With May 3 kicking off National Small Business Week, the personal-finance company WalletHub today released its report on 2026’s Best Large Cities to Start a Business, as well as expert commentary, in order to help entrepreneurs find the right places for their startups to thrive.
WalletHub compared 100 U.S. cities across 19 key indicators of startup viability. The data set ranges from the five-year business-survival rate to labor costs to office-space affordability.
Starting a Business in Charlotte (1=Best; 50=Avg.):
- Overall Rank: 14th
- 21st – Growth in Number of Small Businesses
- 49th – Cost of Living
- 9th – Length of Average Workweek (in Hours)
- 23rd – Share of College-Educated Population
- 6th – Industry Variety
For the full report, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/
