Open a Business in Dallas, Oregon

Thinking about starting a business in Dallas, Oregon? This step-by-step guide walks you through the major decisions you should consider before opening a new business in Dallas.

Is Becoming an Entrepreneur Right for You?

Before quitting your day job, take inventory of your entrepreneurial instincts and capabilities.

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

• Speak with other entrepreneurs in Dallas. Get their take on what it's really like to be an entrepreneur.
• You should read Business Failure. It's a good read for those who are thinking about becoming an entrepreneur.
• Involve a spouse, family member or trusted friend in the decision. That's the best way to get a truly objective assessment as to whether others think you have what it takes.

Dallas, Oregon Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size	# of Businesses
1-4 Employees	5173
5-9 Employees	1869
10-19 Employees	1008
20-49 Employees	567
50-99 Employees	63
100-249 Employees	147
250-499 Employees	42
500-999 Employees	0
1000+ Employees	0
All Dallas Businesses	8869

As a new Dallas entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Dallas 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
Architectural Services	1
Art Dealers	1
Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores	3
Beauty Salons	1
Book Stores	1
Bowling Centers	2
Business Associations	2
Cable and Other Program Distribution	1
Child and Youth Services	1
Child Day Care Services	3
Civic and Social Organizations	1
Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners	3
Consumer Lending	2
Continuing Care Retirement Communities	1
Convenience Stores	1
Couriers	2
Custom Computer Programming Services	4
Direct Life Insurance Carriers	1
Direct Title Insurance Carriers	1
Discount Department Stores	1
Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing	1
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)	3
Drywall and Insulation Contractors	1
Electrical Contractors	5
Electronic Shopping	1
Elementary and Secondary Schools	1
Employment Placement Agencies	1
Engineering Services	2
Exam Preparation and Tutoring	1
Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	1
Finish Carpentry Contractors	4
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers	2
Floor Covering Stores	1
Flooring Contractors	2
Florists	2
Food Service Contractors	2
Full-Service Restaurants	15
Funeral Homes and Funeral Services	2
Furniture Stores	1
General Automotive Repair	6
General Freight Trucking, Local	4
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	1
Golf Courses and Country Clubs	2
Graphic Design Services	1
Hardware Stores	1
Home Health Care Services	1
Homes for the Elderly	3
Industrial Building Construction	1
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages	8
Interior Design Services	1
Janitorial Services	2
Jewelry Stores	1
Land Subdivision	3
Landscaping Services	4
Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing	1
Lessors of Other Real Estate Property	1
Limited-Service Restaurants	14
Locksmiths	1
Logging	6
Machine Shops	3
Mail-Order Houses	1
Masonry Contractors	4
New Car Dealers	2
New Housing Operative Builders	1
Newspaper Publishers	2
Nursing Care Facilities	4
Offices of Certified Public Accountants	2
Offices of Chiropractors	3
Offices of Dentists	5
Offices of Lawyers	7
Offices of Optometrists	2
Offices of Real Estate Appraisers	1
Outdoor Power Equipment Stores	1
Painting and Wall Covering Contractors	4
Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services	1
Pharmacies and Drug Stores	3
Photography Studios, Portrait	1
Quick Printing	1
Radio Stations	1
Residential Remodelers	2
Savings Institutions	1
Sawmills	1
School and Employee Bus Transportation	1
Securities Brokerage	1
Septic Tank and Related Services	1
Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing	1
Siding Contractors	1
Site Preparation Contractors	3
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars	4
Solid Waste Collection	1
Support Activities for Forestry	1
Tax Preparation Services	2
Telemarketing Bureaus	1
Testing Laboratories	1
Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters	1
Tile and Terrazzo Contractors	2
Tire Dealers	1
Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing	2
Used Merchandise Stores	1
Veterinary Services	4
Video Tape and Disc Rental	2
Vocational Rehabilitation Services	2
Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers	1
Window Treatment Stores	1
Wineries	2
Wired Telecommunications Carriers	1
Wood Window and Door Manufacturing	1

Have You Considered Buying an Existing Dallas Business?

We've created a helpful website page for those who want to Buy a Business in Oregon. Follow that link and you may find several good businesses for sale in Dallas.

For anybody who wants to buy a business, we recommend reading this useful article: Hold Harmless Agreements When Buying Businesses.

Don't Forget to Create a Business Plan

Having a business plan is essential to the health of your new business. Indeed, a business plan is a written description of the future you envision for your business. Not having a business plan makes you more prone to becoming a business failure statistic.

To learn more about business plans, read Business Plan Contests. You can also get free business counselors available to you through your local SCORE chapter in Oregon.

Raising Money for Your New Venture

Getting your Dallas business the capital it needs to succeed is a difficult chore. In fact, financing your new business may be the hardest challenge you ever face.

To learn about raising money, we recommend you read the fundraising articles on our site, such as 504 Loans.

For Dallas entrepreneurs who want to raise money for a new venture, check out our List of Oregon Angel Investors and our List of Oregon Venture Capital Firms.

Marketing Your New Venture

Whether your goal is to attract Dallas customers or you plan on selling elsewhere, having an excellent marketing plan is fundamental to your doing well.

There are myriad resources on this site to help you with your marketing plan. Seven Marketing Ideas for Your Small Business is a good read to get your marketing juices flowing. That's just one of the many useful articles we have on Marketing a Small Business.

Moving Forward

You have a dream -- starting a business in Dallas. 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.

Our goal here is to promote the vitality and growth of small businesses in Dallas and throughout the United States . We believe entrepreneurship is an amazing engine for job creation in Dallas, neighborhood development and overall economic health.

More Entrepreneurial Resources for Starting a Business in Dallas, Oregon

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

• Resources for Dallas, Oregon Entrepreneurs - Browse a variety of resources we've collected to assist Dallas entrepreneurs.
• Oregon Entrepreneurial Resources - We've gathered state-level entrepreneurial resources to help new entrepreneurs who are based in Oregon.
• Oregon Small Business Development Center - Oregon Small Business Development Centers use a client-centered approach to deliver counseling, training, information and technical assistance in all aspects of small business management. There is no fee for their assistance.
• Dallas, Oregon Newspaper Ad Rates - This is a nearly comprehensive list of advertising rates for Dallas, Oregon newspapers, including ad costs for newspapers serving the Dallas area.
• Dallas, Oregon Radio Advertising Prices - To help you in your marketing efforts, we've gathered radio advertising rates for Dallas, Oregon area radio stations.

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