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Start a Business in Vidor, Texas

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

What Business to Start

An important decision is what kind of business you want to start. If you are struggling with what type of business to start, read Free Business Ideas.

To view an extensive list of business types, complete with startup instructions, spend some time in the Good Businesses to Start section of our site. For example, you might be interested in our Starting a Color Consultants Business guide or our Starting a Consumer Audiovisual Equipment Rental & Leasing Business guide.

Don't forget that you are opening your new business in Vidor. If Vidor already has plenty of the kind of business you want to start, you might want to change your plans. Study Vidor demographics and do a competitive analysis as part of your startup planning process.

Vidor, Texas Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
598
5-9 Employees
189
10-19 Employees
138
20-49 Employees
63
50-99 Employees
21
100-249 Employees
12
250-499 Employees
3
500-999 Employees
0
1000+ Employees
0
All Vidor Businesses
1024

As a new Vidor entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Vidor 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
Amusement and Theme Parks
1
Automotive Exhaust System Repair
2
Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores
2
Automotive Transmission Repair
2
Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores
1
Boat Dealers
1
Business Associations
1
Child Day Care Services
7
Civic and Social Organizations
1
Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners
1
Commercial Lithographic Printing
1
Commercial Screen Printing
1
Computer and Software Stores
2
Construction Sand and Gravel Mining
1
Continuing Care Retirement Communities
1
Convenience Stores
3
Credit Unions
1
Discount Department Stores
1
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)
2
Electric Power Distribution
1
Electrical Contractors
1
Exterminating and Pest Control Services
1
Family Clothing Stores
4
Fine Arts Schools
1
Finish Carpentry Contractors
1
Fish and Seafood Markets
1
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
1
Floor Covering Stores
2
Framing Contractors
2
Full-Service Restaurants
8
Funeral Homes and Funeral Services
1
General Automotive Repair
7
General Freight Trucking, Local
2
General Rental Centers
1
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores
1
Golf Courses and Country Clubs
1
Hardware Stores
1
Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers
2
Home Health Care Services
1
Industrial Sand Mining
1
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
6
Iron and Steel Mills
1
Land Subdivision
1
Landscaping Services
1
Lead Ore and Zinc Ore Mining
1
Lessors of Other Real Estate Property
1
Limited-Service Restaurants
14
Machine Shops
1
Manufactured (Mobile) Home Dealers
3
Meat Processed from Carcasses
1
Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers
2
Motor Vehicle Towing
2
New Car Dealers
1
Newspaper Publishers
1
Nursing Care Facilities
2
Office Administrative Services
1
Offices of Dentists
3
Offices of Lawyers
4
Painting and Wall Covering Contractors
2
Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services
1
Pharmacies and Drug Stores
2
Photography Studios, Portrait
1
Plate Work Manufacturing
1
Real Estate Credit
2
Recreational Vehicle Dealers
1
Remediation Services
1
Residential Remodelers
2
Savings Institutions
1
Securities Brokerage
1
Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing
2
Siding Contractors
2
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars
2
Sporting Goods Stores
2
Sports and Recreation Instruction
2
Tax Preparation Services
1
Tile and Terrazzo Contractors
1
Tire Dealers
1
Used Car Dealers
5
Veterinary Services
2
Video Tape and Disc Rental
1
Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
2
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
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.

Even if the name doesn't do it by itself, many naming experts believe there should be a story behind the name that ties into your company mission.

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 planning on starting a business in Vidor, it's imperative that you check now that no other Texas company is using the business name you want to use.

Do You Need a Business Plan?

Writing a business plan is essential in maximizing the prospects of your new company. Indeed, your business plan is your game plan for how you hope to grow your business. Starting a business without a business plan will greatly reduce your chances of business success.

If you want more information on writing business plans, we recommend reading Business Plan Contests. A great resource for business planning assistance is the free counseling sessions provided by your local SCORE chapter in Texas.

Raising Funding for Your Business

Getting your Vidor business the capital it needs to succeed requires strong organization skills and perseverance. 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 Getting a Small Business Loan.

For Vidor entrepreneurs on the hunt for startup funding, we have assembled a List of Texas Angel Investors and our List of Texas Venture Capital Firms.

Marketing Your New Business

To rise above the crowd in Vidor and build your business, having an excellent marketing plan is fundamental to your beating the competition.

You can learn quite a bit about marketing on our site. Working with an Advertising Agency discusses marketing strategy and tactical marketing in a way that should get you thinking about how to creatively promote your business. There are many more articles on marketing on our site. Visit our Small Business Marketing resource section to see them all.

Increase Your Entrepreneurial Knowledge

Good entrepreneurs recognize that they don't know everything.

As an entrepreneur who lives in Vidor, Texas, you will want to take advantage of the learning programs at local Texas educational institutions. It's also smart to see if there are any Vidor networking organizations.

Never Give Up

Most new Vidor 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.

We are here to help Vidor businesses to be successful. 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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