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Start a Business in Pilot Point, Texas

Are you starting a business in Pilot Point, Texas? This article discusses the most important things to consider when opening a business in Pilot Point.

Pilot Point, Texas Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
534
5-9 Employees
204
10-19 Employees
138
20-49 Employees
42
50-99 Employees
36
100-249 Employees
12
250-499 Employees
0
500-999 Employees
0
1000+ Employees
0
All Pilot Point Businesses
966

As a new Pilot Point entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Pilot Point 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
Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores
1
Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores
1
Building Inspection Services
1
Business Associations
1
Child Day Care Services
2
Civic and Social Organizations
1
Commercial Screen Printing
1
Document Preparation Services
1
Drilling Oil and Gas Wells
1
Drywall and Insulation Contractors
1
Electric Power Distribution
1
Electrical Contractors
1
Engineering Services
1
Family Clothing Stores
1
Floor Covering Stores
1
Flooring Contractors
1
Florists
1
Framing Contractors
3
Full-Service Restaurants
3
Funeral Homes and Funeral Services
1
Furniture Stores
1
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores
1
Home Health Care Services
3
Ice Manufacturing
1
Industrial Gas Manufacturing
1
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
3
Landscaping Services
5
Limited-Service Restaurants
3
Meat Markets
1
Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers
1
New Car Dealers
1
Newspaper Publishers
2
Nonresidential Property Managers
1
Nursing Care Facilities
2
Offices of Certified Public Accountants
1
Painting and Wall Covering Contractors
1
Pharmacies and Drug Stores
1
Residential Property Managers
1
Roofing Contractors
1
Securities Brokerage
1
Shoe Stores
1
Site Preparation Contractors
1
Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing
1
Sporting Goods Stores
2
Steel Wire Drawing
1
Tile and Terrazzo Contractors
1
Vending Machine Operators
1
Veterinary Services
7
Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
1
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
1
Wood Window and Door Manufacturing
2

What About Buying an Existing Pilot Point Business?

If you have some capital to play with, you may want to Buy a Business in Texas. Follow that link and you might discover several good businesses for sale in Pilot Point.

For anybody who wants to buy a business, we recommend reading this useful article: Hold Harmless Agreements When Buying Businesses.

Selecting a Name For Your Venture

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.

Company names should be fun to say, and they should help people to understand what you do and how you differentiate yourself in the market.

Numerous company naming issues are discussed in more detail in this article: Naming a Business.

There's one other important factor when naming a business. Since you are planning on starting a business in Pilot Point, it's very important that you make sure no other Texas company is using the business name you want to use.

Don't Forget to Create a Business Plan

Having a business plan is critical to the health of your new business. In effect, a business plan is a written description of the future you envision for your business. Not having a business plan makes you more prone to becoming a business failure statistic.

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 Texas.

Getting Money to Start a Business

Getting your Pilot Point business the capital it needs to succeed will be harder than you might expect. If you don't have a rich uncle to fund you, you'll need to be creative in how you approach your fundraising efforts.

To learn about raising money, we recommend you read the fundraising articles on our site, such as Business Incubators.

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

Marketing Your New Business

To grow your Pilot Point business, having an excellent marketing plan is fundamental to your doing well.

There are myriad resources on this site to help you with your marketing plan. Media Kits is a good read to get your marketing juices flowing. That's just a taste of the many useful articles we have on Marketing a Small Business.

Moving Forward

You have a dream -- starting a business in Pilot Point. To achieve your dream, you have to persevere, even when the odds are against you.

From this point on, you control your own destiny.

We are here to help Pilot Point businesses to be successful. We believe entrepreneurship is an amazing engine for job creation in Pilot Point, neighborhood development and overall economic health.

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