Jobs & Economy in Southlake
Southlake's own local economy is anchored by Sabre Corporation, the global travel-technology company headquartered at 3150 Sabre Drive with roughly 6,232 employees company-wide as of 2023 (a company-wide figure, not a Southlake-site-specific headcount) -- but most Southlake residents actually commute to jobs elsewhere in the DFW metro, given the city's small size, high income level, and proximity to Dallas, Fort Worth, and the broader SH 114 corporate corridor. Southlake itself hosts roughly 5,648 registered businesses, per Zippia/Scout data reviewed August 2026, concentrated in professional services, personal services and consultants, and restaurants -- consistent with an affluent bedroom-and-boutique-retail city rather than a major independent employment center.
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Learn moreSabre Corporation: The One Major Headquarters Here
Sabre Corporation, a global technology provider to the travel and tourism industry founded in 1960, is headquartered in Southlake at 3150 Sabre Drive, near State Highway 114, with a presence in roughly 60 countries and approximately 6,232 employees company-wide as of 2023, per company and industry data reviewed August 2026. Notably, Sabre sold its Southlake headquarters campus buildings in 2021 while retaining a long-term lease on the 3150 Sabre Drive building -- it remains headquartered in Southlake, but the real estate itself changed hands, a nuance worth knowing rather than assuming Sabre still owns its own campus outright.
A Small, Affluent Local Business Base -- Not a Major Employment Center
Southlake hosts roughly 5,648 registered businesses, per Zippia and Scout Cities data reviewed August 2026, with the largest concentrations in professional services (roughly 495 businesses), personal services and consultants (roughly 214), and restaurants (roughly 165) -- consistent with Southlake Town Square's role as a genuine dining and retail destination (see the best-areas topic page) rather than an industrial or logistics base. Named local employers beyond Sabre include Del Frisco's Restaurant Group and HealthRecon Connect, per the same sources, but Southlake is not a major independent job center the way Dallas or Fort Worth proper are.
The Nearby SH 114 Corporate Corridor -- Adjacent to, Not Inside, Southlake
Neighboring Westlake, directly adjacent to Southlake along State Highway 114, hosts Deloitte University (Deloitte's national leadership-training campus, a 750,000-square-foot facility with roughly 500 on-site staff, per Deloitte's own published data) and other major corporate campuses. This site does not describe those as located in Southlake itself -- some secondary aggregators blur Westlake and Southlake together, and this page corrects that rather than repeating the conflation. Many Southlake residents do work along this broader SH 114 corridor or commute further into Dallas or Fort Worth (see the traffic-transportation topic page), even though the specific named employers sit just outside city limits.
DFW-Wide Job Market Context
Because most Southlake residents commute rather than work locally, the wider DFW metro's job market conditions (documented elsewhere in this build: a 4.7% unemployment rate as of June 2026, up from 4.0% a year earlier, alongside 24 Fortune 500 headquarters across the metro) apply directly to Southlake's actual labor-market exposure. Southlake's own high median household income (~$250,001) reflects residents' regional-metro career earnings more than a local Southlake-specific job market.
Key takeaways
- Sabre Corporation, headquartered at 3150 Sabre Drive in Southlake, is the city's one major corporate headquarters -- roughly 6,232 employees company-wide (2023); Sabre sold its Southlake campus buildings in 2021 while retaining a long-term lease, so it remains headquartered here even though it no longer owns the real estate outright.
- Southlake hosts roughly 5,648 registered businesses, concentrated in professional services, personal services/consultants, and restaurants -- an affluent bedroom-and-boutique-retail economy, not a major independent employment center.
- Deloitte University and other major corporate campuses sit in neighboring Westlake along SH 114, not inside Southlake city limits -- some secondary sources blur the two cities together; this page keeps them distinct.
- Most Southlake residents commute to jobs elsewhere in DFW, so the wider metro's labor-market conditions (4.7% unemployment as of June 2026, 24 Fortune 500 HQs metro-wide) shape Southlake's real job-market exposure more than the city's own small local business base does.
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