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Ohio Named CNBCs No. 1 Top State for Business
Announced on July 9, 2026, Ohio has been named the No. 1 state for business in CNBC's 2026 America's Top States for Business rankings, the first time the state has held the top spot since the study launched in 2007.
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Ohio climbed from No. 5 in 2025 to No. 1 in 2026, capping a run of five straight years of improvement and a rise of 33 spots since 2010, when Ohio ranked No. 34. CNBC's study evaluated all 50 states across 138 metrics in 10 categories of competitiveness, the most metrics the study has ever used.
