The Shreveport - Bossier City area is the best spot in the USA to start a new business, that according to personal finance website, WalletHub.

WalletHub analyzed start-up opportunities that exist in the 150 most populated U.S. cities using 13 key metrics. Those include the number of small businesses per capita, available financing and the educational attainment of the local workforce.

Our area's cumulative score in two key areas, access to resources and business environment, helped in making Shreveport - Bossier #1.

Shreveport - Bossier was the only Louisiana city in the top 10. New Orleans was only other Louisiana spot in the top 30, coming in at 14.

Best Places To Start a Business -

1) Shreveport - Bossier City, LA

2) Tulsa, OK

3) Springfield, MO

4) Chattanooga, TN

5) Jackson, MS

Worst Places To Start a Business -

146) Fremont, CA

147) Yonkers, NY

148) Garden Grove, CA

149) Jersey City, NJ

150) Newark, NJ

To read WalletHub's entire article, Best Cities To Start A Business, JUST CLICK HERE!

 

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