Right to Start’s State Entrepreneurship Profiles provide insights on how to strengthen states’ environments for starting and growing businesses.

Each Profile presents indicators of entrepreneurial performance across four stages of the entrepreneurial journey – Intent, Entry, Formation, and Traction – and an assessment of policies and conditions that affect entrepreneurs across this journey.

The complementary aspects of the Profiles – Entrepreneurship Performance and Entrepreneurship Policy – provide policymakers, advocates, and other stakeholders with a practical way to identify strengths, uncover points of weakness, and focus attention on where there are opportunities to improve the entrepreneurial environment.

In 2026, Right to Start has published State Entrepreneurship Profiles for six states. Profiles of additional states are planned in 2027.