KPMG's Competitive Alternatives Study ranked Boise #1 of the Pacific US Cities for the lowest business costs.
Boise is also at 83.6% of the national average for costs of doing business in the Professional Services Industry and 84.7% of the national average for Shared Service Centers.
Results by Region and City – Pacific US/Canada
The International Report features results for 113 individual cities in 14 countries. Overall results for each of the cities in the Pacific US/Canada region are as follows (US index = 100.0).
| Location |
Country |
Index¹ |
Rank² |
| Anchorage, AK |
United States |
105.3 |
14 |
| Boise, ID |
United States |
97.0 |
3 |
| Honolulu, HI |
United States |
108.4 |
15 |
| Las Vegas, NV |
United States |
98.7 |
7 |
| Los Angeles, CA |
United States |
100.9 |
11 |
| Portland, OR |
United States |
99.3 |
8 |
| Prince George, BC |
Canada |
96.6 |
2 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino, CA |
United States |
98.6 |
6 |
| Sacramento, CA |
United States |
100.0 |
9 |
| Salem, OR |
United States |
98.1 |
5 |
| San Diego, CA |
United States |
100.6 |
10 |
| San Francisco, CA |
United States |
104.5 |
13 |
| Seattle, WA |
United States |
101.5 |
12 |
| Spokane, WA |
United States |
98.1 |
4 |
| Vancouver, BC |
Canada |
96.5 |
1 |
| 1 |
Business costs are expressed as an index, with the United States being assigned the baseline index of 100.0. A cost index less than 100 indicates lower costs than the US. A cost index greater than 100 indicates higher costs than the US. For example, an index number of 95.0 represents a 5.0% cost advantage relative to the United States. |
| 2 |
The 103 cities in mature countries are grouped by region and ranked within their region (with 1 representing the lowest cost city in each region). |
