Are you starting a business in Glendale, Arizona? This article discusses the most important things to consider when opening a business in Glendale.
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:
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.
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 |
| Adhesive Manufacturing |
1 |
| 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 |
| Architectural Services |
8 |
| 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 |
| Barber Shops |
1 |
| 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 |
| Books Printing |
1 |
| 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 |
| Canvas and Related Product Mills |
2 |
| 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 |
| Children's and Infants' Clothing Stores |
5 |
| 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 Photography |
4 |
| 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 |
| Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers |
2 |
| 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 |
| Couriers |
2 |
| 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 |
| Diagnostic Imaging Centers |
11 |
| 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 |
| Document Preparation Services |
9 |
| 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 Auctions |
2 |
| 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 |
| Exterminating and Pest Control Services |
26 |
| 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 |
| Flat Glass Manufacturing |
1 |
| 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 |
| Framing Contractors |
21 |
| 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 Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
1 |
| 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 Merchant Wholesalers |
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 |
| Home Health Equipment Rental |
1 |
| 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 |
| Investigation Services |
4 |
| 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 |
| Landscaping Services |
92 |
| 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 |
| Machine Shops |
13 |
| 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 Markets |
4 |
| 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 |
| Miscellaneous Intermediation |
3 |
| 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 Groups and Artists |
1 |
| 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 |
| Nursing Care Facilities |
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 Optometrists |
14 |
| 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 |
| Paging |
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 and Pet Supplies Stores |
7 |
| 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 |
| Private Mail Centers |
9 |
| 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 |
| Recreational Vehicle Dealers |
3 |
| Remediation Services |
1 |
| Repossession Services |
1 |
| Residential Property Managers |
26 |
| Residential Remodelers |
41 |
| Retail Bakeries |
1 |
| Reupholstery and Furniture Repair |
4 |
| Roofing Contractors |
13 |
| Sales Financing |
5 |
| 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 |
| Siding Contractors |
2 |
| 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 and Recreation Instruction |
6 |
| 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 |
| Testing Laboratories |
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 |
| Translation and Interpretation Services |
1 |
| 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 |
| Veterinary Services |
22 |
| 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 |
| Wineries |
1 |
| Wired Telecommunications Carriers |
7 |
| Women's Clothing Stores |
22 |
| Wood Window and Door Manufacturing |
1 |
For anybody who wants to buy a business, we recommend reading this useful article: Buying a Business.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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