WalletHub Report Shows Best States to Start a Business.
Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa rank in the middle.
WalletHub, a credit score reporting company, reviewed economic indicators for 50 states using U.S. Bureau of Labor and statistics data on Business Employment Dynamics. Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa were just … meh (in the middle).
Here’s what we found interesting .
Mediocre (vs. Strength) to Weakness Ranking
Here’s how Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa ranked for Best States to Start a Business:
| Rank | State | Total Score | Business Environment | Access to Resources | Business Cost |
| 27 | Iowa | 46.84 | 31 | 27 | 23 |
| 37 | Wisconsin | 44.43 | 46 | 31 | 22 |
| 38 | Minnesota | 44.17 | 27 | 32 | 33 |
| TOP STATE | Utah | Florida | Utah | Oklahoma |
Top Factors in the Rankings
WalletHub defined business environment, access to resources, and business costs as follows.
- Business environment: hours worked per week, engaged workers, growth of existing businesses, startups, variety, job growth and # residents vaccinated.
- Access to Resources: availability of financing, workforce, higher education and population growth.
- Business Costs: costs of space, labor, insurance, taxes, and cost of living.
Top Factors to Being the Best State
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From the U.S. Bureau of Labor data (1994-2015)
- There are more companies less than one year old, but there are fewer jobs created.
# of companies:
Jobs: 4.1 million to just over 3 million. - The odds of making it as an entrepreneur are the same. In both 1994 and 2015 (latest data):
80% chance of making it to one year,
69% to years two and three,
55%-50% to year five,
then it drops about 3% every year after that. - You’re far more likely to make it in healthcare and social assistance (40.5%) these days than construction (25%). Both industries, however are down from around an 80% success rate.
