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Starting a Business in Sayre, Pennsylvania

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

What Type of Business Should You Start?

An important decision is what kind of business you want to start. You might get some good ideas about what kind of business to start by reading Good Business Ideas.

For in-depth how-to guides on how to start specific businesses, browse our Good Businesses to Start section of our site. For example, you might be interested in our Starting a Boat Transport Business guide or our Opening a Paper Tubes & Cores Business guide.

Don't forget that your new startup will be located in Sayre. The business you want to start may already be well-represented in Sayre. Make sure you fully understand Sayre demographics before you lock in on your business idea.

Sayre, Pennsylvania Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
826
5-9 Employees
342
10-19 Employees
282
20-49 Employees
186
50-99 Employees
42
100-249 Employees
36
250-499 Employees
6
500-999 Employees
6
1000+ Employees
6
All Sayre Businesses
1732

As a new Sayre entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Sayre 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
Ambulance Services
1
Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores
4
Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores
2
Boat Dealers
1
Business Associations
1
Car Washes
1
Child and Youth Services
1
Child Day Care Services
5
Civic and Social Organizations
5
Commercial Bakeries
1
Commercial Flexographic Printing
1
Commercial Lithographic Printing
1
Community Food Services
1
Computer and Software Stores
1
Computer Systems Design Services
1
Confectionery and Nut Stores
1
Consumer Lending
1
Convenience Stores
1
Credit Unions
3
Custom Computer Programming Services
1
Discount Department Stores
2
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)
5
Electric Power Distribution
1
Employment Placement Agencies
1
Engineering Services
2
Finish Carpentry Contractors
1
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
2
Florists
2
Food Service Contractors
1
Fruit and Vegetable Markets
1
Funeral Homes and Funeral Services
1
Furniture Stores
2
General Automotive Repair
6
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
1
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores
1
Heating Oil Dealers
2
Home Centers
1
Homes for the Elderly
1
Household Appliance Stores
1
Industrial Mold Manufacturing
1
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
3
Investigation Services
1
Investment Advice
1
Janitorial Services
2
Junior Colleges
1
Land Subdivision
1
Landscaping Services
2
Libraries and Archives
1
Limited-Service Restaurants
12
Machine Shops
1
Mail-Order Houses
1
Motorcycle Dealers
1
Musical Instrument and Supplies Stores
1
New Car Dealers
5
Newspaper Publishers
1
Nursing Care Facilities
1
Offices of Certified Public Accountants
1
Offices of Chiropractors
3
Offices of Lawyers
4
Offices of Optometrists
1
Offices of Other Holding Companies
1
Optical Goods Stores
1
Packaging Machinery Manufacturing
1
Paint and Wallpaper Stores
1
Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services
1
Photography Studios, Portrait
1
Private Mail Centers
1
Quick Printing
1
Radio Stations
1
Recreational Vehicle Dealers
1
Residential Remodelers
1
Retail Bakeries
1
Security Guards and Patrol Services
1
Shoe Stores
2
Siding Contractors
1
Site Preparation Contractors
2
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars
1
Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing
1
Sporting Goods Stores
1
Temporary Help Services
2
Tire Dealers
2
Tobacco Stores
4
Used Car Dealers
2
Used Merchandise Stores
1
Video Tape and Disc Rental
2
Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
1
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
2
Women's Clothing Stores
2
Wood Window and Door Manufacturing
1

Have You Considered Buying an Existing Sayre Business?

If you have some capital to play with, you may want to Buy a Business in Pennsylvania. Follow that link and you may find several good businesses for sale in Sayre.

For anybody who wants to buy a business, we recommend reading this useful article: How to Buy a Business.

Raising Capital for Your Venture

Getting your Sayre business the capital it needs to succeed is not an easy task. The reality is that there is very little funding available for new small businesses, and you have to explore every possible alternative.

Fortunately, this site contains dozens of articles on raising money, including one we recommend entitled Angel Investors.

For Sayre entrepreneurs on the hunt for startup funding, check out our List of Pennsylvania Angel Investors and our List of Pennsylvania Venture Capital Firms.

Letting the World Know You Exist

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

There are myriad resources on this site to help you with your marketing plan. Writing Contributed Articles discusses marketing strategy and tactical marketing in a way that should get you thinking about how to creatively promote your business. That's just a sampling of the many useful articles we have on Marketing a Small Business.

Increase Your Entrepreneurial Knowledge

Good business owners know that they don't know everything.

With your business being located in Sayre, Pennsylvania, you will want to take advantage of the many programs available at nearby Pennsylvania universities, colleges and community colleges. It's also worthwhile to see if there are any networking groups or organizations in which Sayre entrepreneurs get together to network and trade their business experiences.

Never Give Up

Most new Sayre businesses underestimate the number of challenges they will face.

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 Sayre and elsewhere to achieve real success. We believe entrepreneurship is an amazing engine for job creation in Sayre, neighborhood development and overall economic health.

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