CYPRESS, CA \u2014 Another company is reportedly leaving Southern California in response to market changes and cost increases from tariffs.<\/p>\n
Yamaha Motor Corp. USA, which has been operating out of its Cypress headquarters for nearly half a century, is moving its main offices to Kennesaw, Georgia. <\/p>\n
The move was attributed to the company making “structural reforms” aimed at improving profits in response to cost increases from the Trump administration’s tariffs and “changes in the market environment<\/a>,” The Orange County Register reported. <\/p>\n The relocation will span 2026 until the end of 2028, Yamaha executives wrote in a statement. <\/p>\n “The Cypress facility has served as the headquarters of YMUS for approximately 50 years, since Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. acquired the land in 1978 and established the office in 1979,” the company wrote in a statement. “However, in response to changes in the company’s business focus within the U.S. market, the Marine Business relocated to Kennesaw in 1999 to serve the customer better, and Motorsports Business were relocated to Kennesaw as well in 2019.”<\/p>\n According to Yamaha, the Cypress facility \u2014 which spans roughly 25.1 acres \u2014 currently houses corporate functions and the financial services department. <\/p>\n The corporate exit from Orange County is not the first. <\/p>\n The company said it will move its home office from Irvine, in Orange County to Baldwin Park in the San Gabriel Valley, by 2029, citing business challenges. <\/p>\n