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Pittsylvania County has the infrastructure, resources and people in place to help you increase the size and profitability of your business.
Located in the South-Central Piedmont region of Virginia with excellent access to highway and rail transportation centers, Pittsylvania Country is well-positioned to serve the needs of manufacturing and other industry – just a day’s shipping distance from two-thirds of the U.S. population.
And speaking of people, our workforce is energetic, well-trained and plentiful. (Click here for Workforce Data.) Take a closer look at our vital signs:
Major Industrial and Service Employers
| Unique Industries |
312 employees |
| Intertape Polymer Group |
300 employees |
| AC Furniture |
275 employees |
| Yorktowne Industries |
265 employees |
| Columbia Forest Products |
248 employees |
| Times Fiber Communications |
220 employees |
| Techma, U.S.A. |
204 employees |
| eToys, Direct |
200 (lo) - 1500 (hi) employees |
| Ennis |
260 employees |
| RACO |
150 employees |
| Owens-Illinois |
150 employees |
| DanChem Technologies |
130 employees |
| Riverview Plumbing & Heating |
126 employees |
| First Piedmont Corporation |
115 employees |
Transportation Highways
U.S. #29 (north-south) U.S. #58 (east-west)
U.S. #360 (northeast-southwest)
Easy access to Interstate 40, 85, 95 and 64
I-785 will soon connect the county to 1-85 at its technology hub
Motor Carriers
25 trucking firms serve the area
Commercial Air Service
Lynchburg Regional Airport (Lynchburg, VA)…………………...40 miles
Piedmont Triad International Airport (Greensboro, NC)………50 miles
Danville Regional Airport (General Aviation)
Commercial Rail Service
Amtrak
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Port
| Richmond |
140 miles |
| Norfolk |
190 miles |
Overnight Package Delivery
FedEx, UPS, DHL, and USPS Mail Express
Taxes
- Virginia’s tax rates are historically low. Localities collect a 1% sales tax. They do not tax other items taxed at the State level.
- Counties and cities in Virginia are separate tax-paying entities. Your company would, therefore, pay taxes to either a county or to a city.
- If a company is located in a town, it pays town and county taxes, except for utility taxes which are paid only to the town and the license tax which is paid only to the town unless town law permits the additional collection of a county tax.
- Manufacturers pay real estate, machinery and tools, truck and automobile, utility and sales taxes (click here for our Financial Incentives).
- Non-manufacturers pay real estate, tangible property, truck and automobile, utility, merchant’s capital and sales taxes.
Local Tax Rates 2007
| Real Estate |
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Nominal Tax rate/$100
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$0.50 |
| Machinery & Tools: Original Cost |
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Value for Tax Purposes
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$4.50 |
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Assessment Ratio
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10% |
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Effective Tax Rate/$100
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$0.45 |
| Automobiles and Trucks |
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Nominal Tax rate/$100
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$7.75 |
| Computed at 85% of retail value |
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Assessment Ratio
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30% |
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Effective Tax Rate/$100
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$2.33 |
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Business Information 
