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Industry Starter Kits

Explore our starter kits for some of New Jersey’s most common business types and jump start your path to success.

Find Your Starter Kit for Your Industry

Create your free, personalized guide to register, find funding, and see tax deadlines for your New Jersey or out-of-state business.  To get started, take a look at some of the top industries’ starter kits. If you don’t see your industry, search for it below.

Learn more about how starter kits work.

Top Industries

Retail

If you’ve got the best product for your New Jersey community, our personalized starter kit can guide you through the registration process!

Online Business

Ready to start selling your products and services online? Explore our start-up checklist for potential items to get your business off the ground.

Real Estate Investor

Get ready to start buying, selling, and renting property in New Jersey. Make sure you have everything you need to start on the right foot.

Home Contractor

If you’re ready to spruce up homes, you need to know how to hit the ground running. View our guide to starting a small business and get a license!

Healthcare

Taking care of those who need it most is an important service. Get your business started and learn what you need from certification to hiring.

Management Consulting

Ready to work with organizational leaders to improve their businesses? Learn what your business needs with our starter kit.

Restaurant and Catering

If you are creating the next great eatery or catering business, learn what you need to know from selecting a location to certification and hiring.

Restaurant and Catering Kit
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Online Business

Ready to start selling your products and services online? Explore our start-up checklist for potential items to get your business off the ground.

Online Business Kit
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Auto Body Repair

If you're thinking about setting up an auto body repair shop, explore our start-up checklist for a list of items to consider to get your business off the ground.

Auto Body Repair Kit
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Real Estate Investor

Get ready to start buying, selling, and renting property in New Jersey. Make sure you have everything you need to start on the right foot.

Real Estate Investor Kit
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Food Truck

Ready to start serving hungry New Jerseyans? View our guide to starting a small business and get a license!

Food Truck Kit
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Recreational Cannabis

Recreational cannabis is now legal in New Jersey! If you plan to cultivate, manufacture, or sell marijuana look at our starter kit to get started!

Cannabis Registration Kit
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Ready to work with organizational leaders to improve their businesses? Learn what your business needs with our starter kit.
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Management Consulting
Taking care of those who need it most is an important service. Get your business started and learn what you need from certification to hiring.
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Healthcare
If you’re ready to spruce up homes, you need to know how to hit the ground running. View our guide to starting a small business and get a license!
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Home Contractor
If you’ve got the best product for your New Jersey community, our personalized starter kit can guide you through the registration process!
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Retail
Get ready to start buying, selling, and renting property in New Jersey. Make sure you have everything you need to start on the right foot.
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Real Estate Investor
Get on the road safely with your trucking company, our personalized starter kit can guide you through the registration process!
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Trucking
Recreational cannabis is now legal in New Jersey! If you plan to cultivate, manufacture, or sell marijuana look at our starter kit to get started!
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Recreational Cannabis
Get a free, personalized, step-by-step guide for starting your business! Try the Business.NJ.gov Navigator with over 40+ industry guides available.
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Navigator
Our Business.NJ.gov Navigator has business guides for over 40 industries, create an account to get your guide. If you would like to see a starter kit for a new industry, you can suggest a future kit.
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Not Seeing Your Industry?
Ready to start selling your products and services online? Explore our start-up checklist for potential items to get your business off the ground.
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Online Business
Starting an employment agency depends on the type of services you offer and on what types of employees you will be placing. Access our registration guide to find out what you need to start your business.
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Employment Agency
When it’s time to begin your non-medical transport business, visit our specialized registration guide to help you get started!
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Non-Medical Transport
If you're thinking about setting up a home improvement business, start here for a checklist of requirements and licenses.
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Home Contractor
The New Jersey Board of Nursing regulates homemaker-home health aides. Make sure you have everything you need to start on the right foot.
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Home Health Aide
Ready to start serving hungry New Jerseyans? View our guide to starting a small business and get a license!
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Food Truck
If you're thinking about setting up an auto body repair shop, explore our start-up checklist for a list of items to consider to get your business off the ground.
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Auto Body Repair
If you are creating the next great eatery or catering business, learn what you need to know from selecting a location to certification and hiring.
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Restaurant and Catering