NOLA In The Top Ten Least Expensive Cities For Startups

 

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans is one of the top ten least expensive places for a company to start up in America.

HowMuch.net gathered data from SmartAsset, which studied 80 cities and calculated the average costs for starting a new company, including filing fees, office space, utilities, legal and accounting fees, and, most significantly, payroll. To make a fair comparison between cities, SmartAsset assumed a company would need a 1,000-square foot office space and have five full-time employees. HowMuch.net then calculated each of these metrics as a percentage of the overall startup cost and turned them into slices on a pie chart:

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The company figured that the average cost for starting a company in New Orleans is $242,000, coming in 9th place. Louisville, Kentucky follows New Orleans closely at $243K. 

On the other side of the leger, San Jose, San Francisco and Washington D.C. are the three most expensive cities for startups. 

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– by Alexa Harrison, associate news editor

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