Contemplating starting a business in Beaumont, Texas? We walk you through the process of opening a business in Beaumont.
An important decision is what kind of business you want to start. You might get some good ideas about what kind of business to start by reading How to Evaluate a Business Idea.
Remember that you are starting a business in Beaumont. The business you want to start may already be well-represented in Beaumont. Don't forget to review Beaumont demographics to see if there's a market for what you want to sell.
Beaumont has an active business community that includes small businesses,
mid-sized businesses and large businesses.
To give you a better feel for Beaumont demographics for small businesses, we have tabulated the small business sizes, based on number of employees, for business in Beaumont.
As a new Beaumont entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Beaumont for each business category. By looking at this chart, you can get
a general sense for how much competition there is in the business niche that
you are pursuing.
| Business Type |
# of
Businesses |
| Advertising Agencies |
11 |
| Ambulance Services |
7 |
| Amusement Arcades |
3 |
| Appliance Repair and Maintenance |
4 |
| Apprenticeship Training |
1 |
| Architectural Services |
7 |
| Armored Car Services |
2 |
| Automobile Driving Schools |
1 |
| Automotive Exhaust System Repair |
1 |
| Automotive Glass Replacement Shops |
4 |
| Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores |
23 |
| Automotive Transmission Repair |
6 |
| Baked Goods Stores |
3 |
| Barber Shops |
2 |
| Beauty Salons |
26 |
| Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers |
3 |
| Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores |
11 |
| Blood and Organ Banks |
3 |
| Boat Building |
1 |
| Boat Dealers |
6 |
| Book Publishers |
1 |
| Book Stores |
5 |
| Bowling Centers |
2 |
| Building Inspection Services |
4 |
| Business Associations |
6 |
| Cafeterias |
6 |
| Canvas and Related Product Mills |
1 |
| Car Washes |
7 |
| Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services |
2 |
| Caterers |
5 |
| Cemeteries and Crematories |
4 |
| Child and Youth Services |
4 |
| Child Day Care Services |
35 |
| Children's and Infants' Clothing Stores |
8 |
| Civic and Social Organizations |
17 |
| Claims Adjusting |
8 |
| Clothing Accessories Stores |
5 |
| Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners |
5 |
| Collection Agencies |
4 |
| Commercial Lithographic Printing |
12 |
| Commercial Photography |
4 |
| Commercial Screen Printing |
4 |
| Community Food Services |
1 |
| Computer and Software Stores |
8 |
| Computer Facilities Management Services |
1 |
| Computer Systems Design Services |
9 |
| Concrete Pipe Manufacturing |
1 |
| Confectionery and Nut Stores |
1 |
| Consumer Lending |
12 |
| Continuing Care Retirement Communities |
1 |
| Convenience Stores |
17 |
| Cosmetology and Barber Schools |
1 |
| Couriers |
6 |
| Court Reporting and Stenotype Services |
4 |
| Credit Unions |
17 |
| Custom Computer Programming Services |
6 |
| Custom Roll Forming |
1 |
| Deep Sea Freight Transportation |
1 |
| Dental Laboratories |
5 |
| Diagnostic Imaging Centers |
6 |
| Diet and Weight Reducing Centers |
1 |
| Direct Life Insurance Carriers |
7 |
| Direct Mail Advertising |
3 |
| Direct Title Insurance Carriers |
2 |
| Directory and Mailing List Publishers |
2 |
| Discount Department Stores |
1 |
| Display Advertising |
1 |
| Document Preparation Services |
1 |
| Drafting Services |
1 |
| Drilling Oil and Gas Wells |
1 |
| Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) |
23 |
| Drywall and Insulation Contractors |
5 |
| Educational Support Services |
1 |
| Electric Power Distribution |
12 |
| Electrical Contractors |
30 |
| Electronic Auctions |
1 |
| Elementary and Secondary Schools |
7 |
| Emergency and Other Relief Services |
1 |
| Employment Placement Agencies |
3 |
| Engineering Services |
34 |
| Environmental Consulting Services |
3 |
| Exam Preparation and Tutoring |
3 |
| Exterminating and Pest Control Services |
9 |
| Facilities Support Services |
4 |
| Family Clothing Stores |
20 |
| Farm Management Services |
1 |
| Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers |
3 |
| Fine Arts Schools |
2 |
| Finish Carpentry Contractors |
8 |
| Fish and Seafood Markets |
2 |
| Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers |
1 |
| Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers |
7 |
| Floor Covering Stores |
10 |
| Flooring Contractors |
3 |
| Florists |
9 |
| Food (Health) Supplement Stores |
5 |
| Food Service Contractors |
8 |
| Footwear and Leather Goods Repair |
1 |
| Footwear Merchant Wholesalers |
2 |
| Formal Wear and Costume Rental |
3 |
| Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation |
1 |
| Framing Contractors |
6 |
| Freight Transportation Arrangement |
7 |
| Fresh and Frozen Seafood Processing |
1 |
| Full-Service Restaurants |
84 |
| Funeral Homes and Funeral Services |
8 |
| Furniture Stores |
15 |
| General Automotive Repair |
44 |
| General Freight Trucking, Local |
6 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
3 |
| General Rental Centers |
5 |
| General Warehousing and Storage |
4 |
| Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores |
13 |
| Glass and Glazing Contractors |
2 |
| Golf Courses and Country Clubs |
3 |
| Grantmaking Foundations |
8 |
| Graphic Design Services |
1 |
| Hardware Merchant Wholesalers |
4 |
| Hardware Stores |
10 |
| Hazardous Waste Collection |
1 |
| Hobby, Toy, and Game Stores |
4 |
| Home Centers |
3 |
| Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers |
3 |
| Home Health Care Services |
28 |
| Home Health Equipment Rental |
7 |
| Homes for the Elderly |
5 |
| Household Appliance Stores |
5 |
| Industrial Building Construction |
1 |
| Industrial Gas Manufacturing |
2 |
| Industrial Launderers |
4 |
| Industrial Valve Manufacturing |
2 |
| Inland Water Passenger Transportation |
1 |
| Insurance Agencies and Brokerages |
86 |
| Interior Design Services |
3 |
| Internet Publishing and Broadcasting |
1 |
| Internet Service Providers |
1 |
| Investigation Services |
2 |
| Investment Advice |
10 |
| Iron and Steel Forging |
1 |
| Iron and Steel Mills |
1 |
| Iron Foundries |
1 |
| Janitorial Services |
31 |
| Jewelry Stores |
23 |
| Kidney Dialysis Centers |
3 |
| Landscape Architectural Services |
1 |
| Landscaping Services |
34 |
| Lessors of Other Real Estate Property |
3 |
| Limited-Service Restaurants |
90 |
| Limousine Service |
1 |
| Linen Supply |
1 |
| Local Messengers and Local Delivery |
1 |
| Locksmiths |
4 |
| Logging |
2 |
| Machine Shops |
9 |
| Mail-Order Houses |
7 |
| Marinas |
1 |
| Marine Cargo Handling |
2 |
| Marketing Consulting Services |
5 |
| Masonry Contractors |
6 |
| Meat Markets |
3 |
| Meat Processed from Carcasses |
2 |
| Media Representatives |
1 |
| Medical Laboratories |
9 |
| Men's Clothing Stores |
7 |
| Metal Heat Treating |
1 |
| Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing |
2 |
| Miscellaneous Intermediation |
5 |
| Mobile Food Services |
2 |
| Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers |
9 |
| Motion Picture and Video Production |
3 |
| Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing |
2 |
| Motor Vehicle Towing |
6 |
| Motorcycle Dealers |
4 |
| Museums |
5 |
| Musical Groups and Artists |
1 |
| Musical Instrument and Supplies Stores |
3 |
| Nail Salons |
1 |
| Natural Gas Liquid Extraction |
1 |
| Navigational Services to Shipping |
4 |
| New Car Dealers |
8 |
| Newspaper Publishers |
5 |
| Nonresidential Property Managers |
8 |
| Nursing Care Facilities |
7 |
| Office Administrative Services |
12 |
| Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers |
4 |
| Office Supplies and Stationery Stores |
5 |
| Offices of Certified Public Accountants |
31 |
| Offices of Chiropractors |
10 |
| Offices of Dentists |
70 |
| Offices of Lawyers |
154 |
| Offices of Optometrists |
10 |
| Offices of Other Holding Companies |
4 |
| Offices of Podiatrists |
4 |
| Offices of Real Estate Appraisers |
6 |
| One-Hour Photofinishing |
1 |
| Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers |
1 |
| Optical Goods Stores |
8 |
| Outdoor Power Equipment Stores |
3 |
| Packaging and Labeling Services |
1 |
| Paging |
2 |
| Paint and Wallpaper Stores |
6 |
| Painting and Wall Covering Contractors |
8 |
| Parking Lots and Garages |
2 |
| Passenger Car Rental |
3 |
| Payroll Services |
4 |
| Periodical Publishers |
1 |
| Pet and Pet Supplies Stores |
2 |
| Petrochemical Manufacturing |
1 |
| Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals |
6 |
| Petroleum Refineries |
2 |
| Pharmacies and Drug Stores |
18 |
| Photography Studios, Portrait |
9 |
| Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas |
2 |
| Plate Work Manufacturing |
2 |
| Political Organizations |
3 |
| Portfolio Management |
6 |
| Prepress Services |
2 |
| Private Mail Centers |
2 |
| Professional Organizations |
5 |
| Public Relations Agencies |
2 |
| Quick Printing |
4 |
| Radio Networks |
1 |
| Radio Stations |
7 |
| Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing |
4 |
| Real Estate Credit |
9 |
| Recreational Vehicle Dealers |
2 |
| Reinsurance Carriers |
1 |
| Remediation Services |
3 |
| Repossession Services |
1 |
| Residential Property Managers |
13 |
| Residential Remodelers |
10 |
| Retail Bakeries |
1 |
| Reupholstery and Furniture Repair |
1 |
| Rice Milling |
2 |
| Roofing Contractors |
6 |
| Rooming and Boarding Houses |
2 |
| Sales Financing |
2 |
| Savings Institutions |
3 |
| Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation |
1 |
| School and Employee Bus Transportation |
1 |
| Securities Brokerage |
16 |
| Security Guards and Patrol Services |
6 |
| Septic Tank and Related Services |
1 |
| Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing |
2 |
| Shellfish Fishing |
1 |
| Ship Building and Repairing |
1 |
| Shoe Stores |
21 |
| Siding Contractors |
3 |
| Sign Manufacturing |
3 |
| Site Preparation Contractors |
12 |
| Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars |
10 |
| Solid Waste Collection |
2 |
| Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators |
1 |
| Sound Recording Studios |
1 |
| Special Needs Transportation |
1 |
| Spice and Extract Manufacturing |
1 |
| Sporting Goods Stores |
6 |
| Sports and Recreation Instruction |
7 |
| Support Activities for Coal Mining |
1 |
| Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing |
2 |
| Tax Preparation Services |
7 |
| Telecommunications Resellers |
3 |
| Telemarketing Bureaus |
4 |
| Telephone Answering Services |
3 |
| Television Broadcasting |
2 |
| Temporary Help Services |
15 |
| Testing Laboratories |
8 |
| Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters |
3 |
| Tile and Terrazzo Contractors |
2 |
| Timber Tract Operations |
1 |
| Tire and Tube Merchant Wholesalers |
1 |
| Tire Dealers |
9 |
| Tire Retreading |
1 |
| Title Abstract and Settlement Offices |
2 |
| Tour Operators |
2 |
| Translation and Interpretation Services |
1 |
| Travel Agencies |
7 |
| Truck Trailer Manufacturing |
1 |
| Used Car Dealers |
17 |
| Used Household and Office Goods Moving |
7 |
| Used Merchandise Stores |
11 |
| Vending Machine Operators |
2 |
| Veterinary Services |
13 |
| Video Tape and Disc Rental |
6 |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Services |
6 |
| Voluntary Health Organizations |
4 |
| Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters |
2 |
| Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers |
6 |
| Wired Telecommunications Carriers |
11 |
| Women's Clothing Stores |
26 |
| Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing |
2 |
| Zoos and Botanical Gardens |
1 |
It's very important that you form your business as a legal structure. Doing so will protect you from personal liability for business debts and obligations.
The entity you form can be a corporation, LLC, sole proprietorship, partnership or other structure.
Incorporation is a very popular way to form a business. Of course, you have to decide which type of corporation to form and where to incorporate. If you are starting a business in Texas, you don't necessarily have to incorporate in Texas. As it turns out, you are allowed to incorporate in any state you would like to. For example, it's very popular to incorporate in Delaware, and incorporating in Nevada has become very trendy as well. Don't forget, though, that you will have to register as a foreign entity in all states that you do business in.
There are many nuances to forming a company. To learn the fundamentals of company formation, browse articles on our site, such as Getting an EIN. You may also want to seek the advice of an attorney. Finally, if you are starting a business in Beaumont, Texas, our information on Incorporating in Texas may be a useful resource if you decide to incorporate in Texas.
A business plan is critical to the health of your new business. Simply put, a business plan is a written description of the future you envision for your business. Starting a business without a business plan is a recipe for disaster.
Whether your goal is to attract Beaumont customers or you plan on selling elsewhere, you need a excellent marketing plan.
We have some helpful resources on this site for entrepreneurs who are working on marketing plans. Advertising in Magazines discusses marketing strategy and tactical marketing in a way that should get you thinking about how to creatively promote your business. That's just a taste of the many useful articles we have on Marketing a Small Business.
Mastering the art of selling is essential if you want your new Beaumont business to do well.
So what does it take to bring in more prospects and close more business? Fortunately, we've got plenty of good advice to help you improve your selling skills.
Most new Beaumont businesses underestimate the number of challenges they will face.
If you choose the right business and love what you do, you will greatly increase your odds of success.
We are here to help Beaumont businesses to be successful. We believe entrepreneurship is an amazing engine for job creation in Beaumont, neighborhood development and overall economic health.
Here are more links that we believe will help you be successful in starting a business in Beaumont.
