According to the 2012 Thumbtack.com Small Business Survey (which included over 6,000 businesses) and was conducted in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the following 10 states rated an A+, A or A- rating for a favorable regulatory climate and economic health.
TOP TEN STATES
Is Your State Small Business Friendly?
- Idaho
- Texas
- Oklahoma
- Utah
- Louisiana
- Georgia
- Virginia
- New Hampshire
- Nebraska
- Alabama
- Kansas
- Arkansas
Specific criteria for the survey included . . .
- Overall friendliness
- Ease of starting a business
- Hiring costs
- Regulations
- Health & safety
- Employment, labor & hiring
- Tax code
- Licensing
- Environmental
- Zoning
- Training programs
- Networking programs
- Current economic health
- Optimism about future
- Growth rate last year
The complete survey and rankings for all 50 states can be viewed here at http://www.thumbtack.com/survey
First Choice Industrial,
is a full-service industrial woodworking machinery dealer
for new & used woodworking machinery,
supplying woodworking manufacturing businesses
in GA, FL, TN SC, NC & nationwide
Woodworking Machinery Sales and Service
145 Auburn Park Drive
Auburn, GA 30011
Phone: 678-642-9722 – Email: sales@firstchoiceind.net
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