Survey findings and summary
After a two-month survey of over 6,000 small business owners nationwide, Thumbtack.com has released new data showing that although San Jose earned only average marks on a nationwide basis, it far out-ranked other California cities.
Some of the key findings for San Jose include:
- San Jose earned a 'C' for the business-friendliness of its regulatory regime.
- California's stand-out regions were the Bay Area and the Central Coast. Small businesses ranked the Bay Area as the most supportive region in the state of small business, and the Central Coast ranked the least costly for hiring a new employee. The state's worst regions for doing business were San Diego and the Central Valley. Of all of California's regions, San Diego businesses were the least optimistic about their economic future - and the Central Valley ranked worst for both support of small business and cost of hiring a new employee.
