Tennessee leads the nation in small business growth

by Dave Flessner, Chattanooga Times Free Press

Tennessee led the nation in the growth of small businesses during 2017, although the growth didn’t necessarily translate into bigger wage gains for workers at such businesses.

According to data compiled by one of the nation’s biggest payroll providers, Tennessee’s small business employers added workers at the fastest pace of any state in the nation last year, growing more than 2 percent during the year.