August 2021 Group Watch: Alabama’s Business Climate Scores Near Top in New Rankings
Business Facilities, a national economic development publication, ranked Alabama’s business climate among the top states in an analysis evaluating key economic categories. Alabama earned the No. 5 spot in the magazine’s flagship business climate ranking, while also earning high marks for workforce training, manufacturing employment and output and the horsepower of the state’s auto industry. Besides the high ranking for business climate, Alabama also earned No. 3 for customized training, No. 6 in manufacturing employment, No. 6 in automotive manufacturing and No. 8 manufacturing output. The report also singled out several Alabama cities: Huntsville was named the No. 4 Millennial Magnet; Mobile was No. 5 Best Business Climate; Birmingham-Hoover ranked No. 5 on the Health Care Hubs list; Huntsville also earned the No. 6 Tech Hubs spot; and Decatur claimed the No.7 spot in Manufacturing Hubs.
