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Need help starting a business in Price, Utah? We've got the information you need to open a business in Price.

Price, Utah Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
624
5-9 Employees
306
10-19 Employees
210
20-49 Employees
78
50-99 Employees
39
100-249 Employees
15
250-499 Employees
3
500-999 Employees
0
1000+ Employees
0
All Price Businesses
1275

As a new Price entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Price 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
Automotive Glass Replacement Shops
2
Automotive Transmission Repair
2
Beauty Salons
7
Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores
1
Bituminous Coal Underground Mining
1
Book Stores
1
Burial Casket Manufacturing
1
Car Washes
1
Child Day Care Services
2
Civic and Social Organizations
2
Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners
2
Collection Agencies
1
Commercial Lithographic Printing
1
Commercial Photography
1
Concrete Block and Brick Manufacturing
1
Consumer Lending
3
Couriers
2
Credit Unions
2
Diet and Weight Reducing Centers
1
Direct Life Insurance Carriers
1
Directory and Mailing List Publishers
1
Discount Department Stores
1
Drilling Oil and Gas Wells
1
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)
5
Drywall and Insulation Contractors
1
Electric Power Distribution
2
Electrical Contractors
3
Elementary and Secondary Schools
1
Engineering Services
4
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
3
Flight Training
1
Floor Covering Stores
3
Florists
2
Food (Health) Supplement Stores
1
Framing Contractors
2
Freight Transportation Arrangement
1
Funeral Homes and Funeral Services
2
Furniture Stores
4
General Automotive Repair
6
General Freight Trucking, Local
3
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
1
General Warehousing and Storage
1
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores
3
Home Health Equipment Rental
1
Homes for the Elderly
1
Household Appliance Stores
1
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
9
Investment Advice
1
Janitorial Services
2
Jewelry Stores
1
Lessors of Other Real Estate Property
2
Limited-Service Restaurants
11
Logging
1
Marketing Consulting Services
1
Men's Clothing Stores
1
Motion Picture and Video Production
1
Motor and Generator Manufacturing
1
Nail Salons
1
New Car Dealers
3
Newspaper Publishers
1
Nursing Care Facilities
2
Office Administrative Services
1
Office Supplies and Stationery Stores
2
Offices of Certified Public Accountants
2
Offices of Dentists
11
Offices of Lawyers
12
Offices of Optometrists
3
Offices of Podiatrists
1
Offices of Real Estate Appraisers
1
Paint and Wallpaper Stores
3
Passenger Car Rental
1
Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals
2
Photography Studios, Portrait
1
Private Mail Centers
1
Professional Employer Organizations
1
Professional Organizations
1
Radio Stations
2
Real Estate Credit
1
Residential Property Managers
2
Residential Remodelers
1
Reupholstery and Furniture Repair
1
Savings Institutions
1
Securities Brokerage
1
Shoe Stores
2
Sign Manufacturing
1
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars
2
Sporting Goods Stores
2
Support Activities for Coal Mining
1
Tax Preparation Services
1
Temporary Help Services
3
Testing Laboratories
1
Tire Dealers
5
Travel Agencies
2
Used Car Dealers
3
Veterinary Services
2
Video Tape and Disc Rental
1
Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters
1
Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
2
Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers
2
Women's Clothing Stores
1

Is a Franchise Opportunity Right For You?

Visit the business district of Price and you'll notice that many local entrepreneurs have gone the franchising route. But is franchising the right option for you?

Our advice is to look into purchasing a franchise. We have many articles on franchises, such as Opportunities in International Franchising. Gain a solid understanding of franchising by scanning all of our Articles on Franchising.

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

Representative franchise opportunities include Advanced Sign Centers and House Doctors Handyman Service. Alternatively, you can browse franchise categories, such as Children Arts Programs Franchises and Coffee Shop Franchises.

Note on Price Franchise Opportunities: To find out if a franchise you are interested in is available in Price, you will need to get in direct contact with the franchisor.

Have You Considered Buying an Existing Price Business?

If you have some capital to play with, you may want to Buy a Business in Utah. Follow that link and you can assess several good businesses for sale in Price.

For anybody who wants to buy a business, we recommend reading this useful article: Hold Harmless Agreements When Buying Businesses.

Company Formation in Price, Utah

A critical step is ensuring that your business is formed as a legal entity that is separate from its owners. Doing so will shield you from personal liability for business debts and obligations.

The entity you form can be a traditional C-corporation, a Limited Liability Company (LLC), or an S-corporation.

Incorporating is a very common way to legally create a business entity. Of course, you have to decide which type of corporation to form and where to incorporate. Just because you are starting a business in Utah, it doesn't mean you are required to incorporate in Utah. 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. We recommend you read some of the educational articles about company formation that are availabe on our site, such as Company Formation. You may also want to seek the advice of an attorney. Finally, if you are starting a business in Price, Utah, our information on Incorporating in Utah may be a useful resource if you decide to incorporate in Utah.

Don't Skip the Business Plan

Having a business plan is essential in maximizing the prospects of your new company. Simply put, your business plan is your game plan for how you hope to grow your business. Not having a business plan makes you more prone to becoming a business failure statistic.

Before you start writing a business plan, we suggest you skim Business Plan Contests. You can also get free business counselors available to you through your local SCORE chapter in Utah.

Where to Get Money to Start a Company

Getting your Price business the capital it needs to succeed will be harder than you might expect. In fact, financing your new business may be the hardest challenge you ever face.

Take advantage of our many articles on securing funding, such as Business Incubators.

For Price entrepreneurs who want to raise money for a new venture, check out our List of Utah Angel Investors and our List of Utah Venture Capital Firms.

Bring in Revenues

Being able to sell is a key enabler to your business success. Whether you are focused on selling local customers in Price or are selling to customers throughout Utah, the United States or even the world, you have to be able to sell.

Not knowing how to sell can result in lost customers and minimal market share. Fortunately, we've got plenty of good advice to help you improve your selling skills.

Why Salespeople Fail offers some helpful tips on how to sell. It's one of several good articles on our site regarding Entrepreneurial Selling.

Moving Forward

You have a dream -- starting a business in Price. 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 Price and elsewhere to achieve real success. We have a wealth of experience in business start-ups, financing, marketing, sales and more...and we've made all of our knowledge available to you.

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