105 Service Businesses to Start Today

Consumers love convenience. They always want things to be cheaper, faster and better. This is why they love specialty-services entrepreneurs. 

Check out the following ideas to see what you can do.

Personal Services 

  • Mobile pet grooming
  • Collectibles search
  • Diaper delivery
  • Dry-cleaning delivery and pickup
  • Mobile locksmith
  • Graffiti abatement and removal
  • Golf-club cleaning
  • Self-defense instructor
  • Adventure tours
  • Pet sitting
  • Court-paper serving
  • Mobile massage
  • Mobile mechanic
  • Personal chef
  • Tailor/seamstress
  • Porcelain repair
  • Resume/cover letter service
  • Mystery shopping
  • Tax-form repairer – prepare tax forms for businesses and individuals. 
  • Wedding-guide publishing
  • Mobile detailing and car wash
  • Used-car inspection
  • Professional organizer
  • Tutoring
  • Power washing
  • Windshield repair
  • Private investigation
  • Business plan consulting
  • Unpacking and packing services
  • Business travel management
  • Carpet dying
  • Hospital bill auditing – help patients understand their hospital bill. 
  • Specialized staffing
  • Bookkeeping
  • Computer repair
  • Referral service
  • Freight brokerage
  • Video brochure
  • Executive search – match employers with the right person for opening in their company. 
  • Computer consulting
  • Long distance reselling
  • Limousine service
  • Office relocation service
  • Language translation
  • Office plant maintenance – water, prune and fertilize offices’ plants. 
  • Professional office consultant
  • Office support service
  • Miniblind cleaning
  • Apartment prepping
  • Debt collection service – track down delinquent debtors and get paid when they pay your clients. 
  • Catering 
  • Restaurant delivery service
  • Seminar promotion
  • Window washing
  • Valet parking
  • Professional organizer
  • Power washing
  • Marketing and Sales
  • Sales lead generating
  • Public relations agency
  • Proofreading and copywriting service – create catchy and error-free copy for your clients.
  • Direct mail/coupon
  • Mailing services
  • Sales training
  • Welcoming service – greet newcomers in your neighborhood with a package of samples and coupons from the local businesses. 

Home Services

  • Unpacking and packing service
  • Handyman services
  • Home entertainment installation
  • Debt/mortgage reduction service – help people reduce their debt by offering them alternative structures of payment. 
  • Pool services
  • Lawn care
  • Home inspection service – assess homes for issues like foundation abnormalities and structural damage, then connect them with contractors for repairs.
  • House painting
  • Local moving service
  • House sitting
  • Home decorating – if people are always complimenting what you have done with your home, try your hand in decorating houses. 
  • Miniblind cleaning – keep miniblinds clean for home, offices and the buildings around you. 
  • Pet supplies and food home delivery
  • Custom closet systems – look for long time closet accumulators and new homeowners. They are your potential clients. 
  • Window washing
  • Residential cleaning

Computers and Technology

  • Computer repair
  • Computer consulting – use your computer knowledge to benefit newbies who want to learn a thing or two.
  • Internet research
  • Website designer

Children’s Services

  • Children’s party planning
  • Child care
  • Child identification program
  • Children’s fitness
  • Children’s transport service
  • Baby proofing
  • Kids’ computer training
  • Nanny placement – help busy parents find a nanny. 
  • Infant/new mother home care – when new parents come back from the hospital with their infants, help them get settled by offering in-home support and care.
  • Tutoring

Event Services

  • Photography
  • Personal shopper/errand runner
  • Family history video – film personalized accounts for families such as births and weddings. 
  • Mobile disc jockey
  • Wedding planning service
  • Event planning
  • Limousine service
  • Photo birth announcements
  • Videotaping service
  • Reunion organizing – help a big high-school class or big family come together.

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