There comes a time in every entrepreneurs' life when they have to revist their business plan. Even if you are three years into your home business, or twenty-five years into a family business, a solid, updated business plan is essential to long-term success.
When is the last time you dusted off your business plan? Do you know if the information is even still valid?It probably not only needs updating, but a review could garner some important information and business building ideas you had forgotten about.
The sites here are the best that offer freebie advice, ideas and samples for your review. If you'd rather skip this step and purchase inexpensive software that will enable you to get one finished quickly (and pretty much painlessly), try BPlans or JIAN. Or you can always hire a writer to tweak it for you, or tweak these free business plan templates with this free business plan how to.
Have I missed a resource? Let me know.
General Business Plan Resources
- Business Owners Toolkit Several downloadable templates for manufacturing, service and retail businesses.
- SBA Business Plan Basics
- Small Business Advancement Center A direct link to a complete how-to write a business plan. Extremely thorough.
- Free Business Plan Template Usable for a wide variety of businesses. Use the pull-down menus to choose your type of business.
Specific Business Plans
Most links are to PDF files. Any links with a dollar sign next to them are pay-per-use only. Where I was able to determine, business plans catering to a specific region were noted.
A
- Aircraft Equipment Maker Business Plan
- Aircraft Rental Instruction Business Plan
- Adventure Tourism [Canadian]
- Alternative Health [Canadian]
- Art Gallery [Canadian]
B
- Baby Newspaper [One-Stop Resource] $
- Battery Reconditioning $
- Bed and Breakfast [Canadian]
- Bed and Breakfast
- Bee Keeping [Canadian]
- Bookstore, Retail [Canadian]
- Brew Pub
- Bicycle Sales
- Billing: Electronic
- B2B Internet & Health Care Services
C
- Campground [Canadian]
- Catering [One-Stop Resource] $
- Clothing: Manufacturing Sportswear
- Chemical Analyzer
- Childcare Center [Canadian]
- Child Care Center (One-Stop Resource) $
- Coffee Kiosk
- Computer Consulting
- Computer & Software Sales
- Computer Training
- Construction Firm
- Construction Firm, Small [Canadian]
- Consulting Service [Canadian]
- Consulting, Business [Canadian]
- Consulting, High Tech [UK]
- Convenience Store
- Convenience Store [Canadian]
- Counselling Services
- Craft Business [Canadian]
D
- Dairy Operation [Canadian]
E
F
G
- Gas Station [Canadian]
- Gift Basket $
- Ghostwriting $
- Grains & Seeds Producer [Canadian]
- Graphic Artist [Canadian]
- Greenhouse Floriculture [Canadian]
- Greenhouse Vegetables (Canadian)
H
I
L
- Lawn Care $
- Landscaping [Canadian]
- Livestock Beekeeping, Bison, Elk, Boarding Horses, Fallow Deer, Rabbit, Red Deer, Earthworms, and Swine.
M
- Manufacturing, Furniture [Canadian]
- Manufacturing
- Medical Billing
- Medical Billing $
- Medical Billing Software
- Music Downloads
N
- Nightclub
- Non Profit Trade Association
- Non-profit (Community Technology Center)
- Non-profit (Community Technology Center)
O
- Office Furniture Manufacturer
- Office Cleaning [One-Stop Resource] $
- Organic Restaurant
- Organizer, Professional $
P
- Painting Contractor
- Personal Event Planning
- Photography [One-Stop Resource] $
- Product: Entertainment Chair
- Product: Ergonomic Furnishings
- Product: Items to Sustainably Harvest Ocean Resources
- Product: Protecting Medical Personnel from Needle Sticks
- Product: PVC Pipe
- Product: Water Filtration
- Publishing, Magazine [Canadian]
Q
- Quilting $
R
- Radio: Sales Channel
- Real Estate $
- Recreational Tourism: Peru
- Recycling Enterprises: Plastics, Glass, or Rubber
- Restaurant [Forms, Sample Plans, All in One] $
- Retail [Canadian]
- Retail, Books [Canadian]
- Retail, Office Supplies [Canadian]
- Restaurant
- Restaurant [very detailed]
- Restaurant, Mexican
- Rod and Reel Repair $
S
T
- Tourism, Adventure [Canadian]
W
- Wedding Consultant
- Wholesale Distribution $
- Wholesale Food [Canadian]
- Wholesale Nursery [Canadian]
Didn't find exactly what you were looking for? Then try these extra Free Business Plan Templates.
Bonny Albo - Bonny offers 20 years of writing experience to her readers. CNN, MSNBC, The LA Times and Macleans all reference her for expert advice.
