Opportunities / Painting and finishes
Class 2Hardwood floor refinishing
Fits best: a skilled finisher who doesn’t mind physical work.
Pros
- ✓Steady demand from home sales and remodels
- ✓A few jobs make the month
- ✓No special license to start
- ✓Works all year
Cons
- !Dust control and a learning curve
- !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 3 jobs a month by month 12.
- Year 2
Reach steady volume, around 6 jobs a month. Add interior painting for the same customers and plan your first hire.
- Year 3
Step from operator to owner. Add new floor installs.
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 new floor installs.
The details
- Vehicle
- Van
- Repeat customers
- Low
- Licensing
- Low
- Season
- Year-round
- Runs on
- ProTrak RemodelTrak
Drum or orbital sander, edger, dust containment.
*Monthly sales and run rate are illustrative industry benchmarks for one owner-operated crew at steady volume: price per job × typical jobs a month (6), times 12 active months. They are revenue, not profit, and are not projections, promises or EntrepX member results. Basis: EntrepX working estimate.