Opportunities / Painting and finishes
Class 2Garage floor coatings
Fits best: a hard-working installer who likes a visible transformation.
Pros
- ✓High ticket on modest gear
- ✓High margin per job
- ✓No special license to start
- ✓Works all year
Cons
- !Little repeat business; heavy grinding work
- !Reviews and steady marketing decide who wins locally
What to expect
- Year 1
Launch in about 30 days. Learn the work, collect reviews and build toward 4 jobs a month by month 12.
- Year 2
Reach steady volume, around 7 jobs a month. Add concrete and paver sealing for the same customers and plan your first hire.
- Year 3
Step from operator to owner. Add garage storage and commercial floors.
A typical path, not a promise. Your Owner Assessment and 3-year playbook set your actual plan.
Sell more to the same customers
Growth path
Add garage storage and commercial floors.
The details
- Vehicle
- Van or trailer
- Repeat customers
- Low
- Licensing
- Low
- Season
- Year-round
- Runs on
- ProTrak RemodelTrak
- Typical franchise
- GarageExperts: $136K–$246K, 4–6% royalty
Grinder and HEPA vac are most of the cost.
*Monthly sales and run rate are illustrative industry benchmarks for one owner-operated crew at steady volume: price per job × typical jobs a month (7), times 12 active months. They are revenue, not profit, and are not projections, promises or EntrepX member results. Basis: published industry sources.