Shifting states: what stock prices tell us about US corporate moves

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But there are more differences in other states: for instance, 84 per cent of all companies incorporated in California are financials or utilities; 71 per cent of the companies incorporated in Maryland are in the real estate sector; and 60 per cent of all the companies in Texas are either financials or industrials.

Geography does appear to be a rationale for the state of incorporation for most companies.

Over the last 25 years, the percentage of the top 2,000 US companies by market capitalisation that are incorporated in Delaware has gone from just under 55 per cent to 70 per cent today. There are good reasons for this.