Top Metro Areas For Small Business

09/10/2003

Top Metro Areas For Small Business

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TOP METRO AREAS FOR SMALL BUSINESS

Cognetics, a Massachusetts research firm focused on the fastest growing small companies (which it terms "gazelles"), has ranked the large market and small market cities in the USA where small business is thriving. Here are their rankings:

Top Ten Metro Areas for Small Business
1. Phoenix, AZ
2. Atlanta, GA
3. Raleigh-Durham, NC
4. Salt Lake City-Provo, UT
5. Charlotte, NC
6. Washington, DC
7. Indianapolis, IN
8. Birmingham-Tuscaloosa, AL
9. Louisville, KY
10. Memphis, TN

Top Ten Small Markets for Small Business
1. Las Vegas, NV
2. Wilmington-Jacksonville, NC
3. Charleston, SC
4. Austin, TX
5. Reno, NV
6. Fargo, ND
7. Sioux Falls, SD
8. Green Bay-Appleton, WI
9. Huntsville, AL
10. Lexington, KY

For more information on hot spots for small business, go to: http://www.bcentral.com/articles/harper/141.asp

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