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

New Brunswick, New Jersey Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
1790
5-9 Employees
675
10-19 Employees
363
20-49 Employees
342
50-99 Employees
93
100-249 Employees
54
250-499 Employees
12
500-999 Employees
6
1000+ Employees
18
All New Brunswick Businesses
3353

As a new New Brunswick entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in New Brunswick 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
2
Air and Gas Compressor Manufacturing
1
Appliance Repair and Maintenance
1
Architectural Services
2
Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores
5
Automotive Transmission Repair
2
Baked Goods Stores
1
Barber Shops
1
Beauty Salons
19
Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores
11
Blood and Organ Banks
1
Business Associations
1
Cafeterias
4
Camera and Photographic Supplies Stores
2
Car Washes
2
Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services
1
Cemeteries and Crematories
1
Child and Youth Services
1
Civic and Social Organizations
7
Claims Adjusting
1
Clothing Accessories Stores
1
Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners
6
Commercial Lithographic Printing
3
Commercial Photography
1
Commercial Screen Printing
1
Computer and Software Stores
2
Computer Systems Design Services
5
Convenience Stores
8
Credit Unions
7
Custom Computer Programming Services
6
Deep Sea Freight Transportation
1
Diagnostic Imaging Centers
6
Document Preparation Services
3
Doll and Stuffed Toy Manufacturing
1
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)
22
Drywall and Insulation Contractors
4
Educational Support Services
2
Electric Power Distribution
1
Electrical Contractors
3
Employment Placement Agencies
3
Engineering Services
5
Envelope Manufacturing
1
Environmental Consulting Services
3
Exam Preparation and Tutoring
3
Fabric Coating Mills
1
Family Clothing Stores
3
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
1
Floor Covering Stores
2
Flooring Contractors
2
Florists
7
Food (Health) Supplement Stores
2
Food Service Contractors
10
Formal Wear and Costume Rental
1
Fruit and Vegetable Canning
1
Fruit and Vegetable Markets
1
Full-Service Restaurants
33
Funeral Homes and Funeral Services
5
Furniture Stores
5
General Automotive Repair
15
General Freight Trucking, Local
2
General Warehousing and Storage
2
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores
4
Grantmaking Foundations
8
Graphic Design Services
1
Hardware Merchant Wholesalers
2
Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers
2
Home Health Care Services
4
Household Appliance Stores
1
Human Rights Organizations
3
Institutional Furniture Manufacturing
1
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
9
Internet Publishing and Broadcasting
1
Interurban and Rural Bus Transportation
1
Janitorial Services
6
Kidney Dialysis Centers
2
Land Subdivision
1
Landscape Architectural Services
2
Landscaping Services
6
Lessors of Other Real Estate Property
2
Limited-Service Restaurants
49
Limousine Service
2
Marketing Consulting Services
3
Mattress Manufacturing
1
Meat Markets
2
Media Representatives
1
Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing
1
Men's Clothing Stores
1
Metal Household Furniture Manufacturing
1
Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers
1
Motion Picture and Video Production
1
Museums
2
Musical Instrument Manufacturing
1
Nail Salons
3
Narrow Fabric Mills
1
New Car Dealers
1
Newspaper Publishers
1
Nonresidential Property Managers
2
Nursing Care Facilities
2
Office Administrative Services
5
Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
2
Offices of Certified Public Accountants
6
Offices of Chiropractors
6
Offices of Lawyers
80
Offices of Optometrists
2
One-Hour Photofinishing
2
Optical Goods Stores
2
Packaging and Labeling Services
2
Packaging Machinery Manufacturing
2
Paint and Coating Manufacturing
1
Parking Lots and Garages
8
Petrochemical Manufacturing
1
Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals
1
Pharmacies and Drug Stores
7
Photography Studios, Portrait
1
Political Organizations
1
Professional Organizations
3
Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing
1
Real Estate Credit
3
Remediation Services
1
Residential Property Managers
4
Residential Remodelers
5
Retail Bakeries
2
Reupholstery and Furniture Repair
2
Rooming and Boarding Houses
1
Sales Financing
1
Savings Institutions
2
School and Employee Bus Transportation
5
Securities Brokerage
3
Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing
1
Shoe Stores
3
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars
10
Software Publishers
1
Solid Waste Collection
2
Sporting Goods Stores
1
Storage Battery Manufacturing
1
Tax Preparation Services
4
Taxi Service
1
Temporary Help Services
33
Temporary Shelters
1
Testing Laboratories
1
Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters
1
Tile and Terrazzo Contractors
1
Tire and Tube Merchant Wholesalers
1
Tire Dealers
3
Tobacco Stores
1
Toilet Preparation Manufacturing
2
Translation and Interpretation Services
1
Travel Agencies
7
Used Car Dealers
3
Used Household and Office Goods Moving
1
Used Merchandise Stores
1
Video Tape and Disc Rental
1
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
1
Voluntary Health Organizations
2
Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers
5
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
6
Women's Clothing Stores
2
Wood Window and Door Manufacturing
1

Have You Considered Buying an Existing New Brunswick Business?

We've created a handy website page for those who want to Buy a Business in New Jersey. Follow that link and you might discover several good businesses for sale in New Brunswick.

Before buying a business, be sure to read this article: Hold Harmless Agreements When Buying Businesses.

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.

For other considerations regarding naming a company, we recommend this article: Branding Advice.

As a final piece of advice, remember that because you are opening a business in New Brunswick, it's very important that you make sure no other New Jersey company is using the business name you want to use.

Startup Financing Basics

Getting your New Brunswick business the capital it needs to succeed is a difficult chore. In fact, financing your new business may be the hardest challenge you ever face.

To learn about raising money, we recommend you read the fundraising articles on our site, such as Borrowing Money from Friends and Family.

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

Letting the World Know You Exist

To grow your New Brunswick business, you'll need to have a good marketing plan.

You can learn quite a bit about marketing on our site. Newspaper Advertising Costs is a good read to get your marketing thoughts flowing. That's just one of the many useful articles we have on Marketing a Small Business.

Advancing Your Entrepreneurial Skills

The best business owners recognize that they don't know everything.

As an entrepreneur who lives in New Brunswick, New Jersey, you will want to take advantage of the many programs available at nearby New Jersey universities, colleges and community colleges. It's also wise to see if there are any networking organizations for New Brunswick entrepreneurs.

Next Steps

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

If you choose the right business and love what you do, you will greatly increase your odds of success.

This site is all about helping entrepreneurs in New Brunswick and elsewhere to achieve real success. We want to be there for you to answer your business questions, whether you are a new New Brunswick entrepreneur who is just getting started or you are already up and running with your new venture.

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