Personal finance company WalletHub has ranked the country’s best large cities when it comes to starting a business in 2026, and Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) is ranked nationwide at No. 11.
To arrive at the annual report’s rankings, WalletHub used 19 relevant metrics spread across three areas: access to resources, business environment, and costs. It then applied them to 100 large U.S. cities. Among specific factors considered were 2020-2024 job growth comparisons, office space affordability, five-year business survival rates, and population growth among 16-64 working-age individuals.
Dallas’ best ranking was for its business environment, garnering fifth-best in the country. In other areas, the city ranked 45th in “access to resources” and came in 64th in the category of “business costs.”
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Several factors have added to the city’s attraction, such as another WalletHub list earlier this year that ranked Texas as the third-best state for starting a business. Additionally, the Dallas suburb of Plano has garnered seventh place among the best cities in the country for finding a job.
On the WalletHub list, the top five U.S. cities for starting a new business were all in Florida and are Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville, Hialeah, and in fifth place St. Petersburg.
