Another Calif. company moves its HQ out of state, this time to Georgia (opens in new tab)

Yamaha Motor Corporation

https://global.yamaha-motor.com/news/2026/0226/subsidiary.ht...

Cost cutting measure in an unfavorable market environment, including lack of growth, they expect to persist:

> Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is undertaking structural reforms aimed at improving the profitability of its U.S. operations in response to cost increases resulting from U.S. tariffs and changes in the market environment. In addition to implementing cross-business cost reduction initiatives, the Company seeks over the medium to long term to build a profit structure that is not solely dependent on top-line growth, thereby transforming itself into a more resilient and robust organization capable of adapting to change.

Lower taxes, lower salaries. Possibly lower expenses as well, but I’m unfamiliar with relative health etc costs in the us anymore. If they need high tech workers and can’t get them in Georgia, they can look in Japan or elsewhere for a high tech cluster. Their clientele might be better reflected in the southeast, which will help marketing and support.