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Open a Business in Edison, New Jersey

Need help starting a business in Edison, New Jersey? We've got the information you need to open a business in Edison.

Which Business to Choose?

An important decision is what kind of business you want to start. To help you decide on a business type, we encourage you to read Business Ideas That Don't Make Sense.

If you still are not sure what type of business to start, peruse the Good Businesses to Start section of our site. For example, you might be interested in our Opening a Candles & Candle Equipment & Supplies Business guide or our How to Start a Mental Health Clinics Business guide.

Don't forget that you are starting a business in Edison. Some businesses will do better in Edison than others. A critical consideration is whether Edison demographics mesh well with your startup concept.

Edison, New Jersey Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
31055
5-9 Employees
8730
10-19 Employees
6180
20-49 Employees
5820
50-99 Employees
2295
100-249 Employees
1500
250-499 Employees
375
500-999 Employees
195
1000+ Employees
75
All Edison Businesses
56225

As a new Edison entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Edison 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
Aluminum Foundries (except Die-Casting)
1
Appliance Repair and Maintenance
3
Apprenticeship Training
1
Architectural Services
3
Art Dealers
3
Automobile Driving Schools
7
Automotive Exhaust System Repair
1
Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores
8
Automotive Transmission Repair
3
Baked Goods Stores
6
Barber Shops
4
Beauty Salons
41
Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers
1
Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores
8
Blood and Organ Banks
1
Book Stores
5
Bowling Centers
1
Broadwoven Fabric Finishing Mills
2
Building Inspection Services
1
Business Associations
10
Business to Business Electronic Markets
1
Cafeterias
1
Car Washes
4
Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services
1
Caterers
5
Charter Bus Industry
2
Cheese Manufacturing
1
Child and Youth Services
3
Children's and Infants' Clothing Stores
6
Civic and Social Organizations
4
Claims Adjusting
1
Clay Refractory Manufacturing
1
Clothing Accessories Stores
4
Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners
7
Collection Agencies
5
Commercial Lithographic Printing
2
Commercial Screen Printing
1
Commodity Contracts Dealing
1
Computer and Software Stores
17
Computer Facilities Management Services
10
Computer Systems Design Services
134
Computer Terminal Manufacturing
1
Confectionery and Nut Stores
4
Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers
2
Consumer Lending
3
Continuing Care Retirement Communities
2
Convenience Stores
27
Convention and Trade Show Organizers
2
Couriers
8
Curtain and Drapery Mills
2
Custom Computer Programming Services
261
Dental Laboratories
3
Diagnostic Imaging Centers
7
Diet and Weight Reducing Centers
4
Digital Printing
1
Direct Life Insurance Carriers
8
Directory and Mailing List Publishers
2
Discount Department Stores
1
Document Preparation Services
5
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)
10
Drywall and Insulation Contractors
8
Educational Support Services
4
Electric Power Distribution
2
Electronic Connector Manufacturing
1
Electronic Resistor Manufacturing
1
Electronic Shopping
1
Elementary and Secondary Schools
5
Employment Placement Agencies
6
Engineering Services
31
Environmental Consulting Services
4
Exterminating and Pest Control Services
3
Facilities Support Services
4
Family Clothing Stores
14
Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
2
Fine Arts Schools
5
Finish Carpentry Contractors
10
Fish and Seafood Markets
1
Floor Covering Stores
10
Flooring Contractors
5
Florists
8
Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing
2
Food (Health) Supplement Stores
4
Food Service Contractors
21
Footwear Merchant Wholesalers
4
Framing Contractors
1
Freight Transportation Arrangement
22
Fruit and Vegetable Markets
4
Full-Service Restaurants
54
Funeral Homes and Funeral Services
1
Fur and Leather Apparel Manufacturing
1
Furniture Merchant Wholesalers
11
General Automotive Repair
20
General Freight Trucking, Local
29
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
1
General Warehousing and Storage
30
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores
16
Glass and Glazing Contractors
2
Golf Courses and Country Clubs
3
Graphic Design Services
6
Gypsum Product Manufacturing
1
Hardware Merchant Wholesalers
5
Hardware Stores
1
Hazardous Waste Collection
1
Heating Oil Dealers
2
Hobby, Toy, and Game Stores
4
Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers
13
Home Health Care Services
5
Home Health Equipment Rental
2
Homes for the Elderly
1
Household Appliance Stores
8
Human Rights Organizations
2
Industrial Launderers
1
Institutional Furniture Manufacturing
1
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
27
Interior Design Services
4
Internet Service Providers
3
Investigation Services
1
Investment Advice
11
Janitorial Services
18
Junior Colleges
1
Kidney Dialysis Centers
1
Land Subdivision
4
Landscape Architectural Services
2
Landscaping Services
26
Lessors of Other Real Estate Property
1
Libraries and Archives
1
Limousine Service
6
Linen Supply
1
Local Messengers and Local Delivery
5
Locksmiths
2
Luggage and Leather Goods Stores
3
Machine Shops
3
Mail-Order Houses
6
Marine Cargo Handling
2
Marketing Consulting Services
23
Masonry Contractors
8
Meat Markets
4
Media Buying Agencies
1
Media Representatives
2
Medical Laboratories
4
Men's Clothing Stores
6
Metal Can Manufacturing
1
Metal Stamping
2
Miscellaneous Intermediation
1
Mobile Food Services
2
Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers
3
Motion Picture and Video Production
3
Musical Groups and Artists
1
Musical Instrument and Supplies Stores
3
Musical Instrument Manufacturing
1
Nail Salons
12
Natural Gas Distribution
1
Natural Gas Liquid Extraction
1
New Car Dealers
10
News Dealers and Newsstands
3
News Syndicates
1
Newspaper Publishers
2
Nonresidential Property Managers
5
Nursing Care Facilities
3
Office Administrative Services
15
Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
4
Offices of Certified Public Accountants
25
Offices of Chiropractors
10
Offices of Dentists
60
Offices of Lawyers
66
Offices of Optometrists
5
Offices of Other Holding Companies
5
Offices of Podiatrists
5
One-Hour Photofinishing
1
Optical Goods Stores
9
Outdoor Power Equipment Stores
1
Packaging and Labeling Services
5
Packaging Machinery Manufacturing
1
Packing and Crating
2
Paging
1
Painting and Wall Covering Contractors
11
Paperboard Mills
1
Passenger Car Rental
5
Payroll Services
4
Periodical Publishers
2
Pet and Pet Supplies Stores
3
Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services
1
Photography Studios, Portrait
7
Plastics Bag Manufacturing
2
Plastics Bottle Manufacturing
1
Plate Work Manufacturing
1
Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing
1
Portfolio Management
7
Private Mail Centers
2
Professional Organizations
3
Quick Printing
5
Real Estate Credit
18
Real Estate Investment Trusts
1
Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage
2
Reinsurance Carriers
1
Remediation Services
2
Residential Property Managers
4
Residential Remodelers
21
Retail Bakeries
3
Reupholstery and Furniture Repair
1
Roofing Contractors
2
Sales Financing
2
Savings Institutions
12
Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation
1
School and Employee Bus Transportation
3
Securities and Commodity Exchanges
1
Securities Brokerage
11
Security Guards and Patrol Services
2
Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing
1
Shoe Stores
26
Sign Manufacturing
1
Site Preparation Contractors
5
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars
22
Software Publishers
12
Solid Waste Collection
2
Sound Recording Studios
2
Special Needs Transportation
1
Sports and Recreation Instruction
7
Tax Preparation Services
13
Taxi Service
1
Telecommunications Resellers
1
Telemarketing Bureaus
1
Television Broadcasting
1
Temporary Help Services
34
Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters
1
Tile and Terrazzo Contractors
2
Tire and Tube Merchant Wholesalers
2
Tire Dealers
4
Title Abstract and Settlement Offices
2
Tobacco Stores
1
Toilet Preparation Manufacturing
2
Travel Agencies
13
Used Car Dealers
2
Used Household and Office Goods Moving
5
Vending Machine Operators
1
Veterinary Services
4
Video Tape and Disc Rental
2
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
4
Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters
2
Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
2
Web Search Portals
2
Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers
37
Window Treatment Stores
1
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
15
Women's Clothing Stores
25

Naming the Business

Making the right decision when choosing a company name is very important. There are many decisions you'll make now that you can change later, but changing a company name years down the road is not very easy. So, choose a good company name at the outset.

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

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 opening a business in Edison, it's critical that you ensure that your company name has not already been claimed by another New Jersey business.

Forming a Company in Edison, New Jersey

It's very important that you form your business as a legal structure. Doing so will separate you from personal liability for business debts and obligations.

When forming a company, you will choose from many company types, such as a corporation, LLC, sole proprietorship, partnership or other structure.

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 New Jersey, you don't necessarily have to incorporate in New Jersey. In fact, you can incorporate in the state of your choosing. For example, it's very popular to incorporate in Delaware, and incorporating in Nevada has become very trendy as well. Don't forget, though, that you will have to register as a foreign entity in all states that you do business in.

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 attorney. On a final note, since you will be starting a business in Edison, New Jersey, our web page covering Incorporating in New Jersey may be a useful resource if you decide to incorporate in New Jersey.

Don't Skip the Business Plan

A business plan is critical in maximizing the prospects of your new company. Simply put, a business plan is a written description of the future you envision for your business. Starting a business without a business plan is a recipe for disaster.

To learn more about business plans, read Expert Advice on Business Plans. You should also take advantage of face-to-face free consulting available from your local SCORE chapter in New Jersey.

Marketing Your New Company

To grow your Edison business, you need a great marketing plan.

There are myriad resources on this site to help you with your marketing plan. Yellow Pages Advertising Advice is an article that will stimulate a few thoughts on your marketing plan. That's just a taste of the many useful articles we have on Marketing a Small Business.

Now It's Up To You

As an entrepreneur in Edison, 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 Edison businesses to be successful. We believe entrepreneurship is an amazing engine for job creation in Edison, neighborhood development and overall economic health.

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