WALLETHUB’S BEST STATES TO START A BUSINESS
Overall Rank |
State |
Total Score |
Business Environment Rank |
Access to Resources Rank |
Business Costs Rank |
1 | Utah | 61.08 | 8 | 1 | 29 |
2 | Georgia | 60.22 | 1 | 25 | 14 |
3 | Florida | 60.17 | 2 | 15 | 28 |
4 | Idaho | 58.69 | 6 | 16 | 11 |
5 | Nevada | 56.68 | 11 | 11 | 21 |
6 | Arizona | 56.51 | 3 | 18 | 30 |
7 | Colorado | 56.44 | 5 | 9 | 31 |
8 | Texas | 56.19 | 4 | 12 | 34 |
9 | North Carolina | 54.86 | 10 | 20 | 18 |
10 | Tennessee | 53.32 | 7 | 30 | 26 |
11 | Oklahoma | 52.78 | 22 | 31 | 2 |
12 | South Carolina | 51.99 | 12 | 42 | 10 |
13 | California | 51.88 | 9 | 2 | 48 |
14 | Arkansas | 51.69 | 13 | 44 | 6 |
15 | Mississippi | 51.52 | 24 | 45 | 1 |
16 | Kentucky | 51.4 | 19 | 35 | 4 |
17 | Montana | 51.14 | 16 | 40 | 7 |
18 | Alabama | 50.53 | 17 | 47 | 5 |
19 | Delaware | 50.44 | 14 | 5 | 43 |
20 | Indiana | 50.27 | 26 | 29 | 8 |
21 | Washington | 49.48 | 20 | 4 | 41 |
22 | Illinois | 49.03 | 37 | 3 | 36 |
23 | Wyoming | 48.32 | 25 | 27 | 23 |
24 | South Dakota | 48.21 | 42 | 36 | 3 |
25 | Michigan | 48.09 | 29 | 23 | 19 |
26 | Ohio | 46.8 | 31 | 32 | 16 |
27 | Maine | 46 | 21 | 46 | 25 |
28 | Wisconsin | 45.94 | 43 | 19 | 27 |
29 | Minnesota | 45.92 | 34 | 13 | 33 |
30 | Louisiana | 45.81 | 30 | 41 | 17 |
31 | New Mexico | 45.57 | 35 | 49 | 9 |
32 | Iowa | 45.39 | 46 | 28 | 15 |
33 | Kansas | 45.36 | 41 | 38 | 12 |
34 | Virginia | 45.01 | 23 | 17 | 37 |
35 | Nebraska | 44.69 | 39 | 34 | 24 |
36 | Massachusetts | 44.1 | 33 | 8 | 44 |
37 | Oregon | 43.97 | 18 | 26 | 39 |
38 | New York | 43.76 | 28 | 6 | 49 |
39 | Vermont | 43.36 | 45 | 14 | 32 |
40 | North Dakota | 43.06 | 32 | 48 | 22 |
41 | Missouri | 43.06 | 47 | 39 | 20 |
42 | Hawaii | 41.88 | 15 | 43 | 42 |
43 | Pennsylvania | 40.55 | 44 | 22 | 38 |
44 | New Jersey | 40.54 | 38 | 7 | 50 |
45 | New Hampshire | 40.46 | 40 | 37 | 35 |
46 | West Virginia | 38.25 | 48 | 50 | 13 |
47 | Maryland | 38.03 | 27 | 24 | 47 |
48 | Alaska | 36.52 | 36 | 33 | 45 |
49 | Connecticut | 35.61 | 49 | 10 | 46 |
50 | Rhode Island | 35.55 | 50 | 21 | 40 |
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