New businesses within the city limits require a business license and environmental and safety review. Converse has seen explosive growth. From 1970 to 1980, the population increased 254 percent. Converse is home to more than 3,600 families and approximately 180 businesses. According to Trans-Texas Water Program projections, Converse is expected to be the largest suburban city in the northeast San Antonio Metropolitan area by the year 2010 with a population of more than 20,000.
Converse is a full-service city.
In addition to having its own library, Converse provides its own full-time police, fire, and emergency medical service and boasts one of the lowest crime rates in the San Antonio Metropolitan area. Converse also has a Volunteer Fire Department that not only provides services within the City, but also provides fire and EMS service to approximately 8 square miles of the unincorporated area around Converse. Converse has service and volunteer groups that help make this City a beautiful city in which to live. In addition to an Economic Development Corporation chartered with enticing businesses to locate in Converse, the City boasts commissions responsible for parks and recreation, planning, zoning, streets, and buildings and standards. The City of Converse continues to grow with several single-family residential subdivisions under construction.