10 Small Businesses You can Start in 2023

Do you have a dream of starting a business or work from the comfort of your home but have no idea what type of business to start?  If you’re interested in being your own boss and calling all the shots and with the high rate of unemployment right now, its no wonder so many people are trying out other ways to bring in some extra cash home. To help you get started, we have put together 10 small business ideas to  help you on your enterpreneurial journey. 

1- Sell Your Used Items

With the economy in bad shape and unemployment at an all-time high, people are constantly on the look-out for bargains and ways to earn extra money. Shopping at secondhand stores not only helps people save money, it is also an eco-friendly enterprise that reduces waste through recycling. Running a it can be fun, but keep in mind it is a business whose success depends on applying sound business practices.

As a second hand store owner you will have the freedom to make your own decisions and express your own creative spirit through your store. You have the luxury of selling the types of items you want to sell. You can sell all types of used items, You can specialize in children and infant's items, books, furniture, vintage items, clothing, appliances, etc. If you are good at fixing computers or other electronics, you can buy broken items super cheap, repair them, and sell them in your used electronics store. The possibilities are endless, so the more items you have to sell the more  extra money you earn.

Selling used items is one of the least expensive retail businesses to start. The main reason for that is because you can purchase your inventory for much less than for a regular store. Most used stuff is cheap. People will often drop stuff off at the store, whether you ask for it or not. You can find cheap used inventory in many places. You can put signs up in your store that you buy used goods. You can put an ad in the paper. Find other stores that sell used items, that are going out of business, and buy their inventory. And if you want to this business a a part time business, you sell your stuff on ebay or vinted

2- Cleaning Business

Cleaning Business

Cleaning services - One of the best benefits of starting a cleaning business is that you can work during hours when no one else does - after office hours. Focusing on retail business that need cleaning is a good start. Banks,  Pharmacies, doctors offices, print shops and retail stores are some of the business establishments always in need of cleaning. Hence, a cleaning service can be a steady source of income, you can operate round the clock since residential apartments are generally cleaned during the day while commercial buildings are cleaned after office-hours.

3 -Bed and Breakfast Business

Bed and Breakfast Business

If you are in or near to a busy town then you will be more likely to attract business people and workers.  Here it is necessary to think carefully - Business people and manual workers to not mix well, requiring different standards of accommodation, working different hours and have greatly differing habits and life-styles.

If your property is in a remote location it has advantages.  You can try to attract people who are seeking to 'withdraw' from the rat race for a few days.  If you are within striking distance of a local natural attraction, i.e., a well-known walk skiing country etc. then holiday makers are more likely to be your main source of income. One set of guests may be quiet and contemplative whilst the others will probably be enjoying their adventure in the great outdoors.

A remote property it is more likely to be of the farm-house type.  Here you can capitalize on this fact.  Do not go overboard in modernizing your furnishings, people will expect to see the rural effect, but not worn out and dejected!

 

4- Starting a Food Business

Starting a food business is a great way to combine your hobby with a career.
It is one business that will always have a demand.  Do you love to cook and are good at it you may be surprised at how easy it would be to develop an income helping other people enjoy healthy foods. Food is a basic need of man and an important need of the body and the best way to give someone a treat too. This is the main reason for you to use it to start your money making business.  You don’t need  to have a college degree for you to learn or know how to cook. It may need you to have that good taste bud to be succeed in this business.

5- Retail Clothing Business

Going into a retail clothing business requires both a love for fashion and some business knowledge. With proper preparation and plenty of hard work, you can start a retail clothing business that makes you money and allows you to sell the clothes you enjoy. We all know that clothing business is one of those businesses which will survive as long as the earth remains.

It is the basic necessity of life and man cannot out run from this fact. We all need clothing and everyone buys it. The problem is clothing stores are often expensive to open and complicated to run.  But knowing the costs of a retail clothing store in advance can help with the decision to start yours.  Since clothing is required, it can be a very enticing idea, for those that wish to work for themselves, to learn how to start a clothing business.

6- Starting a Shoe Business

To start a shoe shop is a great way to make money these days because for some, shoe buying is an obsession. Do you know everyone needs at least one shoe so the demand never goes down? The profit margins are high in shoe shop business. Everybody wears shoes. While a shoe business can require considerable start-up cost, the start-up expenses could be from  $50,000, the shoes business can be very profitable. It's no wonder that most huge warehouses  have arrived in suburbs and shopping districts all around the world. Fortunately, there is still an opportunity for small businesses to thrive as long as the owners stay up to date with all of the styles and fashions.

Determine what types your business will focus on: women's or sneakers,men's athletic or dress shoes,kids wear,bridal or a mixture. Decide on the name of your business based on the type you are going to be selling.

7- Become An Errand Runner

With today's busy lifestyles, many working professionals don't have time for even basic errands, such as picking up dry cleaning, taking Fido to the groomer or waiting at home for the furnace repairman. That's good news if you're dependable, organized and interested in starting your own errand service business.

Running errands is a simple and inexpensive business to start, yet it offers great potential, with full timers making as much as $60,000 yearly. An errand business can be operated with not much more than reliable transportation and a cell phone.

8- Personal Fitness Trainer

A Personal Fitness Trainer can reduce the boredom and lack of motivation by providing individual fitness plans. There is a great need to increase the physical fitness of Americans. If they were more physically fit their mental health and physical health would improve. This would reduce the probablility of numerous illnesses such as high blood pressure and heart disease.

If you love exercising, going to the gym and coaching others to get in shape and meet their health and fitness goals, then personal training may be something you would enjoy doing for a living or if you have any specialized sports related skills, you could use these to teach others. Such as karate, aerobics, baseball etc. These could be taught in gyms, students homes, YMCAs or anywhere that you would have access to a large enough room and the equipment needed

9- Mamaput Business in Nigeria

This is an easy  step by step guide on how to start successful and lucrative mama put business in Nigeria.  If you are looking for a lucrative business to go into with small start up amount then mama put is a good choice.   It is mostly women that go into this  food business in Nigeria. It is so popular in Nigeria for so many reason, their food and services are way cheaper than  the  reguar fast foods and restaurants and some people are so busy and occupy to cook especially student and wokers.

Even in the mist of competition your mamaput business will  definitely florish as long as your dishes are cheap and tasty, coupled with a condusive environment.

Start up capital really depend on which of the mamaput types below you want to start, the capital should be between #100,000 to #200,000. I updated this part because of the high cost of things in Nigeria.

10- Pet Sitting Business

Pet sitting business is strictly an animal-lovers only profession.It is a profession that allows you to turn your love for animals into a profitable venture. It requires a great deal of commitment; walking dogs in the  rain,100-degree temperatures and snowstorms. It is not an easy job by any means, but it can be one of the most rewarding occupations if you sincerely love animals. It is the getting started part that is hardest.

To be a trustworthy pet sitter, one must have a background in  pet care or have extensive knowledge about dogs, cat or other animal people use as pet. This would be someone who has  worked at a veterinarian’s office, read books about caring for dogs and or animals or has had many pets. Someone who loves animals and wants to start this business but does not fit the above criteria, should  stop by the local library to get a few books on pet care.