This ranking is done by the quarter but is a very important metric which shows top performing cities as it's real time data of measuring business openings and closings on Yelp(and we all know most any business registers on Yelp):
https://www.yelpblog.com/2018/08/yel...usiness-growth
For Q2 2018, the top 5 are
1) Las Vegas
2) Austin
3) Miami
4) Louisville
5) Houston