Source: Jason Parker, WRAL TECHWIRE, 7/20/21

In a new study, WalletHub compared all 50 U.S. states, scoring each state on 28 different indicators important to startup success, and North Carolina ranked ninth. The study comes after another report recently ranked Durham as the No. 2 city to start a business. Raleigh came in seventh. And the number of new businesses across the state is at a record-setting pace, as WRAL TechWire reported in March.

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