States are given points based on the criteria. Texas earned 574 points, six more than runner-up Georgia. North Carolina, Virginia and Florida rounded out the rankings’ top five.“The blend of factors making Texas and our other leading states attractive for companies large and small starts with supportive policies from the governor’s office, counties, cities and higher education institutions,”editor in chief Adam Bruns said in a press release.
“Texas is universally known as enterprise friendly,” Raymond Garfield, chairman and co-founder of real estate developer Garfield Public/Private LLC told. “Texas has outstanding infrastructure including state-of-the-art telecommunications, thoroughfares, utilities and airports, most notably the second busiest airport in the nation atawarded Texas the Governor’s Cup for the 12th year in a row for building the most new corporate facilities and expanding current ones.