Expansion Dieppe

What Expansion Dieppe does

Expansion Dieppe is the official municipal economic development agency for the City of Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada. Founded in 1973 as Dieppe Industrial Park Ltd. (Parc Industriel Dieppe Ltée) and rebranded to its current name in 2019, the organization operates as a non-profit government entity that provides free, confidential strategic support to entrepreneurs, growing businesses, and investors/developers seeking to start, expand, or invest in Dieppe. Its core activities include personalized business consultation, site selection, regulatory navigation, connection to strategic partners, and promotion of local enterprises. The agency manages three property zones: the Dieppe Industrial Park (over 250 businesses, with 50+ acres of build-ready land available and 450+ acres planned), the Business Park and Dieppe Boulevard (for professional and service businesses), and Downtown Properties (commercial space with City financial incentives).

The organization does not rely on proprietary technology; its delivery model is built on direct expert consultation supplemented by a self-service website that lists public and private land for sale, rental space, traffic counts, a business directory, and an immigration resource section. All services are provided at no cost to businesses, and the agency is funded by the City of Dieppe rather than through service fees, with oversight from a volunteer Board of Directors chaired (as of recent press releases) by Adel Gönczi, with André Pelletier and Claude Paré also noted in Board leadership roles. Expansion Dieppe also runs the annual Expansion Dieppe Banquet (350+ attendees) to recognize local entrepreneurship and hosts an active presence across LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

The agency's strategic positioning leverages Dieppe's location at the junction of Highways 2, 11, and 15, proximity to the Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport, and access to three deep-water ports, marketing the region as reaching 70 million consumers within 24 hours. In November 2024, Expansion Dieppe signed a landmark partnership with MONTONI Group for a 2 million square foot sustainable development valued at over $125 million that is expected to generate nearly 500 local jobs, and Phase 2 of the Aviation Avenue industrial expansion was launched in 2024. Day-to-day operations are led by Executive Director Louis Godbout (with a recently opened Executive Director recruitment signaling a leadership transition), supported by General Manager Jean Goguen and Communications and Marketing Officer Martine Tremblay.

Name

Expansion Dieppe

Legal name

Expansion Dieppe

Website

https://expansiondieppe.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Expansion Dieppe is the municipal economic development agency for the City of Dieppe, New Brunswick, providing free strategic support, site selection, and serviced industrial land to entrepreneurs, growing businesses, and investors across Atlantic Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Economic Development Services

NAICS

Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (925120)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744), Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Smart Cities & Urban Innovation Programs (Digital Planning, Civic Tech for Cities) (BPAIANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD), Last-Mile / Urban Industrial Brokerage (BPAJACAH)

Keywords

• Economic development services
• Industrial park leasing
• Business site selection
• Municipal business support
• Land acquisition consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Dieppe

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Economic Development Services: Expansion Dieppe is a non-profit economic development agency that provides free services to businesses. Revenue is not generated from service fees. The organization facilitates business development, land sales, and investment attraction for the City of Dieppe.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Expansion Dieppe is the City of Dieppe's municipal economic development agency, providing free, confidential strategic support to businesses and investors looking to start, grow, or invest in the city. Its offering covers site selection assistance, regulatory navigation, sale and lease of serviced land across three property zones (Dieppe Industrial Park, Business Park/Dieppe Boulevard, and Downtown Properties), connection to strategic partners, market and traffic data, and the annual Expansion Dieppe Banquet that celebrates local entrepreneurship.

Product overview

Expansion Dieppe is an economic development agency for the City of Dieppe, New Brunswick, offering a unified suite of business development services. The core offering consists of strategic support for starting, growing, and investing in Dieppe, complemented by three property zones: the Dieppe Industrial Park (for industrial/logistics businesses), the Business Park and Dieppe Boulevard (for professional/service businesses), and Downtown Properties. Supporting resources include a land purchase procedure, business directory, and the annual Expansion Dieppe Banquet event that celebrates local entrepreneurship with awards.

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Problem solved

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Products and services

• Business Development Services Free, confidential strategic support services for entrepreneurs, growing businesses, and investors including regulatory navigation, partner connections, site selection guidance, and market intelligence for the City of Dieppe.
• Dieppe Industrial Park Serviced industrial zone offering land for sale or lease to manufacturing, logistics, and industrial firms, with direct access to highways 2, 11, and 15, proximity to the Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport and three deep-water ports, and access to over 40 trucking companies.
• Business Park and Dieppe Boulevard Property zone for professional, technology, and service businesses located near residential neighborhoods, offering strategic arterial road access and connection to Route 15 near the airport.
• Downtown Properties Commercial properties in Dieppe's downtown core, including the Dieppe Market area, with financial incentives available from the City of Dieppe for real estate densification.
• Expansion Dieppe Banquet Annual signature event that recognizes and celebrates local entrepreneurship, presenting awards including Business Excellence, Service Business Excellence, Emerging Business, and My Choice awards, attracting over 350 guests annually.

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• MONTONI GroupflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 November 2024Historic agreement between Expansion Dieppe and MONTONI for a 2-million-square-foot sustainable development in Dieppe Industrial Park. Development valued at more than $125 million, generating nearly 500 jobs locally. This is MONTONI's first development in the Maritimes. MONTONI is a pioneer of sustainable building in Canada with over 700 completed projects representing 30 million square feet.
• Place aux compétences (PAC)coreOthersPartnership supporting youth entrepreneurship in Dieppe schools. Expansion Dieppe has renewed this partnership with a $3,000 donation. PAC works with students from kindergarten to grade 12 developing entrepreneurial projects and skills.
• City of DieppecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExpansion Dieppe is the economic development agency for the City of Dieppe. The City provides support and the organization works closely with City departments for assessments and reviews of development policies.
• J.D. IrvingminorOthersMajor company located in Dieppe Industrial Park
• FedExminorOthersLogistics company located in Dieppe Industrial Park
• Bonté FoodsminorOthersCompany testimonial about thriving in Dieppe with support from Expansion Dieppe

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Halifax Partnership: Regional economic development organization for the Halifax region in Nova Scotia, functioning as a similar municipal/regional economic development body to Expansion Dieppe, focused on attracting investment, talent, and businesses.
• Greater Moncton Chamber of Commerce: Local business and economic development advocacy organization serving the Moncton area adjacent to Dieppe, providing overlapping business-support and promotion services to the same regional market.
• City of Saint John Economic Development: Municipal economic development function for Saint John, NB — another Maritime industrial port city — competing with Dieppe for the same regional investment-attraction opportunities and offering comparable business support.
• Quebec International (Quebec City economic development agency): Economic development agency for the Quebec City region providing free support to investors and businesses for site selection and expansion, structurally similar to Expansion Dieppe but serving a larger Quebec metropolitan area.

Broad incumbents

• Toronto Global: Toronto-region foreign direct investment attraction agency offering free, confidential support to businesses seeking to locate or expand — directly analogous to Expansion Dieppe's investor-services model for a different (and much larger) metropolitan region.
• Montreal International: Greater Montreal's economic development and investment attraction agency, providing free services to foreign and domestic investors seeking to establish in Quebec — structurally analogous to Expansion Dieppe but at much larger scale.
• Invest Alberta Corporation: Provincial-level investment attraction agency in Alberta with a similar mandate to attract businesses, facilitate site selection, and promote economic development, but operating at provincial scale and budget versus Expansion Dieppe's municipal focus.
• Calgary Economic Development: Calgary's economic development corporation providing investor attraction, business retention, and site selection services similar to Expansion Dieppe's offering, with overlapping free advisory and strategic support functions.
• Vancouver Economic Commission: City of Vancouver's economic development agency focused on investment attraction, sector growth, and site advisory, comparable in role and free-services mandate to Expansion Dieppe at a much larger city scale.
• Invest Ontario: Provincial investment attraction entity that offers business support, site advisory, and introductions to strategic partners, mirroring Expansion Dieppe's role but at the Ontario provincial level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/ExpansionDieppe/featured?view_as=subscriber
• Facebookfacebook.com/ExpansionDieppe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/expansiondieppe
• Instagraminstagram.com/expansiondieppe

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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