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In the past few months, brick-and-mortar stores no longer dominate the market. Mobile businesses are popping up. They’re a cheaper investment alternative, and increasingly becoming a trend. The average startup cost for a mobile business ranges from $30,000 to $120,000. While the average revenue stream is around $290,000 annually. A mobile business is a freedom to make money without being tied to one location. You can move anytime to amplify your sales. Typically, it operates at least four hours per day on a particular site.

 

10 Money Making Mobile Business Ideas 

Most of the time, mobile businesses are associated with food trucks. But there are lots of ideas to make money other than selling something to eat. Here are 10 mobile business ideas that don’t sell food.

Accessories Boutique

An accessories boutique truck offers a unique shopping experience. You can bring in fashions and trends to different communities through this mobile business idea. It allows the brand to sell directly where the target customers live, play, or work. Some trendy fashion accessories that are popular these days are:

• Bucket bags
• Bucket hats
• Chain necklaces
• Colored sunglasses frames
• Headbands
• Hoop earrings
• Mobile phone covers
• Soft clutches
• Waist belts

With this mobile business idea, you can target fairs, fashion events, and holiday parks.

Auto Detailing Services

Auto detailing means cleaning and restoring a car’s finishing from top to bottom. A mobile auto detailing trailer or truck has mounted water tanks to provide services where it is needed. They can perform the following exterior and interior tasks:

• Accessories installation
• Claying
• Exterior wash
• Interior cleaning
• Paint touchup
• Polishing
• Steam-cleaning engines
• Tire cleaning 
• Tire treatments 
• Waxing 

Home backyards and parking lots are an ideal space for this mobile business idea.

Barber Shop/Hair Salon

Not all can afford to go to a barbershop or hair salon to have a haircut or a hairstyle. Most have busy lives and the convenience of having a nearby barbershop or mobile hair salon is a solution to their needs. It saves them from booking and travel time. This mobile business idea performs the same task as a normal barbershop or hair salon do. They bring the equipment with them to provide you the best service you need including:

• Eyebrow shaving
• Facials and peels 
• Hair removal 
• Haircut, styling, and treatment 
• Manicure and pedicure
• Massage 
• Shaves 
• Waxing service

This mobile business idea is good on family days, recreation parks, and weddings.

Cleaning Services

Most U.S. households have two parents working outside their homes. Nobody can regularly take care of cleaning the house. A mobile cleaning service is a great solution to such a situation. Instead of hiring a full-time housekeeper, home cleaners in a truck can visit you once or twice a week to do the cleaning services. You can also call them as needed. Some of the basic cleaning services they can perform are:

• Cleaning interior and exterior windows
• Curtain and linen change
• Dusting, mopping, sweeping, vacuuming
• Furniture movement
• Garbage disposal or recycling
• Tidying up a room

 

Flower Truck

Flower trucks are on the roll. They are crowd drawers on events, festivals, parties, and shopping centers. They can even be a nice photo booth during weddings. Some of the most popular flowers you can offer on your mobile business are:

• Carnation
• Daffodil
• Dahlia
• Daisy
• Geranium
• Gladioli
• Hydrangea
• Pansy
• Rose
• Tulip

Flower trucks are ideal for farmer’s markets and holiday fairs. 

Handyman Services

If you’re a jack of all trades, you may consider a handyman mobile business. They can address minor issues like repairs and simple maintenance. They are less expensive than having an in-house guy because you only pay their hours when you need their service. Some of their most common services are:

• Drywall installation
• Fixture replacement
• Painting jobs
• Power washing
• Small appliance repair
• Tile installation
• Window repair

 

Laundry Truck

Mobile laundry trailers or trucks offer the convenience of doing laundry anytime, anywhere.  They also offer drying, folding, loading, and unloading laundry services. Areas near hotels, office buildings, or urban communities are an ideal location for a mobile laundry truck.

Mobile Photography

Bring a mobile photography studio right in your client’s homes and offices. They can create fun, natural, and professional photos suited for an event or occasion. And they don’t just do photography sessions. They also provide the following services:

• Advertising
• Editing
• Framing
• Matting
• Photo booth setup
• Printing

With a mobile photography studio, there’s no need to clear your space or travel just to get studio shots. They’ll bring the mobile studio to everyone.

Moving Services

Moving out and relocating is a difficult experience. There’s a lot of work to do. Mobile moving services can cater to your needs. From packing to loading and unpacking, they have skills and a truck that can do the job for you. There are five types of moving services:

• Local Move means relocating to the same state within a distance of 50 to 100 miles.
• Long-Distance Move means relocating to the same state within a distance of 101 to 500 miles.
• Interstate Move means relocating to another state within a distance of 5 to 500 miles.
• International Move means relocating from one country to another.
• Small Move means relocating from one apartment to another with less than 2000 pounds load.

 

Pet Grooming Services

Today, pets are considered a part of the family. People spend money to groom and take care of them. Mobile pet grooming services make it convenient for pet owners to prime their pets. They don’t need to carry them on crates or worry about stressing them on travels. Among the services offered by pet grooming trucks are:

• Bathing
• Buffing
• Dematting
• Ear cleaning
• Furmination
• Pads cleaning
• Pawdicure
• Teeth brushing
• Toenails cutting

What’s good about mobile pet grooming services is that customers can choose the location where they want their pets to be groomed. The grooming service arrives in a truck filled with everything you’ll need to pamper your pets.

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Woah, what a list! Need more? You can find more ideas by checking out UsedVending’s mobile business trucks for sale here. You’ll find out that there are many opportunities out there for semi truck and food truck owners.

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