Rankings

Texas is the state with the most Fortune 500 companies, according to the 68th Fortune 500 annual list of the largest U.S. corporations, with 53 Fortune 500 corporate headquarters that call the Lone Star State home. With the June 2022…

AUSTIN — Texas added 62,800 total nonagricultural jobs in April 2022, showing growth in the number of new jobs for the sixth consecutive month, according to data released late last week by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). The state set new employment…

AUSTIN — Texas, the ninth largest economy in the world according to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), saw a 10.1% increase in the annual rate growth of real GDP in the last quarter of 2021 — compared to the national average…

Corporate real estate executives surveyed by Site Section Magazine ranked Texas as the No. 1 Best Business Climate in the United States, the magazine announced in its November 2021 issue. “We are pleased to learn that corporate real estate executives…

Texas claimed another lead spot in the top 5 in CNBC’s annual Top States for Business rankings in 2021, thanks to a number of factors, including its robust workforce, strong economy, cost of doing business, and access to capital. Texas…

Three Texas metropolitan areas with populations exceeding 1 million have been ranked in the Top 10 Metros in 2020 for total number of economic development projects and two Texas metropolitan areas with populations less than 200,000 ranked in the Top…

Businessintexas.com, the Texas Economic Development Corp.’s newly redesigned website, is one of the nation’s top 10 economic development sites, according to Golden Shovel Agency rankings announced this week. “How do some regions rank #1 in what seems to be every…

AUSTIN, TX – Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement after a new survey of U.S. corporate executives ranked Texas the number one state for business for the eighth consecutive time since 1996. The survey was released at the International…

Area Development has announced its annual Gold and Silver Shovel Award winners for 2020, with Texas claiming a Gold Shovel. The annual Gold and Silver Shovel Awards recognize states for their achievements in attracting high-value investment projects that will create…

AUSTIN, TX – Texas has secured the No. 1 spot on Chief Executive Magazine’s annual ranking of the Best and Worst States for Business. Texas has achieved the top spot every year since the ranking’s inception. The ranking reflects CEO…