Baton Rouge is one of 15 cities with the lowest numbers of small business bankruptcies in the second quarter. According to Equifax, the national credit reporting agency, the Capital Region is among those cities in the U.S. with 10 or fewer business bankruptcies in the second quarter. This is the second quarter in a row Baton Rouge has made the Equifax list. Other cities that rank low for bankruptcy filings among small businesses are Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss.; Columbia, S.C.; Gainesville, Fla.; and Durham, N.C. On the list’s high end, Los Angeles led the nation, with 1,066 bankruptcy filings from April to June.
Baton Rouge ranks low for business bankruptcies
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