Christmas light installation on multi-year contracts
A seasonal exterior lighting business where you own the lights, not the customer — clients sign one-to-three-year contracts covering install, takedown and storage, so year two onward is almost all margin.
physical BOTH Service / Consulting / Agency
From Chris Koerner on The Koerner Office Podcast — 11 Proven Businesses My Viewers Started + How to Copy Them at 10:36
Problem: Homeowners want professional holiday lighting without buying, storing or climbing; the operator builds a recurring annuity out of a seasonal window.
For: Homeowners in your own and nearby neighborhoods; the same houses re-sold each season.
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Examples
- David in Lafayette, Louisiana, a teacher and basketball coach: season one $21,000 gross / $7,000 net; season two $75,000 gross / $35,000 net; season three expected $175,000 — versus a teaching salary of $45,000 to $48,000. He is leaving teaching to scale it.
Other takes on Local service businesses
- Parking-lot and driveway maintenance business offering line striping, seal coating, and crack filling
- Premium concrete coating business focused on garage floors
- Seasonal porch-pumpkin decorating and delivery service
- Local junk removal and hauling business with resale and scrap revenue streams
- Residential forestry mulching and land clearing service
- Local estate sale company that liquidates household contents for clients