Nampa is part of the Boise-Nampa Metro area (Idaho's largest metropolitan area).
Nampa is located about 20 miles west of Boise along Interstate 84, and 6 miles west of Meridian. Nampa is a principal city of the Boise-Nampa Metropolitan Area (Idaho's largest metropolitan area), and is centrally and ideally located to reach all western U.S. markets.
Nampa has become not only the retail and restaurant hub of the western Boise Valley, but is home to many successful food processing and manufacturing companies. The City of Nampa's food processing and manufacturing continues to flourish, while industries such as manufacturing, agribusiness, high tech, shared services and bio sciences take on a peaking interest.
The city has access to highway, air and rail, and is located just 400 miles from the seaport terminal of Portland, OR, and 360 miles Northwest of Salt Lake City, UT. Nampa's central location allows a market reach to over 66 million consumers within a 750-mile radius. The Boise airport is located less than 5 miles from downtown Boise and handles more than 3 million travelers each year.
In Nampa, you will do more than live and work, you will thrive in an environment rich in endless natural beauty, local history, culture and economic well-being. Nampa has a long history of providing a business friendly atmosphere, low operating costs, skilled employees and a great quality of life. Located just minutes from Boise, Nampa brings metropolitan amenities together with a relaxed pace of life and true sense of community spirit. That is why so many successful world-class companies from many industries have chosen Nampa as their place to operate - this includes companies like: Amalgamated Sugar, Plexus Corporation, Micron Technology, Great American Appetizers, Woodgrain Millwork, Fleetwood Homes, Union Pacific Systems, Sorrento-Lactalis, Materne North America, Mission Aviation Fellowship, Nestle-USA, J.R. Simplot and many more.
Several national restaurant chains also call Nampa home; Starbucks, Quiznos, Jimmy John's, Panera Bread, Olive Garden, Red Robin's, along with other restaurants popping up in multiple locations throughout the city.
An outstanding selection of K-12 education opportunities exist within our community, along with a plethora of post-secondary educational offerings, including Boise State University, Northwest Nazarene University and the College of Western Idaho provide new and growing companies access to training opportunities, not to mention a large pool of trained employees in the Boise Valley market.
The Valley consistently ranks among the top 10 locations for business and family in the U.S. by the Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger's and Forbes, among others.
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Updated:18th June, 2026 9:14 AM (UTC).
