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Starting a Business in El Dorado Hills, California

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

Will You Be a Good Entrepreneur?

Before quitting your day job, assess your entrepreneurial instincts and capabilities.

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

  • Reach out to other entrepreneurs in El Dorado Hills. They are usually very willing to share their insights on the ups and downs of being an entrepreneur.
  • Peruse Why Small Businesses Fail. This is one of our more popular articles for folks who want to go into business for themselves.
  • Get feedback from somebody whom you trust. Others sometimes know you better than you know yourself.

Choosing the Right Company to 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 Evaluating Your Idea.

For step-by-step instructions on starting a variety of business types, visit the Good Businesses to Start section of our site. For example, you might be interested in our Starting an Arthroscopy Orthopedics Surgeon Practice guide or our Starting a Freight Express & Transfer Services Business guide.

Remember that your new startup will be located in El Dorado Hills. Some businesses will do better in El Dorado Hills than others. Make sure you fully understand El Dorado Hills demographics before you lock in on your business idea.

El Dorado Hills, California Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
1546
5-9 Employees
369
10-19 Employees
257
20-49 Employees
150
50-99 Employees
84
100-249 Employees
27
250-499 Employees
15
500-999 Employees
0
1000+ Employees
3
All El Dorado Hills Businesses
2451

As a new El Dorado Hills entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in El Dorado 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
Amusement Arcades
2
Architectural Services
4
Art Dealers
1
Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing
3
Automobile Driving Schools
1
Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores
1
Beauty Salons
6
Building Inspection Services
1
Business Associations
3
Car Washes
3
Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services
1
Caterers
1
Charter Bus Industry
1
Child Day Care Services
17
Claims Adjusting
2
Collection Agencies
1
Commercial Flexographic Printing
1
Commercial Lithographic Printing
1
Computer and Software Stores
2
Computer Facilities Management Services
1
Computer Systems Design Services
15
Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers
2
Continuing Care Retirement Communities
1
Convenience Stores
1
Court Reporting and Stenotype Services
1
Credit Unions
1
Custom Computer Programming Services
14
Dental Laboratories
3
Direct Mail Advertising
1
Direct Title Insurance Carriers
5
Directory and Mailing List Publishers
1
Display Advertising
1
Document Preparation Services
2
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)
3
Drywall and Insulation Contractors
4
Electronic Shopping
2
Elementary and Secondary Schools
2
Employment Placement Agencies
1
Engineering Services
17
Environmental Consulting Services
2
Exam Preparation and Tutoring
1
Exterminating and Pest Control Services
2
Fine Arts Schools
2
Finish Carpentry Contractors
1
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
7
Floor Covering Stores
1
Flooring Contractors
1
Florists
2
Food (Health) Supplement Stores
2
Framing Contractors
3
Freight Transportation Arrangement
1
Full-Service Restaurants
15
General Automotive Repair
1
General Freight Trucking, Local
1
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores
3
Glass and Glazing Contractors
1
Graphic Design Services
3
Hand and Edge Tool Manufacturing
1
Hobby, Toy, and Game Stores
1
Home Health Care Services
1
Homes for the Elderly
5
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
16
Internet Service Providers
2
Investment Advice
5
Janitorial Services
9
Land Subdivision
5
Landscape Architectural Services
4
Landscaping Services
11
Limited-Service Restaurants
15
Machine Shops
3
Marketing Consulting Services
7
Masonry Contractors
4
Media Representatives
1
Miscellaneous Intermediation
2
Mobile Food Services
1
Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers
8
Motion Picture and Video Production
4
Nail Salons
1
New Car Dealers
2
News Syndicates
1
Newspaper Publishers
1
Nonresidential Property Managers
1
Office Administrative Services
3
Offices of Certified Public Accountants
8
Offices of Dentists
18
Offices of Lawyers
13
Offices of Optometrists
2
Offices of Other Holding Companies
1
Offices of Real Estate Appraisers
2
Painting and Wall Covering Contractors
4
Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services
1
Pharmacies and Drug Stores
1
Photography Studios, Portrait
1
Portfolio Management
1
Precision Turned Product Manufacturing
1
Private Mail Centers
2
Professional Employer Organizations
2
Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing
1
Residential Property Managers
5
Residential Remodelers
15
Roofing Contractors
5
Savings Institutions
2
Securities and Commodity Exchanges
1
Securities Brokerage
7
Sign Manufacturing
1
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars
5
Soft Drink Manufacturing
1
Software Publishers
5
Sporting Goods Stores
1
Sports and Recreation Instruction
4
Tax Preparation Services
1
Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing
1
Testing Laboratories
3
Tile and Terrazzo Contractors
3
Tire Dealers
1
Title Abstract and Settlement Offices
2
Tobacco Stores
1
Tour Operators
1
Travel Agencies
2
Video Tape and Disc Rental
2
Voluntary Health Organizations
1
Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
2
Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers
11
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
2
Women's Clothing Stores
1

What About Buying an Existing El Dorado Hills Business?

An excellent way to get started in business is to Buy a Business in California. Follow that link and you can review several good businesses for sale in El Dorado Hills.

Before buying a business, be sure to read this article: Buying a Business.

The Role of the Business Plan

A business plan is critical in maximizing the prospects of your new company. Simply put, your business plan is your game plan for how you hope to grow your business. Not having a business plan is a recipe for disaster.

Before you start writing a business plan, we suggest you skim Find Sample Business Plans Online. You can also get free business counselors available to you through your local SCORE chapter in California.

Raising Money for Your New Venture

Finding the funds to fuel the growth of your El Dorado Hills business is a difficult chore. To obtain business financing, you will need to hear a lot of rejections before you finally find a funding solution that works for you.

Fortunately, this site contains dozens of articles on raising money, including one we recommend entitled 504 Loans.

For El Dorado Hills entrepreneurs with great ambition but a shortage of investment capital, check out our List of California Angel Investors and our List of California Venture Capital Firms.

Getting the Word Out About Your New Company

To grow your El Dorado Hills business, you'll need to have a good marketing plan.

We have some helpful resources on this site for entrepreneurs who are working on marketing plans. Pros and Cons of Advertising is a good read to get your marketing juices flowing. That's just a taste of the many useful articles we have on Marketing a Small Business.

What's Next?

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

Owning your own business will be a daunting task, but you can do it.

We are here to help El Dorado Hills businesses to be successful. We have a wealth of experience in business start-ups, financing, marketing, sales and more...and we've made all of our knowledge available to you.

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