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Opening a Business in Chino, California

Contemplating starting a business in Chino, California? We walk you through the process of opening a business in Chino.

Chino, California Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
2932
5-9 Employees
1161
10-19 Employees
984
20-49 Employees
786
50-99 Employees
267
100-249 Employees
171
250-499 Employees
39
500-999 Employees
9
1000+ Employees
3
All Chino Businesses
6352

As a new Chino entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Chino 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
1
Air and Gas Compressor Manufacturing
1
Aluminum Extruded Product Manufacturing
1
Ambulance Services
1
Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
1
Automotive Exhaust System Repair
2
Automotive Glass Replacement Shops
1
Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores
11
Automotive Transmission Repair
2
Baked Goods Stores
3
Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing
1
Beauty Salons
14
Book Publishers
1
Book Stores
2
Broadwoven Fabric Finishing Mills
1
Building Inspection Services
1
Business Associations
3
Business to Business Electronic Markets
1
Cable and Other Program Distribution
1
Car Washes
2
Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services
2
Child and Youth Services
1
Child Day Care Services
12
Civic and Social Organizations
4
Claims Adjusting
1
Clothing Accessories Stores
2
Commercial Flexographic Printing
1
Commercial Lithographic Printing
8
Commercial Photography
1
Commercial Screen Printing
4
Community Food Services
1
Computer and Software Stores
2
Computer Systems Design Services
4
Confectionery and Nut Stores
1
Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers
1
Consumer Lending
4
Convenience Stores
4
Convention and Trade Show Organizers
3
Convention and Visitors Bureaus
1
Cookie and Cracker Manufacturing
1
Couriers
1
Credit Unions
2
Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins
2
Custom Computer Programming Services
5
Custom Roll Forming
1
Cut Stock, Resawing Lumber, and Planing
1
Deep Sea Freight Transportation
1
Digital Printing
1
Direct Mail Advertising
1
Directory and Mailing List Publishers
2
Discount Department Stores
4
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)
4
Dry Pasta Manufacturing
1
Drywall and Insulation Contractors
12
Electrical Contractors
26
Electronic Connector Manufacturing
1
Elementary and Secondary Schools
4
Employment Placement Agencies
4
Engineering Services
12
Environmental Consulting Services
3
Exam Preparation and Tutoring
3
Facilities Support Services
1
Family Clothing Stores
11
Farm Product Warehousing and Storage
1
Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
14
Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing
2
Fine Arts Schools
2
Finish Carpentry Contractors
9
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
4
Flight Training
3
Floor Covering Stores
1
Flooring Contractors
8
Florists
3
Food (Health) Supplement Stores
3
Framing Contractors
3
Full-Service Restaurants
51
Funeral Homes and Funeral Services
2
Furniture Merchant Wholesalers
5
Furniture Stores
10
General Automotive Repair
28
General Freight Trucking, Local
25
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
1
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores
8
Glass and Glazing Contractors
5
Golf Courses and Country Clubs
1
Grantmaking Foundations
2
Graphic Design Services
2
Hand and Edge Tool Manufacturing
1
Hardware Manufacturing
1
Hardware Stores
2
Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing
1
Hobby, Toy, and Game Stores
1
Home Centers
2
Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers
4
Home Health Care Services
4
Household Appliance Stores
1
Institutional Furniture Manufacturing
1
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
23
Interior Design Services
2
Investigation Services
1
Investment Advice
1
Iron and Steel Mills
1
Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing
1
Jewelry Stores
2
Junior Colleges
1
Kidney Dialysis Centers
1
Land Subdivision
2
Landscaping Services
23
Lessors of Other Real Estate Property
2
Libraries and Archives
1
Limousine Service
1
Linen Supply
1
Local Messengers and Local Delivery
1
Locksmiths
2
Logging
1
Machine Shops
22
Mail-Order Houses
3
Marketing Consulting Services
3
Masonry Contractors
11
Meat Markets
2
Meat Processed from Carcasses
2
Media Representatives
1
Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing
1
Men's Clothing Stores
2
Metal Stamping
1
Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing
2
Metal Window and Door Manufacturing
3
Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers
10
Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing
2
Motor Vehicle Towing
3
Motorcycle Dealers
3
Musical Instrument and Supplies Stores
2
Nail Salons
7
Natural Gas Distribution
1
New Car Dealers
3
New Housing Operative Builders
1
Newspaper Publishers
1
Nonresidential Property Managers
3
Office Administrative Services
6
Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
1
Office Supplies and Stationery Stores
2
Offices of Certified Public Accountants
11
Offices of Chiropractors
6
Offices of Dentists
32
Offices of Lawyers
14
Offices of Podiatrists
1
Offices of Real Estate Appraisers
6
One-Hour Photofinishing
3
Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers
1
Packaging and Labeling Services
6
Packaging Machinery Manufacturing
1
Packing and Crating
1
Paint and Wallpaper Stores
1
Painting and Wall Covering Contractors
9
Payroll Services
1
Periodical Publishers
2
Pet and Pet Supplies Stores
3
Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services
5
Pharmacies and Drug Stores
9
Plastics Bag Manufacturing
1
Plastics Bottle Manufacturing
1
Plastics Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing
2
Plate Work Manufacturing
1
Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing
2
Portfolio Management
2
Precision Turned Product Manufacturing
5
Professional Employer Organizations
1
Quick Printing
2
Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing
1
Real Estate Credit
11
Recreational Vehicle Dealers
1
Remediation Services
1
Residential Property Managers
6
Retail Bakeries
3
Roofing Contractors
5
Rooming and Boarding Houses
1
Savings Institutions
5
Securities Brokerage
1
Security Guards and Patrol Services
2
Septic Tank and Related Services
1
Shoe Stores
11
Sign Manufacturing
4
Site Preparation Contractors
10
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars
13
Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing
3
Soft Drink Manufacturing
1
Solid Waste Collection
1
Sports and Recreation Instruction
1
Spring (Light Gauge) Manufacturing
1
Steel Foundries (except Investment)
1
Steel Investment Foundries
1
Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing
1
Tax Preparation Services
10
Telemarketing Bureaus
1
Temporary Help Services
11
Testing Laboratories
4
Tile and Terrazzo Contractors
5
Tire and Tube Merchant Wholesalers
2
Tire Dealers
6
Tradebinding and Related Work
2
Travel Agencies
1
Truss Manufacturing
2
Used Car Dealers
1
Used Household and Office Goods Moving
3
Used Merchandise Stores
1
Vending Machine Operators
2
Veterinary Services
11
Video Tape and Disc Rental
7
Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers
29
Window Treatment Stores
1
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
5
Women's Clothing Stores
4
Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing
1
Wood Window and Door Manufacturing
2

Have You Considered Franchising?

Visit the business district of Chino and you may be surprised to see how many franchises there are in the area. Would going with a franchise be a good idea for you?

Our recommendation is that you investigate buying a franchise. We have many articles on franchises, such as The Disadvantages of Franchise Ownership. Gain a solid understanding of franchising by scanning all of our Articles on Franchising.

A comprehensive list of franchisors is available via our List of Franchise Opportunities.

Sample franchise opportunities include Nextwave Computers and ABC Tutors In Home Tutoring. Alternatively, you can browse franchise categories, such as Home Repair Franchises and Miscellaneous Franchises.

Note on Chino Franchise Opportunities: You will need to contact franchisors directly to see if their franchises are available in Chino.

Don't Forget to Create a Business Plan

Having a business plan is essential to the health of your new business. Indeed, 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.

If you want more information on writing business plans, we recommend reading Business Plan Contests. A great resource for business planning assistance is the face-to-face free consulting available from your local SCORE chapter in California.

Raising Money for Your New Venture

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

The good news is this site contains dozens of articles on raising money, including one we recommend entitled SBIR Funding.

For Chino entrepreneurs with great ambition but a shortage of investment capital, you'll want to take a look at our List of California Angel Investors and our List of California Venture Capital Firms.

Marketing Your New Venture

To rise above the crowd in Chino and build your business, you'll need to have a good marketing plan.

You can learn quite a bit about marketing on our site. Point-of-Sale Displays discusses marketing strategy and tactical marketing in a way that should get you thinking about how to creatively promote your business. There are many more articles on marketing on our site. Visit our Small Business Marketing resource section to see them all.

Learning More About Entrepreneurship

The best business owners recognize that what they know now may not be enough to ensure their future success.

As an entrepreneur who lives in Chino, California, you will want to take advantage of the learning programs at local California educational institutions. It's also beneficial to see if there are any Chino networking organizations.

Moving Forward

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

Owning your own business will be a daunting task, but you can do it.

This site is all about helping entrepreneurs in Chino and elsewhere to achieve real success. We believe entrepreneurship is an amazing engine for job creation in Chino, neighborhood development and overall economic health.

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