In the last few years, the sharing economy has further transformed the way Americans start and conduct businesses, and has meant that previous barriers to getting started have been knocked down. The basic premise of the sharing economy is the exchange of goods or services via technology. Now, with less upfront time and costs, aspiring entrepreneurs can easily test new ideas or spin up a side hustle, for instance, by selling a product on Amazon, delivering for Grubhub, or starting a full-time business out of a local coworking space. The sharing economy has exploded in the last decade. Just 10 years ago, there were only a handful of sharing platforms, such as CouchSurfing, FreeCycle, and ZipCar while the sharing economy giants of today, like AirBnB and Uber, had only recently launched. According to research by PwC , key sharing economy sectors have the potential to increase global revenues from $15 billion in 2015 to $335 billion in 2025. Alongside rapid growth in the sharing economy, entirely new markets and services have emerged that didn’t exist 10 years ago—providing enticing opportunities for entrepreneurs. In the fast-growing food delivery market , technology platforms like Uber Eats and Grubhub have not only expanded delivery options to a broader range of existing restaurants, but also encouraged entirely new “virtual restaurants” to open in shared kitchen spaces. With reduced overhead, virtual restaurants are providing restaurateurs a far less risky and capital intensive model for testing and scaling new concepts. With so many new ways to start and scale a business, researchers at CloudKitchens wanted to see which cities in the U.S. have the most entrepreneurs. To find the most entrepreneurial cities, they analyzed U.S. Census Bureau data and calculated the percentage of all workers who are self-employed in either their own incorporated or unincorporated business. In addition, CloudKitchens calculated median incomes for self-employed individuals and all workers, as well as the most overrepresented industry for entrepreneurs in each metro. The most overrepresented industry represents a disproportionately high rate of entrepreneurs within the metro relative to the national level. Here’s what they found: