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Area Development Magazine ranked Louisiana No. 5 two years in a row in its annual Top States for Doing Business survey. Louisiana has ranked in the Top 10 for seven straight years.
LA also excelled in the magazine’s other business-related categories. We’re No. 1 for speed of permitting and No. 2 for leading workforce development programs. We earned three No. 4 rankings: incentive programs, cooperative state government and most favorable regulatory environment.
Other rankings include No. 6 for competitive utility rates, No. 7 for certified sites or shovel-ready programs and No. 9 for overall cost of doing business.