Contemplating starting a business in North Little Rock, Arkansas? We walk you through the process of opening a business in North Little Rock.
Most new businesses fail, in part because the founder did not have the tenacity and/or the skills to succeed. So, before you open a business, consider all of the implications of being an entrepreneur.
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:
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.
Remember that you are opening your new business in North Little Rock. Some businesses will do better in North Little Rock than others. Study North Little Rock demographics and do a competitive analysis as part of your startup planning process.
North Little Rock has an active business community that includes small businesses,
mid-sized businesses and large businesses.
To give you a better feel for North Little Rock demographics for small businesses, we have tabulated the small business sizes, based on number of employees, for business in North Little Rock.
As a new North Little Rock entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in North Little Rock 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 |
2 |
| Ambulance Services |
1 |
| Amusement and Theme Parks |
1 |
| Amusement Arcades |
4 |
| Architectural Services |
10 |
| Automotive Exhaust System Repair |
3 |
| Automotive Glass Replacement Shops |
2 |
|
Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores |
21 |
| Automotive Transmission Repair |
5 |
| Barber Shops |
2 |
| Beauty Salons |
26 |
| Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores |
23 |
| Blind and Shade Manufacturing |
1 |
| Boat Building |
1 |
| Boat Dealers |
3 |
|
Book Publishers |
1 |
| Book Stores |
5 |
| Business Associations |
9 |
| Cafeterias |
3 |
| Car Washes |
8 |
| Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services |
4 |
| Caterers |
7 |
| Cemeteries and Crematories |
4 |
|
Child and Youth Services |
3 |
| Child Day Care Services |
30 |
| Children's and Infants' Clothing Stores |
1 |
| Civic and Social Organizations |
11 |
| Claims Adjusting |
3 |
| Clothing Accessories Stores |
4 |
| Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners |
1 |
| Collection Agencies |
3 |
|
Commercial Flexographic Printing |
2 |
| Commercial Gravure Printing |
1 |
| Commercial Lithographic Printing |
3 |
| Commercial Photography |
2 |
| Commercial Screen Printing |
1 |
| Community Food Services |
2 |
| Computer and Software Stores |
1 |
| Computer Facilities Management Services |
1 |
|
Computer Systems Design Services |
6 |
| Concrete Block and Brick Manufacturing |
2 |
| Confectionery and Nut Stores |
1 |
| Construction Sand and Gravel Mining |
1 |
| Consumer Lending |
1 |
| Convenience Stores |
4 |
| Convention and Visitors Bureaus |
1 |
| Cosmetology and Barber Schools |
3 |
|
Couriers |
5 |
| Court Reporting and Stenotype Services |
2 |
| Credit Unions |
8 |
| Curtain and Drapery Mills |
1 |
| Custom Computer Programming Services |
8 |
| Dental Laboratories |
2 |
| Diagnostic Imaging Centers |
3 |
| Direct Life Insurance Carriers |
3 |
|
Discount Department Stores |
3 |
| Display Advertising |
2 |
| Document Preparation Services |
1 |
| Drafting Services |
1 |
| Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) |
6 |
| Drywall and Insulation Contractors |
8 |
| Educational Support Services |
1 |
| Electrical Contractors |
18 |
|
Electronic Shopping |
1 |
| Elementary and Secondary Schools |
4 |
| Employment Placement Agencies |
3 |
| Engineering Services |
9 |
| Environmental Consulting Services |
1 |
| Exam Preparation and Tutoring |
2 |
| Exterminating and Pest Control Services |
5 |
| Family Clothing Stores |
13 |
|
Family Planning Centers |
1 |
| Farm Management Services |
1 |
| Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers |
3 |
| Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing |
1 |
| Fine Arts Schools |
3 |
| Finish Carpentry Contractors |
12 |
| Fish and Seafood Markets |
2 |
| Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers |
4 |
|
Floor Covering Stores |
6 |
| Flooring Contractors |
3 |
| Florists |
7 |
| Flour Milling |
1 |
| Food (Health) Supplement Stores |
1 |
| Food Service Contractors |
3 |
| Footwear Merchant Wholesalers |
1 |
| Formal Wear and Costume Rental |
1 |
|
Framing Contractors |
2 |
| Freight Transportation Arrangement |
5 |
| Fruit and Vegetable Markets |
1 |
| Full-Service Restaurants |
58 |
| Funeral Homes and Funeral Services |
4 |
| Furniture Merchant Wholesalers |
2 |
| Furniture Stores |
12 |
| General Automotive Repair |
32 |
|
General Freight Trucking, Local |
6 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
2 |
| General Warehousing and Storage |
4 |
| Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores |
13 |
| Glass and Glazing Contractors |
2 |
| Golf Courses and Country Clubs |
3 |
| Grantmaking Foundations |
1 |
| Graphic Design Services |
4 |
|
Hardware Merchant Wholesalers |
2 |
| Hardware Stores |
4 |
| Hazardous Waste Collection |
1 |
| Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal |
1 |
| Hobby, Toy, and Game Stores |
4 |
| Home Centers |
5 |
| Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers |
4 |
| Home Health Care Services |
3 |
|
Home Health Equipment Rental |
1 |
| Household Appliance Stores |
4 |
| Human Rights Organizations |
3 |
| Industrial Launderers |
1 |
| Insurance Agencies and Brokerages |
53 |
| Interior Design Services |
3 |
| Internet Service Providers |
1 |
| Investment Advice |
3 |
|
Janitorial Services |
16 |
| Jewelry Stores |
15 |
| Kidney Dialysis Centers |
3 |
| Land Subdivision |
3 |
| Landscaping Services |
23 |
| Lessors of Other Real Estate Property |
1 |
| Limited-Service Restaurants |
81 |
| Local Messengers and Local Delivery |
5 |
|
Locksmiths |
1 |
| Machine Shops |
2 |
| Mail-Order Houses |
1 |
| Manufactured (Mobile) Home Dealers |
1 |
| Marketing Consulting Services |
2 |
| Masonry Contractors |
9 |
| Meat Markets |
1 |
| Medical Laboratories |
3 |
|
Men's Clothing Stores |
2 |
| Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing |
1 |
| Miscellaneous Intermediation |
2 |
| Mobile Food Services |
3 |
| Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers |
1 |
| Motion Picture and Video Production |
1 |
| Motor Vehicle Towing |
4 |
| Motorcycle Dealers |
3 |
|
Musical Instrument and Supplies Stores |
2 |
| Nail Salons |
1 |
| New Car Dealers |
12 |
| New Housing Operative Builders |
1 |
| Newspaper Publishers |
2 |
| Nursing Care Facilities |
5 |
| Office Administrative Services |
10 |
| Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers |
2 |
|
Office Supplies and Stationery Stores |
1 |
| Offices of Certified Public Accountants |
13 |
| Offices of Chiropractors |
7 |
| Offices of Dentists |
46 |
| Offices of Lawyers |
38 |
| Offices of Optometrists |
8 |
| Offices of Other Holding Companies |
2 |
| Offices of Podiatrists |
2 |
|
Offices of Real Estate Appraisers |
10 |
| Optical Goods Stores |
5 |
| Packing and Crating |
1 |
| Paint and Wallpaper Stores |
5 |
| Painting and Wall Covering Contractors |
3 |
| Parking Lots and Garages |
2 |
| Pet and Pet Supplies Stores |
2 |
| Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services |
2 |
|
Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals |
6 |
| Pharmacies and Drug Stores |
14 |
| Photography Studios, Portrait |
7 |
| Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas |
1 |
| Plastics Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing |
1 |
| Political Organizations |
3 |
| Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing |
1 |
| Portfolio Management |
3 |
|
Poultry Processing |
1 |
| Private Mail Centers |
1 |
| Professional Employer Organizations |
2 |
| Professional Organizations |
4 |
| Public Relations Agencies |
2 |
| Quick Printing |
2 |
| Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing |
4 |
| Real Estate Credit |
6 |
|
Remediation Services |
1 |
| Repossession Services |
1 |
| Residential Property Managers |
10 |
| Residential Remodelers |
18 |
| Retail Bakeries |
1 |
| Reupholstery and Furniture Repair |
4 |
| Roofing Contractors |
3 |
| Rooming and Boarding Houses |
2 |
|
Sales Financing |
1 |
| Sanitary Paper Product Manufacturing |
1 |
| Sawmills |
1 |
| Secondary Market Financing |
1 |
| Securities Brokerage |
7 |
| Security Guards and Patrol Services |
3 |
| Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing |
1 |
| Shoe Stores |
14 |
|
Sign Manufacturing |
1 |
| Site Preparation Contractors |
10 |
| Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars |
7 |
| Solid Waste Collection |
2 |
| Special Needs Transportation |
2 |
| Sporting Goods Stores |
11 |
| Sports and Recreation Instruction |
1 |
| Steel Wire Drawing |
1 |
|
Tax Preparation Services |
10 |
| Telecommunications Resellers |
1 |
| Telemarketing Bureaus |
4 |
| Television Broadcasting |
1 |
| Temporary Help Services |
8 |
| Testing Laboratories |
1 |
| Tile and Terrazzo Contractors |
3 |
| Tire and Tube Merchant Wholesalers |
3 |
|
Tire Dealers |
8 |
| Tire Retreading |
1 |
| Title Abstract and Settlement Offices |
2 |
| Tobacco Stores |
4 |
| Toilet Preparation Manufacturing |
2 |
| Tradebinding and Related Work |
1 |
| Travel Agencies |
4 |
| Truss Manufacturing |
1 |
|
Used Car Dealers |
18 |
| Used Household and Office Goods Moving |
2 |
| Used Merchandise Stores |
6 |
| Vending Machine Operators |
7 |
| Veterinary Services |
9 |
| Video Tape and Disc Rental |
5 |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Services |
1 |
| Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters |
1 |
|
Web Search Portals |
1 |
| Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers |
26 |
| Window Treatment Stores |
2 |
| Wired Telecommunications Carriers |
11 |
| Women's Clothing Stores |
18 |
| Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing |
1 |
| Wood Preservation |
2 |
Mastering the art of selling is priority one if you want your new North Little Rock business to do well.
Clever sales techniques can transform any business from good to great. Let us help you refine your selling techniques through our many useful sales advice tips.
Good entrepreneurs recognize that they don't know everything.
As an entrepreneur who lives in North Little Rock, Arkansas, you should investigate some of the learning programs at local Arkansas educational institutions. You should also check if there are any networking organizations for North Little Rock entrepreneurs.
Most new North Little Rock businesses underestimate the number of challenges they will face.
If you choose the right business and love what you do, you will greatly increase your odds of success.
This site is all about helping entrepreneurs in North Little Rock and elsewhere to achieve real success. We believe entrepreneurship is an amazing engine for job creation in North Little Rock, neighborhood development and overall economic health.
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