If you are just starting out, you have many options to furnish your office and find equipment for your business. Don’t forget to also look into Government Surplus.

The Big Stuff
Office furniture like chairs, desks, file cabinets are expensive and can easily eat into the limited funds of a cash strapped small business and start up. If you want great deals and your are not picky, than government surplus is worth looking into.

Government agencies routinely auction off federal government surplus and seized assets. You may find some great bargains here. You can find almost everything you need for your small business in the way of computers, desks, chairs, file cabinets as well as cars, vans, and boats at a good price.

The federal government makes it easy to bid on government surplus online. Just make sure you go to some regular office furniture outlets to get an idea of what things cost brand new. Stores like Costco, Staples, Office Depot and IKEA all have office furniture. Some like IKEA also have entire office suites for merchants.

The States also auction off equipment. Check out the list of government surplus and seized assets by State.

For Office Supplies
Don't waste much time trying to equip your business when it comes to office supplies. Popular choices for small business or start up office
supplies are Costco, Staples, Office Depot, Amazon.com and IKEA.

Costco offers special packages to small business owners such
as payroll services, telecommunications and American Express credit
cards that pay a rebate when used in their stores and elsewhere. Your
existing credit card company may also provide cash to finance your
business. Call them and ask.