The Best (and Worst) States and Cities to Own a Small Business

When you're deciding to start your own business, where you live and the rules governing small businesses is one important consideration. Some states and cities are friendlier than others towards small business owners.

For the third year in a row, Thumbtack and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation asked small business owners (nearly 13,000 across the country) what their states' entrepreneur environment is like. How easy is it to start a business, hire employees, follow the tax code, and so on? You can filter by these individual factors on the interactive map of the results, but, overall, business owners in Utah, Idaho, Texas, Virginia, and Louisiana rated their states highest for small business friendliness.

The three most important factors that determined how entrepreneurs viewed his or her location? Professional licensing requirements (at the local, county, state, and/or federal level), tax laws that are easy to follow, and the training and networking programs offered by government agencies for entrepreneurs.

View the full results below or dig in deeper into the methodology behind the survey (PDF).

United States Small Business Friendliness | Thumbtack

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