According to WalletHub, Charoltte, N.C. is the top U.S. city for small businesses. Wallet Hub is a personal finance social network that enables consumers to search, compare and review more than 300,000 financial products, companies and professionals.
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Small businesses collectively make up 99.7 percent of all U.S. employer firms, employ nearly 49 percent of the private workforce, pay about 42 percent of the private payroll, and created 63 percent of all new jobs added during the past 20 years, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.

WalletHub has examined the small business environment of the 100 largest U.S. metro areas across 11 key metrics. The report metrics include net small business job growth, industry variety and earnings for small business employees.

Best Metro Areas to Work for a Small Business 1 Charlotte, NC 2 Raleigh, NC 3 Oklahoma City, OK 4 Austin, TX 5 Omaha, NE 6 Nashville, TN 7 Salt Lake City, UT   8 Dallas, TX 9 Houston, TX 10 Boston, MA

Worst Metro Areas to Work for a Small Business 91 Springfield, MA 92 Tucson, AZ 93 Augusta, GA 94 New Haven, CT 95 Bakersfield, CA 96 Fresno, CA 97 Scranton, PA 98 Toledo, OH 99 Stockton, CA 100 Youngstown, OH