Home Improvement Contracting Business


Tips, ideas, training and advice for starting, owning and operating a home improvement contracting business or any small business providing homeowner services. Home improvement and services businesses include landscapers, residential cleaning providers, HVAC repair, roofers, handymen, electricians, plumbers, woodworkers, home remodelers and painters.

The articles below are aimed at helping you work on your business, not just in it. You’ll also be pointed to software and other resources helpful to home improvement businesses and other small businesses like yours.

how to start a construction company

How to Start a Construction Company

From small to large projects, there is a construction project. Take part in the industry by learning how to start a construction company.


How to Start a Cleaning Business

How to Start a Cleaning Business

If you're handy with a mop or vacuum, you may wonder how to start a cleaning business. Here's what you need to do to get started in the cleaning and custodial industry.


How to Start a Painting Business

How to Start a Home Painting Business

It takes a little more than a few brushes and some color swatches to get a home painting business off the ground ... but not much. Here's how to start a painting business of your very own.