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2026 BEST PLACES FOR BUSINESS | HBJ HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | 31 XXXXXX XXXX COMPLETE MUNICIPAL R ANKINGS Groton – Morris GROTON 80.1 78.8 83.3 32,684 3,177 23% 421,375 23.46 +2.8% GUILFORD 62.2 60.9 65.3 10,429 2,905 7% 1,161,252 29.20 +9% HADDAM 31.5 33.3 27.4 1,711 772 6% 1,162,576 33.41 +26.8% HAMDEN 75.4 85.4 52 22,224 5,536 18% 2,154,707 54.36 +0.5% HAMPTON 16.5 8 36.2 611 143 3% 450,781 22.56 +55.6% HARTFORD 84.1 95.6 57.2 82,281 11,494 25% 1,972,853 70.02 +5% HARTLAND 10 3.4 25.5 264 162 1% 496,292 27.63 +17.2% HARWINTON 25.8 20 39.4 1,532 513 3% 1,013,267 26.46 +5.7% HEBRON 36.4 29.3 52.9 1,880 678 4% 1,056,105 34.51 +6.1% KENT 28.5 21.8 44.3 1,412 434 7% 215,263 17.67 +10.3% KILLINGLY 53.7 58.1 43.4 5,871 970 25% 857,732 23.79 +28.8% KILLINGWORTH 28.1 22.1 42.2 1,412 592 3% 1,134,432 24.77 +32% LEBANON 28.6 22.2 43.4 1,542 529 3% 724,273 25.78 +11.9% LEDYARD 38.4 34.8 47 4,162 821 5% 419,843 34.87 +29.1% LISBON 38.7 36.6 43.7 1,607 229 16% 547,758 24.20 +32.6% LITCHFIELD 48.3 47.2 51 3,371 1,207 12% 815,488 23.92 +7.5% LYME 22.3 10.9 49.1 431 276 1% 620,474 17.68 0% MADISON 64.8 57.1 82.7 7,221 2,194 8% 1,010,240 26.53 +16.8% MANCHESTER 72.5 83.9 45.8 27,944 4,262 21% 1,463,806 36.73 +10.4% MANSFIELD 63.8 68.6 52.6 16,921 942 27% 697,195 28.76 +18.1% MARLBOROUGH 34.1 32.2 38.4 1,725 466 6% 1,358,209 36.03 +11% MERIDEN 68.3 81.2 38.3 18,721 4,393 15% 2,211,919 36.57 +15.2% MIDDLEBURY 47 51.7 36 3,999 988 10% 1,921,163 32.69 +15.4% MIDDLEFIELD 47.1 39.1 65.7 1,918 528 7% 1,964,861 29.10 +44.8% MIDDLETOWN 70.8 80.5 48.3 25,328 3,701 21% 2,016,720 32.30 +14.2% MILFORD 80.4 84.6 70.4 27,310 6,111 16% 1,644,507 28.03 +5.4% MONROE 50.9 58.2 33.8 5,606 2,205 12% 1,667,020 35.54 +12.6% MONTVILLE 43.8 47.8 34.4 6,145 939 11% 507,615 28.57 +29.7% MORRIS 22.7 12.9 45.5 455 308 4% 773,642 20.79 +8.6% Notes: Overall Score is based on a weighted combination of Market Strength (70%) and Transaction Cost & Process (30%). Commercial Tax Base % is the percentage of a municipality's tax base made up of commercial and industrial property. Population within 45 minutes estimates the population accessible within a 45-minute drive. 5-Yr. Avg. Mill Rate is the municipality's average real-property mill rate for fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 5-Yr. Business Growth measures the change in business registrations from 2021 through 2025 and is provided for context; it is not included in the index score. — indicates a blank source cell. MUNICIPALITY OVERALL SCORE MARKET STRENGTH (70%) JOBS BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS TRANSACTION COST & PROCESS (30%) COMM. TAX BASE POPULATION WITHIN 45 MINUTES 5-YEAR AVG. MILL RATE 5-YEAR BUSINESS GROWTH