SAN FRANCISCO, August 14, 2018 – Thumbtack, the website and app that finds you local professionals (pros) for any project, today announced the results from its 2018 Small Business Friendliness Survey, ranking all 50 states and 57 cities based on factors including licensing requirements, tax regulations, and labor and hiring regulations. With over 7,500 small business owners surveyed, it’s the largest continuous study of small business perceptions of local government policy in the U.S.

Small business owners gave New Jersey a D+ this year, ranking 43rd in our survey of business friendliness in all 50 states. That’s 1 spot better than last year, when it ranked 44th and received a C-. As a comparison, New Jersey received the same grade as New York, but scored lower than Pennsylvania (C).

Based on the evaluations of our pros, Thumbtack also assigned eight policy-specific grades to evaluate how easy local governments make it to start, operate, and grow a small business. For more details about the report and the full set of results for New Jersey, please visit Thumbtack.com/NJ.

About Thumbtack 
Powering the businesses of hundreds of thousands of local professionals, Thumbtack is one of the largest local services companies in the U.S., offering nearly 1,000 categories, with a working professional in every county in the U.S. Thumbtack has helped customers complete millions of jobs — from plumbing, to catering, to personal training, to math tutoring. Founded in 2008, Thumbtack is headquartered in San Francisco. For more information, please visit: www.thumbtack.com.

Press Contact: lucas.puente@thumbtack.com