{"id":258148,"date":"2026-04-20T17:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/258148\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:40:12","slug":"texas-named-best-state-for-business-for-record-22nd-consecutive-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/258148\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Named Best State For Business For Record 22nd Consecutive Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>The Best State for Business ranking is determined\u00a0through\u00a0an annual survey\u00a0of the nation\u2019s leading CEOs, presidents, and business owners\u00a0conducted by\u00a0Chief Executive<\/a>\u00a0magazine. Image for illustration purposes<\/p>\n

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AUSTIN \u2012\u00a0Governor Greg Abbott celebrated Texas being ranked the Best State for Business for the 22nd year in a row by Chief Executive magazine.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cTexas is where businesses innovate and where opportunity abounds,\u201d said Governor Abbott. \u201cTexas has long dominated the nation as the Best State for Business thanks to our pro-growth policies, world-class workforce, and strategic investments in education, high-demand skills training, and critical infrastructure. We will continue to move at the speed of business\u00a0as we build a more prosperous Texas for\u00a0generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTruly, this is an incredible run that Texas has going,\u201d said Chief Executive Group Publisher Christopher Chalk. \u201cCEOs are a tough group to please, and yet year after year Texas continues to earn the top spot\u2014no small feat.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Best State for Business ranking is determined\u00a0through\u00a0an annual survey\u00a0of the nation\u2019s leading CEOs, presidents, and business owners\u00a0conducted by\u00a0Chief Executive<\/a>\u00a0magazine. Texas has topped the nation every year since Chief Executive began the ranking.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Governor Abbott celebrated the strength of the Texas economy as preliminary estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis show the Texas economy\u00a0expanded to $2.9 trillion<\/a>\u00a0in 2025, based on the state\u2019s 2025 current-dollar gross domestic product (GDP). The Texas economy also\u00a0led the nation in growth in 2025 at a rate of 2.5%.<\/p>\n

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