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Are you determined to open up a business that will stand the test of time? It’s one of the most commonly cited motivations behind business development. After all, you only have to focus on one business for the rest of your life, meaning you devote your time and effort to just one pursuit that won’t suffer at the hands of the market’s ups and downs. That makes for a very healthy work/life balance!
While supply and demand can rise and fall, usually in tandem with the strength of the economy, certain business types will always have a strong customer base to rely on. Developing one of the ideas below can guarantee this within your own career. If you’ve got the drive to become your own boss, and even run your own team some day, this is the list for you.
Child and Pet Care
Kids of a certain age can’t be left on their own. Young pets like kittens and puppies can’t really be left alone either. Seeing as both camps will need to grow from this young age, you have the chance to be there to help out when their parent or owner needs to juggle multiple other responsibilities.
This is a business that can start within your own neighborhood and grow out from there. The more positive reviews you get, the better people will feel about letting you into their home. Of course, you may have to obtain a license to ensure you’re qualified in looking after children, but pet care just takes a bit of experience. If you have a dog or cat of your own, you’ve put in more than enough hours!
Property Cleaning
People like to live in clean homes. These same people don’t always have the time necessary to clean their homes themselves. That’s why a residential cleaning business always does well. If you’re willing to throw on some gloves and wipe down someone else’s home, no matter what’s happened there, you could make a lot of money over the next two to three years.
Waste Management
People will always need their waste taken away; letting it build up is a health hazard and does not keep the street looking good either! If there’s a gap in waste and trash collection in your area, it’s clear there’s a demand for such a service. Why not fill the gap with a business of your own?
You’ll need equipment like a roll off truck and driver PPE, but with the average person creating 28 pounds of waste each week (and the average household around three people), these startup costs can quickly pay for themselves. Start with your own neighborhood and slowly expand street by street in each direction.
You can then download ready-made roll off software to allow you to manage your collection trucks and any waste containers they’re ordered to move. Amongst other things, this software will help you to keep an eye on your expenses as you get established. It’s much easier to balance the books when your incomings and outgoings have always been displayed next to each other!
Personal Trainer
People tend to want to stay fit and healthy, especially as they get older. Because of this, if you’ve had a long standing interest in working out and following a fitness routine, you could apply this energy to those after the same thing.
As a new PT, you also have the chance to address a common fear around hiring someone to help you work out: embarrassment over your body and/or level of fitness. Address this from the offset, reassure your potential clients that you’re here to help, and you’re likely to become a very popular PT in your area.
If you have a long client lift, gyms and fitness centers will be reaching out with sponsorships and paid opportunities too.
Electrician
It’s very dangerous for someone without qualifications in handling electricity to do their own wiring. They need to call in a reliable tradesperson to do the job for them. That’s where your business could come in.
Electricians are currently in short supply as well. It’s clear the job is a bit of a dying art in the modern era, even though we’re in dire need of skilled labor! As such, if you train as an electrician, you could be inundated with clients in the local area, which is very good news for your business’ growth potential.
Plumber
Ever needed to call a plumber? If you have, it probably took a little while for the plumber to get there. That’s because most plumbers are already quite busy, seeing as they’re also in short supply in the modern day and age. That’s another mark on the pros side for you, however, as it could make your future plumbing business instantly popular.
If you’re willing to get up close with sewage pipes, septic tanks, sinks, and toilets, you could charge a very fair price for the job, especially if it’s an emergency callout you’ll need to manoeuvre your whole calendar for.
General Contractor
A general contractor runs construction projects of any kind. They’re the people you call in when you want your kitchen renovated, or your garden relaying, or your roof replacing – tasks which happen in everyone’s life at least once or twice. Long story short, everyone needs to call in a general contractor at some point!
As such, becoming an independent general contractor (as long as you’ve got construction industry expertise), can be a reliable way to make money. If you have highly tuned organisation and project management skills, it could even be accessible to gain a contractor’s qualification and license in your spare time, with the aim to start a company of your own.
Creating a consistently green profit is the goal for many businesses. However, only a few are capable of achieving this. As long as you’re running a company that always has something the customer can depend on, big and small ideas alike can succeed.
