Manchester,
Dallas, and Richmond top rankings in Thumbtack annual Small Business
Friendliness Survey; New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago among the
least friendly cities
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- August 18, 2015 -- Small
business owners rated Nashville as one of the best business climates in
the United States, giving the city an A+ for business friendliness and
rating it in the top ten nationally, according to Thumbtack’s annual
Small Business Friendliness Survey. Complete results for Nashville are
published at https://www.thumbtack.com/tn/nashville/.
Nearly
18,000 U.S. small business owners responded to this year’s survey,
including 138 in Nashville and 316 in Tennessee. The study asked
respondents to rate their state and city governments across a broad
range of policy factors. Thumbtack then evaluated states and cities
against one another along more than a dozen metrics.
“Small
business owners on Thumbtack have consistently told us that they
welcome support from their governments but are frequently frustrated by
unnecessary bureaucratic obstacles,” said Jon Lieber, Chief Economist of
Thumbtack. “Nashville did incredibly well in our survey across various
measures of starting and running a business, but business owners tell us
the city could do more to help them succeed.”
“The
community in Nashville is very close and supportive of small
businesses,” commented a graphic designer in Nashville. “There is a
large amount of freedom and creativity here that everyone supports.”
Key Findings for Nashville:
- Nashville earned a A+ overall for small business friendliness, ranking #6 out of 95 cities ranked this year.
- Nashville's exceptional A+ in the 2015 survey was an improvement from its A grade in 2014.
- Nashville earned A grades from small businesses for licensing and tax regulations, and an A+ for ease of starting a business.
- Tennessee earned an A+ for its licensing regulations, as well as an A for tax and labor regulations.
- The worst score for Nashville was a C- in training and networking programs.
- Nashville and Knoxville both earned A+ grades in overall friendliness and ranked #6 and #5 respectively.
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