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Open a Business in Glendale, Arizona

Need help starting a business in Glendale, Arizona? We've got the information you need to open a business in Glendale.

Is Becoming an Entrepreneur Right for You?

Before announcing to the world that you are going to start your own business, assess your entrepreneurial instincts and capabilities.

Because entrepreneurship is not for everyone, we recommend you do the following to help you assess whether you should move forward with starting a business:

  • Grab a meal or cofee with other entrepreneurs in Glendale. Get their take on what it's really like to be an entrepreneur.
  • Take a look at The Entrepreneurial Personality. It's a short article but it's a good reality check for those are about to jump into the world of entrepreneurship.
  • Reach out to a trusted acquaintance. That's the best way to get a truly objective assessment as to whether others think you have what it takes.

Glendale, Arizona Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
64576
5-9 Employees
23248
10-19 Employees
14976
20-49 Employees
11208
50-99 Employees
3432
100-249 Employees
1704
250-499 Employees
480
500-999 Employees
264
1000+ Employees
48
All Glendale Businesses
119936

As a new Glendale entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Glendale 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
3
Air Traffic Control
1
Aircraft Manufacturing
1
Aluminum Foundries (except Die-Casting)
1
Amusement and Theme Parks
1
Amusement Arcades
1
Appliance Repair and Maintenance
3
Art Dealers
4
Automobile Manufacturing
1
Automotive Exhaust System Repair
1
Automotive Glass Replacement Shops
9
Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores
40
Automotive Transmission Repair
4
Baked Goods Stores
2
Beauty Salons
65
Bed-and-Breakfast Inns
2
Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores
9
Blood and Organ Banks
2
Boat Dealers
3
Book Publishers
3
Book Stores
12
Bowling Centers
3
Building Inspection Services
5
Business Associations
3
Business to Business Electronic Markets
1
Cable and Other Program Distribution
1
Cafeterias
5
Camera and Photographic Supplies Stores
3
Car Washes
16
Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services
13
Caterers
2
Cemeteries and Crematories
3
Charter Bus Industry
1
Child and Youth Services
6
Child Day Care Services
38
Civic and Social Organizations
16
Claims Adjusting
5
Clothing Accessories Stores
7
Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners
7
Collection Agencies
4
Commercial Bakeries
1
Commercial Lithographic Printing
6
Commercial Screen Printing
3
Community Food Services
2
Computer and Software Stores
10
Computer Systems Design Services
30
Computer Training
1
Concrete Block and Brick Manufacturing
1
Confectionery and Nut Stores
5
Construction Sand and Gravel Mining
1
Consumer Lending
6
Continuing Care Retirement Communities
2
Convenience Stores
13
Convention and Trade Show Organizers
3
Copper Wire (except Mechanical) Drawing
1
Cosmetology and Barber Schools
1
Court Reporting and Stenotype Services
6
Credit Unions
16
Curtain and Drapery Mills
2
Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins
1
Custom Computer Programming Services
23
Cut Stock, Resawing Lumber, and Planing
2
Dental Laboratories
9
Diet and Weight Reducing Centers
4
Direct Life Insurance Carriers
5
Direct Mail Advertising
1
Direct Title Insurance Carriers
8
Directory and Mailing List Publishers
1
Discount Department Stores
6
Display Advertising
2
Drafting Services
4
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)
38
Drive-In Motion Picture Theaters
2
Drywall and Insulation Contractors
34
Educational Support Services
2
Electric Power Distribution
1
Electrical Contractors
76
Electronic Connector Manufacturing
1
Electronic Shopping
6
Elementary and Secondary Schools
10
Employment Placement Agencies
5
Engineering Services
34
Environmental Consulting Services
5
Exam Preparation and Tutoring
7
Family Clothing Stores
19
Family Planning Centers
1
Farm Product Warehousing and Storage
1
Fine Arts Schools
6
Finish Carpentry Contractors
34
Fish and Seafood Markets
1
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
30
Flight Training
2
Floor Covering Stores
4
Flooring Contractors
10
Florists
10
Food (Health) Supplement Stores
9
Food Service Contractors
18
Formal Wear and Costume Rental
1
Freight Transportation Arrangement
14
Full-Service Restaurants
101
Funeral Homes and Funeral Services
4
Furniture Merchant Wholesalers
4
Furniture Stores
30
General Automotive Repair
60
General Freight Trucking, Local
25
General Rental Centers
2
General Warehousing and Storage
4
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores
18
Glass and Glazing Contractors
12
Golf Courses and Country Clubs
6
Grantmaking Foundations
3
Graphic Design Services
2
Hardware Stores
6
Historical Sites
1
HMO Medical Centers
1
Hobby, Toy, and Game Stores
7
Home Centers
6
Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers
4
Home Health Care Services
12
Homes for the Elderly
18
Household Appliance Stores
4
Household Vacuum Cleaner Manufacturing
1
Industrial Mold Manufacturing
2
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
101
Interior Design Services
4
Internet Service Providers
1
Investment Advice
13
Iron and Steel Mills
2
Janitorial Services
51
Jewelry Stores
19
Kidney Dialysis Centers
3
Land Subdivision
5
Landscape Architectural Services
6
Lessors of Other Real Estate Property
17
Limited-Service Restaurants
188
Limousine Service
3
Local Messengers and Local Delivery
3
Locksmiths
6
Luggage and Leather Goods Stores
2
Luggage Manufacturing
1
Mail-Order Houses
3
Manifold Business Forms Printing
2
Manufactured (Mobile) Home Dealers
8
Marketing Consulting Services
11
Marking Device Manufacturing
1
Masonry Contractors
35
Mattress Manufacturing
2
Meat Processed from Carcasses
1
Media Buying Agencies
1
Media Representatives
1
Medical Laboratories
17
Men's Clothing Stores
1
Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing
2
Metal Window and Door Manufacturing
1
Mobile Food Services
2
Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers
15
Motion Picture and Video Production
5
Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing
1
Motor Vehicle Towing
3
Motorcycle Dealers
4
Museums
3
Musical Instrument and Supplies Stores
3
Nail Salons
15
Natural Gas Distribution
2
New Car Dealers
11
New Housing Operative Builders
5
Newspaper Publishers
2
Nonresidential Property Managers
6
Office Administrative Services
16
Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
1
Office Supplies and Stationery Stores
8
Offices of Certified Public Accountants
28
Offices of Chiropractors
51
Offices of Dentists
125
Offices of Lawyers
31
Offices of Other Holding Companies
2
Offices of Podiatrists
6
Offices of Real Estate Appraisers
14
One-Hour Photofinishing
1
Optical Goods Stores
13
Outdoor Power Equipment Stores
2
Packaging and Labeling Services
1
Paint and Coating Manufacturing
1
Paint and Wallpaper Stores
5
Painting and Wall Covering Contractors
69
Parking Lots and Garages
1
Passenger Car Rental
5
Payroll Services
2
Periodical Publishers
4
Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services
6
Pharmacies and Drug Stores
18
Photography Studios, Portrait
11
Political Organizations
1
Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing
1
Portfolio Management
5
Printing Ink Manufacturing
1
Professional Organizations
2
Public Relations Agencies
2
Quick Printing
5
Racetracks
1
Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing
4
Real Estate Credit
10
Real Estate Investment Trusts
2
Remediation Services
1
Repossession Services
1
Residential Property Managers
26
Residential Remodelers
41
Retail Bakeries
1
Reupholstery and Furniture Repair
4
Roofing Contractors
13
Savings Institutions
11
Secondary Market Financing
1
Securities Brokerage
9
Security Guards and Patrol Services
7
Septic Tank and Related Services
4
Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing
5
Shoe Stores
27
Sign Manufacturing
7
Site Preparation Contractors
39
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars
26
Software Publishers
1
Solid Waste Collection
2
Solid Waste Landfill
1
Sporting Goods Stores
12
Sports Teams and Clubs
1
Tax Preparation Services
21
Telecommunications Resellers
2
Telemarketing Bureaus
6
Telephone Answering Services
1
Temporary Help Services
16
Temporary Shelters
2
Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters
1
Tile and Terrazzo Contractors
29
Tire and Tube Merchant Wholesalers
1
Tire Dealers
22
Title Abstract and Settlement Offices
8
Tobacco Stores
6
Tour Operators
2
Travel Agencies
9
Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing
1
Truss Manufacturing
1
Used Car Dealers
15
Used Household and Office Goods Moving
9
Used Merchandise Stores
15
Vending Machine Operators
5
Video Tape and Disc Rental
13
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
4
Voluntary Health Organizations
3
Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters
5
Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
3
Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers
24
Window Treatment Stores
4
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
7
Women's Clothing Stores
22
Wood Window and Door Manufacturing
1

What About Buying an Existing Glendale Business?

We've created a useful website page for those who want to Buy a Business in Arizona. Follow that link and you might discover several good businesses for sale in Glendale.

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

Forming a Company in Glendale, Arizona

It's very important that your business is formed as a legal entity that is separate from its owners. Doing so will shield you from personal liability for business debts and obligations.

The entity you form can be a traditional C-corporation, a Limited Liability Company (LLC), or an S-corporation.

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 Arizona, you don't necessarily have to incorporate in Arizona. As it turns out, you can incorporate in any state you would like to. However, if you do incorporate in another state, you'll have to register as a foreign corporation in your home state.

There are many nuances to forming a company. To learn the basics of company formation, browse articles on our site, such as Company Formation. You may also want to seek the advice of an attorney. Finally, if you are starting a business in Glendale, Arizona, our information on Incorporating in Arizona may be a useful resource if you decide to incorporate in Arizona.

Don't Forget to Create a Business Plan

Writing a business plan is essential 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. Not having a business plan will greatly reduce your chances of business success.

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 Arizona.

Startup Financing Basics

Getting your Glendale business the capital it needs to succeed is not an easy task. The reality is that there is very little funding available for new small businesses, and you have to explore every possible alternative.

To learn about raising money, we recommend you read the fundraising articles on our site, such as Realistic Debt Financing Options.

For Glendale entrepreneurs in need of startup financing, we have assembled a List of Arizona Angel Investors and our List of Arizona Venture Capital Firms.

Marketing Your New Business

To rise above the crowd in Glendale and accelerate your business, you'll need to have a good marketing plan.

We have some great resources on this site for entrepreneurs who are working on marketing plans. Sponsoring Local Events is a good read to get your marketing thoughts flowing. That's just a sampling of the many useful articles we have on Marketing a Small Business.

Moving Forward

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

More Entrepreneurial Resources for Starting a Business in Glendale, Arizona

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

  • Resources for Glendale, Arizona Entrepreneurs - Browse a variety of resources we've collected to assist Glendale entrepreneurs.
  • Arizona Entrepreneurial Resources - We've gathered state-level entrepreneurial resources to help new entrepreneurs who are based in Arizona.
  • Arizona Small Business Development Center - Arizona�s Small Business Development Center Network is an innovative partnership between the state�s ten community college districts and the U.S. Small Business Administration. The network is the largest and most accessible source of assistance to Arizona businesses with fewer than 200 employees.

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