{"id":7124,"date":"2012-05-08T12:30:47","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T18:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=7124"},"modified":"2012-05-08T12:30:47","modified_gmt":"2012-05-08T18:30:47","slug":"small-business-owners-rank-idaho-friendliest-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/05\/08\/small-business-owners-rank-idaho-friendliest-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Business Owners Rank Idaho ‘Friendliest’ State"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thumbtack.com<\/p>

Idaho, Texas, Oklahoma and Utah are among the friendliest states for small businesses.<\/p><\/div>\n

A new survey<\/a> out today from Thumbtack.com, an online job service, and the Kauffman Foundation<\/a> finds Idaho, Texas, Oklahoma and Utah are the friendliest states for small businesses.<\/p>\n

The survey<\/a> asked more than 6,000 small business owners to rank states based on ease of starting a new businesses, cost of hiring, regulatory friendliness, tax code friendliness, and publicity of training programs.\u00a0 Most of the business owners surveyed — 90 percent — had fewer than five employees.<\/p>\n

Thirty-seven small business owners in Idaho responded to the survey. <\/p>\n

Idaho scored an A+ in every category with the exception of hiring costs.\u00a0 Small business owners gave the state a D in that category.<\/p>\n

Sander Daniels is co-founder of Thumbtack.com.\u00a0 He says the hiring cost metric doesn’t just include a new employee’s salary (wages in Idaho are among the lowest in the nation.)<\/a> It also takes into account the regulatory cost of hiring.<\/p>\n

Key findings from the Thumbtack.com\/Kauffman survey include:<\/p>\n

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Thumbtack.com<\/p>

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