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Start a Business in Webb City, Missouri

Are you starting a business in Webb City, Missouri? This article discusses the most important things to consider when opening a business in Webb City.

Is Becoming a Business Owner Right for You?

Running your own business is difficult, much harder than working as an employee. Are you certain you have the stamina and skills to succeed on your own?

Here are three things we recommend you do before you fully commit to starting a new business of your own.

  • Reach out to other entrepreneurs in Webb City. Get their take on what it's really like to be an entrepreneur.
  • Peruse Should You Become an Entrepreneur?. This is one of our more popular articles for folks who want to go into business for themselves.
  • Have a candid conversation with friends and family. That's the best way to get a truly objective assessment as to whether others think you have what it takes.

Choosing the Right Company to Start

Choosing a business that is right for you is very important. To help you decide on a business type, we encourage you to read Finding Your Niche in Life.

For step-by-step instructions on starting a variety of business types, visit the Good Businesses to Start section of our site. For example, you might be interested in our Opening a Factories & Warehouses Real Estate Business guide or our How to Start a Steel Distributors & Service Centers Business guide.

Remember that you are opening your new business in Webb City. Some businesses will do better in Webb City than others. Study Webb City demographics and do a competitive analysis as part of your startup planning process.

Webb City, Missouri Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
834
5-9 Employees
318
10-19 Employees
174
20-49 Employees
96
50-99 Employees
24
100-249 Employees
0
250-499 Employees
12
500-999 Employees
0
1000+ Employees
0
All Webb City Businesses
1458

As a new Webb City entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Webb City 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
Appliance Repair and Maintenance
1
Automotive Exhaust System Repair
2
Automotive Glass Replacement Shops
1
Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores
2
Beauty Salons
1
Burial Casket Manufacturing
1
Car Washes
1
Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services
2
Cemeteries and Crematories
1
Child Day Care Services
3
Civic and Social Organizations
2
Commercial Screen Printing
1
Consumer Lending
1
Dental Laboratories
1
Diagnostic Imaging Centers
1
Drywall and Insulation Contractors
2
Engineering Services
1
Exterminating and Pest Control Services
1
Finish Carpentry Contractors
1
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
1
Flooring Contractors
2
Florists
3
Framing Contractors
2
Freight Transportation Arrangement
1
Full-Service Restaurants
9
Furniture Merchant Wholesalers
1
General Automotive Repair
2
General Freight Trucking, Local
3
General Rental Centers
2
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores
1
Graphic Design Services
1
Hand and Edge Tool Manufacturing
1
Homes for the Elderly
1
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
6
Janitorial Services
1
Landscape Architectural Services
1
Landscaping Services
2
Limited-Service Restaurants
10
Machine Shops
6
Newspaper Publishers
1
Nursing Care Facilities
1
Offices of Certified Public Accountants
1
Offices of Chiropractors
1
Offices of Dentists
2
Offices of Lawyers
4
Offices of Optometrists
1
Painting and Wall Covering Contractors
5
Pharmacies and Drug Stores
4
Photography Studios, Portrait
1
Private Mail Centers
1
Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing
1
Residential Remodelers
1
Retail Bakeries
1
Siding Contractors
1
Site Preparation Contractors
1
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars
2
Sporting Goods Stores
1
Tax Preparation Services
2
Used Car Dealers
2
Vending Machine Operators
1
Video Tape and Disc Rental
1
Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters
1
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
1

Forming a Company in Webb City, Missouri

It's very important that you form your business as a legal structure. Among other things, forming a legal entity for the business limits your liabilities.

When forming a company, you will pick from many company types, such as 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, you don't necessarily have to incorporate in Missouri. As it turns out, 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 Avoiding Personal Liability in Business. You should also consider getting professional assistance from your business lawyer. On a final note, since you will be starting a business in Webb City, Missouri, our web page covering Incorporating in Missouri may be a useful resource if you decide to incorporate in Missouri.

Raising Capital for Your Venture

Raising money to fund your new Webb City business is very difficult due to the ongoing business credit crunch. To obtain business financing, you will need to hear a lot of rejections before you finally find a funding solution that works for you.

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

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

Building Up Your Sales

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

Why should customers buy from you instead of buying from competitors? The good news is we can help you to make selling a big competitve advantage for your new firm.

Selling Stuff on the Web offers some helpful tips on how to sell. It's one of several good articles on our site regarding Entrepreneurial Selling.

Moving Forward

As an entrepreneur in Webb City, 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 Webb City 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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