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With over 3,500 business activity fillings during late July and August, Travis County easily outpaced other Texas counties to win the title of most entrepreneurial Texas county. This finding is part of a report featuring the best environment in Texas for business startups.

The finding came as TexasStateNews.com released the Texas Business Activity Report for August. The report analyzed nearly 45,000 business filings in a effort to determine the most start-up friendly locals.

These filings demonstrate the presence of an interest in investing in the target community. Those who live in the high-ranking counties may look forward to the impending opening of both new retail outlets, service companies and employment opportunities.

The report ranks each of the 203 Texas counties having a population in excess of 5,000 residents. The initial score for each county was determined by the volume of business filings and adjusted to reflect the per-capita distribution of the filings.

Travis County’s 3510 sales and franchise tax business filings represented approximately 10 percent of all sales and franchise tax fillings in the state. The Dallas-Fort Worth metro area also fared well with Dallas, Collin and Denton counties taking the 2nd, 3rd and 4th slots in the over 500k class. Other counties ranking well in the report include Comal which finished first in the class of counties having a population of 100k through 500k residents and 16th overall. Hood County finished first in the 50k - 100k class and 11th overall. With nearly 70 filings, Kendall County bested the 25k - 50k class and finished second in the state. And, Ochiltree County led the class of small counties and ranked third overall.

Counties faring poorly in the report include El Paso County which finished dead last when compared to the other counties with a population over 500k and 126th in the state. El Paso County posted under 600 filings during the study period. Crosby, Carson, Reeves and Zavala counties finished in a four-way tie for last place in the study. Each of these four counties posted just one filing during the course of the study.

Counties With Over 500,000 Population

Counties With Population of 100,000 - 500,000

Counties With Population of 50,000 - 100,000

Counties With Population of 25,000 - 50,000

Counties With Population of 5,000 - 25,000

All Counties

Study Comments

100,000 - 500,000

Comal County - Comal County experienced significant entrepreneurial activity during the month of August. The county not only finished first in its class but also ranks 16h in the entire state when compared with all other qualifying Texas counties.

Gregg County - Gregg County experienced significant entrepreneurial activity during the month of August. The county not only finished second in its class but also ranks 18h in the entire state when compared with all other qualifying Texas counties.

Midland County - Midland County experienced significant entrepreneurial activity during the month of August. The county not only finished second in its class but also ranks 19th in the entire state when compared with all other qualifying Texas counties.

Webb County - Webb County experienced significant entrepreneurial activity during the month of August. The county not only finished fourth in its class but also ranks 22nd in the entire state when compared with all other qualifying Texas counties.

Montgomery County - Montgomery County experienced significant entrepreneurial activity during the month of August. The county not only finished fifth in its class but also ranks 30th in the entire state when compared with all other qualifying Texas counties.

50,000 - 100,000

Hood - Even though Hood County is the smallest county in the 50k to 100k class, it has experienced the most entrepreneurial activity per capita. Not only does Hood County rank first in its peer group but also ranks eleventh when compared with all other qualifying Texas counties.

Rockwall - Rockwall County has experienced significant entrepreneurial activity with new business filings coming in from eight of the county’s towns. Not only does Rockwall County rank second in its peer group but also ranks 13th when compared with all other qualifying Texas counties. The county narrowly missed a first-in-class finish scoring just four fewer points than Hood County.

Van Zandt - Van Zandt County has experienced significant entrepreneurial activity with new business filings coming in from ten of the county’s towns. Not only does Van Zandt County rank third in its peer group but also ranks 38th when compared with all other qualifying Texas counties.

Wise County - Wise County has experienced entrepreneurial activity that is distributed across the county as new business filings were reported from 12 of the county’s towns. Wise County also fares well when compared to other Texas counties. Not only does Wise County rank fourth in its peer group but also ranks 44th when compared with all other qualifying Texas counties.

Victoria County experienced significant entrepreneurial activity during the month of August. The county not only finished fifth in its class but also ranks 82nd when compared with all other qualifying Texas counties.

25,000 - 50,000

Kendall County - Kendall County experienced significant entrepreneurial activity during the month of August. The county not only finished first in its class but also ranks second when compared with all other qualifying Texas counties.

Shelby County - Shelby County experienced significant entrepreneurial activity during the month of August/ The county not only finished second in its class but also ranks ninth when compared with all other qualifying Texas counties.

Burnet County - Burnet County experienced significant entrepreneurial activity during the month of August. The county not only finished third in its class but also ranks 17th when compared with all other qualifying Texas counties.

Kerr County - Kerr County experienced significant entrepreneurial activity during the month of August. The county not only finished fourth in its class but also ranks 27th when compared with all other qualifying Texas counties.

Jim Wells - Jim Wells County experienced significant entrepreneurial activity during the month of August. The county not only finished fifth in its class but also ranks 34th when compared with all other qualifying Texas counties.

5,000 - 25,000

Ochiltree County - Ochiltree County experienced significant entrepreneurial activity during the month of August. The county not only finished first in its class but also ranks third in the entire state when compared with all other qualifying Texas counties.

Gillespie County - Gillespie County experienced significant entrepreneurial activity during the month of August. The county not only finished second in its class but also ranks fourth in the entire state when compared with all other qualifying Texas counties"

Jack County - Jack County experienced significant entrepreneurial activity during the month of August. The county not only finished third in its class but also ranks fifth in the entire state when compared with all other qualifying Texas counties.

DeWitt County - DeWitt County experienced significant entrepreneurial activity during the month of August. The county not only finished fourth in its class but also ranks sixth in the entire state when compared with all other qualifying Texas counties.

Aransas County - Aransas County experienced significant entrepreneurial activity during the month of August. The county not only finished fifth in its class but also ranks seventh in the entire state when compared with all other qualifying Texas counties.

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