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Opening a Business in Chatsworth, Georgia

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

What Type of Business Should You Start?

There are many businesses that you can start. How do you know which type of business is right for you? You might get some good ideas about what kind of business to start by reading Business Ideas That Don't Make Sense.

To view an extensive list of business types, complete with startup instructions, spend some time in the Good Businesses to Start section of our site. For example, you might be interested in our Starting a Pharmaceutical Information Business guide or our Starting a Vibrators Industrial Business guide.

Don't forget that your new startup will be located in Chatsworth. Some businesses will do better in Chatsworth than others. A critical consideration is whether Chatsworth demographics mesh well with your startup concept.

Chatsworth, Georgia Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
1803
5-9 Employees
729
10-19 Employees
504
20-49 Employees
351
50-99 Employees
117
100-249 Employees
99
250-499 Employees
45
500-999 Employees
18
1000+ Employees
0
All Chatsworth Businesses
3666

As a new Chatsworth entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Chatsworth 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
Ambulance Services
1
Appliance Repair and Maintenance
1
Automotive Exhaust System Repair
1
Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores
4
Barber Shops
1
Beauty Salons
1
Broadwoven Fabric Finishing Mills
1
Business Associations
2
Cable and Other Program Distribution
1
Cafeterias
2
Carpet and Rug Mills
27
Child and Youth Services
1
Child Day Care Services
5
Civic and Social Organizations
1
Commercial Lithographic Printing
2
Consumer Lending
4
Convenience Stores
4
Credit Unions
2
Cut Stock, Resawing Lumber, and Planing
1
Drafting Services
1
Drywall and Insulation Contractors
1
Electrical Contractors
3
Elementary and Secondary Schools
1
Emergency and Other Relief Services
1
Engineering Services
1
Family Clothing Stores
1
Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
1
Fine Arts Schools
1
Floor Covering Stores
5
Florists
3
Full-Service Restaurants
10
Funeral Homes and Funeral Services
2
Furniture Stores
2
General Automotive Repair
2
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
1
Golf Courses and Country Clubs
1
Hardware Stores
1
Home Centers
1
Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers
7
Household Appliance Stores
1
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
4
Janitorial Services
1
Kidney Dialysis Centers
1
Landscaping Services
4
Limited-Service Restaurants
19
Locksmiths
1
Logging
2
Machine Shops
2
Mail-Order Houses
1
Masonry Contractors
1
Miscellaneous Intermediation
1
Motor Vehicle Towing
1
New Car Dealers
4
New Housing Operative Builders
1
Newspaper Publishers
1
Nursing Care Facilities
1
Offices of Chiropractors
3
Offices of Dentists
2
Offices of Lawyers
5
Offices of Optometrists
2
Offices of Real Estate Appraisers
2
One-Hour Photofinishing
1
Paint and Coating Manufacturing
1
Pet and Pet Supplies Stores
1
Pharmacies and Drug Stores
4
Photography Studios, Portrait
1
Prepress Services
1
Quick Printing
1
Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing
1
Recreational Vehicle Dealers
1
Roofing Contractors
1
Siding Contractors
2
Sign Manufacturing
1
Site Preparation Contractors
2
Solid Waste Collection
2
Solid Waste Landfill
1
Sporting Goods Stores
1
Tax Preparation Services
1
Temporary Help Services
1
Textile Machinery Manufacturing
5
Tire Dealers
1
Tradebinding and Related Work
5
Used Car Dealers
5
Vending Machine Operators
2
Video Tape and Disc Rental
2
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
1
Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers
3
Women's Clothing Stores
1
Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing
1
Yarn Spinning Mills
1

Have You Considered Buying an Existing Chatsworth Business?

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

For anybody who wants to buy a business, we recommend reading this useful article: Buying a Business.

Raising Funding for Your Venture

Obtaining startup financing for your Chatsworth business is a difficult chore. In fact, financing your new business may be the hardest challenge you ever face.

The good news is this site contains dozens of articles on raising money, including one we recommend entitled Borrowing Money from Friends and Family.

For Chatsworth entrepreneurs with great ambition but a shortage of investment capital, you'll want to take a look at our List of Georgia Angel Investors and our List of Georgia Venture Capital Firms.

How to Sell

Mastering the art of selling is essential if you want your new Chatsworth business to do well.

Why should customers buy from you instead of buying from competitors? The good news is we can help you to make selling a big competitve advantage for your new firm.

Good Sales Strategies is a good article to read, one of dozens in the Selling for Entrepreneurs section of our site.

Learning More About Entrepreneurship

Successful entrepreneurs recognize that they need to continually improve.

With your business being located in Chatsworth, Georgia, you should investigate some of the many programs available at nearby Georgia universities, colleges and community colleges. Another way to keep up on your learning is to investigate networking organizations for Chatsworth entrepreneurs.

What's Next?

Most new Chatsworth businesses underestimate the number of challenges they will face.

From this point on, you control your own destiny.

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

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