Contemplating starting a business in Kalispell, Montana? We walk you through the process of opening a business in Kalispell.
There are many businesses that you can start. How do you know which type of business is right for you? To help you decide on a business type, we encourage you to read Good Business Ideas.
Always keep in mind that you are starting a business in Kalispell. Think about what needs are currently being underserved in Kalispell. A critical consideration is whether Kalispell demographics mesh well with your startup concept.
Kalispell has an active business community that includes small businesses,
mid-sized businesses and large businesses.
To give you a better feel for Kalispell demographics for small businesses, we have tabulated the small business sizes, based on number of employees, for business in Kalispell.
As a new Kalispell entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Kalispell 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 |
1 |
| Air Traffic Control |
1 |
| Ambulance Services |
1 |
| Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering |
1 |
| Appliance Repair and Maintenance |
1 |
| Architectural Services |
10 |
| Armored Car Services |
2 |
|
Art Dealers |
3 |
| Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing |
1 |
| Automotive Glass Replacement Shops |
6 |
| Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores |
17 |
| Automotive Transmission Repair |
2 |
| Baked Goods Stores |
3 |
| Beauty Salons |
8 |
| Bed-and-Breakfast Inns |
1 |
|
Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers |
2 |
| Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores |
2 |
| Boat Dealers |
4 |
| Book Stores |
6 |
| Bowling Centers |
1 |
| Breweries |
1 |
| Broadwoven Fabric Mills |
1 |
| Building Inspection Services |
2 |
|
Business Associations |
4 |
| Cable and Other Program Distribution |
2 |
| Cafeterias |
2 |
| Camera and Photographic Supplies Stores |
1 |
| Car Washes |
8 |
| Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services |
5 |
| Casinos (except Casino Hotels) |
3 |
| Caterers |
3 |
|
Cemeteries and Crematories |
3 |
| Child and Youth Services |
7 |
| Child Day Care Services |
27 |
| Children's and Infants' Clothing Stores |
1 |
| Civic and Social Organizations |
11 |
| Claims Adjusting |
3 |
| Clothing Accessories Stores |
1 |
| Coffee and Tea Manufacturing |
1 |
|
Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners |
5 |
| Collection Agencies |
8 |
| Commercial Lithographic Printing |
4 |
| Commercial Photography |
3 |
| Commercial Screen Printing |
1 |
| Commodity Contracts Brokerage |
1 |
| Commodity Contracts Dealing |
1 |
| Community Food Services |
1 |
|
Computer and Software Stores |
6 |
| Computer Systems Design Services |
4 |
| Computer Training |
1 |
| Construction Sand and Gravel Mining |
1 |
| Consumer Lending |
8 |
| Continuing Care Retirement Communities |
1 |
| Convenience Stores |
1 |
| Convention and Visitors Bureaus |
1 |
|
Copper Foundries (except Die-Casting) |
2 |
| Cosmetology and Barber Schools |
1 |
| Couriers |
3 |
| Court Reporting and Stenotype Services |
1 |
| Credit Unions |
3 |
| Curtain and Drapery Mills |
2 |
| Custom Computer Programming Services |
9 |
| Cut Stock, Resawing Lumber, and Planing |
4 |
|
Dental Laboratories |
4 |
| Diagnostic Imaging Centers |
1 |
| Diet and Weight Reducing Centers |
1 |
| Digital Printing |
1 |
| Dimension Stone Mining and Quarrying |
2 |
| Direct Title Insurance Carriers |
1 |
| Discount Department Stores |
4 |
| Document Preparation Services |
2 |
|
Drafting Services |
1 |
| Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) |
9 |
| Drywall and Insulation Contractors |
13 |
| Electric Power Distribution |
3 |
| Electrical Contractors |
43 |
| Electronic Shopping |
1 |
| Elementary and Secondary Schools |
4 |
| Emergency and Other Relief Services |
1 |
|
Employment Placement Agencies |
3 |
| Engineering Services |
21 |
| Environmental Consulting Services |
4 |
| Exam Preparation and Tutoring |
1 |
| Exterminating and Pest Control Services |
1 |
| Family Clothing Stores |
6 |
| Family Planning Centers |
1 |
| Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers |
1 |
|
Fine Arts Schools |
4 |
| Finish Carpentry Contractors |
12 |
| Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers |
7 |
| Floor Covering Stores |
9 |
| Flooring Contractors |
7 |
| Florists |
5 |
| Fluid Milk Manufacturing |
1 |
| Food (Health) Supplement Stores |
6 |
|
Food Service Contractors |
2 |
| Footwear Merchant Wholesalers |
1 |
| Formal Wear and Costume Rental |
1 |
| Framing Contractors |
18 |
| Freight Transportation Arrangement |
3 |
| Fruit and Vegetable Markets |
1 |
| Full-Service Restaurants |
31 |
| Funeral Homes and Funeral Services |
2 |
|
Furniture Merchant Wholesalers |
2 |
| Furniture Stores |
9 |
| General Automotive Repair |
25 |
| General Freight Trucking, Local |
7 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
2 |
| General Rental Centers |
2 |
| General Warehousing and Storage |
2 |
| Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores |
7 |
|
Golf Courses and Country Clubs |
4 |
| Grantmaking Foundations |
1 |
| Graphic Design Services |
4 |
| Hand and Edge Tool Manufacturing |
1 |
| Hardware Stores |
5 |
| Historical Sites |
2 |
| Hobby, Toy, and Game Stores |
4 |
| Home Centers |
4 |
|
Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers |
3 |
| Home Health Care Services |
5 |
| Home Health Equipment Rental |
1 |
| Homes for the Elderly |
5 |
| Household Appliance Stores |
5 |
| Human Rights Organizations |
1 |
| Insurance Agencies and Brokerages |
43 |
| Interior Design Services |
5 |
|
Internet Publishing and Broadcasting |
1 |
| Internet Service Providers |
1 |
| Investigation Services |
5 |
| Investment Advice |
3 |
| Janitorial Services |
15 |
| Jewelry Stores |
6 |
| Kidney Dialysis Centers |
1 |
| Land Subdivision |
13 |
|
Landscape Architectural Services |
1 |
| Landscaping Services |
33 |
| Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing |
1 |
| Lessors of Other Real Estate Property |
4 |
| Limited-Service Restaurants |
35 |
| Limousine Service |
2 |
| Linen Supply |
2 |
| Local Messengers and Local Delivery |
2 |
|
Locksmiths |
1 |
| Logging |
29 |
| Machine Shops |
10 |
| Manufactured (Mobile) Home Dealers |
4 |
| Marinas |
1 |
| Marketing Consulting Services |
5 |
| Masonry Contractors |
18 |
| Materials Recovery Facilities |
1 |
|
Meat Markets |
1 |
| Meat Processed from Carcasses |
1 |
| Miscellaneous Intermediation |
1 |
| Mobile Food Services |
2 |
| Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers |
6 |
| Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing |
1 |
| Motor Vehicle Towing |
1 |
| Motorcycle Dealers |
2 |
|
Museums |
2 |
| Musical Groups and Artists |
2 |
| Musical Instrument and Supplies Stores |
1 |
| Nail Salons |
1 |
| New Car Dealers |
8 |
| New Housing Operative Builders |
4 |
| Newspaper Publishers |
2 |
| Nonresidential Property Managers |
2 |
|
Nursing Care Facilities |
3 |
| Office Administrative Services |
6 |
| Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers |
4 |
| Office Supplies and Stationery Stores |
5 |
| Offices of Bank Holding Companies |
1 |
| Offices of Certified Public Accountants |
27 |
| Offices of Chiropractors |
19 |
| Offices of Dentists |
29 |
|
Offices of Lawyers |
46 |
| Offices of Optometrists |
5 |
| Offices of Other Holding Companies |
2 |
| Offices of Podiatrists |
3 |
| Offices of Real Estate Appraisers |
5 |
| One-Hour Photofinishing |
2 |
| Optical Goods Stores |
3 |
| Outdoor Power Equipment Stores |
1 |
|
Paging |
1 |
| Paint and Wallpaper Stores |
5 |
| Painting and Wall Covering Contractors |
15 |
| Parking Lots and Garages |
1 |
| Passenger Car Leasing |
1 |
| Passenger Car Rental |
2 |
| Payroll Services |
1 |
| Periodical Publishers |
4 |
|
Pet and Pet Supplies Stores |
1 |
| Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services |
3 |
| Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals |
3 |
| Pharmacies and Drug Stores |
9 |
| Photography Studios, Portrait |
2 |
| Prepress Services |
1 |
| Private Mail Centers |
1 |
| Professional Employer Organizations |
1 |
|
Professional Organizations |
3 |
| Quick Printing |
3 |
| Racetracks |
1 |
| Radio Stations |
4 |
| Real Estate Credit |
13 |
| Recreational Vehicle Dealers |
5 |
| Repossession Services |
3 |
| Residential Property Managers |
7 |
|
Residential Remodelers |
16 |
| Retail Bakeries |
3 |
| Reupholstery and Furniture Repair |
3 |
| Roofing Contractors |
14 |
| Rooming and Boarding Houses |
1 |
| Sales Financing |
2 |
| Savings Institutions |
2 |
| Sawmills |
2 |
|
Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation |
4 |
| School and Employee Bus Transportation |
7 |
| Securities Brokerage |
9 |
| Security Guards and Patrol Services |
1 |
| Semiconductor Machinery Manufacturing |
1 |
| Septic Tank and Related Services |
2 |
| Shoe Stores |
6 |
| Siding Contractors |
7 |
|
Sign Manufacturing |
1 |
| Site Preparation Contractors |
27 |
| Small Arms Ammunition Manufacturing |
1 |
| Small Arms Manufacturing |
2 |
| Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars |
15 |
| Software Publishers |
2 |
| Solid Waste Collection |
1 |
| Solid Waste Landfill |
1 |
|
Sporting Goods Stores |
14 |
| Sports and Recreation Instruction |
3 |
| Support Activities for Forestry |
1 |
| Tax Preparation Services |
4 |
| Taxi Service |
1 |
| Telephone Answering Services |
1 |
| Television Broadcasting |
1 |
| Temporary Help Services |
5 |
|
Temporary Shelters |
1 |
| Testing Laboratories |
3 |
| Textile Bag Mills |
1 |
| Tile and Terrazzo Contractors |
9 |
| Tire Dealers |
6 |
| Title Abstract and Settlement Offices |
5 |
| Tobacco Stores |
3 |
| Travel Agencies |
3 |
|
Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing |
1 |
| Truck Trailer Manufacturing |
1 |
| Truss Manufacturing |
2 |
| Used Car Dealers |
13 |
| Used Household and Office Goods Moving |
2 |
| Used Merchandise Stores |
8 |
| Veterinary Services |
12 |
| Video Tape and Disc Rental |
5 |
|
Vocational Rehabilitation Services |
7 |
| Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters |
2 |
| Water Supply and Irrigation Systems |
1 |
| Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers |
3 |
| Window Treatment Stores |
3 |
| Wired Telecommunications Carriers |
1 |
| Women's Clothing Stores |
5 |
| Wood Window and Door Manufacturing |
3 |
As you drive around Kalispell, you'll see that franchises make up a large percentage of local businesses. So, it probably makes sense for you to consider franchising too.
We advise the entrepreneurs we work with to investigate buying a franchise. We have many articles on franchises, such as Franchise Marketing Support. Get a thorough education on franchising by browsing all of our Articles on Franchising.
For anybody who wants to buy a business, we recommend reading this useful article: How to Buy a Business.
A big decision when starting a company is choosing a company name. Believe it or not, choosing a good company name can be a big contributor to your business success.
Companies like Starbucks, Apple, Target, Microsoft and Intuit all have strong company names that are easy to remember and have become well-loved brands. Wouldn't it be nice if your new company name got on a similar track?
There's one other important factor when naming a business. Since you are opening a business in Kalispell, it's critical that you ensure that no other Montana company is using the business name you want to use.
Do you know how to sell? In order to attract customers to your new Kalispell business, you need to focus on sales.
Clever sales techniques can transform any business from good to great. The good news is we can help you to make selling a big competitve advantage for your new firm.
As an entrepreneur in Kalispell, you won't be working for the boss anymore. You are the boss.
Owning your own business will be a daunting task, but you can do it.
This site is all about helping entrepreneurs in Kalispell and elsewhere to achieve real success. We want to be there for you to answer your business questions, whether you are a new Kalispell entrepreneur who is just getting started or you are already up and running with your new venture.
Here are more links that we believe will help you be successful in starting a business in Kalispell.
