Doing Business North America

Doing Business North America

2021 Report

3RD EDITION

What is Doing Business North America?

The Doing Business North America (DBNA) 2021 report provides objective measures of the scale and scope of business regulations in 134 cities across 92 states, provinces, and federal districts of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Comprised of over 12,000 datapoints, it uses 111 variables to create 28 data indicators spread over six categories to score and rank cities in regard to how easy it is to set up, operate, and shut down a business.

Starting a Business

Employing Workers

Getting Electricity

Paying Taxes

Land and Space Use

Resolving Insolvency

Why?

Unlike many studies that measure regulations at the state level, this annual study focuses on city-level regulations across North America.

Provide measurable benchmarks This report provides objective measurements of regulatory conditions and make them publicly-available to researchers and policymakers.

Encourage competition This report can allow researchers and policymakers to track the improvement or decline in local regulatory conditions and provide a context for thinking about policy reform.

Increase economic well-being The measures can help contribute to the understanding of which regulatory environments can produce the best economic outcomes for the largest number of people.

For more information, visit: dbna.asu.edu

Ease of Doing Business Scores and Rankings

The scores and ranks below are an overall measure of the "ease of doing business" for small- and medium-sized businesses in each city. It is composed of the scores of all six categories included in the Doing Business North America report.

Country

United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States

State/Province

Colorado North Carolina Nevada South Dakota Utah North Carolina South Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Nevada Colorado Arkansas Arizona Ohio North Carolina Colorado Oklahoma Florida North Carolina Texas Texas Missouri Florida Florida Kentucky Texas New Mexico Tennessee Nebraska Massachusetts

City

Colorado Springs Durham Henderson Sioux Falls Salt Lake City Raleigh Charleston Cincinnati Tulsa Las Vegas Denver Little Rock Chandler Columbus Greensboro Aurora Oklahoma City Orlando Charlotte Houston Fort Worth Kansas City Jacksonville Miami Lexington San Antonio Albuquerque Nashville Omaha Boston

Score: Ease of Doing Business

78.04 77.15 77.13 77.11 76.78 76.76 76.11 75.88 75.64 75.58 75.58 75.37 74.53 74.27 74.12 73.77 73.67 73.64 73.48 73.45 73.06 72.74 72.71 72.66 72.66 72.60 72.46 72.28 72.03 71.87

Rank: Ease of Doing Business

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Country

United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States

State/Province

Idaho New Hampshire Missouri Arizona Ohio Arizona Iowa Minnesota Florida Tennessee Minnesota Nebraska Illinois Florida Arizona Georgia North Dakota Virginia Delaware Kansas Kentucky Hawaii Mississippi Michigan Alaska Texas Texas District of Columbia Maryland Pennsylvania Oregon Pennsylvania Montana California Alabama

City

Boise Manchester St. Louis Mesa Cleveland Phoenix Des Moines St. Paul Tampa Memphis Minneapolis Lincoln Chicago St. Petersburg Tucson Atlanta Fargo Arlington Wilmington Wichita Louisville Honolulu Jackson Grand Rapids Anchorage Dallas Austin Washington D.C. Baltimore Philadelphia Portland Pittsburgh Billings San Francisco Birmingham

Score: Ease of Doing Business

71.83 71.79 71.75 71.58 71.53 71.48 71.48 71.46 71.35 71.34 71.30 71.29 71.18 71.11 71.11 70.97 70.93 70.62 70.56 70.38 70.31 69.73 69.71 69.63 69.44 69.35 69.31 69.00 68.96 68.92 68.88 68.53 68.32 68.18 67.66

Rank: Ease of Doing Business

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65

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