Program is administered through the Texas Comptroller’s Office.  Additional information regarding the Enterprise Zone Program can be found here.