Last Updated on 3 years by EasyCowork Team
Small business is the backbone of every economy. It is estimated that there are over 27.9 Million small businesses in the U.S and starting a small business is easier than ever before.
Here are 9 small business ideas for your to start your own small business in 2020.
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Construction
A lot of people need construction workers, handymen that can fix it all. While there are specific training for specialized equipment like a water heater or air conditioning. You can be assured that there will never be a lack of customers if you are willing to get your hands dirty.
If you get lucky, you can grow and start hiring people of your own and start taking in jobs. Dawning the mantle of a contractor, everything will be smooth sailing by then while this is technically a good idea for people, who like making and fixing things.
You might also want to take a look at specializing in the many branches that make a home and create products yourself with the help of pieces of equipment like vibrating screen, machinery, product quality, filter, and separator.
Plumbing
Plumbing is a great business to start. All with the water inlets and outlets, drainages as well as pipes. You can get your hands dirty with this specialization, but it pays well, and that is good enough. Taking vocational training should be first on the list before selling your services to the public.
Construction is a line of business where reputation matters a whole lot. A simple mistake would cost you your entire business, so make sure that you gather experience behind you before you finally decide to proceed.
Electric
Not as dirty but can be deadly if not handled correctly. This might be for people who love tinkering and puzzles. Since electricity can be complicated at times. This requires a whole lot of training as well.
Here, you can reroute lines, install outlets as well as lighting. A lot of people will pay good money for amazing and clean works, and that is a market that you should tap into.
Handyman
If you are not looking for something serious, you should try being a handyman. A handyman repair fixes as well as does a little bit of both electric and plumbing. A jack of all trades.
While this might be intimidating at first, it is incredible how much work you can do in a single house because you can do everything. You might be called in to fix a wall, then end up setting a few things as well. The possibilities are endless!
Sewing, Alterations, and Manufacturing
If you have a knack of fixing clothes and making them. You can go ahead and try starting a business in sewing. Here you can alter sizes, patch up holes, and make clothes wearable for the owner.
Did you know that people make the most mistakes when buying clothes as a gift for somebody? Well, this is where you come in. The market deals with a reputation as well, so you have to make sure that your handwork does not miss the mark or even cause problems for your customer.
You can also market basic necessity or products that are not very popular but essential.
Gym
If you have the body to show it and a charismatic demeanor, then you can go ahead and start your own gym business.
With a gym you can start right away, accumulating members that will work out in your gym while you slowly work your way into the gym equipment that is needed you can begin to slow and small into a juggernaut that might even rival planet fitness!
Joking aside, this takes a lot of talking, and creating bonds with your members is the key to sustaining your business. Making them feel that they should be going to your gym rather than others.
Garden Center
People have a hard time making their plants grow. Some don’t grow at all while the majority dies within a week! Who do people turn to when frustrations of a dying garden arise?
If you have an affinity for plants as well as love for the general feeling that comes with taking care of plants, you can start a garden center where you do not help people physically but rather educate them on how they can make their dream garden come true. Here you can help explain the different kinds of flowers, bushes and even fruit-bearing trees.
The amount of fauna you can talk about is endless, and you can be sure that if you help their garden grow, they will surely come back for more.
Photography Business
While a photography business seems like a great idea when you already have a camera on hand. This takes a lot of time to learn, however, if you put in enough time and effort, taking pictures of things that are around you.
Making beautiful pictures of even the most mundane things and training your eye to see through the camera.
You will, sure enough, do a great business once you have created a portfolio for yourself. Even more, if you specialize in certain things, like weddings, portraits, pet photography or even gravure. You will find yourself fighting in stiff competition, but it pays well.
Beauty and Salon Spa
If you have been to a salon or spa or even a hairstylist, you already get the general idea of what happens in that kind of business, from providing the calming sensation of a message to having your hair dyed the pool of potential customers is endless with the number of services you provide.
Here you can provide services like pedicure, manicure, massage, hair trimming, hair curling, hair dye, and rebonding.
There are a lot of businesses out there that will surely love to have you. However, when you finally decide to do business, you should be devoted and push through whatever happens. That is what makes the business work. Whatever business that might be.
About the Author
Master Gunnery Sergeant Sean Brownlee is a Special Operations Marine with over 22 years of continuous service. He is still active in the Marine Corps to this day and supports national readiness through the DOD and non-profits. With years of experience rappelling, fast-roping from helicopters, SPIE rigging, parachuting, and understanding how important it is to have only the best ropes and cords, Ravenox started on its’ way as a manufacturer, direct-to-consumer retailer of custom ropes and cords.