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Start a Business in Liberal, Kansas

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

Liberal, Kansas Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
1906
5-9 Employees
906
10-19 Employees
474
20-49 Employees
312
50-99 Employees
48
100-249 Employees
24
250-499 Employees
12
500-999 Employees
0
1000+ Employees
6
All Liberal Businesses
3688

As a new Liberal entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Liberal 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 Glass Replacement Shops
1
Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores
9
Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores
7
Bowling Centers
1
Business Associations
5
Cable and Other Program Distribution
1
Cafeterias
1
Car Washes
3
Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services
2
Child Day Care Services
4
Civic and Social Organizations
3
Claims Adjusting
1
Clothing Accessories Stores
1
Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners
1
Collection Agencies
1
Community Food Services
1
Consumer Lending
1
Credit Unions
1
Drilling Oil and Gas Wells
1
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)
1
Drywall and Insulation Contractors
1
Electric Power Distribution
2
Electrical Contractors
2
Elementary and Secondary Schools
1
Engineering Services
3
Exterminating and Pest Control Services
1
Facilities Support Services
1
Family Clothing Stores
5
Family Planning Centers
1
Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
1
Finish Carpentry Contractors
1
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
1
Floor Covering Stores
1
Florists
1
Food Service Contractors
3
Footwear and Leather Goods Repair
1
Framing Contractors
2
Full-Service Restaurants
20
Funeral Homes and Funeral Services
1
Furniture Stores
6
General Automotive Repair
7
General Freight Trucking, Local
8
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
1
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores
1
Grantmaking Foundations
2
Hardware Stores
3
Home Health Care Services
1
Home Health Equipment Rental
1
Homes for the Elderly
1
Household Appliance Stores
2
Industrial Gas Manufacturing
1
Internet Service Providers
1
Janitorial Services
8
Jewelry Stores
3
Kidney Dialysis Centers
1
Landscaping Services
2
Lessors of Other Real Estate Property
1
Limited-Service Restaurants
15
Manufactured (Mobile) Home Dealers
2
Masonry Contractors
2
Medical Laboratories
1
Miscellaneous Intermediation
1
Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers
1
Motorcycle Dealers
3
Museums
2
Natural Gas Distribution
1
Natural Gas Liquid Extraction
1
New Car Dealers
5
Newspaper Publishers
2
Nonresidential Property Managers
2
Nursing Care Facilities
2
Office Supplies and Stationery Stores
2
Offices of Chiropractors
3
Offices of Dentists
6
Offices of Lawyers
11
Offices of Optometrists
4
Offices of Real Estate Appraisers
2
Optical Goods Stores
1
Packing and Crating
1
Painting and Wall Covering Contractors
3
Pet and Pet Supplies Stores
2
Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals
4
Pharmacies and Drug Stores
2
Photography Studios, Portrait
2
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas
6
Radio Stations
3
Roofing Contractors
2
Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation
1
Securities Brokerage
4
Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing
1
Shoe Stores
3
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars
1
Sporting Goods Stores
2
Tax Preparation Services
1
Temporary Help Services
1
Temporary Shelters
2
Tire Dealers
6
Title Abstract and Settlement Offices
1
Tobacco Stores
1
Tortilla Manufacturing
1
Veterinary Services
2
Video Tape and Disc Rental
4
Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters
1
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
4
Women's Clothing Stores
2

Naming the Company

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

To get up to speed on what makes for a good company name, we encourage you to read this useful article: Branding Advice.

There's one other important factor when naming a business. Since you are opening a business in Liberal, it's very important that you make sure no other Kansas company is using the business name you want to use.

Forming a Company in Liberal, Kansas

It's essential that you choose the right legal structure for your new entity. The principal advantage of forming your new business as a legal entity is that it separates your business liabilities from your personal liabilities.

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 Kansas, it doesn't mean you are required to incorporate in Kansas. 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 Corporate Formalities. You should also consider getting professional assistance from your business lawyer. Finally, if you are starting a business in Liberal, Kansas, our information on Incorporating in Kansas may be a useful resource if you decide to incorporate in Kansas.

Make Sure You Have a Business Plan

Writing a business plan is critical in maximizing the prospects of your new company. Indeed, your business plan is your game plan for how you hope to grow your business. Not having a business plan will greatly reduce your chances of business success.

To learn more about business plans, read Business Plan Contests. You can also get face-to-face free consulting available from your local SCORE chapter in Kansas.

Startup Financing Basics

Getting your Liberal 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.

Fortunately, this site contains dozens of articles on raising money, including one we recommend entitled Bank Credit Lines.

For Liberal entrepreneurs who need startup capital, check out our List of Kansas Angel Investors and our List of Kansas Venture Capital Firms.

Marketing Your New Business

Whether your goal is to attract Liberal customers or you plan on selling elsewhere, you'll need to have a good marketing plan.

We have some great resources on this site for entrepreneurs who are working on marketing plans. Radio Ads is a good read to get your marketing thoughts flowing. There are many more articles on marketing on our site. Visit our Small Business Marketing resource section to see them all.

What's Next?

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

From this point on, you control your own destiny.

Our goal here is to promote the vitality and growth of small businesses in Liberal and throughout the United States . We believe entrepreneurship is an amazing engine for job creation in Liberal, neighborhood development and overall economic health.

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