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HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM
Connecticut's TOP 50 Commercial Markets
Overall rankings 1–25
RANK MUNICIPALITY
1 STAMFORD
2 GREENWICH
3 NORWALK
4 HARTFORD
5 DANBURY
6 MILFORD
7 GROTON
8 BRANFORD
9 WINDSOR
10 NEW HAVEN
11 WESTPORT
12 SHELTON
13 FAIRFIELD
14 HAMDEN
15 FARMINGTON
16 STRATFORD
17 GLASTONBURY
18 BLOOMFIELD
19 WALLINGFORD
20 ROCKY HILL
21 WATERBURY
22 MANCHESTER
23 ENFIELD
DARIEN
25 EAST HARTFORD
MARKET
STRENGTH
SCORE (70%)
94.8
85.7
91.8
95.6
88.9
84.6
78.8
79.8
87.8
94
77.8
81.4
77.3
85.4
80.3
83.8
80.4
84.7
87.1
84.2
92
83.9
77.2
69
87.9
TRANSACTION
COST & PROCESS
SCORE (30%)
73.8
84.8
66.1
57.2
68.5
70.4
83.3
74.2
53.5
34.7
72.1
61.8
71.2
52
61.6
49.9
56.9
45.9
40.2
46.4
27.8
45.8
61.2
80
34.3
24
OVERALL
SCORE
88.5
85.4
84.1
84.1
82.8
80.4
80.1
78.1
77.5
76.2
76.1
75.5
75.5
75.4
74.7
73.7
73.4
73.1
73
72.9
72.7
72.5
72.4
72.3
71.8
