20 Best States to Start a Business In Right Now – 3 New England States Make the Top 20!
Hello entrepreneurs (and everyone else)! Have you cut ties with working for Corporate America and started up your own business? I applaud you, am pulling for you, and wish you…
Hello entrepreneurs (and everyone else)! Have you cut ties with working for Corporate America and started up your own business? I applaud you, am pulling for you, and wish you so so much luck - you can do this! You'll have a greater chance of success (or so it would seem) if you're living in one of the 20 Best States to Start a Business In Right Now. Forbes Advisor crunched the numbers, looking at factors such as business costs, business climate, economy, workforce and financial accessibility in each state to give it an overall score out of 100. Then they spit out the following Top 20 - and yes - 3 New England states made the cut! Let's take a peek:
#1 - THE Best State to Start a Business In Right Now
INDIANA
Overall score out of 100: 100
#2
COLORADO
Overall score out of 100: 98
#3
NORTH DAKOTA
Overall score out of 100: 96
#4
PENNSYLVANIA
Overall score out of 100: 94
#5
SOUTH DAKOTA
Overall score out of 100: 92
#6
NORTH CAROLINA
Overall score out of 100: 90
#7
MONTANA
Overall score out of 100: 88
#8
ILLINOIS
Overall score out of 100: 86
#9
OHIO
Overall score out of 100: 84
#10
DELAWARE
Overall score out of 100: 82
#11
CONNECTICUT
Overall score out of 100: 80
#12
CALIFORNIA
Overall score out of 100: 78
#13
M A S S A C H U S E T T S !
Overall score out of 100: 76
#14
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Overall score out of 100: 74
#15
MISSOURI
Overall score out of 100: 71
#16
MISSISSIPPI
Overall score out of 100: 69
#17
HAWAII
Overall score out of 100: 67
#18
VIRGINIA
Overall score out of 100: 65
#19
SOUTH CAROLINA
Overall score out of 100: 63
#20
WISCONSIN
Overall score out of 100: 61
#21
UTAH
#22
IDAHO
#23
RHODE ISLAND
#24
WEST VIRGINIA
#25
WASHINGTON
#26
ALABAMA
#27
NEW JERSEY
#28
ARIZONA
#29
ARKANSAS
#30
GEORGIA
#31
ALASKA
#32
NEBRASKA
#33
MINNESOTA
#34
TEXAS
#35
IOWA
#36
WYOMING
#37
LOUISIANA
#38
MAINE
#39
MARYLAND
#40
TENNESSEE
#41
KANSAS
#42
OKLAHOMA
#43
KENTUCKY
#44
NEVADA
#45
FLORIDA
#46
OREGON
#47
MICHIGAN
#48
VERMONT
#49
NEW MEXICO
#50 - THE Worst State to Start a Business In Right Now
NEW YORK
Overall score out of 100: 0 - yes, that's a big fat ZERO. Ouch.
