Service Business Ideas
That Work!

Here are a few service business ideas that you can turn into a profitable home based business. A service business is the easiest type of business to start.

When I started my lawn mowing business, I just ran a simple ad in my local newspaper, and I was signing up customers while there was still snow on the ground.

Which of these service business ideas fit your entrepreneurial skills?

Clear Lots And Building Sites

Do you live in an area where trees grow in large quantity? If you do, you have the opportunity to start a service business clearing lots and building sites of brush and trees.

A wood chipper is a great tool to turn brush and tree limbs into sawdust and cash.

If you don't want the wood, you can sell the logs to those entrepreneurs in the firewood business. You can even charge your customer to remove the logs. Read my article on the firewood business for more information.

Stump Grinder Service Business Ideas

Here is a service business idea that you can start with just a simple tool called a stump grinder. Every tree that is cut down leaves a stump.

Many people want this stump removed. A stump grinder is the tool to use to turn stumps into cash. I once hired an entrepreneur to grind a few stumps in my yard.

He came with a stump grinder that he towed behind his pickup truck. In just a few minutes, the stump of a large willow tree was sawdust.

Stump grinders come in many designs. Some require a tractor to run the grinder via the PTO. Others are self-propelled varying from smaller home owner versions to large commercial grade stump grinders.

Check out these websites for different brands of stump grinders that you can use to start a great service business.

• Bandit Industries, Inc - www.banditchippers.com
• Baumalight stump grinders - www.mtbmfg.ca
• Beeline stump grinders - www.mystumpgrinder.com
• Bluebird stump grinder - www.bluebirdintl.com
• Bobcat stump grinder - www.bobcat.com
• Carlton Tree Equipment - www.stumpcutters.com
• Praxis - www.uspraxis.com
• Rayco - www.raycomfg.com
• Vermeer - www.vermeer.com

Chimney Sweep Business

Another service business idea that doesn't require a large investment is the chimney sweep business. The high cost of fuel has created a large demand to burn firewood.

Every homeowner that burns firewood should have their chimneys cleaned annually. They need you, a chimney sweeper, to come and clean their chimneys.

The first step, is to take a class on chimney cleaning and inspection. The Chimney Safety Institute of America is one place to obtain training and get certified. Their website is www.csia.org.

Chimney Sweeping Equipment

The equipment needed to become a chimney sweep includes chimney brushes, a SootSweeper chimney vacuum, ladders, drop cloths, chimney inspection tools, a fireplace insert puller, and a van or truck.

Here are a few places to purchase the needed equipment.

• Lindemann Chimney Supply - www.lindemannchimneysupply.com
• Fireplace Essentials - www.fireplaceessentials.com
• August West Systems, Box 663, Wesport, Conn. 06880

Painting Service Business Ideas

Here is an idea for a profitable service business. Start a painting business. Every house and business needs a painter every few years.

Unlike some service businesses, you can have the best of both worlds. You can work outside during the summer months, and inside when the temperature drops below 50 degrees.

This is a low cost business to start. A few paint brushes, paint, masking tape, paint trays, paint scrapper, scaffold, ladders, drop cloth, color samples, and a van or truck will get you started.

Once you sign a contract with your customer, you can collect enough up front to even buy the paint you need.

The quality of your work is essential. Being neat, punctual, and using a quality brand of paint will have customers asking you back again and again. Happy customers will refer you to their friends.

Mattress Cleaning Service Business Ideas

Here is a great service business idea that you can develop into a legitimate home based business. Clean bed mattresses!

Anyone with allergies to dust mites, understands that those pesty microscopic creepy crawler's guanine cause them a lot of sleepless nights and breathing problems.

Problems of any type, offer you a business opportunity. This one isn't any different. With the right equipment, you can vacuum and sanitize bed mattresses for your customers. For a fee of course!

I have discovered that there is a company that has developed a special mattress cleaning and sanitizing process.

Hygienitech® is the company you need to contact to find a dealer near you and/or to become a dealer for them. That is two business opportunities in one!

Contact Hygienitech® through their website hygienitech.com.

Cleaning Service Business

Pet Service Business

Senior Care Franchise

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