5 Small Business Ideas Every Town Desperately Needs

While everyone's trying to start these lifestyle businesses that are super attractive and super cool, or they're trying to scale the next software to $50 million, there's lots of small business ideas that are absolutely crushing it. I'm talking about businesses that every single town desperately needs, but somehow nobody's providing. And these aren't get-richqu schemes or trendy startups that might fail in 6 months. These are essential services that have been proven to work over and over again. And these opportunities are available in communities just like yours. And today I'm breaking down five of these overlooked businesses that could completely change your financial future. And most of them you can start for less than the cost of a used car. And in fact, many of them you can start completely free. Okay, let me start with something that might sound ordinary, but it's absolutely extraordinary in terms of profit potential. Every town has properties that are dangerously. Now, some of these are extreme, like crime scenes, hoarding houses, and even drug houses, or just homes that have been abandoned for years. And these properties don't just look bad, they threaten public health and drag down surrounding property values by tens of thousands of dollars. And here's the problem. Most municipalities and residents lack the resources or expertise to clean these places properly. But here's your opportunity. A specialized cleaning business doesn't just make money. It restores safety and dignity to neglected parts of the community. And you don't even need to do a specialized one in many cases. You can actually just do a normal cleaning business. But in this particular case, you're literally turning unlivable eyes into usable homes and helping revive entire neighborhoods. And you can start this business for the cost of soap, buckets, and mops. For instance, Laura Spalding built Spalding Decon into a $10 million business by cleaning and flipping distressed homes across America. And she started small, focusing on one property at a time. And she actually combined a cleaning business into a real estate business and did them synergistically. And I remember reading about how she cleaned one completely unsellable home that had been sitting empty for 3 years. And after her team finished, not only did that house sell, but it helped transform the entire block as other homeowners started investing in their properties again. And what's amazing about Laura's approach is that she saw opportunity where everyone else saw problems. But the thing is, problems are opportunities. And that's what every good entrepreneur knows. So, while every other person drove past these nightmare properties, she saw community impact and dollar signs. And speaking of seeing opportunities that others miss, I've been noticing something incredible happening in the cleaning business lately. These entrepreneurs aren't just running cleaning services anymore. They're building two businesses at once, and sometimes even three. So, in Laura's case, she built a cleaning business, but she turned that into a real estate business as well, cuz a lot of the times these properties would sell at 10% of their value. But then there's a third type of business people are doing where they're recording themselves doing these amazing transformations and then they're just posting them on YouTube and they're creating a whole second revenue stream from this. Take James from Mountain Rug Cleaning. This guy takes rugs that look absolutely destroyed, covered in pet stains and years of neglect and he transforms them into beautiful pieces again. And his videos get millions of views because people are fascinated watching something hopeless become beautiful again. So you can just do all the stuff that you normally do and just turn it into content. And this doesn't even have to be a business. A lot of people just record themselves at work or they make tutorials about useful stuff on how to use software or how to do the job a little bit better and they turn that into a side hustle or even a full-blown business. And if you don't believe me, just look at my client Josh. Josh started off making almost no money from his YouTube channel when he first started working with me. But he was just making useful tutorials. And he was able to get his dream job at a Fortune50 company from those useful tutorials. Then with my help, he turned the YouTube channel into a side hustle and then a full-time income making seven figures a year. And this coming Tuesday at 9:00 p.m., I'm hosting a live training where I'm going to show you exactly how to build a YouTube channel that can transform any business. And this isn't just for people who want to show their face. This could be people who want to create faceless content. I started off faceless. A lot of other people I've worked with that started off faceless. For instance, Wiz of Ecom, who now owns a sevenfigure YouTube channel, started off just by using an animated avatar of himself. So, he was faceless at first and then he did a face reveal later on. But, we're going to reveal exactly how to do this. And we're even going to be giving away our own internal AI software that we created with thousands of hours of our coaching that can help you do just about anything you need to do on YouTube. So, make sure you show up Tuesday 9:00 p.m. Eastern time. Links in the description and the pin comment below. Plus, you get to meet me. You get to ask questions to me. And I look forward to seeing you there. Now, if you're watching this after the week that this video dropped, check the link in the description again because we still might be running it or we'll have some other free training available for you. All right, next business is a scrap and recycling related business. For instance, a scrap and recycling yard. So, there's a lot of scrap out there, right? There's a lot of stuff that's just sitting there doing nothing, collecting dust. And recycling business provides the solution while paying residents for their waste. So, you're making the area look more beautiful, and you're recycling things, which is better for the environment, and you're making money. It's a win-winwin for everyone. Plus, you're helping clean up and repurpose materials that would otherwise sit there rotting for decades. Now, the starting cost for this one is a bit higher, okay? It's probably going to cost you somewhere around $50 to $150,000 to start this type of business. Now, the SBE or Small Business Administration often times will help people out with that. There's a lot of grants you can apply for. There's a lot of ways to get funding for a small business. But the good thing about businesses that have higher cost to start up is there's more of a barrier to entry, which means less competition for you. So, for instance, this guy right here, Adam Whitesman, turned a one-yard scrap operation into a $ 1.5 billion recycling empire. And this guy makes 8 million per month by helping communities clean up and recycle their waste. And he started by simply showing up in towns where nobody else was providing this service. And one story that stuck with me, he bought an entire abandoned factory for scrap value, employed 30 local people to dismantle it safely, and recycled every piece of metal and turned what was an environmental hazard into a profitable operation that cleaned up the community. And what's crazy is how he thinks about the business. He doesn't just see junk, he sees opportunity. Every old car, every demolished building, every piece of discarded metal is money sitting there waiting for someone to pick it up. And the beauty of this business is that the raw materials literally come to you. and there's always demand for recycled metals and materials. So, yeah, definitely another good one to look for. All right, quick break. This Tuesday, 9:00 p.m. Eastern time, I'm hosting a free live workshop called The Greatest Business to Start in 2025. And at this workshop, I'm going to be giving away my brand new tool, Hidden Nichefinder, for free. This is a powerful GPT-driven tool that I've been working on. It's been trained on thousands of hours of my teaching, my philosophy, and coaching sessions. And it's been recently updated to make it even better. And with it, you can uncover hidden, profitable YouTube niches and generate viral content ideas in just one click. And I'm giving it away for this one time only at the workshop. So, make sure you show up, click the link in the description or the pin comment below. And when you're done registering, make sure to click on add this to your calendar so it'll show up in your Google, Apple, or Outlook calendar so you won't miss the chance to grab the hidden nicheinder. Now, you'll also be able to ask me questions live. So, I look forward to meeting you. See you Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time. Now, back to your regularly scheduled programming. Next is pest control services. And oh boy is this one profitable. So I've actually helped a lot of people get jobs in pest control sales. There's a massive amount of demand for pest control sales roles. And when there's a lot of demand for the sales roles, that means there's a lot of demand for the businesses, right? Because the businesses wouldn't be hiring salespeople if there wasn't a ton of money to be made. So obviously pests are a health hazard for every town. Especially in older homes, they can be a real issue. And we're talking about rodents and insects that can cause serious diseases. They can also destroy properties and they can completely ruin crops, food stores, etc. There's so many issues that they cause and most residents don't have access to safe, effective pest control solutions on their own. They're either using dangerous chemicals or they don't understand or they're just living with the problem and hoping it goes away. So, regular pest control services help protect local businesses, homes, and farms year round. And this is a service that no town can afford to go without, especially in warm or wooded areas. And you can start a pest control business for $10,000 to $25,000. And it's mostly equipment licensing and initial chemical supplies. And honestly, you could probably start less than that if you take certain jobs that don't require as much equipment. Or if you just rent out the equipment you need to use. Now, for instance, Cy Warberg Block started EarthKind from her farm kitchen and now runs a $10 million pest control brand. And she wasn't trying to build an empire at first. She just created a plant-based formula to protect her own family from rodents without using dangerous chemicals. And when her neighbors started asking for the same solution, she realized that she'd found something special. And what makes Carrie's story so powerful is that she solved her own problem first. She was dealing with mice on her farm and refused to use toxic chemicals around her kids. So, she experimented with natural ingredients until she found something that actually worked. And her neighbors noticed her success and started begging for the formula. And that's when she knew she had a business. And she scaled that simple kitchen experiment nationwide, proving that solving a real problem in your own community can grow into something massive. And the recurring revenue model is beautiful, too. Once you have customers, they typically stay with you month after month, year after year. So, yeah, really cool story. This is a business that a ton of people need, and there's a lot of different types of pests out there. All right, next is vending machine routes. So, this one's fairly simple, but it's actually very effective, and it's literally just putting vending machines in the right places. So, for instance, you could put vending machines for drinks as well as snacks in places where there's not a lot of 24/7 stores around. So, laundry mats, gas stations, schools, parks, etc. and they're a fast, easy solution for towns without 24-hour stores. And they bring income to local business owners while improving accessibility for the community. So, yeah, this one's pretty obvious. Um, you can buy a used vending machine in many cases, like depending on the type, for as little as a couple hundred to maybe a few thousand. And then you just have to stock it. So, you can start this one for very, very little cost. So, for instance, Zack Downey has a story on the internet here where he earned $6,000 per month during summer just from cotton candy vending machines. And he basically just placed them at youth sports events, fairs, and busy parks. And kids and parents love having fresh cotton candy available. And he made some serious money providing something super simple that people actually wanted. What's happening, guys? In the editing process of this video, and I have an opportunity for a select group of people. So, these are people who are serious about growing their personal brand on YouTube. So basically we figured out recently how to grow a personal brand and combine all the upsides of a personal brand with the upsides of automation, right? Using AI, using things like this to basically grow your personal brand 10 times faster, which in the past used to take decades to do. And now you can do it significantly faster. And you can do this to get a better job. You know, we work with beginners that just want to get a better job with their personal brand. You can do this to make money as a side hustle. We work with a lot of people like that. We can do this to make more money. If you already have a side hustle or a small business or if you're already crushing it on YouTube, we can help you crush it 10 times more. We've worked with people like that as well. I mean, I literally can show clients at each level. People that we've gotten from zero to over 10K, zero to like over 30K, uh from like 1K per month, all the way up to 185K per month, from around 30K per month, all the way up to over 500K per month. So, literally at every single level, and it works for everyone in every situation. With that being said, we are only working with three to five people and they have to be people who are very serious, right? People who are dedicated to making this work. So, if you think you're that type of person, go ahead and apply down in the description and the pin comment below and you can be part of our group of 35 that we help. So, see you there. Have a good one. All right. Next one is HVAC and skilled trades businesses. So, this one is absolutely essential. I think everyone knows about this. HVAC is heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. And my brother has been in HVAC for about 29 years now and he owns his own business. And I convinced my brother to actually document his knowledge of the trades on his channel, Zack of All Trades. And this is where he teaches HVAC and other trades specifically to help people build high-paying careers. And I basically taught him how to grow his YouTube channel. And he made it all the way to over $200 a day within one month of posting the first video on his channel. So, it's basically just a case study where I showed people that it's very easy to grow these types of channels. and his whole mission is sharing hands-on knowledge to help others escape low-income work and build something real. So definitely check his channel out. It'll be in the description and the pin comment below. And also watch out for that case study video where I show exactly how we grew his channel. And additionally, we will be talking about how we grew his channel Tuesday 9:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time in our live training. And I will literally be talking to you directly, showing you guys exactly how we grow YouTube channels. So you can check that out down in the description and the pin comment below. And also check out this video I did with Sean where we helped him go from 30K per month all the way to 500K per month by clicking right here.