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Starting a Business in Perryville, Missouri

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

Perryville, Missouri Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
3700
5-9 Employees
1320
10-19 Employees
795
20-49 Employees
540
50-99 Employees
180
100-249 Employees
165
250-499 Employees
45
500-999 Employees
0
1000+ Employees
15
All Perryville Businesses
6760

As a new Perryville entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Perryville 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
Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
1
Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores
3
Beauty Salons
2
Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing
1
Business Associations
1
Cafeterias
1
Car Washes
1
Child Day Care Services
9
Children's and Infants' Clothing Stores
1
Civic and Social Organizations
7
Commercial Lithographic Printing
2
Commercial Photography
1
Computer and Software Stores
1
Computer Systems Design Services
1
Consumer Lending
3
Continuing Care Retirement Communities
1
Convenience Stores
1
Copper Wire (except Mechanical) Drawing
1
Direct Title Insurance Carriers
1
Drafting Services
1
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)
3
Electric Power Distribution
1
Electrical Contractors
4
Emergency and Other Relief Services
1
Engineering Services
1
Family Clothing Stores
1
Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
1
Finish Carpentry Contractors
2
Floor Covering Stores
1
Florists
3
Food Service Contractors
1
Framing Contractors
4
Freight Transportation Arrangement
1
Full-Service Restaurants
14
Funeral Homes and Funeral Services
1
General Automotive Repair
6
General Freight Trucking, Local
1
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
1
General Rental Centers
1
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores
2
Glass and Glazing Contractors
1
Golf Courses and Country Clubs
1
Hardware Stores
1
Historical Sites
1
Home Centers
2
Home Health Equipment Rental
2
Homes for the Elderly
1
Household Appliance Stores
2
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
11
Jewelry Stores
3
Landscaping Services
6
Limited-Service Restaurants
14
Livestock Merchant Wholesalers
2
Locksmiths
1
Machine Shops
1
Manufactured (Mobile) Home Dealers
1
Meat Markets
1
Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing
1
Motorcycle Dealers
1
New Car Dealers
6
New Housing Operative Builders
2
Newspaper Publishers
2
Nursing Care Facilities
3
Offices of Certified Public Accountants
3
Offices of Chiropractors
4
Offices of Dentists
8
Offices of Lawyers
5
Offices of Optometrists
2
Offices of Other Holding Companies
1
Offices of Real Estate Appraisers
2
Painting and Wall Covering Contractors
3
Payroll Services
1
Pet and Pet Supplies Stores
1
Pharmacies and Drug Stores
2
Photography Studios, Portrait
2
Plastics Bag Manufacturing
2
Plastics Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing
1
Professional Employer Organizations
1
Residential Remodelers
2
Retail Bakeries
1
Reupholstery and Furniture Repair
1
Roofing Contractors
2
Sawmills
2
School and Employee Bus Transportation
1
Siding Contractors
4
Site Preparation Contractors
2
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars
1
Special Needs Transportation
1
Sporting Goods Stores
1
Tax Preparation Services
1
Temporary Help Services
2
Title Abstract and Settlement Offices
1
Tobacco Stores
1
Tradebinding and Related Work
1
Travel Agencies
1
Truss Manufacturing
1
Used Car Dealers
3
Veterinary Services
2
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
2
Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters
1
Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
1
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
1
Women's Clothing Stores
1
Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing
2

What About Buying an Existing Perryville Business?

We've created a useful website page for those who want to Buy a Business in Missouri. Follow that link and you may find several good businesses for sale in Perryville.

If you are serious about buying a business, you may want to read this article: Hold Harmless Agreements When Buying Businesses.

Forming a Company in Perryville, Missouri

It's essential that you are forming a legal entity that operates independently from you. Doing so will insulate 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 Missouri, it doesn't mean you are required to incorporate in Missouri. 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. We recommend you read some of the educational articles about company formation that are availabe on our site, such as ESOP Formation. You may also want to seek the advice of an attorney. Finally, if you are starting a business in Perryville, Missouri, our information on Incorporating in Missouri may be a useful resource if you decide to incorporate in Missouri.

Make Sure You Have a Business Plan

A business plan is critical to the health of your new business. Indeed, 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 Reasons to Write a Business Plan. You should also take advantage of free counseling sessions provided by your local SCORE chapter in Missouri.

Marketing Your New Venture

Whether your goal is to attract Perryville customers or you plan on selling elsewhere, having an excellent marketing plan is fundamental to your business achieving its goals.

You can learn quite a bit about marketing on our site. Customer Loyalty is an article that will generate a few thoughts on your marketing plan. That's just a sampling of the many useful articles we have on Marketing a Small Business.

The Art of Selling

Do you know how to sell? In order to attract customers to your new Perryville business, you need to focus on sales.

Why should customers buy from you instead of buying from competitors? Fortunately, we've got plenty of good advice to help you improve your selling skills.

Closing Sales is a good article to read, one of dozens in the Selling for Entrepreneurs section of our site.

Never Give Up

As an entrepreneur in Perryville, you won't be working for the boss anymore. You are the boss.

From this point on, you control your own destiny.

We are here to help Perryville 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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