Various Small Business Ideas
When you start looking for a business idea, try to think of things you like doing, relate you things you are good at doing and that you think people need and want and will be prepared to pay for. Will there be enough people to support your business? You could also look at a Yellow Pages index to give you some ideas. From this you can see how many businesses are already out there. Just use this list as an informal means to get you thinking!
Advertising agency or advertising specialties Additive-free versions of existing foods and toiletries Antique photo shop Art promotion and broking Audio bookshop Calligraphy Car customisation Car inspection (mobile) Car wash, waxing service, quick lubrication, detailing, etc. Carpet laying Carpet cleaning service Checking employment applications Child care services Children's clothing store Children's fitness centres Child safety devices for the car, stairs, stove, pool, etc. Child versions of adult products Cleaning service (specialize in carpets, upholstery, walls, etc.) Collection agency Compact disk store Computer consultant & temporary help Computer repair and emergency assistance service Consulting (to business and individuals) Cooking school Craft shop Credit consulting Customised furniture designing and manufacturing CV writing service Immigration & job-finding service for people from overseas Food & party catering service
Balloon delivery Bar/tavern Beauty supply store Bed & breakfast establishment Braille substitute (a device for converting printed text to sound) Bookbinding (especially high-quality leather binding) Bookkeeping service Bottling purified or spring water Breeding unusual pets Business brokerage Business cards with photographs Business plan consultant Business service centre Dating service Day care for senior citizens or Children Desktop publishing (DTP) Diet restaurant, bakery or food shop (calorie-counted meals) Disc jockey (mobile) Doll and toy making Entertainment Environment-friendly ("green") products and services Security Service Estate agency Event planning service Executive diaries, pen sets, clocks, gadgets and toys Executive recruiting Financial aid service Financial broker Flower shop Food delivery service
Feng Shui Consultant Garden services Gift purchasing, wrapping a d delivery service Gourmet food shop Gourmet meal preparation at peoples' homes Hair salon (family) Health food/ vitamin Herb farming Home entertainment installation (Hi-fi, TV, M-Net aerials etc.) Home help service (an agency that provides home-help for short assignments) Home improvement services Image consulting Immigration & job-finding service for people from overseas Import & Export Information broking Instant print Instant sign making Interior design service Janitorial service Lawn care/ maintenance Language School Restaurant Shopping service Specialty food items sold to restaurants and delicatessens Stained glass window manufacturing Standard business forms Surveillance systems Transportation freight broker Garden services Gift purchasing, wrapping a d delivery service Gourmet food shop Gourmet meal preparation at peoples' homes Hair salon (family) Health food/ vitamin Herb farming Home entertainment installation (Hi-fi, TV, M-Net aerials etc.) Home help service (an agency that provides home-help for short assignments) Home improvement services Image consulting
Framing shop Freelance writing Frozen yoghurt manufacturing/selling Furniture renovating Instant sign making Interior design service Janitorial service Lawn care/ maintenance Language School Restaurant Shopping service Specialty food items sold to restaurants and delicatessens Stained glass window manufacturing
Standard business forms Surveillance systems Transportation freight broker Telephone answering Temporary childcare centre (for mothers to leave children while shopping etc.) Tool and equipment rental Trade school (welder, plumber, secretary, locksmith etc.) Translation service Upholstery service Used car rental agency Utility and telephone bill auditing Vending machines Video-recording service (birthdays, weddings, barmitzvahs, christenings, etc.) Wake-up & reminder service Wallpapering service Wedding planner Window washing service Wallpapering service Wedding planner Import & Export Information broking IT support company (desktops) Software reseller Mobile drinks and food vendor at concerts Clothing store retailer