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Doing Business in Frankfort

The City of Frankfort is a great place to do business with extensive amenities and services. The City is well situated geographically with transportation and other infrastructure to meet the needs of the City's residents and businesses.

If you are interested in expanding a current business, relocating your business, or opportunities to work with the City, contact City Manager, Tony Massey.

Location and Geography

The heart of Frankfort sits in the Kentucky River valley, on an S-bend in the river near the western edge of the inner Bluegrass Region of the state. As a young man, Henry Clay famously compared Frankfort’s geography to an "inverted hat," saying that "Frankfort is the body of the hat, and the lands adjacent are the brim." A visitor in 1855 wrote...

Demographics

The 2000 census reported that Frankfort had a population of 27,741, of whom 14,513 were female and 13,228 were male. Census Bureau estimates of the city’s population from 2001 through 2005 are shown in the following table:

Economy

The 2000 census said that 13,048 residents of Frankfort were employed. Not surprisingly in the state capital, public administration was the city's largest industry, accounting for 28 percent of the city's employed workforce. Education, health, and social services ranked in second place at 15.5 percent, with manufacturing (12.4 percent) and retail trade (10.5 percent) completing the list of industries with 10 percent or more of the employed workforce.

Education

As is typical in Kentucky, city and county schools operate under separate school boards. The Frankfort Independent School District operates Second Street School (primary and middle grades), Frankfort High School (home of the Panthers), and the Wilkinson Street School (an alternative school), all near Frankfort's downtown area. Franklin County Public Schools operates six elementary schools, two middle schools, and two high schools (Franklin County High School and Western Hills High School, homes of the Flyers and the Wolverines, respectively).

Ordinances and Regulations

City Ordinances and Regulations can be downloaded in our Downloads section.

Utilities

The City of Frankfort receives affordable and high quality services from a variety of public and private utilities. We have included a description of providers for utilities, including areas served and contact information on the page.

Finance Department

The primary responsibility of the Finance Department is the receipt of revenues and disbursement of expenditures.

The Finance Department is responsible for collecting all occupational and regulatory license fees, general property taxes, and other fees.

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