This useful website provides free business planning guides, templates, a pitch deck gallery and sample business plans.

Beyond this business plan template, explore the menus for additional resources and business planning guidance by stage.

Valuable guidance from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on planning, launching, managing and growing a business. Planning section covers market research, calculating startup costs, securing funding and writing business plans. Refer to business plan template and samples.

Go to "Search within this series" box on right to efficiently search across entire collection of business plan handbooks for examples of business plans from actual businesses and a directory of development centers that provide support and advice to small businesses.

Go to the "Services" menu at the top of Statista to access the "Business Plan Export" tool to model markets for a geographic region.