2026 Competitiveness Redbook | Page 21

CNBC Top States for Business Rankings, cont.( July 2025)
Quality of Life
Tech. & Innovation
Education
Access to Capital
Cost of Living
Rank 1 North Carolina
29
13
6
8
23
2 Texas
49
2
24
2
39
3 Florida
22
12
29
3
48
4 Virginia
8
8
1
10
21
5 Ohio
17
6
27
7
7
6 Michigan
14
17
41
13
9
7 Georgia
45
22
15
16
30
8 Tennessee
50
24
18
28
18
9 Indiana
48
17
46
22
2
10 Minnesota
4
14
12
18
33
11 Colorado
12
9
31
12
47
12 Arizona
39
20
47
25
39
13 Illinois
23
6
3
5
34
14 Washington
14
4
33
14
39
15 Nebraska
8
32
29
41
24
16 Utah
46
27
44
20
31
17 Pennsylvania
23
9
12
9
12
18 South Carolina
39
21
14
30
16
19 Alabama
44
22
16
40
6
20 Massachusetts
8
4
2
5
43
21 Wisconsin
38
26
35
20
12
22 California
32
1
31
1
50
23 New York
18
3
8
3
45
24 Iowa
16
29
38
37
9
25 Kentucky
33
31
26
35
20
25 North Dakota
7
37
25
37
4
27 Idaho
19
25
49
50
26
28 Connecticut
5
19
5
16
37
29 Delaware
27
30
45
19
9
30 New Jersey
3
16
7
11
37
31 Wyoming
29
44
16
36
7
32 Maryland
27
9
11
14
43
33 Kansas
37
34
8
22
2
34 Missouri
39
28
8
26
4
35 South Dakota
29
49
35
28
16
36 New Hampshire
11
44
3
44
26
37 Oklahoma
42
42
43
33
18
38 Vermont
1
42
20
44
25
39 Oregon
19
14
35
24
45
40 West Virginia
25
44
18
41
1
41 Arkansas
43
41
40
26
12
42 Nevada
36
49
50
30
34
43 Maine
2
36
22
33
21
44 New Mexico
33
35
38
46
26
45 Mississippi
21
40
20
41
12
46 Louisiana
46
38
22
32
39
46 Rhode Island
13
33
33
37
36
48 Montana
35
38
27
46
31
49 Hawaii
6
48
42
48
49
50 Alaska
25
47
48
49
26
TABLE 13B Source: CNBC