Top States for Doing Business 2013

[Richard]

The explanations for each state's selection are interesting.

Richard

Top States for Doing Business 2013
AreaDvlpmt, Q3 2013

As the economy improves and states continue to vie for new investment and jobs, they also seek the attention of site consultants who help companies make their new facility and expansion decisions. With that in mind, Area Development’s fourth annual Top States for Doing Business survey of site consultants ranks the states based on their number of mentions in 17 categories (scores were weighted based on position in each category and then overall).

States were ranked on factors in the following categories: Business Environment (costs, taxes and regulations, incentives, etc.), Labor Climate (diversity, costs, development programs, etc.); and Infrastructure and Global Access (rail/highway access, shovel-ready sites, utility rates, logistics access). Following is more detailed information on the attributes of the top-10 states that provides insight into the rankings. Additionally, several site consultants who participated in the survey offer their comments.

1. Texas
2. Georgia
2. South Carolina
4. Alabama
5. North Carolina
6. Louisiana
7. Tennessee
8. Florida
9. Mississippi
10. California

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[Golf1echo]

Here is a great resource for anyone doing business with the Military in North Carolina http://www.ncmbc.us/ it has been very helpful to my company and it is free... Also SBA, SCORE, Commerce Dept. are other resorces. Watch out for Gov. Mc... He is on a tax hunt and an accountant is handy for transactions, hope that changes soon!