{"id":537535,"date":"2026-01-23T17:49:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/537535\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T17:49:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:49:30","slug":"whats-closed-in-san-antonio-during-the-2026-winter-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/537535\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s closed in San Antonio during the 2026 winter storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>High employment growth and advantageous entrepreneurship rates have led Texas into a triumphant No. 3 spot in WalletHub&#8217;s just-released <a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-states-to-start-a-business\/36934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ranking<\/a> of &#8220;Best and Worst States to Start a Business&#8221; for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Texas bounced back into the No. 3 spot nationally for the first time <a href=\"https:\/\/houston.innovationmap.com\/wallethub-texas-starting-a-business-2659269124.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">since 2023<\/a>. After dropping into 8th place <a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonio.culturemap.com\/news\/city-life\/best-states-business-texas-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in 2024<\/a>, the state hustled into <a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonio.culturemap.com\/news\/city-life\/texas-best-state-new-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No. 4<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, WalletHub compares all 50 states based on their business environment, costs, and access to financial resources to determine the best places for starting a business. The study analyzes 25 relevant metrics to determine the rankings, such as labor costs, office space affordability, financial accessibility, the number of startups per capita, and more.<\/p>\n<p>When about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commerceinstitute.com\/business-failure-rate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">half<\/a> of all new businesses don&#8217;t last more than five years, finding the right environment for a startup is vital for long-term success, the report says.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how Texas ranked across the three main categories in the study:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ee-ul\">\n<li>No. 1 \u2013 Business environment<\/li>\n<li>No. 11 \u2013 Access to resources<\/li>\n<li>No. 34 \u2013 Business costs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The state boasts the 10th-highest entrepreneurship rates nationwide, and it has the 11th-highest share of fast-growing firms. WalletHub also noted that more than half (53 percent) of all Texas businesses are located in &#8220;strong clusters,&#8221; which suggests they are more likely to be successful long-term.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Clusters are interconnected businesses that specialize in the same field, and &#8216;strong clusters&#8217; are ones that are in the top 25 percent of all regions for their particular specialization,&#8221; the report said. &#8220;If businesses fit into one of these clusters, they will have an easier time getting the materials they need and can tap into an existing customer base. To some degree, it might mean more competition, though.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Texas business owners should also keep an eye on San Antonio, which was recently ranked the <a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonio.culturemap.com\/news\/city-life\/best-cities-startups-san-antonio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2nd best U.S. city<\/a> for starting a new business, and it was named one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonio.culturemap.com\/news\/city-life\/best-tech-cities-san-antonio-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best cities for tech workers<\/a> in 2024. Workers in Texas are the &#8220;third-most engaged&#8221; in the country, the study added, a promising attribute for employers searching for the right place to begin their next business venture.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Business owners in Texas benefit from favorable conditions, as the state has the third-highest growth in working-age population and the third-highest employment growth in the country, too,&#8221; the report said.<\/p>\n<p>The top 10 best states for starting a business in 2026 are:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ee-ul\">\n<li>No. 1 \u2013 Florida<\/li>\n<li>No. 2 \u2013 Utah<\/li>\n<li><strong>No. 3 \u2013 Texas<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>No. 4 \u2013 Oklahoma<\/li>\n<li>No. 5 \u2013 Idaho<\/li>\n<li>No. 6 \u2013 Mississippi<\/li>\n<li>No. 7 \u2013 Georgia<\/li>\n<li>No. 8 \u2013 Indiana<\/li>\n<li>No. 9 \u2013 Nevada<\/li>\n<li>No. 10 \u2013 California<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"High employment growth and advantageous entrepreneurship rates have led Texas into a triumphant No. 3 spot in WalletHub&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":537536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,19003,22790,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,313,177393],"class_list":{"0":"post-537535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-cancellations","10":"tag-closings","11":"tag-san-antonio","12":"tag-sanantonio","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa","21":"tag-weather","22":"tag-winter-storm"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115945679377993752","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}