Sample business plans to learn how to write a successful business plan. A collection of sample business plans from around the Web.
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University of Michigan provides a professional plan with exceptional graphics and formatting. Includes all plan information on a fictitious company and has all ten appendices. Over 35 page in PDF format only.
The British Columbia Business Services Society provides five sample plans for book retail, furniture manufacturing, consulting services, publishing business and food company. Each plan is from 20 to 35 pages in PDF format with complete financial statements.
Accounting consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers provides a complete business plan sample. The plan is free but registration is required.
Royal Bank provides three sample business plans: A business center, food wholesaler and landscaping. Each plan is well-written and in a concise format that banks like to read. Adobe Acrobat (PDF) needed to download financials.
Small Business Development Center of Maryland - Southern Region has a well-written plan for a small hot dog vendor. Plan has intend use of funds and costs, no other financials provided.
A good restaurant sample business plan from Virtual Restaurant. Plan includes all key topics and financial proforma. Available in HTML format and word.doc format.
PaloAlto's BPlans.com offers over 60 plan samples to choose from for free. Includes services, products, start-up, established, home, non-profit and Internet companies. All plans are in HTML format.
Three basic fictitious company plans from ChamberBiz. These profiles include a software trainer, hotdog vendor and a bicycle manufacturer. All files require Microsoft Word Version 6 or higher and Excel version 4 or higher.
Nice plan for opening a child care center. Includes look at industry trends and even a break-down of job responsibilities for caregivers. 26 pages in pdf. No financials.
Sid Craig School of Business provides several business plan samples in word doc. format. Includes sample plans for dentist, painting contractor, Mexican restaurant, ice cream parlor, counseling service and manufacturing.
A complete 20 page plan with profit & loss statement, exit strategy and funding. Over 22 pages in PDF format.
