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Starting a Business in Newark, Delaware

Thinking about starting a business in Newark, Delaware? This step-by-step guide walks you through the major decisions you should consider before opening a new business in Newark.

Newark, Delaware Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
44650
5-9 Employees
17570
10-19 Employees
13320
20-49 Employees
10140
50-99 Employees
3990
100-249 Employees
2130
250-499 Employees
690
500-999 Employees
210
1000+ Employees
180
All Newark Businesses
92880

As a new Newark entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Newark 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
3
Amusement Arcades
1
Architectural Services
2
Armored Car Services
1
Art Dealers
1
Automotive Glass Replacement Shops
1
Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores
9
Baked Goods Stores
3
Barber Shops
3
Beauty Salons
40
Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores
26
Blood and Organ Banks
1
Boat Dealers
3
Book Publishers
2
Books Printing
1
Bowling Centers
1
Broadwoven Fabric Finishing Mills
2
Building Inspection Services
7
Business Associations
6
Cafeterias
2
Camera and Photographic Supplies Stores
4
Car Washes
6
Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services
2
Caterers
5
Cemeteries and Crematories
1
Charter Bus Industry
1
Child and Youth Services
3
Child Day Care Services
34
Civic and Social Organizations
11
Claims Adjusting
1
Clothing Accessories Stores
5
Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners
4
Collection Agencies
2
Commercial Bakeries
1
Commercial Lithographic Printing
5
Commercial Screen Printing
1
Commodity Contracts Brokerage
1
Commodity Contracts Dealing
1
Community Food Services
2
Computer and Software Stores
5
Computer Facilities Management Services
11
Computer Systems Design Services
36
Confectionery and Nut Stores
3
Consumer Lending
7
Continuing Care Retirement Communities
3
Convenience Stores
13
Convention and Trade Show Organizers
3
Cosmetology and Barber Schools
2
Couriers
7
Credit Card Issuing
4
Credit Unions
7
Custom Computer Programming Services
68
Deep Sea Passenger Transportation
1
Dental Laboratories
3
Diagnostic Imaging Centers
4
Diet and Weight Reducing Centers
4
Direct Life Insurance Carriers
11
Direct Mail Advertising
3
Discount Department Stores
2
Document Preparation Services
3
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)
9
Drywall and Insulation Contractors
14
Educational Support Services
3
Electrical Contractors
36
Electronic Shopping
3
Elementary and Secondary Schools
7
Employment Placement Agencies
4
Engineering Services
38
Environmental Consulting Services
6
Exam Preparation and Tutoring
4
Facilities Support Services
1
Family Clothing Stores
15
Family Planning Centers
2
Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
3
Fine Arts Schools
7
Finish Carpentry Contractors
10
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
15
Flooring Contractors
18
Florists
9
Food (Health) Supplement Stores
4
Food Service Contractors
24
Footwear and Leather Goods Repair
1
Footwear Merchant Wholesalers
2
Formal Wear and Costume Rental
2
Framing Contractors
6
Freight Transportation Arrangement
6
Fruit and Vegetable Markets
1
Full-Service Restaurants
86
Funeral Homes and Funeral Services
2
Furniture Stores
10
General Automotive Repair
26
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
1
General Rental Centers
1
General Warehousing and Storage
4
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores
17
Golf Courses and Country Clubs
2
Grantmaking Foundations
1
Graphic Design Services
6
Hardware Stores
4
Heating Oil Dealers
3
Hobby, Toy, and Game Stores
11
Home Centers
2
Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers
2
Home Health Care Services
10
Home Health Equipment Rental
2
Household Appliance Stores
2
Industrial Building Construction
1
Industrial Design Services
1
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
41
Interior Design Services
1
International Trade Financing
1
Internet Publishing and Broadcasting
1
Investigation Services
2
Investment Advice
9
Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing
1
Janitorial Services
21
Jewelry Stores
24
Kidney Dialysis Centers
1
Land Subdivision
2
Landscaping Services
25
Lessors of Other Real Estate Property
5
Libraries and Archives
1
Limited-Service Restaurants
95
Limousine Service
3
Local Messengers and Local Delivery
2
Luggage Manufacturing
1
Mail-Order Houses
3
Manufactured (Mobile) Home Dealers
1
Marketing Consulting Services
12
Masonry Contractors
11
Materials Recovery Facilities
1
Meat Markets
1
Medical Laboratories
7
Miscellaneous Intermediation
5
Mobile Food Services
2
Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers
8
Motion Picture and Video Production
4
Motor and Generator Manufacturing
1
Motor Vehicle Towing
1
Motorcycle Dealers
1
Musical Groups and Artists
3
Nail Salons
4
New Car Dealers
11
New Housing Operative Builders
3
News Dealers and Newsstands
7
Newspaper Publishers
3
Nonresidential Property Managers
8
Nursing Care Facilities
4
Office Administrative Services
17
Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
7
Office Supplies and Stationery Stores
9
Offices of Bank Holding Companies
1
Offices of Certified Public Accountants
10
Offices of Chiropractors
11
Offices of Lawyers
20
Offices of Optometrists
6
Offices of Other Holding Companies
16
Offices of Podiatrists
5
Offices of Real Estate Appraisers
10
Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing
1
Optical Goods Stores
6
Packaging and Labeling Services
3
Paging
2
Paint and Wallpaper Stores
5
Painting and Wall Covering Contractors
16
Passenger Car Rental
2
Payroll Services
3
Periodical Publishers
1
Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services
9
Pharmacies and Drug Stores
23
Photography Studios, Portrait
3
Plastics Bottle Manufacturing
2
Political Organizations
1
Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing
1
Portfolio Management
13
Private Mail Centers
4
Professional Employer Organizations
1
Professional Organizations
4
Public Relations Agencies
1
Quick Printing
3
Racetracks
1
Radio Stations
2
Real Estate Credit
15
Real Estate Investment Trusts
1
Residential Property Managers
13
Residential Remodelers
27
Retail Bakeries
3
Reupholstery and Furniture Repair
1
Roofing Contractors
2
Sales Financing
6
Savings Institutions
8
School and Employee Bus Transportation
2
Secondary Market Financing
1
Securities Brokerage
9
Security Guards and Patrol Services
3
Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing
2
Siding Contractors
2
Site Preparation Contractors
13
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars
23
Software Publishers
4
Software Reproducing
1
Solid Waste Collection
3
Sound Recording Studios
1
Sports and Recreation Instruction
11
Tax Preparation Services
7
Telecommunications Resellers
4
Telemarketing Bureaus
2
Telephone Answering Services
2
Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing
1
Temporary Help Services
18
Testing Laboratories
7
Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters
1
Tile and Terrazzo Contractors
4
Tire Dealers
7
Tire Retreading
1
Title Abstract and Settlement Offices
2
Tobacco Stores
4
Travel Agencies
5
Truss Manufacturing
1
Used Car Dealers
1
Used Household and Office Goods Moving
3
Used Merchandise Stores
4
Vending Machine Operators
2
Veterinary Services
7
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
5
Voluntary Health Organizations
3
Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters
2
Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
3
Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers
21
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
14
Women's Clothing Stores
19

Is a Franchise Opportunity Right For You?

As you drive around Newark, you'll notice that many local entrepreneurs have gone the franchising route. Should you be giving franchising serious consideration?

Our recommendation is that you consider franchising as an option. We have many articles on franchises, such as Evaluating Franchise Opportunities. Get a thorough education on franchising by browsing all of our Articles on Franchising.

To learn about specific franchise opportunities, check out our Franchise Directory.

Representative franchise opportunities include Nextaff and Sport Clips. Alternatively, you can browse franchise categories, such as Sports Franchises and Carpet Retail Franchises.

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

Have You Considered Buying an Existing Newark Business?

We've created a helpful website page for those who want to Buy a Business in Delaware. Follow that link and you can review several good businesses for sale in Newark.

If you are serious about buying a business, you may want to read this article: Buying a Business.

Company Formation in Newark, Delaware

It's essential that your business is formed as a legal entity that is separate from its owners. Among other things, forming a legal entity for the business limits your liabilities.

When forming a company, you will choose 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. A key decision is whether to form and S-Corp or a C-Corp, and you also must decide in which state you will incorporate. Just because you are starting a business in Delaware, you don't necessarily have to incorporate in Delaware. In fact, you can incorporate in any state you would like to. However, if you do incorporate in another state, you'll have to register as a foreign corporation in your home state.

There's a lot to know about forming a company. To learn the fundamentals of company formation, browse articles on our site, such as Where to Incorporate. You should also consider getting professional assistance from your business lawyer. On a final note, since you will be starting a business in Newark, Delaware, our web page covering Incorporating in Delaware may be a useful resource if you decide to incorporate in Delaware.

Don't Skip the Business Plan

A business plan is critical in laying a solid foundation for your business success. Indeed, a business plan describes what you plan to do with the business and how you plan to do it. Not having a business plan is a recipe for disaster.

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

Advancing Your Entrepreneurial Skills

Good entrepreneurs know that they don't know everything.

Given that you are starting a business in Newark, Delaware, you should check out some of the learning programs at local Delaware educational institutions. Another way to keep up on your learning is to investigate Newark networking organizations.

Moving Forward

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

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

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

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