The City of Pearland has the ability to nominate projects for the Texas Enterprise Zone Program. The city may nominate up to six projects to the state per legislative biennium, under the statewide cap of 105 projects per biennium. Upon the city designating a business as an enterprise project, and upon that project’s designation being approved by the state, the business is eligible for a refund of state sales and use taxes paid and used at the qualified business site.

The total amount of any refund is predicated on the total investment and number of jobs created or retained by the project. The refund is allocated on a per job basis, not to exceed 500 total jobs, that ranges from a minimum of $2,500 per job to a maximum of $7,500 per job.