Business Advantages  
 
Utah is a great place to do business, but don't take our word for it. See what some of the major business magazines, trade publications, research groups and universities say about Utah. 

  • For the second year in a row, Inc. magazine ranked Utah as the top entrepreneurial state per capita

    • in the nation. (Inc., 2003 and 2004)

  • Beacon Hill Institute at Boston's Suffolk University ranked Utah number two for overall business competitiveness. (Beacon Hill Institute, 2004)

  • Utah was ranked fifth best state for economic freedom based upon more than 150 variables including taxes, regulatory obstacles, judicial indicators and welfare spending in a study by the Pacific Research Institute published in association with Forbes magazine. (Pacific Research Institute, 2004)

  • The Salt Lake area was named the ninth best real estate market in the U.S. (Expansion Management, 2004)

  • The Salt Lake/Ogden area has the fastest growing number of women-owned businesses in the U.S. (Wells Fargo Bank/Center for Women's Business Research Study, 2004)

  • Forbes ranked the Provo, Utah area as the sixth best place for Business and Careers in the nation. (Forbes, 2004)

  • Salt Lake City was ranked the third least-costly midsize metro area in the nation for doing business. (KPMG Competitive Alternative Study, 2004)

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