萨福克是弗吉尼亚州第一大城市,它是一个主要的铁路和公路交通枢纽。It hosts a diverse combination of industrial, manufacturing, distribution, retail, and hospitality businesses, as well as active farming.它承载一个多元化的产业组合，制造，分销，零售及酒店业务，以及农业经济。众多的企业总部设立在该城市, 拥有的知名企业有卡夫食品（Kraft Foods）,联合利华，立顿茶，沃尔玛，QVC等. .Lockheed Martin bases its Center for Innovation in Suffolk.洛克希德·马丁公司立足其萨福克创新中心。The Center for Innovation is called ‘The Lighthouse’ because the campus is built around a lighthouse and actually envelops the lighthouse.创新中心被称为“灯塔”.