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Start a Business in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey

Are you starting a business in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey? This article discusses the most important things to consider when opening a business in Point Pleasant Beach.

What Business Are You Starting?

Choosing a business that is right for you is very important. If you are struggling with what type of business to start, read Free 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 Opening a Natural Landscaping Stone Business guide or our How to Start a Magazine & Periodical Advertising Business guide.

Don't forget that you are opening your new business in Point Pleasant Beach. The business you want to start may already be well-represented in Point Pleasant Beach. Make sure you fully understand Point Pleasant Beach demographics before you lock in on your business idea.

Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
1733
5-9 Employees
495
10-19 Employees
291
20-49 Employees
138
50-99 Employees
39
100-249 Employees
24
250-499 Employees
0
500-999 Employees
0
1000+ Employees
0
All Point Pleasant Beach Businesses
2720

As a new Point Pleasant Beach entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Point Pleasant Beach 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
Advertising Agencies
2
Ambulance Services
1
Amusement Arcades
3
Appliance Repair and Maintenance
3
Architectural Services
5
Art Dealers
1
Automotive Glass Replacement Shops
1
Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores
4
Automotive Transmission Repair
1
Beauty Salons
22
Bed-and-Breakfast Inns
1
Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers
1
Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores
5
Book Publishers
1
Book Stores
1
Broadwoven Fabric Finishing Mills
1
Business Associations
3
Cafeterias
1
Canvas and Related Product Mills
3
Car Washes
1
Child Day Care Services
9
Children's and Infants' Clothing Stores
2
Civic and Social Organizations
3
Claims Adjusting
1
Clothing Accessories Stores
1
Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners
3
Commercial Bakeries
1
Computer and Software Stores
2
Computer Systems Design Services
3
Confectionery and Nut Stores
1
Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers
2
Consumer Lending
1
Continuing Care Retirement Communities
1
Convenience Stores
8
Curtain and Drapery Mills
1
Custom Computer Programming Services
2
Direct Title Insurance Carriers
1
Display Advertising
2
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)
4
Drywall and Insulation Contractors
1
Electric Power Distribution
1
Elementary and Secondary Schools
1
Employment Placement Agencies
3
Engineering Services
3
Environmental Consulting Services
5
Exterminating and Pest Control Services
1
Facilities Support Services
1
Family Clothing Stores
2
Finfish Fishing
1
Finish Carpentry Contractors
8
Fish and Seafood Markets
2
Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers
3
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
7
Floor Covering Stores
4
Flooring Contractors
3
Food Service Contractors
3
Formal Wear and Costume Rental
1
Framing Contractors
6
Freight Transportation Arrangement
3
Fruit and Vegetable Markets
1
Full-Service Restaurants
34
Funeral Homes and Funeral Services
1
General Automotive Repair
7
General Freight Trucking, Local
3
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores
7
Glass and Glazing Contractors
1
Grantmaking Foundations
1
Graphic Design Services
1
Hardware Merchant Wholesalers
1
Heating Oil Dealers
1
Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers
2
Home Health Care Services
2
Homes for the Elderly
1
Household Appliance Stores
3
Industrial Launderers
1
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
10
Internet Publishing and Broadcasting
1
Investigation Services
1
Janitorial Services
4
Jewelry Stores
3
Landscape Architectural Services
2
Landscaping Services
16
Lessors of Other Real Estate Property
1
Limousine Service
2
Machine Shops
1
Mail-Order Houses
2
Marinas
8
Marketing Consulting Services
4
Masonry Contractors
6
Meat Markets
3
Motor and Generator Manufacturing
1
Motor Vehicle Towing
1
Nail Salons
4
New Car Dealers
2
New Housing Operative Builders
1
Newspaper Publishers
1
Office Administrative Services
4
Offices of Certified Public Accountants
6
Offices of Chiropractors
14
Offices of Dentists
12
Offices of Lawyers
17
Offices of Optometrists
1
Offices of Podiatrists
2
Offices of Real Estate Appraisers
1
Paint and Wallpaper Stores
1
Painting and Wall Covering Contractors
10
Periodical Publishers
3
Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services
1
Pharmacies and Drug Stores
6
Photography Studios, Portrait
2
Portfolio Management
1
Public Relations Agencies
3
Quick Printing
1
Real Estate Credit
4
Residential Property Managers
1
Residential Remodelers
10
Retail Bakeries
2
Reupholstery and Furniture Repair
1
Sales Financing
4
Savings Institutions
5
School and Employee Bus Transportation
2
Secondary Market Financing
1
Securities Brokerage
5
Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing
1
Shellfish Fishing
2
Site Preparation Contractors
4
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars
9
Software Publishers
1
Sporting Goods Stores
9
Sports and Recreation Instruction
1
Tax Preparation Services
2
Temporary Help Services
1
Tile and Terrazzo Contractors
1
Tire Dealers
2
Title Abstract and Settlement Offices
3
Travel Agencies
1
Used Merchandise Stores
6
Veterinary Services
2
Video Tape and Disc Rental
3
Voluntary Health Organizations
2
Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers
6
Window Treatment Stores
1
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
3
Women's Clothing Stores
4

Have You Considered Buying an Existing Point Pleasant Beach Business?

We've created a handy website page for those who want to Buy a Business in New Jersey. Follow that link and you might discover several good businesses for sale in Point Pleasant Beach.

If you are headed down the path of buying a business, you may want to read this article: Buying a Business.

Selecting a Name For Your Business

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.

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 Company.

There's one other important factor when naming a business. Since you are starting a business in Point Pleasant Beach, it's very important that you make sure no New Jersey company has already registered the company name you have selected.

Promoting Your New Company

To rise above the crowd in Point Pleasant Beach and build your business, you need a solid marketing plan.

You can learn plenty about marketing on our site. Media Kits is a good read to get your marketing juices flowing. There are many more articles on marketing on our site. Visit our Small Business Marketing resource section to see them all.

Advancing Your Entrepreneurial Skills

The best business owners know that they don't know everything.

Given that you are starting a business in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, you should investigate some of the learning programs at local New Jersey educational institutions. Another way to keep up on your entrepreneurial education is to investigate networking organizations for Point Pleasant Beach entrepreneurs.

Now It's Up To You

You have a dream -- starting a business in Point Pleasant Beach. To achieve your dream, you have to persevere, even when the odds are against you.

From this point on, you control your own destiny.

Our goal here is to promote the vitality and growth of small businesses in Point Pleasant Beach and throughout the United States . We believe entrepreneurship is an amazing engine for job creation in Point Pleasant Beach, neighborhood development and overall economic health.

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