The state has touted its streamlined permitting system as a big advantage for facilities like Tesla's, a factor considered in our Top States study's
Business Friendliness category.
New Jersey does log a solid improvement in
our Business Friendliness category for 2013, but still finishes near the bottom at 41st in the category compared with 48th in 2012.
Not exact matches
Overall score: 1,615 out of 2,500 points Best
categories: Education (No. 2), Quality of Life (No. 3) Worst
categories: Cost of Doing
Business (No. 36),
Business Friendliness (No. 33) 2016 rank: No. 4
Utah repeats at No. 3 this year, logging top 10 finishes in Economy and
Business Friendliness and tying for first place (with California and Colorado) in Access to Capital, a
category we've tweaked this year to include traditional lending along with venture capital.
The Keystone State moves higher in five
categories: Workforce (up 8 spots to No. 21), Economy (up 8 spots to No. 34), Education (up 11 spots to No. 10),
Business Friendliness (up 7 spots to No. 28) and Access to Capital (up 7 spots to No. 5).
Governor Andrew Cuomo is running television ads proclaiming New York's
business friendliness, but a recent set of rankings finds the state dead last in that
category.
Governor Cuomo is running ads proclaiming New York's
business friendliness, but a recent set of rankings finds the state dead last in that
category.