Contemplating starting a business in Cedar City, Utah? We walk you through the process of opening a business in Cedar City.
Which Business to Choose?
An important decision is what kind of business you want to start. To help you decide on a business type, we encourage you to read How to Evaluate a Business Idea.
For in-depth how-to guides on how to start specific businesses, browse our Good Businesses to Start section of our site. For example, you might be interested in our Starting an Aircraft Charter, Rental, & Leasing Business guide or our How to Start a Limousine Dealers & Manufacturers Business guide.
Always keep in mind that starting a business in Cedar City has some implications. If Cedar City already has plenty of the kind of business you want to start, you might want to change your plans. A critical consideration is whether Cedar City demographics mesh well with your startup concept.
Cedar City, Utah Demographic Information
Cedar City has an active business community that includes small businesses,
mid-sized businesses and large businesses.
To give you a better feel for Cedar City demographics for small businesses, we have tabulated the small business sizes, based on number of employees, for business in Cedar City.
| Business Size | # of
Businesses |
| 1-4 Employees |
1857 |
| 5-9 Employees |
591 |
| 10-19 Employees |
408 |
| 20-49 Employees |
243 |
| 50-99 Employees |
54 |
| 100-249 Employees |
27 |
| 250-499 Employees |
9 |
| 500-999 Employees |
0 |
| 1000+ Employees |
0 |
| All Cedar City Businesses |
3189 |
As a new Cedar City entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Cedar City 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 |
1 |
| Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
1 |
| Architectural Services |
3 |
| Art Dealers |
1 |
| Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores |
7 |
| Automotive Transmission Repair |
1 |
|
Baked Goods Stores |
2 |
| Beauty Salons |
5 |
| Bed-and-Breakfast Inns |
2 |
| Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores |
1 |
| Book Stores |
3 |
| Bottled Water Manufacturing |
1 |
| Bowling Centers |
1 |
| Building Inspection Services |
1 |
|
Business Associations |
2 |
| Cable and Other Program Distribution |
1 |
| Camera and Photographic Supplies Stores |
1 |
| Canvas and Related Product Mills |
1 |
| Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services |
4 |
| Child and Youth Services |
1 |
| Child Day Care Services |
5 |
| Children's and Infants' Clothing Stores |
1 |
|
Civic and Social Organizations |
2 |
| Claims Adjusting |
1 |
| Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners |
1 |
| Collection Agencies |
2 |
| Commercial Bakeries |
1 |
| Commercial Lithographic Printing |
1 |
| Computer and Software Stores |
2 |
| Computer Systems Design Services |
1 |
|
Construction Machinery Manufacturing |
1 |
| Consumer Lending |
6 |
| Convenience Stores |
2 |
| Copper Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding |
1 |
| Cosmetology and Barber Schools |
1 |
| Couriers |
7 |
| Credit Unions |
3 |
| Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins |
1 |
|
Custom Computer Programming Services |
3 |
| Dental Laboratories |
1 |
| Direct Title Insurance Carriers |
1 |
| Drilling Oil and Gas Wells |
1 |
| Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) |
2 |
| Drywall and Insulation Contractors |
7 |
| Electric Power Distribution |
1 |
| Electrical Contractors |
16 |
|
Electronic Shopping |
3 |
| Elementary and Secondary Schools |
2 |
| Engineering Services |
8 |
| Exam Preparation and Tutoring |
1 |
| Family Clothing Stores |
4 |
| Fine Arts Schools |
4 |
| Finish Carpentry Contractors |
8 |
| Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers |
4 |
|
Flight Training |
1 |
| Floor Covering Stores |
5 |
| Flooring Contractors |
2 |
| Florists |
3 |
| Fluid Milk Manufacturing |
1 |
| Food (Health) Supplement Stores |
2 |
| Framing Contractors |
6 |
| Fruit and Vegetable Markets |
1 |
|
Full-Service Restaurants |
24 |
| Funeral Homes and Funeral Services |
2 |
| Furniture Stores |
5 |
| General Automotive Repair |
12 |
| General Freight Trucking, Local |
10 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
1 |
| General Rental Centers |
1 |
| General Warehousing and Storage |
1 |
|
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores |
5 |
| Glass and Glazing Contractors |
2 |
| Grantmaking Foundations |
1 |
| Hardware Stores |
1 |
| Hobby, Toy, and Game Stores |
3 |
| Home Health Care Services |
3 |
| Home Health Equipment Rental |
2 |
| Homes for the Elderly |
2 |
|
Household Appliance Stores |
2 |
| Ice Manufacturing |
1 |
| Insurance Agencies and Brokerages |
19 |
| Internet Publishing and Broadcasting |
1 |
| Investigation Services |
1 |
| Janitorial Services |
1 |
| Jewelry Stores |
4 |
| Land Subdivision |
5 |
|
Landscaping Services |
10 |
| Language Schools |
1 |
| Lessors of Other Real Estate Property |
1 |
| Limited-Service Restaurants |
31 |
| Locksmiths |
1 |
| Logging |
1 |
| Machine Shops |
4 |
| Mail-Order Houses |
1 |
|
Manufactured (Mobile) Home Dealers |
1 |
| Marinas |
1 |
| Marketing Consulting Services |
3 |
| Masonry Contractors |
5 |
| Materials Recovery Facilities |
1 |
| Meat Processed from Carcasses |
1 |
| Media Representatives |
1 |
| Men's Clothing Stores |
1 |
|
Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers |
3 |
| Motion Picture and Video Production |
1 |
| Motorcycle Dealers |
2 |
| Musical Instrument and Supplies Stores |
2 |
| Musical Instrument Manufacturing |
1 |
| New Car Dealers |
7 |
| New Housing Operative Builders |
5 |
| Nonresidential Property Managers |
1 |
|
Nursing Care Facilities |
1 |
| Office Administrative Services |
3 |
| Office Supplies and Stationery Stores |
3 |
| Offices of Certified Public Accountants |
7 |
| Offices of Chiropractors |
5 |
| Offices of Dentists |
18 |
| Offices of Lawyers |
20 |
| Offices of Optometrists |
5 |
|
Offices of Other Holding Companies |
1 |
| Offices of Podiatrists |
1 |
| Offices of Real Estate Appraisers |
2 |
| Optical Goods Stores |
1 |
| Outdoor Power Equipment Stores |
2 |
| Packing and Crating |
1 |
| Paint and Wallpaper Stores |
2 |
| Painting and Wall Covering Contractors |
4 |
|
Passenger Car Rental |
1 |
| Payroll Services |
2 |
| Periodical Publishers |
2 |
| Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing |
1 |
| Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services |
3 |
| Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals |
1 |
| Pharmacies and Drug Stores |
2 |
| Photography Studios, Portrait |
2 |
|
Plate Work Manufacturing |
1 |
| Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing |
1 |
| Private Mail Centers |
1 |
| Professional Employer Organizations |
1 |
| Quick Printing |
2 |
| Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing |
1 |
| Real Estate Credit |
7 |
| Recreational Vehicle Dealers |
3 |
|
Residential Property Managers |
3 |
| Residential Remodelers |
7 |
| Retail Bakeries |
1 |
| Roofing Contractors |
1 |
| Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation |
1 |
| Securities Brokerage |
3 |
| Security Guards and Patrol Services |
1 |
| Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing |
1 |
|
Shoe Stores |
1 |
| Siding Contractors |
5 |
| Sign Manufacturing |
1 |
| Silverware and Hollowware Manufacturing |
1 |
| Site Preparation Contractors |
16 |
| Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars |
5 |
| Solid Waste Collection |
1 |
| Sound Recording Studios |
2 |
|
Sporting Goods Stores |
4 |
| Sports and Recreation Instruction |
1 |
| Tax Preparation Services |
1 |
| Taxi Service |
1 |
| Telecommunications Resellers |
1 |
| Telemarketing Bureaus |
2 |
| Television Broadcasting |
2 |
| Temporary Help Services |
2 |
|
Temporary Shelters |
2 |
| Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters |
1 |
| Tile and Terrazzo Contractors |
5 |
| Tire and Tube Merchant Wholesalers |
1 |
| Tire Dealers |
3 |
| Title Abstract and Settlement Offices |
1 |
| Toilet Preparation Manufacturing |
2 |
| Travel Agencies |
1 |
|
Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing |
1 |
| Truss Manufacturing |
1 |
| Used Car Dealers |
2 |
| Used Merchandise Stores |
1 |
| Veterinary Services |
4 |
| Video Tape and Disc Rental |
3 |
| Voluntary Health Organizations |
1 |
| Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters |
1 |
|
Water Supply and Irrigation Systems |
6 |
| Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers |
5 |
| Wired Telecommunications Carriers |
3 |
| Women's Clothing Stores |
1 |
| Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing |
1 |
| Wood Window and Door Manufacturing |
1 |
Should You Buy an Existing Cedar City Business?
An excellent way to get started in business is to Buy a Business in Utah. Follow that link and you may find several good businesses for sale in Cedar City.
Before buying a business, be sure to read this article: How to Buy a Business.
Forming a Company in Cedar City, Utah
It's essential that your business is formed as a legal entity that is separate from its owners. Doing so will shield you from personal liability for business debts and obligations.
When forming a company, you will pick from many company types, such as a corporation, LLC, sole proprietorship, partnership or other structure.
Incorporating is a very common way to legally create a business entity. 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 Utah, you don't necessarily have to incorporate in Utah. As it turns out, you can incorporate in the state of your choosing. 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 basics of company formation, browse articles on our site, such as Nevada Incorporation. You may also want to seek the advice of an lawyer. On a final note, since you will be starting a business in Cedar City, Utah, our web page covering Incorporating in Utah may be a useful resource if you decide to incorporate in Utah.
Don't Skip the Business Plan
Creating a business plan is vital to the health of your new business. Simply put, your business plan is your game plan for how you hope to grow your business. Starting a business without a business plan
Before you start writing a business plan, we suggest you skim Business Plan Mistakes. You can also get free counseling sessions provided by your local SCORE chapter in Utah.
Where to Get Money to Start a Company
Raising money to fund your new Cedar City business will be harder than you might expect. In fact, financing your new business may be the hardest challenge you ever face.
Take advantage of our many articles on finding startup capital, such as Borrowing Money from Friends and Family.
For Cedar City entrepreneurs on the hunt for startup funding, check out our List of Utah Angel Investors and our List of Utah Venture Capital Firms.
Advancing Your Entrepreneurial Skills
Good entrepreneurs recognize that they need to continually improve.
As an entrepreneur who lives in Cedar City, Utah, you should investigate some of the many programs available at nearby Utah universities, colleges and community colleges. You should also check if there are any Cedar City networking organizations.
Now It's Up To You
You have a dream -- starting a business in Cedar City. To achieve your dream, you have to persevere, even when the odds are against you.
If you choose the right business and love what you do, you will greatly increase your odds of success.
We are here to help Cedar City businesses to be successful. We have a wealth of experience in business start-ups, financing, marketing, sales and more...and we've made all of our knowledge available to you.
More Entrepreneurial Resources for Starting a Business in Cedar City, Utah
Here are more links that we believe will help you be successful in starting a business in Cedar City.
- Resources for Cedar City, Utah Entrepreneurs - Browse a variety of resources we've collected to assist Cedar City entrepreneurs.
- Utah Entrepreneurial Resources - We've gathered state-level entrepreneurial resources to help new entrepreneurs who are based in Utah.
- Utah Small Business Development Center - The Utah Small Business Development Centers will lead the way in entrepreneurial education, advocacy, and business development statewide.
- Cedar City, Utah Newspaper Ad Rates - This is a nearly comprehensive list of advertising rates for Cedar City, Utah newspapers, including ad costs for newspapers serving the Cedar City area.
- Cedar City, Utah Radio Advertising Prices - To help you in your marketing efforts, we've gathered radio advertising rates for Cedar City, Utah area radio stations.
- Cedar City, Utah Payroll Services - This list includes Cedar City, Utah payroll services, national payroll services for Cedar City, and helpful information on choosing a Cedar City payroll service.
- Cedar City, Utah Businesses for Sale - This list includes resources for buying a business in Cedar City, Utah, such as business brokers in Cedar City and other helpful information on how to buy a Cedar City business.
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