In three major business rankings recently released, Georgia landed in the top five among states in areas such as best states to do business, entrepreneurship rate and nonemployer business growth.
“By maintaining a pro-growth business climate in the state, we encourage businesses of all sizes to invest and create jobs in Georgia,” Gov. Sonny Perdue said. “These rankings tell us we are doing the right things to promote growth, and encourage us to continue to look for ways to make Georgia even more attractive for businesses.”
The cable network CNBC has compiled rankings for all 50 states in 10 categories such as workforce, transportation, cost of doing business and others. Georgia was named fourth-best state to do business. Senior correspondent Scott Cohn pointed specifically to Georgia’s rankings in workforce (second in the country) and transportation (third in the country) as the reason for the state’s high overall ranking.
The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes 28 metro counties, had the second highest rate of entrepreneurial activity for large metro areas with 0.49 percent, closely following the Miami MSA with 0.5 percent.
Source: Office of the Governor of Georgia
Topics Georgia
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