4. Houston, Texas
Another city in Texas, Houston is also on our list of easiest cities to start a business in America because it boasts favorable business environment but like almost all other places in Lone Star State, it has relatively high business costs, according to WalletHub. On the other side, Kauffman assigns it the ninth spot which is three positions fall compared to a year ago. The city has between 900 and 1,400 startups and it appears on Startup Genome global ranking which emphasizes Huston’s efforts to facilitate business openings through collaborative work of government, corporations, investors, academia and fresh entrepreneurs.