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Starting a Business in Quitman, Mississippi

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

What Business to Start

Choosing a business that is right for you is very important. To stir your creative juices on what kind of business to start, take a look at Free Business Ideas.

For in-depth how-to guides on how to start specific businesses, browse our Good Businesses to Start section of our site. For example, you might be interested in our Starting a Perfumes & Colognes Raw Materials & Supplies Business guide or our How to Start a Printed Circuits Stamped & Etched Business guide.

Remember that your new startup will be located in Quitman. The business you want to start may already be well-represented in Quitman. Only by spending some time analyzing Quitman demographics can you decide if there will be strong demand for your business idea.

Quitman, Mississippi Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
1884
5-9 Employees
684
10-19 Employees
216
20-49 Employees
144
50-99 Employees
54
100-249 Employees
72
250-499 Employees
0
500-999 Employees
0
1000+ Employees
0
All Quitman Businesses
3054

As a new Quitman entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Quitman 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
Ambulance Services
1
Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
1
Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores
2
Beauty Salons
1
Broadwoven Fabric Finishing Mills
1
Business Associations
2
Child Day Care Services
2
Commercial Lithographic Printing
1
Construction Sand and Gravel Mining
1
Consumer Lending
2
Credit Unions
1
Electric Power Distribution
2
Elementary and Secondary Schools
1
Family Clothing Stores
1
Full-Service Restaurants
1
Funeral Homes and Funeral Services
1
General Automotive Repair
3
General Freight Trucking, Local
2
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
1
Golf Courses and Country Clubs
1
Home Health Care Services
2
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
7
Internet Service Providers
1
Jewelry Stores
1
Landscaping Services
1
Limited-Service Restaurants
3
Logging
7
Masonry Contractors
2
Medical Laboratories
1
Newspaper Publishers
1
Nursing Care Facilities
1
Offices of Certified Public Accountants
1
Offices of Chiropractors
1
Offices of Dentists
3
Offices of Lawyers
5
Outerwear Knitting Mills
1
Pharmacies and Drug Stores
3
Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing
1
Radio Stations
1
Retail Bakeries
1
Sawmills
2
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars
1
Support Activities for Forestry
2
Tax Preparation Services
1
Timber Tract Operations
1
Tire Dealers
1
Tradebinding and Related Work
1
Veterinary Services
1
Video Tape and Disc Rental
1
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
1
Wood Window and Door Manufacturing
1

Have You Considered Buying an Existing Quitman Business?

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

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

Naming the 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.

Company names need to be easy to spell, easy to pronounce, and easy to remember.

For other considerations regarding naming a company, we recommend this article: Naming a Company.

As a final piece of advice, remember that because you are planning on starting a business in Quitman, it's imperative that you check now that no other Mississippi company is using the business name you want to use.

Forming a Company in Quitman, Mississippi

A critical step is ensuring that you are forming a legal entity that operates independently from you. Doing so will separate 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 Mississippi, it doesn't mean you are required to incorporate in Mississippi. In fact, you can incorporate in the state of your choosing. 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 Incorporating Online. You may also want to seek the advice of an lawyer. Finally, if you are starting a business in Quitman, Mississippi, our information on Incorporating in Mississippi may be a useful resource if you decide to incorporate in Mississippi.

Startup Financing Basics

Getting your Quitman business the capital it needs to succeed is a difficult chore. Bootstrapping, which means growing the business without outside funding, is the best alternative, but that's not a viable option for many startup plans.

Take advantage of our many articles on raising money, such as 504 Loans.

For Quitman entrepreneurs with great ambition but a shortage of investment capital, check out our List of Mississippi Angel Investors and our List of Mississippi Venture Capital Firms.

Building Up Your Sales

Mastering the art of selling is priority one if you want your new Quitman business to do well.

So what does it take to bring in more prospects and close more business? The good news is we can help you to make selling a big competitve advantage for your new firm.

Effective Sales Presentations is worth reading, as it may give you some good ideas on how to sell your products or services. We have many more good articles on selling that you may enjoy reading.

Moving Forward

Most new Quitman businesses underestimate the number of challenges they will face.

From this point on, you control your own destiny.

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

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