These industry specific business guides focus on industries where small businesses account for much of the activity. The guides are designed to help in start-up business planning.

Although these reports were prepared with Missouri businesses in mind, some issues, opportunities, and challenges may apply to businesses in other states as well.

Two types of report are available:

Business Profiles

These business briefs were originally prepared by the Missouri Department of Economic Development's Business Assistance Center. Each profile discusses required licenses, legal structure, hiring employees, tax requirements, and include general and specific business resources.

• Agricultural Businesses
• Antique Shop
• Auto Sales
• Automotive Repair Collision and Mechanical
• Beauty Salon and Barber Shop
• Bed and Breakfast
• Catering
• Cleaning Services
• Computer Sales, Service and Consulting
• Commercial Construction Company
• Consultant
• Convenience Store
• Counseling Services
• Crafts - Manufacture and Sales
• Day Care, Adult
• Day Care, Child
• Eating and Drinking Establishments
• Elder Care/Long-term Care
• Food Processing Business
• Franchises
• General Contractors
• Gift Shop
• Grocery Store
• Home Health Care Agency
• Home Inspectors
• Insurance Companies
• Interior Design
• Internet Services
• Janitorial Service
• Landscaping and Lawn Care
• Lodging Establishments
• Mail Order
• Massage Therapy
• Manufacturing Business, Miscellaneous
• Medical Billing
• Mortgage Brokers
• Nursery and Greenhouse Management
• Payday Loan Company
• Photography
• Private Investigator
• Real Estate
• Remodeling
• Retail Store
• Savings and Loan Companies
• Service Business, Miscellaneous
• Security Guards
• Tattooing
• Time Shares
• Trucking Company
• Vending Machines
• Wholesale Business, Miscellaneous

Industry Focus

Industry focus reports are authored by the University Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship for the Columbia Business Times. Although the details of these reports and lists are specific to the 10-county mid-Missouri region, overall information is relevant for others.

• Accounting
  
  
• Advertising
  
  
• Architecture and Engineering Services
  
  
• Communications Technology
  
  
• Continuing Education
  
  
• Home Health Care
  
  
• Human Resources
  Human Resources list
  
  
• Marketing/Public Relations Service
  
  
• Manufacturing and Distribution
  
  
• Security System Service
  Security System Service list
  
  
• Yard and Garden (Landscaping Services/Landscaping Architecture)
  Yard and Garden list