Contemplating starting a business in Chino Hills, California? We walk you through the process of opening a business in Chino Hills.
Which Business to Choose?
Choosing a business that is right for you is very important. If you are struggling with what type of business to start, read Business Ideas That Don't Make Sense.
If you still are not sure what type of business to start, peruse the Good Businesses to Start section of our site. For example, you might be interested in our Starting a Log & Lumber Hauling Business guide or our Opening a Tea Retail Business guide.
Always keep in mind that Chino Hills is the place where you are starting a business. Some businesses will do better in Chino Hills than others. Only by spending some time analyzing Chino Hills demographics can you decide if there will be strong demand for your business idea.
Chino Hills, California Demographic Information
Chino Hills has an active business community that includes small businesses,
mid-sized businesses and large businesses.
To give you a better feel for Chino Hills demographics for small businesses, we have tabulated the small business sizes, based on number of employees, for business in Chino Hills.
| Business Size | # of
Businesses |
| 1-4 Employees |
1695 |
| 5-9 Employees |
326 |
| 10-19 Employees |
249 |
| 20-49 Employees |
180 |
| 50-99 Employees |
45 |
| 100-249 Employees |
30 |
| 250-499 Employees |
3 |
| 500-999 Employees |
0 |
| 1000+ Employees |
0 |
| All Chino Hills Businesses |
2528 |
As a new Chino Hills entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Chino Hills 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 |
1 |
| Art Dealers |
1 |
| Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores |
3 |
| Baked Goods Stores |
1 |
| Beauty Salons |
8 |
| Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores |
3 |
| Book Publishers |
1 |
| Book Stores |
1 |
| Building Inspection Services |
2 |
| Cable and Other Program Distribution |
1 |
| Cafeterias |
1 |
| Car Washes |
3 |
| Caterers |
2 |
| Child and Youth Services |
1 |
| Child Day Care Services |
9 |
| Claims Adjusting |
2 |
| Commercial Lithographic Printing |
1 |
| Computer and Software Stores |
3 |
| Computer Systems Design Services |
6 |
| Consumer Lending |
1 |
| Continuing Care Retirement Communities |
1 |
| Convenience Stores |
4 |
| Court Reporting and Stenotype Services |
2 |
| Credit Unions |
3 |
| Custom Computer Programming Services |
12 |
| Drafting Services |
1 |
| Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) |
2 |
| Drywall and Insulation Contractors |
4 |
| Educational Support Services |
1 |
| Electrical Contractors |
16 |
| Electronic Auctions |
1 |
| Electronic Shopping |
1 |
| Elementary and Secondary Schools |
2 |
| Employment Placement Agencies |
1 |
| Engineering Services |
6 |
| Exam Preparation and Tutoring |
5 |
| Exterminating and Pest Control Services |
5 |
| Family Clothing Stores |
2 |
| Fine Arts Schools |
1 |
| Finish Carpentry Contractors |
6 |
| Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers |
6 |
| Floor Covering Stores |
2 |
| Florists |
1 |
| Food (Health) Supplement Stores |
5 |
| Food Service Contractors |
1 |
| Formal Wear and Costume Rental |
1 |
| Freight Transportation Arrangement |
2 |
| Full-Service Restaurants |
23 |
| Furniture Merchant Wholesalers |
4 |
| Furniture Stores |
3 |
| General Automotive Repair |
4 |
| General Freight Trucking, Local |
7 |
| Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores |
2 |
| Golf Courses and Country Clubs |
3 |
| Grantmaking Foundations |
1 |
| Graphic Design Services |
3 |
| Greeting Card Publishers |
1 |
| Hardware Manufacturing |
1 |
| Hardware Stores |
2 |
| Hobby, Toy, and Game Stores |
1 |
| Home Centers |
1 |
| Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers |
1 |
| Home Health Care Services |
3 |
| Homes for the Elderly |
3 |
| Household Appliance Stores |
1 |
| Insurance Agencies and Brokerages |
11 |
| Investment Advice |
3 |
| Janitorial Services |
7 |
| Jewelry Stores |
3 |
| Kidney Dialysis Centers |
1 |
| Landscape Architectural Services |
3 |
| Landscaping Services |
13 |
| Lessors of Other Real Estate Property |
2 |
| Limited-Service Restaurants |
42 |
| Limousine Service |
2 |
| Local Messengers and Local Delivery |
1 |
| Logging |
1 |
| Machine Shops |
1 |
| Mail-Order Houses |
1 |
| Marketing Consulting Services |
10 |
| Masonry Contractors |
5 |
| Meat Markets |
1 |
| Medical Laboratories |
1 |
| Miscellaneous Intermediation |
1 |
| Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers |
4 |
| Motion Picture and Video Production |
1 |
| Nail Salons |
8 |
| New Housing Operative Builders |
1 |
| Newspaper Publishers |
1 |
| Nonresidential Property Managers |
1 |
| Nursing Care Facilities |
1 |
| Office Administrative Services |
5 |
| Offices of Certified Public Accountants |
4 |
| Offices of Chiropractors |
3 |
| Offices of Dentists |
31 |
| Offices of Lawyers |
4 |
| Offices of Optometrists |
5 |
| Offices of Podiatrists |
2 |
| Offices of Real Estate Appraisers |
5 |
| Packaging and Labeling Services |
1 |
| Packing and Crating |
1 |
| Painting and Wall Covering Contractors |
4 |
| Pet and Pet Supplies Stores |
2 |
| Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services |
3 |
| Pharmacies and Drug Stores |
5 |
| Photography Studios, Portrait |
3 |
| Portfolio Management |
1 |
| Private Mail Centers |
5 |
| Professional Employer Organizations |
1 |
| Quick Printing |
2 |
| Real Estate Credit |
7 |
| Real Estate Investment Trusts |
1 |
| Residential Property Managers |
5 |
| Residential Remodelers |
8 |
| Reupholstery and Furniture Repair |
1 |
| Roofing Contractors |
1 |
| Sales Financing |
1 |
| Savings Institutions |
5 |
| Securities Brokerage |
2 |
| Security Guards and Patrol Services |
4 |
| Shoe Stores |
2 |
| Site Preparation Contractors |
7 |
| Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars |
10 |
| Sporting Goods Stores |
3 |
| Tax Preparation Services |
3 |
| Taxi Service |
1 |
| Telemarketing Bureaus |
1 |
| Temporary Help Services |
3 |
| Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters |
1 |
| Tile and Terrazzo Contractors |
2 |
| Tire Dealers |
2 |
| Tobacco Stores |
1 |
| Travel Agencies |
2 |
| Underwear and Nightwear Knitting Mills |
1 |
| Used Car Dealers |
3 |
| Used Household and Office Goods Moving |
1 |
| Used Merchandise Stores |
2 |
| Vending Machine Operators |
1 |
| Veterinary Services |
7 |
| Video Tape and Disc Rental |
3 |
| Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters |
1 |
| Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers |
13 |
| Window Treatment Stores |
2 |
| Wired Telecommunications Carriers |
2 |
| Women's Clothing Stores |
2 |
Have You Considered Buying an Existing Chino Hills Business?
An excellent way to get started in business is to Buy a Business in California. Follow that link and you may find several good businesses for sale in Chino Hills.
If you are headed down the path of buying a business, you may want to read this article: How to Buy a Business.
Don't Skip the Business Plan
A business plan is critical in laying a solid foundation for your business success. Indeed, 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.
To learn more about business plans, read Expert Advice on Business Plans. You should also take advantage of face-to-face free consulting available from your local SCORE chapter in California.
Startup Financing Basics
Raising money to fund your new Chino Hills business is a difficult chore. In fact, financing your new business may be the hardest challenge you ever face.
Take advantage of our many articles on securing funding, such as 504 Loans.
For Chino Hills entrepreneurs who need startup capital, check out our List of California Angel Investors and our List of California Venture Capital Firms.
The Art of Selling
Do you know how to sell? In order to attract customers to your new Chino Hills business, you need to focus on sales.
The key to selling is to set sales goals goals and monitor your progress towards those goals. The good news is we can help you to make selling a big competitve advantage for your new firm.
Mastering the Complex Sale is a good article to read, one of dozens in the Selling for Entrepreneurs section of our site.
What's Next?
As an entrepreneur in Chino Hills, you won't be working for the boss anymore. You are the boss.
If you choose the right business and love what you do, you will greatly increase your odds of success.
Our goal here is to promote the vitality and growth of small businesses in Chino Hills and throughout the United States . We believe entrepreneurship is an amazing engine for job creation in Chino Hills, neighborhood development and overall economic health.
More Entrepreneurial Resources for Starting a Business in Chino Hills, California
Here are more links that we believe will help you be successful in starting a business in Chino Hills.
- Resources for Chino Hills, California Entrepreneurs - Browse a variety of resources we've collected to assist Chino Hills entrepreneurs.
- California Entrepreneurial Resources - We've gathered state-level entrepreneurial resources to help new entrepreneurs who are based in California.
- Fresno, California Small Business Development Center - The UC Merced SBDC Regional Network assists Central California entrepreneurs and small business owners through counseling, training and business information.
- Los Angeles, California Small Business Development Center - The Los Angeles Regional Small Business Development Center Network (LA SBDC Network) is part of the national, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) effort to provide free one-on-one customized consulting services and low-cost training workshops to growing businesses and start-up businesses.
- Sacramento, California Small Business Development Center - As Northern California continues to grow demographically and economically, the Northeastern California Small Business Development Center (NECSBDC) at CSU, Chico is committed to helping communities prepare and plan for future growth.
- San Diego, California Small Business Development Center - The Small Business Development & International Trade Center (SBDITC) at Southwestern College is part of the California SBDC San Diego and Imperial Regional Network. The SBDITC provides no-cost business assistance to start-up & existing businesses.
- San Francisco, California Small Business Development Center - The Northern California Network of Small Business Development Centers helps individuals start, manage and grow their businesses.
- Santa Ana, California Small Business Development Center - The Tri-County Lead Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in the Santa Ana District provides oversight and support for SBDCs located in the Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. The Santa Ana SBDC Network is a leader in providing consulting, training, and technical assistance to the small business community.
- Chino Hills, California Newspaper Ad Rates - This is a nearly comprehensive list of advertising rates for Chino Hills, California newspapers, including ad costs for newspapers serving the Chino Hills area.
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