Ashdod is the friendliest city for small and medium-sized businesses for the third year in a row - so found the business doing index in the local authorities of the Small and Medium Business Agency in the Ministry of Economy and Industry, which ranked the local authorities.
In second place is the city of Petah Tikva and in third place are Rehovot.
They are placed in the following order: Ashkelon, Rishon Lezion, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Haifa, Ramat Gan, Holon, Beer Sheva, Jerusalem, Bat Yam, Netanya and Bnei Brak.
The Agency conducts the Local Authorities Index for the fifth time and aims to serve as a tool for the local authority, as it allows each authority to compare its performance to other authorities in a variety of parameters, as well as to analyze its performance in the areas in which it is active.
The index is based on several parameters that are examined in each authority, which examine the level of "friendliness" of the authority for businesses within its area.
The index divides the authorities into three size groups according to the number of residents, since a local authority of up to 50,000 residents is not similar to a local authority of more than 150,000 residents.
Barbibai (second from the right) with senior local government officials, Photo: Ministry of Economy spokeswoman
Tel Aviv soared this year
The index is updated once a year and weighs four different ratings in each local authority: business satisfaction, access to tenders, access to information and property taxes.
The ranking shows that Ramat Gan dropped from second place to eighth place, Bat Yam dropped from fourth place to 12th place and Netanya dropped from fifth place to 13th place.
A downgrade does not mean that the authority's business service has deteriorated, and in many cases it is due to the fact that the service of other business authorities has improved more and they have risen in rank, while the downgraded authority has improved its services to businesses less.
Among the immigrants in the ranking are Petah Tikva, which rose from sixth place to second place, and Rehovot, which rose from 12th place to third place.
Tel Aviv, which dropped from fourth place to 11th place in 2019, improved in 2021 and rose to sixth place.
"Business - An Engine of Growth"
The ranking shows that Nof Hagalil is a leader in local authorities with between 50,000 and 150,000 residents.
It is followed by Kiryat Motzkin, Mateh Binyamin, Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Kfar Saba, Raanana, Nahariya, Carmiel, Afula and Hod Hasharon.
In 28th and last place is Tiberias.
"The index is intended to encourage local authorities to facilitate small and medium-sized businesses, starting from the date of opening the business and throughout its activities with the authorities," says Economy and Industry Minister Orna Barbibai.
"Businesses constitute a significant engine of growth for the Israeli economy and they are responsible for about 50% of the business product and about 60% of the employed in the economy.
The development of small businesses is in the public interest of us all, however the local authority has a direct impact on the businesses that are in it.
The Corona emphasized the importance of local government and we saw that authorities that acted and encouraged the promotion of small businesses and found creative solutions for them, became the first government interface for them. "
Ran Koiti, director of the Small and Medium Business Agency at the Ministry of Economy and Industry, adds: "Local authorities have a central and significant part in the ability of businesses in their field to thrive and flourish. In the last two years,
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