Eastleigh Borough has a prosperous economy with a vibrant business and commercial sector. Home to Southampton International Airport, Eastleigh benefits from other major transport links including the M27, M3, Port of Southampton and a rail link direct to London Waterloo.
The success of the economy is further strengthened by the presence of major employers such as Fortis Insurance, B&Q, and GE Aerospace. As well as the big players the economy has a growing and developing small business sector, and overall, there are some 59,000 jobs in sectors including business and financial services, retail and construction.
The latest Eastleigh Economic Profile was published in 2009, containing facts and figures together with analysis on the local and world economy.
Economic Profile 2009 (.pdf)
Economic Profile 2008 (.pdf)
NOMIS is a very useful source of the latest economic data. Below is the NOMIS profile of Eastleigh containing the most up to date information