Policy
Pro-business at every level.
Active deregulation and the lowest combined tax burden in the Mountain West, backed by a state government that wants you to succeed.
Utah · Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity
Find what you need to build a Utah startup in under two minutes.
A personalized guide to the state's 213+ founder programs — and the investor-ready map of Utah's startup ecosystem.
- Resources
- 213
- Startups
- 219
- Currently hiring
- 30
Where are you in the journey?
Resources for every stage of building a Utah company.
The state organizes its support around four lifecycle moments. Pick yours below — or describe your business and we'll send you to the right step.
Tell us about your business to get a personalized action plan- 2 STEPS
Thinking of starting
Validate the idea, learn the basics, find a community.
Open this stage - 9 STEPS
Starting my business
Form the entity, build the product, land first customers.
Open this stage - 7 STEPS
Growing my business
Raise capital, hire, scale operations, expand.
Open this stage - 1 STEP
Closing or selling
Plan the exit, navigate tax and legal, find a buyer.
Open this stage
Why Utah?
The country's fastest-growing state has set a new global standard for innovation and entrepreneurship.
The Startup State Initiative unifies the ecosystem, simplifies access to programs, and makes Utah the most accessible place in the West to build a company — from ideation to scale to exit.
#1 best state to start a business · WalletHub, Jan 2023
Talent
Three-university talent pipe.
The University of Utah, BYU, and Utah State graduate ~36,000 students yearly into a state already running tight on engineers.
Capital
2× Bay Area runway.
Cost-of-living + office rents that let seed-stage capital go twice as far as San Francisco. Same talent quality, half the burn rate.
Access
Built for international scale.
Strategic location for North American distribution, Salt Lake City International as a hub, and a state-led international trade program.