Best and Worst States For Business

Best and Worst States for Business

Are you looking to relocate or expand? Evaluate each state's strengths with Chief Executive's annual Best & Worst States for Business ranking.

Texas Tops 2022 Best & Worst States For Business Survey Of CEOs

Based on polling of nearly 700 CEOs and business owners, the Lone Star State placed No. 1 again, Florida No. 2. But will changing politics change the game?

Best & Worst States For Business 2022: Inside The Heartland Revolution!

Long derided as ‘flyover country,’ the nation’s industrial core is again taking flight, thanks to chips and EVs, pragmatic politics, seismic shifts in manufacturing and a deep rethink of the global supply chain. China who?

Best & Worst States For Business 2022: Who’s Ready For A Tax Cut?

More states than ever find themselves in a position to afford tax cuts, in part because the onset of Covid created only a V-shaped drop-off in revenues.

Best & Worst States For Business 2022: The Great Not-Migration

Predictions of flight from big cities were a bit overblown, although reactions to Covid did heat up a few migratory routes that already were increasingly popular.

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2022 STATE RANKING LIST

Chief Executive’s rankings are compiled from a single source: the opinions of CEOs and business owners in the U.S. Nearly 700 CEOs, with representation from every state, participated in this year’s survey, conducted in January 2022.