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Opening a Business in Glennville, Georgia

Contemplating starting a business in Glennville, Georgia? We walk you through the process of opening a business in Glennville.

What Business to Start

Choosing a business that is right for you is very important. We recommend that you read Evaluating Your Idea.

For step-by-step instructions on starting a variety of business types, visit the Good Businesses to Start section of our site. For example, you might be interested in our Starting a Construction Management Residential Business guide or our Starting a Public School guide.

Always keep in mind that your new startup will be located in Glennville. Some businesses will do better in Glennville than others. Only by spending some time analyzing Glennville demographics can you decide if there will be strong demand for your business idea.

Glennville, Georgia Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
249
5-9 Employees
141
10-19 Employees
54
20-49 Employees
33
50-99 Employees
6
100-249 Employees
3
250-499 Employees
3
500-999 Employees
0
1000+ Employees
0
All Glennville Businesses
489

As a new Glennville entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Glennville 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
3
Beauty Salons
1
Cafeterias
1
Child Day Care Services
2
Confectionery and Nut Stores
1
Consumer Lending
2
Convenience Stores
1
Electric Power Distribution
1
Electrical Contractors
1
Elementary and Secondary Schools
1
Family Clothing Stores
1
Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
1
Florists
1
Full-Service Restaurants
2
Furniture Stores
2
General Automotive Repair
1
General Freight Trucking, Local
1
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores
1
Hardware Stores
1
Hobby, Toy, and Game Stores
1
Homes for the Elderly
1
Landscaping Services
3
Lessors of Other Real Estate Property
1
Limited-Service Restaurants
6
Logging
8
Manufactured (Mobile) Home Dealers
1
Masonry Contractors
2
New Car Dealers
1
Nursing Care Facilities
2
Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
1
Offices of Certified Public Accountants
2
Offices of Dentists
1
Offices of Lawyers
2
Offices of Real Estate Appraisers
1
Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals
2
Quick Printing
1
Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing
1
Roofing Contractors
1
Sawmills
1
Site Preparation Contractors
2
Support Activities for Forestry
1
Tax Preparation Services
1
Timber Tract Operations
1
Tire Dealers
1
Veterinary Services
1
Video Tape and Disc Rental
1
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
2
Wood Preservation
1

What About Buying an Existing Glennville Business?

We've created a useful website page for those who want to Buy a Business in Georgia. Follow that link and you may find several good businesses for sale in Glennville.

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

Choosing a Business Name

A big decision when starting a company is choosing a company name. Believe it or not, choosing a good company name can be a big contributor to your business success.

Companies like Starbucks, Apple, Target, Microsoft and Intuit all have strong company names that are easy to remember and have become well-loved brands. Wouldn't it be nice if your new company name got on a similar track?

For other considerations regarding naming a company, we recommend this article: Naming a Business.

As a final piece of advice, remember that because you are opening a business in Glennville, it's critical that you ensure that your company name has not already been claimed by another Georgia business.

Raising Capital for Your Venture

Raising money to fund your new Glennville business is very difficult due to the ongoing business credit crunch. To obtain business financing, you will need to hear a lot of rejections before you finally find a funding solution that works for you.

Recognizing this challenge, this site contains dozens of articles on raising money, including one we recommend entitled Realistic Debt Financing Options.

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

Bring in Revenues

Do you know how to sell? In order to attract customers to your new Glennville business, you need to focus on sales.

The key to selling is to set sales goals goals and monitor your progress towards those goals. Let us help you refine your selling techniques through our many useful sales advice tips.

Writing Great Proposals offers some helpful tips on how to sell. It's one of several good articles on our site regarding Entrepreneurial Selling.

Now It's Up To You

As an entrepreneur in Glennville, 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 Glennville and throughout the United States . We believe entrepreneurship is an amazing engine for job creation in Glennville, neighborhood development and overall economic health.

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