Dec 26, 2025 | 3:40 pm
Dallas’ favorable economic climate is enticing new opportunities for entrepreneurship and growth, and now the city is being hailed as the third-best U.S. city for starting a new business.
The recognition comes in CommercialCafe’s recent “Best Cities for Startups” report, published December 10. The study analyzed large U.S. cities across two population categories – cities with more than 1 million residents and cities with populations between 500,000 and 1 million residents. The report analyzed relevant metrics such as office or coworking costs, Kickstarter funding success, startup density, and survival rates, among others.
Across the biggest U.S. cities with over a million residents, Phoenix, Arizona and San Antonio, Texas were the only two cities that outranked Dallas on the list of the best places to start a new business. Neighboring Fort Worth ranked just behind Dallas in the No. 4 spot…