Starting A Business
Starting or Relocating a Business in Washington City
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Washington City is a great place to start a business for many reasons:
- Labor costs are among the most competitive in the nation, partly as a result of extremely low absenteeism and turnover rates;
- Some of the most affordable utilities in the county;
- Relatively low facility and construction costs;
- Educated labor pool;
- A favorable tax climate that promotes growth and opportunity;
- Advanced telecommunications infrastructure, vast energy reserves and readily available water supplies.
- Another reason? Business start up and operations information is abundant.
What Do I Need In Order To Do Business In Washington City?
- Register Your Business Name With The State of Utah or
Use The New One Stop Registration: https://secure.utah.gov/osbr-user/user/welcome.html - Washington City Business License Application - Choose from: Standard or Home Based Business (pdf form)
- State of Utah Tax ID Number - http://tax.utah.gov
Links to websites that can help you achieve success.
Be sure to look through each site and see if there is something there that can be benificial to you.
- State of Utah Business Information Website – www.utah.gov/business
- Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development - http://business.utah.gov
- US SBA Small Business Planner – www.sba.gov
- Dixie Business Alliance - www.dixiebusinessalliance.com
- Washington County Economic Development Council - www.dixiebusinessalliance.com/wcedc
- Utah Small Business Development Center - www.utahsbdc.org (part of Dixie Business Alliance)
- SCORE Website (Service Core of Retired Executives) – www.score.org
- Seed Dixie - www.dixiebusinessalliance.com/seed
- The Dixie Technical Association - www.dixietechs.com
- Dixie Angels (Investor Group) - www.dixieangels.com
Additional Resources
- U.S. Government Business Website – www.business.gov
- City of Washington Website - www.washingtoncity.org
- Washington County Website - www.washco.utah.gov
- Commercial Realtors (See Business Directory)
- Legal Council (See Business Directory)
- Commercial Lenders (See Business Directory)