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NEW YORK, May 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 2025 Biz2Credit Top Cities for Small Business Study has identified Worcester, MA, as the top city for small businesses in its annual financial analysis. According to Biz2Credit’s analysis, the other cities in the top five are: Ventura, CA, Stamford, CT, Portland, OR, and San Jose, CA.

The study examined financial indicators, including annual revenue, credit score, age of business, and the proprietary BizAnalyzer^® scores of businesses that applied for funding with Biz2Credit during 2024. The analysis found that small businesses’ average revenue increased while credit scores dipped slightly.

Key Findings:

The Top 25 Cities for Small Business for this year (with 2024 ranking in parenthesis) are:

“Small businesses in Ventura County (Ventura and Oxnard) had high average annual revenues ($1,075,489), strong average credit score (679), and are mature businesses,” said Rohit Arora, CEO of Biz2Credit and one of the nation’s leading experts in small business finance. “This year’s top 5 continues to show the strength of our nation’s coastal states as hubs for small and medium size businesses.”

Methodology

The data included in this study was collected from submitted cases between Jan. 1, 2024, and Dec. 31, 2024. The study encompassed more than 75,000 applications. Biz2Credit set a threshold of 150 applications for an MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) to be included in the 2024 study. As a result, the MSA level analysis was based on 49,940 cases above the threshold. Data pertaining to state name, MSA, and ZIP code is from the U.S. Census.

The 2025 Top 25 Cities Study is based on actual verified cash flows of merchants on the Biz2Credit platform during 2024. Submitted cases with an annual revenue exceeding $5 million were excluded from the revenue analysis. The ranking of cities in the study was established using BizAnalyzer Score (BA Score), a proprietary score developed by Biz2Credit. To determine the BA Score, Biz2Credit examined several key factors, including Credit Score, Annual Revenue, Age of Business, Debt-to-Income Ratio, and Cash Flow Analytics powered by Bank Statement Analyzer.

About Biz2Credit

Founded in 2007, Biz2Credit has helped thousands of companies access more than in small business financing. Biz2Credit is headquartered in New York City, employs over 800 people with over half in product, data science, and engineering roles. Using data analytics and predictive modeling, Biz2Credit seeks to enhance the accuracy and transparency of business credit decisions, fueling long-term economic development. Visit www.biz2credit.com, or follow the company on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and X (formerly Twitter).

Media Contact: Brett Holzhauer, (818) 326-1109, brett.holzhauer@biz2credit.com

Editor's Note: We've added information on upcoming CommandFest events. We'll have more to share about the promos available at these events later this year.

CommandFests are back! We've got an exciting schedule of events in 2025 that'll be bringing competitive and casual fun across the world. With opportunities to play, make friends, meet artists, and much, much more, CommandFests are a celebration of everything you love about Commander!

For those of you who've never been to a CommandFest, they're Commander-centric conventions hosted in partnership with tournament organizers. With ticketed play events that make Commander even wilder to free-play areas where you can see everyone's favorite decks, CommandFests have something for Commander fans of all play styles and interests.

Your favorite commander is already cool, but wouldn't it look better if it was signed by the card's artist? You can meet your favorite Magic artists, content creators, and personalities at CommandFests. Check with each event's organizer for a complete list of special guests.

A CommandFest announcement wouldn't be complete without a cool promo! Non-foil and traditional foil Reliquary Tower promo cards will be available at our first three CommandFests (Orlando, Birmingham, and Shanghai) while supplies last. Additionally, event organizers may offer their own bonuses, so check with them for the details.

Here's our full lineup of CommandFests for 2025! We hope to see you there.

These events will offer non-foil and traditional foil Reliquary Tower promo cards while supplies last.

Sydney, Bonn, Worcester, Tokyo, and Beijing's CommandFests will offer non-foil and traditional foil Arcane Signet promo cards as well as an additional promo card, which we'll share in the not-too-distant future.

The remaining events for the year will offer non-foil and traditional foil Arcane Signet promo cards while supplies last.

Worcester was just named one of the best places to live in the country by Livability.

The media company recently released a list of the top 100 cities to live in for 2025, made up of affordable, small to mid-size cities from across the U.S. Using data from both federal sources and private businesses, Livability gave each city a numeric score after judging by 100 metrics across eight categories: economy, housing and cost of living, amenities, transportation, environment, safety, education and health.

Ultimately, Worcester made the list with a score of 656 out of 1,000. Here's what Livability said about living in Worcester.

Why Worcester is a top place to live

Livability describes Worcester as "a cozy community with a rich history and a vibrant, modern atmosphere in the heart of Massachusetts," filled with "renowned cultural institutions, diverse neighborhoods and easy access to various outdoor activities."

The city ranked the highest in Livability's categories for education, economy and amenities. Worcester's various institutions of higher education, including Worcester State University and College of the Holy Cross, make it a quintessential college community with over 30,000 students. However, Livability says Worcester is not only a good place to live for students, but also for professionals, as the city's economy is driven by career-rich businesses in fields like robotics, biotech, computer sciences and health care.

In terms of amenities, Livability praises Worcester's art galleries, history museums, four minor-league sports teams and 60+ parks. The magazine also commends Worcester's various outdoor spaces for activities, including Elm Park, Broad Meadow Brook and Wachusett Mountain.

What other places in New England made the list?

Here are all the New England destinations included on Livability's top 100 places to live, in order of highest to lowest score:

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay was spotted in the Worcester area over the weekend.

Known for "Hell's Kitchen" and "MasterChef," the Food Network star is no stranger to Massachusetts, as he owns two restaurants in Boston - Ramsay's Kitchen and Gordon Ramsay Burger. However, this weekend, Ramsay traded Boston for Central Massachusetts.

While the exact reason Ramsay was in town is not known, he was seen with a camera crew around various towns in the Worcester area. Here's everywhere he went.

Where did Gordon Ramsay go in Massachusetts?

This past Saturday, Ramsay visited a restaurant, a bowling alley and a food truck in Northbridge.

Ramsay started his morning at The Neighborhood Kitchen, a breakfast restaurant in the town's Whitinsville neighborhood. According to a televised report from WBZ-TV, the chef stopped to meet fans when he exited the restaurant.

From there, Ramsay went to Sparetime Recreation bowling alley, where he was seen with a large film crew. The reason Ramsay was filming at the Northbridge bowling alley has not yet been made clear.

According to reports on Facebook, Ramsay also stopped by Smash’d, a food truck in Douglas that specializes in burgers.

"We got a chance to meet Gordon Ramsay today!!!" the food truck wrote on Facebook alongside pictures with the star, adding that Ramsay "absolutely loved" the Smash'd t shirt they made for him.

After a jam-packed day in central Massachusetts, Ramsay visited Rhode Island, where he was spotted Sunday morning at the Crazy Burger in Narragansett.