Are you starting a business in Bend, Oregon? This article discusses the most important things to consider when opening a business in Bend.
Running your own business is difficult, much harder than working as an employee. Are you positive you want to go into business for yourself?
Here are three things we recommend you do before you fully commit to starting a new business of your own.
Bend has an active business community that includes small businesses,
mid-sized businesses and large businesses.
To give you a better feel for Bend demographics for small businesses, we have tabulated the small business sizes, based on number of employees, for business in Bend.
As a new Bend entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Bend 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 |
| Adhesive Manufacturing |
1 |
| Advertising Agencies |
15 |
| Air and Gas Compressor Manufacturing |
1 |
| Aircraft Manufacturing |
4 |
| Ambulance Services |
1 |
| Amusement Arcades |
2 |
| Appliance Repair and Maintenance |
7 |
| Architectural Services |
27 |
| Armored Car Services |
1 |
| Art Dealers |
8 |
| Automatic Vending Machine Manufacturing |
1 |
| Automobile Manufacturing |
1 |
| Automotive Exhaust System Repair |
1 |
| Automotive Glass Replacement Shops |
5 |
| Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores |
19 |
| Automotive Transmission Repair |
4 |
| Baked Goods Stores |
1 |
| Beauty Salons |
19 |
| Bed-and-Breakfast Inns |
3 |
| Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers |
2 |
| Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores |
8 |
| Boat Dealers |
2 |
| Book Publishers |
1 |
| Book Stores |
9 |
| Bowling Centers |
1 |
| Breweries |
1 |
| Building Inspection Services |
5 |
| Business and Secretarial Schools |
1 |
| Business Associations |
5 |
| Cable and Other Program Distribution |
3 |
| Cafeterias |
4 |
| Camera and Photographic Supplies Stores |
1 |
| Canvas and Related Product Mills |
2 |
| Car Washes |
9 |
| Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services |
8 |
| Caterers |
5 |
| Cemeteries and Crematories |
1 |
| Charter Bus Industry |
1 |
| Child and Youth Services |
7 |
| Child Day Care Services |
30 |
| Children's and Infants' Clothing Stores |
4 |
| Civic and Social Organizations |
11 |
| Claims Adjusting |
3 |
| Clothing Accessories Stores |
5 |
| Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners |
1 |
| Collection Agencies |
4 |
| Commercial Bakeries |
3 |
| Commercial Lithographic Printing |
6 |
| Commercial Photography |
2 |
| Commercial Screen Printing |
5 |
| Computer and Software Stores |
11 |
| Computer Systems Design Services |
21 |
| Computer Terminal Manufacturing |
1 |
| Computer Training |
3 |
| Concrete Block and Brick Manufacturing |
1 |
| Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers |
1 |
| Construction Sand and Gravel Mining |
2 |
| Consumer Lending |
4 |
| Continuing Care Retirement Communities |
2 |
| Convenience Stores |
8 |
| Convention and Trade Show Organizers |
4 |
| Convention and Visitors Bureaus |
3 |
| Copper Wire (except Mechanical) Drawing |
1 |
| Cosmetology and Barber Schools |
1 |
| Couriers |
4 |
| Court Reporting and Stenotype Services |
1 |
| Credit Bureaus |
1 |
| Credit Unions |
3 |
| Curtain and Drapery Mills |
1 |
| Custom Computer Programming Services |
17 |
| Cut Stock, Resawing Lumber, and Planing |
3 |
| Deep Sea Freight Transportation |
1 |
| Dental Laboratories |
11 |
| Diagnostic Imaging Centers |
1 |
| Diet and Weight Reducing Centers |
1 |
| Direct Life Insurance Carriers |
4 |
| Direct Title Insurance Carriers |
3 |
| Discount Department Stores |
3 |
| Document Preparation Services |
1 |
| Drafting Services |
5 |
| Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing |
1 |
| Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) |
13 |
| Drywall and Insulation Contractors |
29 |
| Educational Support Services |
6 |
| Electric Power Distribution |
8 |
| Electrical Contractors |
64 |
| Electronic Computer Manufacturing |
1 |
| Electronic Shopping |
5 |
| Elementary and Secondary Schools |
10 |
| Emergency and Other Relief Services |
2 |
| Employment Placement Agencies |
3 |
| Engineering Services |
32 |
| Environmental Consulting Services |
6 |
| Exam Preparation and Tutoring |
1 |
| Exterminating and Pest Control Services |
5 |
| Facilities Support Services |
1 |
| Family Clothing Stores |
21 |
| Family Planning Centers |
2 |
| Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers |
2 |
| Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing |
1 |
| Fine Arts Schools |
4 |
| Finfish Fishing |
2 |
| Finish Carpentry Contractors |
40 |
| Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers |
19 |
| Floor Covering Stores |
10 |
| Flooring Contractors |
25 |
| Florists |
10 |
| Food (Health) Supplement Stores |
3 |
| Food Service Contractors |
2 |
| Footwear Merchant Wholesalers |
1 |
| Framing Contractors |
42 |
| Freight Transportation Arrangement |
11 |
| Fruit and Vegetable Markets |
2 |
| Full-Service Restaurants |
118 |
| Funeral Homes and Funeral Services |
4 |
| Furniture Stores |
19 |
| General Automotive Repair |
40 |
| General Freight Trucking, Local |
4 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
1 |
| General Rental Centers |
1 |
| General Warehousing and Storage |
2 |
| Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores |
14 |
| Glass and Glazing Contractors |
5 |
| Glove and Mitten Manufacturing |
1 |
| Golf Courses and Country Clubs |
9 |
| Grantmaking Foundations |
3 |
| Graphic Design Services |
6 |
| Hand and Edge Tool Manufacturing |
1 |
| Hardware Manufacturing |
1 |
| Hardware Merchant Wholesalers |
2 |
| Hardware Stores |
4 |
| Heating Oil Dealers |
1 |
| Hobby, Toy, and Game Stores |
8 |
| Home Centers |
3 |
| Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers |
5 |
| Home Health Care Services |
5 |
| Home Health Equipment Rental |
2 |
| Homes for the Elderly |
22 |
| Household Appliance Stores |
5 |
| Human Rights Organizations |
2 |
| Ice Manufacturing |
2 |
| Industrial Building Construction |
2 |
| Industrial Design Services |
4 |
| Industrial Mold Manufacturing |
1 |
| Insurance Agencies and Brokerages |
64 |
| Interior Design Services |
7 |
| Internet Publishing and Broadcasting |
1 |
| Internet Service Providers |
2 |
| Interurban and Rural Bus Transportation |
1 |
| Investigation Services |
1 |
| Investment Advice |
12 |
| Iron and Steel Mills |
1 |
| Janitorial Services |
44 |
| Jewelry Stores |
11 |
| Junior Colleges |
1 |
| Kidney Dialysis Centers |
1 |
| Land Subdivision |
28 |
| Landscape Architectural Services |
5 |
| Landscaping Services |
82 |
| Lessors of Other Real Estate Property |
12 |
| Limited-Service Restaurants |
73 |
| Linen Supply |
1 |
| Local Messengers and Local Delivery |
5 |
| Locksmiths |
1 |
| Logging |
7 |
| Machine Shops |
9 |
| Mail-Order Houses |
6 |
| Manufactured (Mobile) Home Dealers |
3 |
| Marinas |
1 |
| Marketing Consulting Services |
9 |
| Masonry Contractors |
22 |
| Materials Recovery Facilities |
1 |
| Meat Markets |
2 |
| Medical Laboratories |
2 |
| Men's Clothing Stores |
2 |
| Miscellaneous Intermediation |
3 |
| Mobile Food Services |
1 |
| Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers |
29 |
| Motion Picture and Video Production |
4 |
| Motor Home Manufacturing |
1 |
| Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping |
1 |
| Motor Vehicle Towing |
5 |
| Motorcycle Dealers |
6 |
| Museums |
5 |
| Musical Groups and Artists |
1 |
| Musical Instrument and Supplies Stores |
3 |
| Musical Instrument Manufacturing |
1 |
| Natural Gas Distribution |
1 |
| New Car Dealers |
10 |
| New Housing Operative Builders |
17 |
| Newspaper Publishers |
4 |
| Nonresidential Property Managers |
8 |
| Nursing Care Facilities |
2 |
| Office Administrative Services |
8 |
| Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers |
3 |
| Office Supplies and Stationery Stores |
5 |
| Offices of Certified Public Accountants |
37 |
| Offices of Chiropractors |
29 |
| Offices of Dentists |
58 |
| Offices of Lawyers |
75 |
| Offices of Optometrists |
8 |
| Offices of Podiatrists |
5 |
| Offices of Real Estate Appraisers |
24 |
| One-Hour Photofinishing |
1 |
| Open-End Investment Funds |
1 |
| Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing |
2 |
| Optical Goods Stores |
5 |
| Outdoor Power Equipment Stores |
3 |
| Packing and Crating |
1 |
| Paging |
2 |
| Paint and Coating Manufacturing |
1 |
| Paint and Wallpaper Stores |
6 |
| Painting and Wall Covering Contractors |
56 |
| Parking Lots and Garages |
1 |
| Passenger Car Rental |
3 |
| Payroll Services |
2 |
| Periodical Publishers |
5 |
| Pet and Pet Supplies Stores |
6 |
| Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services |
10 |
| Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals |
1 |
| Pharmacies and Drug Stores |
7 |
| Photography Studios, Portrait |
7 |
| Plastics Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing |
1 |
| Portfolio Management |
5 |
| Precision Turned Product Manufacturing |
1 |
| Private Mail Centers |
5 |
| Professional Employer Organizations |
3 |
| Professional Organizations |
2 |
| Public Relations Agencies |
1 |
| Quick Printing |
2 |
| Radio Stations |
4 |
| Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing |
2 |
| Real Estate Credit |
17 |
| Recreational Goods Rental |
2 |
| Recreational Vehicle Dealers |
5 |
| Remediation Services |
1 |
| Residential Property Managers |
22 |
| Residential Remodelers |
47 |
| Reupholstery and Furniture Repair |
5 |
| Roofing Contractors |
19 |
| Sales Financing |
2 |
| Savings Institutions |
10 |
| Sawmills |
1 |
| Securities Brokerage |
23 |
| Security Guards and Patrol Services |
6 |
| Septic Tank and Related Services |
3 |
| Sewage Treatment Facilities |
1 |
| Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing |
2 |
| Shoe Stores |
15 |
| Siding Contractors |
7 |
| Sign Manufacturing |
6 |
| Site Preparation Contractors |
40 |
| Skiing Facilities |
1 |
| Small Arms Ammunition Manufacturing |
1 |
| Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars |
39 |
| Soft Drink Manufacturing |
1 |
| Software Publishers |
13 |
| Solid Waste Collection |
3 |
| Sound Recording Studios |
4 |
| Special Needs Transportation |
3 |
| Sporting Goods Stores |
38 |
| Sports and Recreation Instruction |
11 |
| Storage Battery Manufacturing |
1 |
| Support Activities for Forestry |
7 |
| Tax Preparation Services |
12 |
| Taxi Service |
2 |
| Telecommunications Resellers |
1 |
| Telemarketing Bureaus |
3 |
| Television Broadcasting |
2 |
| Temporary Help Services |
11 |
| Temporary Shelters |
4 |
| Testing Laboratories |
1 |
| Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters |
5 |
| Tile and Terrazzo Contractors |
36 |
| Tire Dealers |
4 |
| Title Abstract and Settlement Offices |
7 |
| Tobacco Stores |
3 |
| Tortilla Manufacturing |
1 |
| Tour Operators |
2 |
| Travel Agencies |
8 |
| Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing |
1 |
| Used Car Dealers |
6 |
| Used Household and Office Goods Moving |
7 |
| Used Merchandise Stores |
13 |
| Vending Machine Operators |
4 |
| Veterinary Services |
20 |
| Video Tape and Disc Rental |
12 |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Services |
4 |
| Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters |
3 |
| Water Supply and Irrigation Systems |
7 |
| Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers |
17 |
| Window Treatment Stores |
2 |
| Wineries |
1 |
| Wired Telecommunications Carriers |
11 |
| Women's Clothing Stores |
15 |
| Women's Handbag and Purse Manufacturing |
1 |
| Wood Office Furniture Manufacturing |
1 |
| Wood Window and Door Manufacturing |
4 |
As you drive around Bend, you'll see that franchises make up a large percentage of local businesses. But is franchising the right option for you?
Our recommendation is that you consider franchising as an option. To help you learn more about franchising, we've gathered a ton of articles on franchising, including How to Find Financing for Franchises. Get a thorough education on franchising by browsing all of our Articles on Franchising.
A good company name can give a big boost to a new startup. It might seem like an easy thing to do, but there are many things to consider when naming a business.
We strongly advocate that you make sure the ".com" domain name is available for your company name. Every business needs a strong Web presence these days, and having a non ".com" domain means somebody else may outrank you in the search results for your own company name.
As a final piece of advice, remember that because you are planning on starting a business in Bend, it's critical that you ensure that no other Oregon company is using the business name you want to use.
A critical step is ensuring 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 traditional C-corporation, a Limited Liability Company (LLC), or an S-corporation.
Incorporating is a very popular way to form a business. A key decision is whether to form and S-Corp or a C-Corp, and you also must decide in which state you will incorporate. If you are starting a business in Oregon, you don't necessarily have to incorporate in Oregon. As it turns out, you can incorporate in the state of your choosing. However, if you do incorporate in another state, you'll have to register as a foreign corporation in your home state.
There are many nuances to forming a company. We recommend you read some of the educational articles about company formation that are availabe on our site, such as Nevada Incorporation. You may also want to seek the advice of an lawyer. Finally, if you are starting a business in Bend, Oregon, our information on Incorporating in Oregon may be a useful resource if you decide to incorporate in Oregon.
As an entrepreneur in Bend, you won't be working for the boss anymore. You are the boss.
Owning your own business will be a daunting task, but you can do it.
Our goal here is to promote the vitality and growth of small businesses in Bend and throughout the United States . We want to be there for you to answer your business questions, whether you are a new Bend entrepreneur who is just getting started or you are already up and running with your new venture.
Here are more links that we believe will help you be successful in starting a business in Bend.
