Starting a Business in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania

Contemplating starting a business in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania? We walk you through the process of opening a business in Brodheadsville.

Are You Sure You Want to Do This?

An entrepreneurial life is difficult, much harder than working as an employee. Are you sure you want to go into business for yourself?

While entrepreneurship has become a popular career choice, we recommend you do the following before you take the plunge:

• Grab a meal or cofee with other entrepreneurs in Brodheadsville. Ask them candidly what it's like to run a business.
• Take a look at Business Failure. It's a short article but it's a good reality check for those are about to jump into the world of entrepreneurship.
• Involve a spouse, family member or trusted friend in the decision. The people who know you best are often in the best position to tell you bluntly whether you will be a good entrepreneur.

Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania Demographic Information

Brodheadsville has an active business community that includes small businesses, mid-sized businesses and large businesses.

To give you a better feel for Brodheadsville demographics for small businesses, we have tabulated the small business sizes, based on number of employees, for business in Brodheadsville.

Business Size	# of Businesses
1-4 Employees	318
5-9 Employees	171
10-19 Employees	63
20-49 Employees	24
50-99 Employees	3
100-249 Employees	6
250-499 Employees	0
500-999 Employees	0
1000+ Employees	0
All Brodheadsville Businesses	585

As a new Brodheadsville entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Brodheadsville 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
Amusement Arcades	2
Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores	5
Beauty Salons	3
Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores	1
Broadwoven Fabric Finishing Mills	1
Building Inspection Services	2
Cemeteries and Crematories	1
Child Day Care Services	2
Computer and Software Stores	1
Convenience Stores	2
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)	1
Electrical Contractors	4
Exterminating and Pest Control Services	1
Finish Carpentry Contractors	1
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers	3
Floor Covering Stores	1
Framing Contractors	2
Full-Service Restaurants	5
Funeral Homes and Funeral Services	1
General Automotive Repair	5
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores	3
Home Centers	1
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages	3
Janitorial Services	2
Jewelry Stores	2
Land Subdivision	1
Landscaping Services	5
Lessors of Other Real Estate Property	1
Libraries and Archives	1
Limited-Service Restaurants	7
Logging	1
Meat Markets	1
Medical Laboratories	1
Mobile Food Services	1
Narrow Fabric Mills	1
New Car Dealers	1
Nonresidential Property Managers	1
Nursing Care Facilities	1
Offices of Certified Public Accountants	1
Offices of Chiropractors	6
Offices of Dentists	4
Offices of Lawyers	1
Offices of Optometrists	1
Optical Goods Stores	1
Outdoor Power Equipment Stores	1
Paint and Wallpaper Stores	1
Painting and Wall Covering Contractors	1
Pharmacies and Drug Stores	3
Racetracks	1
Real Estate Credit	4
Residential Remodelers	2
Savings Institutions	3
Site Preparation Contractors	2
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars	4
Tire Dealers	1
Title Abstract and Settlement Offices	2
Travel Agencies	1
Used Car Dealers	3
Veterinary Services	1
Video Tape and Disc Rental	1
Women's Clothing Stores	1

Have You Considered Franchising?

Visit the business district of Brodheadsville and you'll see that franchises make up a large percentage of local businesses. Is it perhaps smarter to franchise a business instead of doing it from scratch.

We advise the entrepreneurs we work with to investigate buying a franchise. We have many articles on franchises, such as How to Franchise. Become a franchising expert of sorts by reading more of our Articles on Franchising.

To learn about specific franchise opportunities, check out our Franchise Directory.

Representative franchise opportunities include Secure Eco Shred America and Air Traffic - Games of Skill. Alternatively, you can browse franchise categories, such as Retail Franchises and Frozen Yogurt Franchises.

Note on Brodheadsville Franchise Opportunities: To find out if a franchise you are interested in is available in Brodheadsville, you will need to get in direct contact with the franchisor.

Have You Considered Buying an Existing Brodheadsville Business?

If you have some capital to play with, you may want to Buy a Business in Pennsylvania. Follow that link and you may find several good businesses for sale in Brodheadsville.

If you are serious about buying a business, you may want to read this article: How to Buy a Business.

Raising Money for Your New Venture

Getting your Brodheadsville business the capital it needs to succeed is a difficult chore. If you don't have a rich uncle to fund you, you'll need to be creative in how you approach your fundraising efforts.

Take advantage of our many articles on raising capital, such as Find Start-Up Capital.

For Brodheadsville entrepreneurs on the hunt for startup funding, check out our List of Pennsylvania Angel Investors and our List of Pennsylvania Venture Capital Firms.

Learning More About Entrepreneurship

The best entrepreneurs recognize that they need to continually improve.

As an entrepreneur who lives in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania, you will want to take advantage of the many programs available at nearby Pennsylvania universities, colleges and community colleges. It's also worthwhile to see if there are any networking groups or organizations in which Brodheadsville entrepreneurs get together to network and trade their business experiences.

Next Steps

As an entrepreneur in Brodheadsville, you won't be working for the boss anymore. You are the boss.

From this point on, you control your own destiny.

We are here to help Brodheadsville businesses to be successful. We believe entrepreneurship is an amazing engine for job creation in Brodheadsville, neighborhood development and overall economic health.

More Entrepreneurial Resources for Starting a Business in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania

Here are more links that we believe will help you be successful in starting a business in Brodheadsville.

• Resources for Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania Entrepreneurs - Browse a variety of resources we've collected to assist Brodheadsville entrepreneurs.
• Pennsylvania Entrepreneurial Resources - We've gathered state-level entrepreneurial resources to help new entrepreneurs who are based in Pennsylvania.
• Pennsylvania Small Business Development Center - Pennsylvania SBDCs help aspiring entrepreneurs turn ideas into businesses, help small firms expand, and provide the information every business person needs to make critical decisions. There is no charge for their assistance and their free help can make the difference between business success and failure.
• Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania Newspaper Ad Rates - This is a nearly comprehensive list of advertising rates for Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania newspapers, including ad costs for newspapers serving the Brodheadsville area.

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