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GROW YOUR BUSINESS
Opportunity. Innovation. Excellence.
Living in Vermont is about finding the right community for you to grow both your social and business networks.
Vermonters don’t find themselves cordoned off in some drab development; they find themselves immersed in the working landscapes, scenic roads, and walkable downtowns that characterize our state.
Globally competitive businesses thrive here with community and government support, and collaboration among colleagues. Start-up, emerging, and innovative businesses succeed here because Vermont provides the human, social, and financial capital they require. Vermont is home to many remarkable brands and extraordinary businesses because we foster originality, respect quality, and bring out the best in people.
If you are looking to start, grow, or expand your business, you will find everything you need in Vermont.
DID YOU KNOW?
Vermont has the highest number of clean energy workers per capita in the country.
WE RANK
#50
on the Opportunity Index
—based on a combination of Economy, Education, and Community factors (2018) Opportunity Index
#45
on the Main Street Entrepreneurship Index for Small States
—(2016) Kauffman Foundation
#39
Healthiest Small Businesses
—based on average business credit scores (2016) Experian, Moody’s Analytics as reported by Vermont Business Magazine
WHY VERMONT?
I have recommended Vermont to anybody and everybody. When you work in these big complex organizations or big complex cities, it is so much harder to make a difference. In Vermont, if you have a spirit of collaboration or innovation, I feel like there is no end to what you can do.