Contemplating starting a business in Edison, New Jersey? We walk you through the process of opening a business in Edison.
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 Business Ideas That Don't Make Sense.
Don't forget that you are starting a business in Edison. Some businesses will do better in Edison than others. A critical consideration is whether Edison demographics mesh well with your startup concept.
Edison has an active business community that includes small businesses,
mid-sized businesses and large businesses.
To give you a better feel for Edison demographics for small businesses, we have tabulated the small business sizes, based on number of employees, for business in Edison.
As a new Edison entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Edison 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 |
5 |
| Aluminum Foundries (except Die-Casting) |
1 |
| Appliance Repair and Maintenance |
3 |
| Apprenticeship Training |
1 |
| Architectural Services |
3 |
| Art Dealers |
3 |
| Automobile Driving Schools |
7 |
| Automotive Exhaust System Repair |
1 |
| Automotive Glass Replacement Shops |
1 |
| Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores |
8 |
| Automotive Transmission Repair |
3 |
| Baked Goods Stores |
6 |
| Barber Shops |
4 |
| Beauty Salons |
41 |
| Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers |
1 |
| Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores |
8 |
| Blind and Shade Manufacturing |
2 |
| Blood and Organ Banks |
1 |
| Book Stores |
5 |
| Bowling Centers |
1 |
| Broadwoven Fabric Finishing Mills |
2 |
| Building Inspection Services |
1 |
| Business Associations |
10 |
| Business to Business Electronic Markets |
1 |
| Cable and Other Program Distribution |
2 |
| Cafeterias |
1 |
| Car Washes |
4 |
| Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services |
1 |
| Caterers |
5 |
| Charter Bus Industry |
2 |
| Cheese Manufacturing |
1 |
| Child and Youth Services |
3 |
| Child Day Care Services |
16 |
| Children's and Infants' Clothing Stores |
6 |
| Civic and Social Organizations |
4 |
| Claims Adjusting |
1 |
| Clay Refractory Manufacturing |
1 |
| Clothing Accessories Stores |
4 |
| Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners |
7 |
| Collection Agencies |
5 |
| Commercial Bakeries |
1 |
| Commercial Lithographic Printing |
2 |
| Commercial Screen Printing |
1 |
| Commodity Contracts Dealing |
1 |
| Computer and Software Stores |
17 |
| Computer Facilities Management Services |
10 |
| Computer Systems Design Services |
134 |
| Computer Terminal Manufacturing |
1 |
| Computer Training |
2 |
| Confectionery and Nut Stores |
4 |
| Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers |
2 |
| Consumer Lending |
3 |
| Continuing Care Retirement Communities |
2 |
| Convenience Stores |
27 |
| Convention and Trade Show Organizers |
2 |
| Couriers |
8 |
| Credit Unions |
4 |
| Curtain and Drapery Mills |
2 |
| Custom Computer Programming Services |
261 |
| Dental Laboratories |
3 |
| Diagnostic Imaging Centers |
7 |
| Diet and Weight Reducing Centers |
4 |
| Digital Printing |
1 |
| Direct Life Insurance Carriers |
8 |
| Direct Mail Advertising |
1 |
| Directory and Mailing List Publishers |
2 |
| Discount Department Stores |
1 |
| Document Preparation Services |
5 |
| Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) |
10 |
| Drywall and Insulation Contractors |
8 |
| Educational Support Services |
4 |
| Electric Power Distribution |
2 |
| Electrical Contractors |
29 |
| Electronic Connector Manufacturing |
1 |
| Electronic Resistor Manufacturing |
1 |
| Electronic Shopping |
1 |
| Elementary and Secondary Schools |
5 |
| Employment Placement Agencies |
6 |
| Engineering Services |
31 |
| Environmental Consulting Services |
4 |
| Exam Preparation and Tutoring |
3 |
| Exterminating and Pest Control Services |
3 |
| Facilities Support Services |
4 |
| Family Clothing Stores |
14 |
| Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers |
2 |
| Fine Arts Schools |
5 |
| Finish Carpentry Contractors |
10 |
| Fish and Seafood Markets |
1 |
| Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers |
10 |
| Floor Covering Stores |
10 |
| Flooring Contractors |
5 |
| Florists |
8 |
| Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing |
2 |
| Food (Health) Supplement Stores |
4 |
| Food Service Contractors |
21 |
| Footwear Merchant Wholesalers |
4 |
| Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation |
6 |
| Framing Contractors |
1 |
| Freight Transportation Arrangement |
22 |
| Fruit and Vegetable Markets |
4 |
| Full-Service Restaurants |
54 |
| Funeral Homes and Funeral Services |
1 |
| Fur and Leather Apparel Manufacturing |
1 |
| Furniture Merchant Wholesalers |
11 |
| Furniture Stores |
7 |
| General Automotive Repair |
20 |
| General Freight Trucking, Local |
29 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
1 |
| General Warehousing and Storage |
30 |
| Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores |
16 |
| Glass and Glazing Contractors |
2 |
| Golf Courses and Country Clubs |
3 |
| Grantmaking Foundations |
2 |
| Graphic Design Services |
6 |
| Gypsum Product Manufacturing |
1 |
| Hardware Merchant Wholesalers |
5 |
| Hardware Stores |
1 |
| Hazardous Waste Collection |
1 |
| Heating Oil Dealers |
2 |
| Hobby, Toy, and Game Stores |
4 |
| Home Centers |
2 |
| Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers |
13 |
| Home Health Care Services |
5 |
| Home Health Equipment Rental |
2 |
| Homes for the Elderly |
1 |
| Household Appliance Stores |
8 |
| Human Rights Organizations |
2 |
| Industrial Launderers |
1 |
| Industrial Valve Manufacturing |
1 |
| Institutional Furniture Manufacturing |
1 |
| Insurance Agencies and Brokerages |
27 |
| Interior Design Services |
4 |
| Internet Service Providers |
3 |
| Investigation Services |
1 |
| Investment Advice |
11 |
| Janitorial Services |
18 |
| Jewelry Stores |
16 |
| Junior Colleges |
1 |
| Kidney Dialysis Centers |
1 |
| Land Subdivision |
4 |
| Landscape Architectural Services |
2 |
| Landscaping Services |
26 |
| Lessors of Other Real Estate Property |
1 |
| Libraries and Archives |
1 |
| Limited-Service Restaurants |
112 |
| Limousine Service |
6 |
| Linen Supply |
1 |
| Local Messengers and Local Delivery |
5 |
| Locksmiths |
2 |
| Luggage and Leather Goods Stores |
3 |
| Machine Shops |
3 |
| Mail-Order Houses |
6 |
| Manifold Business Forms Printing |
1 |
| Marine Cargo Handling |
2 |
| Marketing Consulting Services |
23 |
| Masonry Contractors |
8 |
| Meat Markets |
4 |
| Media Buying Agencies |
1 |
| Media Representatives |
2 |
| Medical Laboratories |
4 |
| Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing |
1 |
| Men's Clothing Stores |
6 |
| Metal Can Manufacturing |
1 |
| Metal Stamping |
2 |
| Miscellaneous Intermediation |
1 |
| Mobile Food Services |
2 |
| Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers |
3 |
| Motion Picture and Video Production |
3 |
| Motorcycle Dealers |
1 |
| Musical Groups and Artists |
1 |
| Musical Instrument and Supplies Stores |
3 |
| Musical Instrument Manufacturing |
1 |
| Nail Salons |
12 |
| Natural Gas Distribution |
1 |
| Natural Gas Liquid Extraction |
1 |
| New Car Dealers |
10 |
| New Housing Operative Builders |
2 |
| News Dealers and Newsstands |
3 |
| News Syndicates |
1 |
| Newspaper Publishers |
2 |
| Nonresidential Property Managers |
5 |
| Nursing Care Facilities |
3 |
| Office Administrative Services |
15 |
| Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers |
4 |
| Office Supplies and Stationery Stores |
5 |
| Offices of Certified Public Accountants |
25 |
| Offices of Chiropractors |
10 |
| Offices of Dentists |
60 |
| Offices of Lawyers |
66 |
| Offices of Optometrists |
5 |
| Offices of Other Holding Companies |
5 |
| Offices of Podiatrists |
5 |
| Offices of Real Estate Appraisers |
3 |
| One-Hour Photofinishing |
1 |
| Optical Goods Stores |
9 |
| Outdoor Power Equipment Stores |
1 |
| Packaging and Labeling Services |
5 |
| Packaging Machinery Manufacturing |
1 |
| Packing and Crating |
2 |
| Paging |
1 |
| Paint and Wallpaper Stores |
2 |
| Painting and Wall Covering Contractors |
11 |
| Paperboard Mills |
1 |
| Passenger Car Rental |
5 |
| Payroll Services |
4 |
| Periodical Publishers |
2 |
| Pet and Pet Supplies Stores |
3 |
| Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services |
1 |
| Pharmacies and Drug Stores |
22 |
| Photography Studios, Portrait |
7 |
| Plastics Bag Manufacturing |
2 |
| Plastics Bottle Manufacturing |
1 |
| Plate Work Manufacturing |
1 |
| Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing |
1 |
| Portfolio Management |
7 |
| Private Mail Centers |
2 |
| Professional Employer Organizations |
5 |
| Professional Organizations |
3 |
| Quick Printing |
5 |
| Real Estate Credit |
18 |
| Real Estate Investment Trusts |
1 |
| Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage |
2 |
| Reinsurance Carriers |
1 |
| Remediation Services |
2 |
| Repossession Services |
1 |
| Residential Property Managers |
4 |
| Residential Remodelers |
21 |
| Retail Bakeries |
3 |
| Reupholstery and Furniture Repair |
1 |
| Roofing Contractors |
2 |
| Sales Financing |
2 |
| Savings Institutions |
12 |
| Sawmills |
1 |
| Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation |
1 |
| School and Employee Bus Transportation |
3 |
| Securities and Commodity Exchanges |
1 |
| Securities Brokerage |
11 |
| Security Guards and Patrol Services |
2 |
| Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing |
1 |
| Shoe Stores |
26 |
| Siding Contractors |
2 |
| Sign Manufacturing |
1 |
| Site Preparation Contractors |
5 |
| Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars |
22 |
| Software Publishers |
12 |
| Solid Waste Collection |
2 |
| Sound Recording Studios |
2 |
| Special Needs Transportation |
1 |
| Sporting Goods Stores |
6 |
| Sports and Recreation Instruction |
7 |
| Tax Preparation Services |
13 |
| Taxi Service |
1 |
| Telecommunications Resellers |
1 |
| Telemarketing Bureaus |
1 |
| Television Broadcasting |
1 |
| Temporary Help Services |
34 |
| Testing Laboratories |
3 |
| Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters |
1 |
| Tile and Terrazzo Contractors |
2 |
| Tire and Tube Merchant Wholesalers |
2 |
| Tire Dealers |
4 |
| Title Abstract and Settlement Offices |
2 |
| Tobacco Stores |
1 |
| Toilet Preparation Manufacturing |
2 |
| Tradebinding and Related Work |
1 |
| Travel Agencies |
13 |
| Used Car Dealers |
2 |
| Used Household and Office Goods Moving |
5 |
| Vending Machine Operators |
1 |
| Veterinary Services |
4 |
| Video Tape and Disc Rental |
2 |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Services |
4 |
| Voluntary Health Organizations |
2 |
| Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters |
2 |
| Water Supply and Irrigation Systems |
2 |
| Web Search Portals |
2 |
| Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers |
37 |
| Window Treatment Stores |
1 |
| Wired Telecommunications Carriers |
15 |
| Women's Clothing Stores |
25 |
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.
Company names need to be easy to spell, easy to pronounce, and easy to remember.
There's one other important factor when naming a business. Since you are opening a business in Edison, it's critical that you ensure that your company name has not already been claimed by another New Jersey business.
It's very important that you form your business as a legal structure. Doing so will separate you from personal liability for business debts and obligations.
When forming a company, you will choose from many company types, such as a corporation, LLC, sole proprietorship, partnership or other structure.
Incorporating is a very popular way to form a business. Of course, you have to decide which type of corporation to form and where to incorporate. If you are starting a business in New Jersey, you don't necessarily have to incorporate in New Jersey. In fact, 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. We recommend you read some of the educational articles about company formation that are availabe on our site, such as Incorporating Online. You may also want to seek the advice of an attorney. On a final note, since you will be starting a business in Edison, New Jersey, our web page covering Incorporating in New Jersey may be a useful resource if you decide to incorporate in New Jersey.
A business plan is critical in maximizing the prospects of your new company. Simply put, 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 grow your Edison business, you need a great marketing plan.
As an entrepreneur in Edison, you won't be working for the boss anymore. You are the boss.
From this point on, you control your own destiny.
We are here to help Edison businesses to be successful. We believe entrepreneurship is an amazing engine for job creation in Edison, neighborhood development and overall economic health.
Here are more links that we believe will help you be successful in starting a business in Edison.
