The Top 116 Small Businesses Americans Want to Fund With $10K [2025 Survey]

If you handed someone $10,000 and told them to back a local business, not a stock, not crypto, not real estate, who would they choose? 

That’s exactly what we asked over 3,000 people in the U.S. in a recent survey. 

The results paint a revealing portrait of what we value most in our backyards - be it healthcare, flavor, clean energy, or simple convenience.

Here are a few standout insights we took away from the data:

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The below shows the small business in each state that locals would most like to invest in, if they had $10,000.

Ranking	Business	City	State
1	Big Money Retirement Solutions	Greenville	South Carolina
2	Digital NYC Agency	New York	New York
3	Mochi Foods US	Las Vegas	Nevada
4	Best Practice Medicine	Bozeman	Montana
5	Nurturing Angels Home Care	Greenville	Delaware
6	Sunspear Energy	Honolulu	Hawaii
7	Branch	Tampa Bay	Florida
8	Haven Hot Chicken	New Haven	Connecticut
9	Life Dental Group	Oxford	Mississippi
10	Structure NYC	New York	New York
11	insightsoftware	Raleigh	North Carolina
12	Psychology Specialists of Maine	Brunswick	Maine
13	Snappy Gifts	New York	New York
14	Cornbread Hemp	Louisville	Kentucky
15	Discovery House Homes	Hiawassee	Georgia
16	Glow Natural Wellness	Jackson	Wyoming
17	SearchLab Digital	Chicago	Illinois
18	Campspot	Grand Rapids	Michigan
19	Empowered Electric	North Kansas City	Missouri
20	Compound Growth Marketing	Cohasset	Massachusetts
21	Zion Cloud Solutions	Glenview	Illinois
22	AllCloud	Denver	Colorado
23	Flex Payment Solutions	Fenton	Missouri
24	StatPearls	St. Petersburg	Florida
25	Trillion Health and Hormone	Omaha	Nebraska
26	MidStreet	Raleigh	Georgia
27	Remodel Health	Indianapolis	Indiana
28	Platinum Contracting of Nevada	Henderson	Nevada
29	Surety Bonds Direct	Mount Pleasant	South Carolina
30	Peak Behavioral Health	Norman	Oklahoma
31	YellowBird	Phoenix	Arizona
32	Midwest Barrel	Louisville	Kentucky
33	Minneapolis Cider Company	Minneapolis	Minnesota
34	CampTek Software	Portland	Maine
35	illuminico	New York	New York
36	Your Tax Coach	Scottsdale	Arizona
37	Contentstack	Austin	Texas
38	Maev	Austin	Texas
39	Bee Downtown	Morrisville	North Carolina
40	Kokua Group Holdings	Wailea	Hawaii
41	Market Square Architects	Portsmouth	New Hampshire
42	LogicGate	Chicago	Illinois
43	Mama Justice Law Firm	Tupelo	Mississippi
44	Victory Building Services	Minneapolis	Minnesota
45	HireRising	Phoenix	Arizona
46	Slipstream Environmental Services	Sheridan	Wyoming
47	SupportNinja	Charleston	South Carolina
48	Maddox	Greenville	South Carolina
49	Cultivate Brands	Chicago	Illinois
50	Marc Brown Law Firm	Columbia	South Carolina
51	Segment HR	The Woodlands	Texas
52	Steadfast City Economic & Community Partners	St. Louis	Missouri
53	Archer Review	Dallas	Texas
54	Ventura MedStaff	Omaha	Nebraska
55	Well‑Oiled Operations	Franklin	Wisconsin
56	Tenna	New Hope	Pennsylvania
57	Qualityze	New York	New York
58	Five Star Franchising	Springville	Utah
59	Hawke Media	Santa Monica	California
60	Packform	Valencia	California
61	Powder River Industries	Laramie	Wyoming
62	City Mobile Group	Albuquerque	New Mexico
63	Servos	Richmond	Virginia
64	Nouveau Bar & Grill	Jonesboro	Georgia
65	Crowe PR	San Diego	California
66	OnIndus	Boca Raton	Florida
67	Root Insurance	Columbus	Ohio
68	Observa	Seattle	Washington
69	DQS Solutions & Staffing	Dearborn	Michigan
70	RedNight Consulting	Aliso Viejo	California
71	Social Hustle	Idaho Falls	Idaho
72	Employ/Responsive	Beaverton	Oregon
73	Hawthorn Innovations	Louisville	Kentucky
74	Mi‑One Brands	Phoenix	Arizona
75	Team Outsider	Bozeman	Montana
76	Integrated Media Group	Cranston	Rhode Island
77	DUTECH Systems	Reading	Massachusetts
78	Sismos Solutions	Overland Park	Kansas
79	Destination Motivation	Sheridan	Wyoming
80	Haga Kommer	Fargo	North Dakota
81	OnPoint Warranty Solutions	Louisville	Kentucky
82	Office H2O	Indianapolis	Indiana
83	TaxValet	Henderson	Nevada
84	InfoTrust	Blue Ash	Ohio
85	Regrow	Durham	New Hampshire
86	Franchise FastLane	Omaha	Nebraska
87	MDRN Capital	Annapolis	Maryland
88	BiOptimizers	Reno	Nevada
89	Clearsulting	Cleveland	Ohio
90	Ingenium Talent	Louisville	Kentucky
91	Delaware Limo	Wilmington	Delaware
92	IntegriSys	Bethesda	Maryland
93	Onyx + East	Indianapolis	Indiana
94	Tower Title	Providence	Rhode Island
95	New Nexus Group	Rogers	Arkansas
96	AIT	Cornelius	North Carolina
97	Fortreum	Lansdowne	Virginia
98	Maxfield Group	Cranston	Rhode Island
99	Hyqoo	North Brunswick	New Jersey
100	Servato Corp	Little Rock	Arkansas
101	AdvicePay	Bozeman	Montana
102	Blu Omega	Ashburn	Virginia
103	Coherent Bus Company	Bloomington	Minnesota
104	GenTeal Apparel	Oxford	Mississippi
105	Keen Decision Systems	Cary	North Carolina
106	Brand IQ Group	Lewes	Delaware
107	LUCA	Mountain Brook	Alabama
108	GRO	Tuscaloosa	Alabama
109	VINCIT Constructors	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma
110	plug	St. Louis	Missouri
111	Acclinate	Birmingham	Alabama
112	DecoExchange	Chalmette	Louisiana
113	Nearsure	Wilmington	Delaware
114	AdVictory	Grand Rapids	Michigan
115	Pushly	Kansas City	Missouri
116	CoFi	Lindon	Utah

Methodology: Online panel survey of 3,011 respondents based on age, gender, and geography. Internal data sources are used to obtain population data sets. We used a two-step process to ensure representativeness through stratified sampling and post-stratification weighting. June 2025.

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Key Findings:

Greenville is punching way above its weight. 

Not one but two Greenville-based businesses (in South Carolina and Delaware) landed in the national top 10 - Big Money Retirement Solutions and Nurturing Angels Home Care. 

Two very different sectors, but the same takeaway: trust and community connection count.

Food wins hearts - and wallets. 

Haven Hot Chicken in New Haven came in at #8 overall, and with good reason. It’s grown a sizzling 2,287% in just three years. 

In an era where many food trends flame out fast, this one has proven staying power - and stoked investor imagination.

New York shows its range. 

Three NYC-based companies made the top 15: a digital agency, a corporate gifting startup, and a high-end architecture firm. 

Each represents a different flavor of growth - creative, corporate, and crafted - but together, they reflect the city’s enduring pull.

Healthcare and wellness are quietly leading.

From Life Dental Group in Mississippi to Best Practice Medicine in Montana, mission-led medical and health-adjacent services aren’t just growing – they are being noticed. 

These aren't just businesses; they’re trust-based community anchors.

Solar isn’t just hype in Hawaii. 

Sunspear Energy’s 814% growth, plus its position in the national top 10, suggests locals aren’t just warming to renewables - they’re ready to invest in them. 

It’s a strong signal that clean energy has moved from “nice to have” to “put your money on it.”

Fintech that solves real problems wins. 

Tampa Bay-based Branch has grown by over 500% by letting employees access their pay early, with no fees. 

It’s not a buzzword-heavy crypto play. It’s just practical, everyday financial tech - and that simplicity seems to resonate.

Montana is quietly becoming a healthcare training hub. 

Bozeman’s Best Practice Medicine and another local standout, AdvicePay, both reflect a regional trend: helping professionals deliver better care, smarter. 

The fact that a town of this size produced two nationally admired firms is telling.

Arizona made three appearances - all very different. 

Phoenix’s YellowBird (risk management), Scottsdale’s Your Tax Coach, and Mi-One Brands all placed in the top 75, showing the state’s small business scene is thriving across wildly varied industries.

Final Thoughts

What unites this list isn’t just growth - it’s relevance. These businesses aren’t abstract ideas or Silicon Valley moonshots. 

They’re solving problems you can see, taste, or feel. They’re improving care, speeding up paychecks, adding flavor to local food scenes, or helping families navigate retirement. 

That’s the kind of impact you don’t need a pitch deck to understand.

Methodology

Online panel survey of 3,011 respondents based on age, gender, and geography. Internal data sources are used to obtain population data sets. We used a two-step process to ensure representativeness through stratified sampling and post-stratification weighting.

Respondents are carefully chosen from a geographically representative online panel of double opt-in members. This selection is further tailored to meet the precise criteria required for each unique survey. Throughout the survey, we design questions to carefully screen and authenticate respondents, guaranteeing the alignment of the survey with the ideal participants.

To ensure the integrity of our data collection, we employ an array of data quality methods. Alongside conventional measures like digital fingerprinting, bot checks, geo-verification, and speeding detection, etc. each response undergoes a thorough review by a dedicated team member to ensure quality and contextual accuracy. Our commitment extends to open-ended responses, subjecting them to scrutiny for gibberish answers and plagiarism detection.