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Starting a Business in Eatonton, Georgia

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

Eatonton, Georgia Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
818
5-9 Employees
231
10-19 Employees
132
20-49 Employees
99
50-99 Employees
36
100-249 Employees
18
250-499 Employees
0
500-999 Employees
6
1000+ Employees
0
All Eatonton Businesses
1340

As a new Eatonton entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Eatonton 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
Automotive Glass Replacement Shops
1
Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores
2
Baked Goods Stores
1
Beauty Salons
4
Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores
2
Boat Dealers
5
Book Stores
1
Cable and Other Program Distribution
2
Car Washes
1
Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services
2
Caterers
1
Child Day Care Services
3
Civic and Social Organizations
2
Claims Adjusting
1
Computer and Software Stores
1
Consumer Lending
4
Convenience Stores
2
Cut Stock, Resawing Lumber, and Planing
1
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)
1
Drywall and Insulation Contractors
3
Electric Power Distribution
5
Elementary and Secondary Schools
2
Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
3
Fine Arts Schools
1
Finish Carpentry Contractors
4
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
1
Florists
1
Food Service Contractors
1
Freight Transportation Arrangement
2
Full-Service Restaurants
17
Funeral Homes and Funeral Services
1
Furniture Stores
4
General Automotive Repair
2
General Freight Trucking, Local
1
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
1
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores
5
Golf Courses and Country Clubs
1
Graphic Design Services
1
Hardware Stores
1
Home Health Care Services
1
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
5
Interior Design Services
5
Iron Foundries
1
Janitorial Services
1
Kidney Dialysis Centers
1
Landscaping Services
7
Lessors of Other Real Estate Property
1
Limited-Service Restaurants
9
Logging
1
Masonry Contractors
1
Men's Clothing Stores
1
Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers
1
Motion Picture and Video Production
1
Motorcycle Dealers
1
Museums
1
New Car Dealers
1
Newspaper Publishers
1
Nonresidential Property Managers
1
Nursing Care Facilities
2
Office Supplies and Stationery Stores
2
Offices of Bank Holding Companies
1
Offices of Certified Public Accountants
7
Offices of Chiropractors
2
Offices of Lawyers
7
Offices of Real Estate Appraisers
1
Optical Goods Stores
1
Paint and Wallpaper Stores
2
Painting and Wall Covering Contractors
3
Payroll Services
1
Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals
1
Portfolio Management
1
Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing
2
Real Estate Credit
1
Residential Property Managers
3
Residential Remodelers
4
Roofing Contractors
1
Rope, Cordage, and Twine Mills
1
Sawmills
2
Securities Brokerage
2
Site Preparation Contractors
7
Sporting Goods Stores
3
Tax Preparation Services
2
Taxi Service
1
Temporary Help Services
3
Tire and Tube Merchant Wholesalers
1
Tire Dealers
2
Title Abstract and Settlement Offices
1
Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing
2
Used Car Dealers
3
Veterinary Services
2
Video Tape and Disc Rental
1
Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
1
Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers
2
Window Treatment Stores
1
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
1
Women's Clothing Stores
2
Wood Window and Door Manufacturing
2

Have You Considered Buying an Existing Eatonton Business?

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

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

Naming the Company

Making the right decision when choosing a company name is very important. There are many decisions you'll make now that you can change later, but changing a company name years down the road is not very easy. So, choose a good company name at the outset.

Pick a company name that isn't too generic. If you do a search engine search for your proposed name and a billion results come up, you may want to reconsider the name. It's much easier to come up in the search engines when your name is fairly unique.

For other considerations regarding naming a company, we recommend this article: Naming a Business.

On a final note, given that you are opening a business in Eatonton, it's very important that you make sure your company name has not already been claimed by another Georgia business.

Make Sure You Have a Business Plan

Writing a business plan is vital in maximizing the prospects of your new company. Indeed, a business plan describes what you plan to do with the business and how you plan to do it. Starting a business without a business plan will greatly reduce your chances of business success.

To learn more about business plans, read The Art of the Executive Summary. You can also get free business counselors available to you through your local SCORE chapter in Georgia.

Startup Financing Basics

Raising money to fund your new Eatonton business is not an easy task. Bootstrapping, which means growing the business without outside funding, is the best alternative, but that's not a viable option for many startup plans.

Take advantage of our many articles on raising money, such as Bank Credit Lines.

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

Letting the World Know You Exist

Whether your goal is to attract Eatonton customers or you plan on selling elsewhere, you'll need to have a good marketing plan.

There are myriad resources on this site to help you with your marketing plan. Technology Marketing is a good read to get your marketing ideas flowing. There are many more articles on marketing on our site. Visit our Small Business Marketing resource section to see them all.

What's Next?

You have a dream -- starting a business in Eatonton. To achieve your dream, you have to persevere, even when the odds are against you.

From this point on, you control your own destiny.

We are here to help Eatonton businesses to be successful. We want to be there for you to answer your business questions, whether you are a new Eatonton entrepreneur who is just getting started or you are already up and running with your new venture.

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