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Starting a Business in Winner, South Dakota

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

Are You Sure You Want to Do This?

Being an entrepreneur is demanding, and can be orders of magnitude more strenuous than working as an employee. Are you positive you want to go into business for yourself?

Before you move forward with starting a business, be sure to do these three things:

  • Talk to other entrepreneurs in Winner. Ask them candidly what it's like to run a business.
  • We recommend reading Should You Become an Entrepreneur?. For aspiring new entrepreneurs, it's a must read article.
  • Have a candid conversation with friends and family. The people who know you best are often in the best position to tell you bluntly whether you will be a good entrepreneur.

What Business to Start

Choosing a business that is right for you is very important. To help you decide on a business type, we encourage you to read Finding Your Niche in Life.

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 How to Start a Backflow Device Installation, Testing, & Service Business guide or our Opening a Wedding Gifts & Favors Business guide.

Don't forget that starting a business in Winner has some implications. Some businesses will do better in Winner than others. A critical consideration is whether Winner demographics mesh well with your startup concept.

Winner, South Dakota Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
338
5-9 Employees
110
10-19 Employees
96
20-49 Employees
48
50-99 Employees
3
100-249 Employees
3
250-499 Employees
0
500-999 Employees
0
1000+ Employees
0
All Winner Businesses
598

As a new Winner entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Winner 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 Parts and Accessories Stores
2
Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers
1
Business Associations
1
Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services
1
Civic and Social Organizations
2
Commercial Lithographic Printing
1
Computer and Software Stores
2
Computer Training
1
Construction Sand and Gravel Mining
1
Credit Unions
1
Diagnostic Imaging Centers
1
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)
3
Drive-In Motion Picture Theaters
1
Educational Support Services
1
Electrical Contractors
1
Elementary and Secondary Schools
1
Family Clothing Stores
1
Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
3
Finish Carpentry Contractors
2
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
1
Flooring Contractors
1
Full-Service Restaurants
6
Funeral Homes and Funeral Services
1
General Automotive Repair
6
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
1
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores
1
Golf Courses and Country Clubs
1
Hardware Stores
2
Home Health Care Services
1
Homes for the Elderly
2
Human Rights Organizations
1
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
9
Janitorial Services
1
Landscape Architectural Services
1
Limited-Service Restaurants
4
Manufactured (Mobile) Home Dealers
1
Meat Markets
1
Office Supplies and Stationery Stores
1
Offices of Certified Public Accountants
2
Offices of Chiropractors
1
Offices of Dentists
2
Offices of Lawyers
7
Offices of Optometrists
1
Painting and Wall Covering Contractors
1
Pharmacies and Drug Stores
2
Photography Studios, Portrait
1
Poultry Processing
1
Radio Stations
1
Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing
1
Residential Remodelers
4
Retail Bakeries
1
School and Employee Bus Transportation
1
Securities Brokerage
2
Site Preparation Contractors
1
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars
1
Tax Preparation Services
1
Temporary Shelters
1
Tile and Terrazzo Contractors
1
Title Abstract and Settlement Offices
1
Used Car Dealers
1
Used Merchandise Stores
1
Veterinary Services
3
Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers
1
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
1
Women's Clothing Stores
1

What About Franchising Opportunities?

As you drive around Winner, it's apparent that franchising has become a very popular way to start a business. But is franchising the right option for you?

We advise the entrepreneurs we work with to investigate buying a franchise. To help you learn more about franchising, we've gathered a ton of articles on franchising, including Five Franchise Opportunities To Watch. Gain a solid understanding of franchising by scanning all of our Articles on Franchising.

You can find franchise opportunities by browsing our Franchise Opportunities Directory.

Sample franchise opportunities include Nite Time Décor and Long John Silver's Restaurants, Inc.. Alternatively, you can browse franchise categories, such as Video and Photography Franchises and Hardware Store Franchises.

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

Should You Buy an Existing Winner Business?

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

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

Marketing Your New Startup

To rise above the crowd in Winner and build your business, having an excellent marketing plan is fundamental to your business achieving its goals.

There are myriad resources on this site to help you with your marketing plan. Phone Book Advertising Costs is an article that will stimulate a few thoughts on your marketing plan. That's just a sampling of the many useful articles we have on Marketing a Small Business.

Next Steps

As an entrepreneur in Winner, you won't be working for the boss anymore. You are the boss.

From this point on, you control your own destiny.

Our goal here is to promote the vitality and growth of small businesses in Winner and throughout the United States . 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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