Florida Ranks as the Third Best State To Do Business
The USA is obsessed with rankings and there are numerous ranking of States by various publications
First, rankings by Chief Executive magazine.
550 CEOs were surveyed for Chief Executives seventh annual report on the best and worst states in which to do business. Florida ranked as the third best state to do business in the USA. The executives considered a wide range of criteria, from taxation and regulation to workforce quality and living environment.
How competitive is Florida?
The five best states according to the survey are:
2011 RANK STATE 2010 RANK CHANGE
1 Texas 10 0
2 North Carolina 2 0
3 Florida 6 3
4 Tennessee 3 -1
5 Georgia 7 2
and the five worst states:
2011 RANK STATE 2010 RANK CHANGE
46 Michigan 48 2
47 New Jersey 47 0
48 Illinois 45 -3
49 New York 49 0
50 California 50 0
Source Chief Executive May 2100
In November 2011 Site Selection magazine released its own set of rankings. Amongst the data they looked at was Atlas Van Lines’ annual study of corporate relocation’s in 2010. Overall Florida ranked 11th on the list of the Top State Business Climate rankings. This is up from the 18th place in the 2010 rankings. However, a 2011 a Site Selection survey of Executives placed Florida 4th on the Business Climate Rankings.
Commercial property in Florida will benefit from the positive perception of Florida in national publications
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