The Best States to Start a Small Business | Fox Small Business Center
Texas continues to earn high marks for its welcoming atmosphere for businesses that call it home.
The Lone Star State had three cities — Dallas-Ft. Worth, Austin and San Antonio — rank among the top four friendliest for small businesses in a new poll by Thumbtack.com and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
Overall, Texas earned an A-plus in the poll, which graded cities and states on a number of factors, including ease of starting a business, hiring costs, government regulations and training programs.
The ranking comes after last week’s Best & Worst States Survey by Chief Executive Magazine, which gave Texas the top spot for its business climate.
Idaho, Oklahoma and Utah also landed A-plus grades in the Thumbtack poll for their friendliness toward small businesses, earning high marks for things like low tax rates and other perks
“Although Texas and Idaho clearly come out on top as the nation’s friendliest states towards small business, entrepreneurs value a lot more than just low tax rates,” said Sander Daniels, co-founder of Thumbtack.com. “Easy-to-understand licensing regulations and well-publicized training programs are critical tools necessary to support small business.”
Have you checked out Idaho? They have great skiing.
You could join a passel of thousands of retirees who “escaped” from the “Golden State.” However, I should warn you first that almost ALL of them are former public servants (now public pensioners), i.e. law enforcement … mostly from CA Hwy Patrol and LAPD. They would be happy to “commiserate” with you at your fav bar on the shortcomings of CA … with first-hand accounts of their “adventurous careers.”
Go check it out! I think you will be more than pleased 🙂
