(텍사스 어스틴 다운타운 전경)


요즘같은 격변의 시대에 비즈니스를 시작하기 좋은 곳은 어디일까?
 
비즈저널의 조사에 의하면 small business(소자본 비즈니스)를 시작하기 좋은 장소로 1위 Raleigh, 2위 Charlotte가 꼽혔다.
 
이번 조사는 전미 100개의 도시를 대상으로 비즈니스 창출, 발전 가능성이 있는지 인구수, 종업원수, 소규모 비즈니스 성장도, 비즈니스 밀집도 등을 분석했다.
 
시애틀이 3위, 오스틴 4위, 그리고 보이즈(Boise, Idaho)가 5위를 차지했다.
 
디트로이트(Detroit)가 가장 낮은 순위였는데, 이는 쇠퇴하고 있는 자동차 산업의 영향으로 보인다.

Rank	Metropolitan area	Small-business vitality score	Small businesses (2006)	Small businesses per 1,000 residents (2006)	Change in private-sector employment (2003-08)	Change in population (2002-07)	Population (2007)
1	Raleigh	58.20	27,596	27.6	23.0%	21.2%	1,047,629
2	Charlotte	43.09	42,905	27.1	15.4%	17.4%	1,651,568
3	Seattle	39.40	96,040	29.4	15.1%	5.9%	3,309,347
4	Austin	37.26	36,559	23.9	21.0%	17.9%	1,598,161
5	Boise, Idaho	37.18	17,451	30.7	16.7%	17.7%	587,689
6	Salt Lake City	36.18	31,189	28.9	17.7%	9.6%	1,099,973
7	Orlando	35.33	56,459	28.3	18.2%	15.6%	2,032,496
8	Oklahoma City	28.95	31,418	26.7	10.4%	6.4%	1,192,989
9	Denver	27.03	72,867	30.2	9.2%	8.1%	2,464,866
10	Portland, Maine	23.14	17,582	34.4	3.5%	2.4%	513,102
11	Portland, Ore.	20.77	61,244	28.7	11.7%	8.0%	2,175,113
12	Miami-Fort Lauderdale	20.25	174,580	32.2	9.0%	4.2%	5,413,212
13	Bridgeport-Stamford, Conn.	19.22	27,965	31.3	4.1%	0.3%	895,015
14	McAllen-Edinburg, Texas	18.87	9,779	14.2	26.7%	16.6%	710,514
15	Las Vegas	18.52	39,016	22.0	20.0%	21.1%	1,836,333
16	Washington	17.44	137,721	26.2	8.5%	5.8%	5,306,565
17	Houston	16.65	114,262	20.8	16.7%	12.8%	5,628,101
18	Charleston, S.C.	16.58	16,202	26.3	14.6%	11.1%	630,100
19	Virginia Beach-Norfolk	16.36	38,012	22.9	7.8%	3.3%	1,658,754
20	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla.	15.52	16,628	29.2	13.1%	24.4%	590,564
21	Dallas-Fort Worth	15.37	133,438	22.3	13.3%	12.3%	6,145,037
22	Des Moines, Iowa	14.98	14,447	27.0	10.3%	9.9%	546,599
23	Colorado Springs	14.20	16,477	27.4	5.5%	7.6%	609,096
24	San Antonio	13.28	38,778	20.0	14.8%	11.9%	1,990,675
25	Jacksonville	12.25	34,302	26.8	11.1%	10.9%	1,300,823
26	Omaha	11.94	21,325	26.0	5.2%	6.0%	829,890
27	Richmond	10.22	31,065	26.0	8.8%	7.8%	1,212,977
28	Greenville, S.C.	9.66	14,912	24.8	10.3%	7.2%	613,828
29	Greensboro	8.87	18,034	26.3	6.9%	6.3%	698,497
30	Little Rock, Ark.	8.85	17,172	26.1	7.6%	7.0%	666,401
31	Atlanta	8.75	130,550	25.5	8.7%	15.8%	5,278,904
32	Madison, Wis.	8.34	15,153	27.7	7.0%	6.9%	555,626
33	Nashville	8.21	36,237	24.4	10.4%	11.5%	1,521,437
34	Indianapolis	7.31	42,137	25.2	6.4%	7.4%	1,695,037
35	New York City	6.77	527,475	28.1	4.9%	1.3%	18,815,988
36	Boston	6.52	122,042	27.3	4.7%	0.6%	4,482,857
37	Ogden, Utah	6.43	11,116	22.1	15.0%	12.2%	518,349
38	New Orleans	6.31	28,061	28.3	-11.5%	-21.4%	1,030,363
39	Tulsa	6.16	23,851	26.7	10.0%	3.5%	905,755
40	Minneapolis-St. Paul	5.24	90,905	28.7	4.5%	5.0%	3,208,212
41	Baltimore	5.12	65,972	24.8	7.5%	2.8%	2,668,056
42	Hartford	4.58	29,453	24.9	6.5%	1.9%	1,189,113
43	Palm Bay-Melbourne, Fla.	2.00	13,687	25.7	6.3%	8.4%	536,161
44	Bradenton-Sarasota, Fla.	1.36	20,930	30.8	7.9%	11.1%	687,181
45	Baton Rouge, La.	1.21	16,876	22.1	11.7%	7.9%	770,037
46	Phoenix	1.00	87,818	21.7	16.0%	19.5%	4,179,427
47	San Diego	0.86	76,417	25.9	5.6%	2.3%	2,974,859
48	San Francisco-Oakland	0.66	118,049	28.4	3.0%	0.9%	4,203,898
49	Albuquerque	0.58	18,957	23.2	8.5%	10.8%	835,120
50	San Jose	-0.90	44,928	25.3	5.9%	3.9%	1,803,643
51	Daytona Beach, Fla.	-1.27	12,997	26.2	6.4%	9.1%	500,413
52	Harrisburg, Pa.	-2.22	13,138	25.0	4.8%	3.0%	528,892
53	Tampa-St. Petersburg	-2.25	71,088	26.4	8.0%	9.6%	2,723,949
54	Knoxville, Tenn.	-3.00	16,116	24.0	7.8%	7.7%	681,525
55	Bakersfield, Calif.	-3.53	11,976	15.5	18.1%	14.5%	790,710
56	Poughkeepsie, N.Y.	-3.71	16,454	24.7	3.1%	4.3%	669,915
57	Birmingham	-3.90	26,141	23.8	5.2%	4.1%	1,108,210
58	Columbus	-4.18	39,480	22.8	4.9%	5.7%	1,754,337
59	Columbia, S.C.	-4.31	16,933	24.1	9.8%	7.9%	716,030
60	Chicago	-4.42	234,989	24.8	3.8%	2.8%	9,524,673
61	Albany	-6.25	20,564	24.2	2.7%	2.4%	853,358
62	Honolulu	-6.39	21,616	23.8	9.1%	2.5%	905,601
63	Philadelphia	-6.82	145,341	25.0	3.5%	1.7%	5,827,962
64	Los Angeles	-6.87	331,140	25.7	3.6%	1.5%	12,875,587
65	Kansas City	-7.25	51,055	26.0	5.6%	5.2%	1,985,429
66	Pittsburgh	-7.60	59,633	25.2	2.3%	-2.3%	2,355,712
67	Jackson, Miss.	-8.53	12,580	23.7	4.6%	5.8%	534,047
68	Allentown-Bethlehem, Pa.	-8.69	18,388	23.1	5.4%	6.3%	803,844
69	Louisville	-8.79	29,548	24.2	4.9%	4.5%	1,233,735
70	Wichita, Kans.	-9.77	14,430	24.5	8.4%	3.0%	596,452
71	El Paso, Texas	-10.62	12,554	17.3	8.5%	6.4%	734,669
72	New Haven, Conn.	-12.22	20,258	24.0	4.0%	1.5%	845,494
73	Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pa.	-12.88	13,392	24.4	3.6%	-0.6%	549,430
74	Chattanooga, Tenn.	-13.30	11,210	22.0	6.3%	5.5%	514,568
75	Syracuse, N.Y.	-13.68	15,247	23.6	2.5%	-0.7%	645,293
76	St. Louis	-13.93	70,200	25.1	2.3%	2.5%	2,803,707
77	Milwaukee	-14.36	39,157	25.4	3.0%	1.6%	1,544,398
78	Sacramento	-14.71	45,696	22.2	5.9%	8.6%	2,091,120
79	Akron, Ohio	-15.03	17,027	24.3	4.3%	-0.1%	699,356
80	Grand Rapids	-15.11	18,541	24.0	2.0%	2.7%	776,742
81	Lakeland, Fla.	-16.50	11,388	20.4	12.0%	15.3%	574,746
82	Cincinnati	-18.68	46,880	22.1	3.2%	4.1%	2,133,678
83	Cleveland	-18.78	54,463	25.9	-1.0%	-2.1%	2,096,471
84	Buffalo	-19.26	26,470	23.4	0.6%	-2.6%	1,128,183
85	Stockton, Calif.	-19.80	11,150	16.8	8.1%	10.1%	670,990
86	Youngstown, Ohio	-19.87	13,493	23.4	-0.6%	-3.9%	570,704
87	Augusta, Ga.	-21.18	10,525	20.1	2.4%	4.3%	528,519
88	Fresno, Calif.	-22.27	15,987	18.1	8.9%	8.2%	899,348
89	Providence	-22.38	42,772	26.7	-1.0%	-0.5%	1,600,856
90	Tucson	-23.70	20,568	21.7	8.6%	10.2%	967,089
91	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, Calif.	-24.08	19,179	24.2	2.6%	2.6%	798,364
92	Memphis	-24.29	25,934	20.4	4.3%	4.6%	1,280,533
93	Worcester, Mass.	-25.25	18,024	23.1	1.0%	1.8%	781,352
94	Springfield, Mass.	-25.57	15,160	22.2	0.9%	-0.0%	682,657
95	Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif.	-27.07	64,678	16.2	14.3%	16.9%	4,081,371
96	Rochester, N.Y.	-27.97	22,970	22.3	0.1%	-0.8%	1,030,495
97	Dayton	-32.57	18,238	21.8	-4.2%	-1.0%	835,537
98	Modesto, Calif.	-34.41	8,923	17.6	2.5%	6.9%	511,263
99	Toledo, Ohio	-38.09	15,229	23.3	-2.5%	-1.2%	650,955
100	Detroit	-49.73	102,035	22.7	-7.5%	-0.5%	4,467,592
SOURCE: bizjournals- February 2, 2009

 


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