Opportunities / Repair and install
StarterHandyman services
Fits best: a jack-of-all-trades who likes variety.
Pros
- ✓Low cost and endless demand
- ✓Works all year
Cons
- !Job-size limits without a contractor license
- !Little repeat business, so marketing never stops
What to expect
- Year 1
Launch in about 30 days. Learn the work, collect reviews and build toward 18 jobs a month by month 12.
- Year 2
Reach steady volume, around 35 jobs a month. Add tv mounting and smart home install for the same customers and plan your first hire.
- Year 3
Step from operator to owner. Specialize into a trade pack once the best jobs are clear.
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
Specialize into a trade pack once the best jobs are clear.
The details
- Vehicle
- Truck or van
- Repeat customers
- Low
- Licensing
- Medium
- Season
- Year-round
- Runs on
- ProTrak HandyTrak
State limits on job size without a contractor license.
*Monthly sales and run rate are illustrative industry benchmarks for one owner-operated crew at steady volume: price per job × typical jobs a month (35), times 12 active months. They are revenue, not profit, and are not projections, promises or EntrepX member results. Basis: published industry sources.