Just to illustrate your point, in Colorado the legislature did this same thing (lobbying by small business was used as justification), but the large affiliates

Just to illustrate your point, in Colorado the legislature did this same thing (lobbying by small business was used as justification), but the large affiliates I'm familiar with (2, specifically) moved their offices to Laramie, Wyoming (2.5hrs from Denver). Keep in mind, there are ~5M people in our entire state.