The Canadian Federation of Independent Business finds Saint John ranks in the top 50 of 100 business friendly businesses across the country.
Atlantic Vice-President, Leanne Hachey tells CHSJ News they would like to see our city doing better than that.
She says it has room to grow and they would like to see all of the Atlantic cities in the top 20 if not the top 10.
Moncton has the highest ranking in Atlantic Canada at 16 out of 100 and the #1 ranking in the country goes to Grande Prairie, Alberta.