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CNBC Top States for Business

Virginia dropped to No. 4 in CNBC's 2025 Top States for Business rankings.
Jul 10, 2025

Virginia falls to No. 4 among CNBC’s top states for business

Virginia lost its spot at the top of CNBC's annual Top States for Business report, the cable business network announced Thursday.

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Aug 9, 2024

Va. localities win $126M in grants for industrial sites

Gov. Glenn Youngkin this week announced $126 million in Virginia Business Ready Sites Program development grants to fund work on 23 industrial sites in the commonwealth. Virginia’s growing inventory of project-ready sites was a factor in CNBC naming the commonwealth America’s Top State for Business in July, Gov. Youngkin noted in a Thursday news release. […]

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Aug 2, 2024

Youngkin: Va. spawned 10,000+ startups in 2022-23

More than 10,000 high-growth and high-wage startup companies were created in Virginia during 2022 and 2023, according to research conducted by Richmond’s Chmura Economics & Analytics for the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corp.  On Thursday, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced this achievement at an event at Zebox America, an Arlington County-based startup accelerator and innovation hub run [...]

Jul 30, 2024

Virginia’s rankings

#1 Top States for Business CNBC #1 Education CNBC #1 Customized workforce training Business Facilities #3 infrastructure CNBC #3 Best business climate Business Facilities #3 Tech talent pipeline Business Facilities #3 Artificial intelligence CNBC #5 Business friendliness CNBC #16 Best state to start a small business in 2024 Forbes Advisor #24 cost of doing business […]

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks on CNBC July 11, 2024, as Virginia is ranked the nation's top state for business for a record sixth time.
Jul 11, 2024

Virginia is CNBC’s Top State for Business for record sixth time

Virginia regained its crown as the No. 1 state in CNBC‘s annual America’s Top States for Business rankings released Thursday, winning the top spot for a record sixth time. The cable business news network once again praised Virginia for having “the nation’s best education system and policies that give companies room — both literally and […]

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