The last few years have been some of the toughest ever for business owners in the US for a variety of reasons, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and high inflation.
In an effort to help aspiring entrepreneurs, WalletHub has compiled a list of the best large US cities to start a business, and a remarkable number of cities in Florida are included.
WalletHub compared the relative startup opportunities that exist in 100 US cities, using 19 key metrics, ranging from the five-year business-survival rate to labor costs to office-space affordability.
Several Florida cities made it high up in the ranks, with Orlando actually taking the number one spot, partly due to the fact that the number of small businesses has grown faster than in most other cities, according to WalletHub.
Researchers noted that it’s also one of the top cities on the Kauffman Early-Stage…
