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Start a Business in Sylva, North Carolina

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

Do You Have Entrepreneurial Drive and Passion?

Before you get too far along in the process, assess your entrepreneurial instincts and capabilities.

While entrepreneurship has become a popular career choice, we recommend you do the following before you take the plunge:

  • Talk to other entrepreneurs in Sylva. Get their candid feedback on what it takes to start a successful 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. A support network of family and friends can be a great sounding board for good advice before you decide for sure to go into business.

Sylva, North Carolina Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
738
5-9 Employees
261
10-19 Employees
192
20-49 Employees
105
50-99 Employees
30
100-249 Employees
12
250-499 Employees
3
500-999 Employees
3
1000+ Employees
0
All Sylva Businesses
1344

As a new Sylva entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Sylva 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
5
Baked Goods Stores
1
Beauty Salons
3
Bed-and-Breakfast Inns
1
Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers
1
Book Stores
2
Bowling Centers
1
Business Associations
2
Cable and Other Program Distribution
1
Car Washes
3
Child and Youth Services
1
Child Day Care Services
8
Community Food Services
1
Continuing Care Retirement Communities
1
Convenience Stores
2
Couriers
1
Credit Unions
1
Dental Laboratories
2
Direct Life Insurance Carriers
1
Educational Support Services
2
Electric Power Distribution
1
Electrical Contractors
3
Elementary and Secondary Schools
1
Employment Placement Agencies
1
Engineering Services
1
Family Clothing Stores
4
Finish Carpentry Contractors
1
Fish and Seafood Markets
1
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
1
Floor Covering Stores
1
Flooring Contractors
1
Florists
3
Food (Health) Supplement Stores
1
Fruit and Vegetable Markets
1
Full-Service Restaurants
16
Funeral Homes and Funeral Services
2
Furniture Stores
3
General Automotive Repair
6
General Freight Trucking, Local
3
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
1
General Warehousing and Storage
1
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores
1
Graphic Design Services
1
Hardware Stores
1
Heating Oil Dealers
2
Home Centers
1
Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers
1
Homes for the Elderly
1
Industrial Launderers
2
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
5
Internet Service Providers
1
Janitorial Services
3
Jewelry Stores
1
Kidney Dialysis Centers
1
Landscaping Services
4
Lessors of Other Real Estate Property
2
Limited-Service Restaurants
12
Logging
3
Marketing Consulting Services
1
Masonry Contractors
1
Materials Recovery Facilities
1
Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers
1
Natural Gas Distribution
1
New Car Dealers
4
New Housing Operative Builders
1
Newspaper Publishers
1
Nursing Care Facilities
3
Offices of Certified Public Accountants
4
Offices of Dentists
11
Offices of Lawyers
12
Offices of Other Holding Companies
1
Offices of Podiatrists
1
Optical Goods Stores
2
Outdoor Power Equipment Stores
1
Painting and Wall Covering Contractors
3
Pet and Pet Supplies Stores
1
Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services
1
Pharmacies and Drug Stores
4
Photography Studios, Portrait
1
Political Organizations
1
Professional Employer Organizations
2
Real Estate Investment Trusts
1
Roofing Contractors
1
Savings Institutions
2
Sawmills
1
Securities Brokerage
2
Shoe Stores
1
Siding Contractors
1
Site Preparation Contractors
13
Sporting Goods Stores
1
Support Activities for Forestry
1
Tax Preparation Services
4
Temporary Help Services
2
Temporary Shelters
1
Tire Dealers
2
Travel Agencies
1
Vending Machine Operators
1
Veterinary Services
4
Video Tape and Disc Rental
2
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
1
Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters
1
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
5
Women's Clothing Stores
2

What About Buying an Existing Sylva Business?

We've created a helpful website page for those who want to Buy a Business in North Carolina. Follow that link and you may find several good businesses for sale in Sylva.

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

Naming the Company

A good company name can give a big boost to a new startup. It might seem like an easy thing to do, but there are many things to consider when naming a business.

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.

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

There's one other important factor when naming a business. Since you are opening a business in Sylva, it's very important that you make sure no North Carolina company has already registered the company name you have selected.

Where to Get Money to Start a Company

Obtaining startup financing for your Sylva business is not an easy task. Bootstrapping, which means growing the business without outside funding, is the best alternative, but that's not a viable option for many startup plans.

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

For Sylva entrepreneurs in need of startup financing, you'll want to take a look at our List of North Carolina Angel Investors and our List of North Carolina Venture Capital Firms.

Promoting Your New Company

To rise above the crowd in Sylva and advance your business, you'll need to have a good marketing plan.

You can learn plenty about marketing on our site. Sponsoring Local Events is a good read to get your marketing creativity flowing. That's just a taste of the many useful articles we have on Marketing a Small Business.

Advancing Your Entrepreneurial Skills

The best entrepreneurs recognize that what they know now may not be enough to ensure their future success.

As an entrepreneur who lives in Sylva, North Carolina, you should get information on some of the many programs available at nearby North Carolina universities, colleges and community colleges. Another way to keep up on your learning is to investigate networking organizations for Sylva entrepreneurs.

Now It's Up To You

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

From this point on, you control your own destiny.

This site is all about helping entrepreneurs in Sylva and elsewhere to achieve real success. 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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