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Prepared for danielalopez12 | Delivered March 25, 2021
Business Friendly States
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Goals
To understand the top states that are attracting relocating businesses in the USA and the incentives being offered by such states.
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Early Findings
Texas is one of the most business-friendly states in the US. The state has attracted a
bout 660 businesses
relocating from California over the past two years alone.
Arizona is another pro-business state that is attracting businesses seeking to relocate. Between 2015 and 2019,
519 companies relocated
to or expanded in the state.
Virginia is a very popular pro-business state.
CNBC ranked
the state as the best state for doing business in 2019. Amazon also chose the state to
site its $5 billion
second headquarters.
North Carolina is also commonly ranked as a business-friendly state,
coming third
in the CNBC rankings. In 2017,
over 150 corporations
relocated or expanded in the state.
Utah is a business-friendly state that is attracting relocating companies. The state has been raked the best state for business by
Forbes six times
since 2010, and "
hundreds of companies
each year" are moving to Utah.
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