Businesses You Can Start Part-Time, page 13

Detail-oriented makers who enjoy a real craft and can handle food regulations, seasonality, and finicky technique

Startup cost

$2,000 – $25,000

Monthly earnings

$500 – $7,000 / mo

First income

2 to 4 months

Health, HR, or wellness professionals who are comfortable selling to businesses and patient enough for a long B2B sales cycle

Startup cost

$2,000 – $20,000

Monthly earnings

$1,000 – $15,000 / mo

First income

2 to 5 months

Designers and marketers who want to build a real product brand and can stomach holding inventory and slow early sales

Startup cost

$2,000 – $25,000

Monthly earnings

$0 – $12,000 / mo

First income

2 to 4 months

IT-experienced people who want recurring monthly revenue and can be trusted with the moment a client's data is on the line

Startup cost

$2,000 – $20,000

Monthly earnings

$2,000 – $18,000 / mo

First income

1 to 3 months

Tech-comfortable people who can test, grade, and lightly repair devices and have patience for sourcing and per-unit margin work

Startup cost

$2,000 – $30,000

Monthly earnings

$800 – $12,000 / mo

First income

2 to 6 weeks

Organized, people-driven operators who can recruit reliable staff and juggle weekend logistics

Startup cost

$2,000 – $15,000

Monthly earnings

$1,500 – $14,000 / mo

First income

3 to 8 weeks

Community-minded organizers who can rally farmers, navigate local government, and run a recurring weekly event

Startup cost

$2,000 – $30,000

Monthly earnings

$1,000 – $9,000 / mo

First income

3 to 6 months

Persistent B2B salespeople who want to build a recurring residual income from fleets and don't mind a long sales cycle

Startup cost

$2,000 – $20,000

Monthly earnings

$1,000 – $12,000 / mo

First income

2 to 4 months

Creative, detail-oriented people who can handle perishable inventory, tight deadlines, and physically demanding weekend event work

Startup cost

$2,000 – $25,000

Monthly earnings

$1,500 – $10,000 / mo

First income

1 to 3 months

Detail-oriented, handy people who like clean install work and selling a visible, high-want home upgrade

Startup cost

$2,000 – $15,000

Monthly earnings

$2,000 – $12,000 / mo

First income

2 to 6 weeks

People with strong visual taste and sales sense who can build relationships with real estate agents and manage logistics and physical work

Startup cost

$2,000 – $40,000

Monthly earnings

$1,500 – $12,000 / mo

First income

1 to 3 months

Nurses, midwives, or experienced peer counselors who want clinical, relationship-based work helping new families

Startup cost

$2,000 – $12,000

Monthly earnings

$1,000 – $8,000 / mo

First income

1 to 3 months after credentialing

People with sales ability and real estate finance literacy who can tolerate irregular, deal-dependent income

Startup cost

$2,000 – $25,000

Monthly earnings

$0 – $7,000 / mo

First income

3 to 8 months

Reliable, detail-oriented drivers who want recurring B2B routes and can pass compliance and background checks

Startup cost

$2,000 – $12,000

Monthly earnings

$2,500 – $9,000 / mo

First income

1 to 3 months

Physically strong, reliable people who want a high-demand service with per-job pricing and a clear path to crews

Startup cost

$2,000 – $20,000

Monthly earnings

$3,000 – $14,000 / mo

First income

2 to 4 weeks

People with strong style sense and selling instincts who enjoy curating trends and engaging an audience online

Startup cost

$2,000 – $20,000

Monthly earnings

$0 – $10,000 / mo

First income

1 to 3 months

Hands-on people who enjoy product-making and selling at markets, events, and online, and want a high-margin food business with low ingredient cost

Startup cost

$2,000 – $20,000

Monthly earnings

$800 – $7,000 / mo

First income

1 to 3 months

Organized, social people who can secure fields, fill teams, and keep adult players happy season after season

Startup cost

$2,000 – $20,000

Monthly earnings

$0 – $8,000 / mo

First income

2 to 5 months

Hands-on, people-oriented practitioners who want a low-cost wellness practice and are comfortable staying within an honest scope of practice

Startup cost

$2,000 – $30,000

Monthly earnings

$800 – $6,000 / mo

First income

2 to 5 months

Hard-working, resourceful people who like physical hauling work and are comfortable with income that rises and falls with commodity prices

Startup cost

$2,000 – $30,000

Monthly earnings

$1,500 – $10,000 / mo

First income

1 to 3 weeks

People who want a simple, high-margin summer cash business and accept that income is concentrated in a few warm months

Startup cost

$2,000 – $20,000

Monthly earnings

$1,000 – $8,000 / mo

First income

1 to 2 months

People who enjoy teaching kids and can build relationships with schools, running after-school classes and camps without needing deep engineering credentials

Startup cost

$2,000 – $60,000

Monthly earnings

$1,500 – $16,000 / mo

First income

2 to 5 months

People who love tea, can develop a real point of view, and are willing to do the slow work of building a brand and distribution

Startup cost

$2,000 – $25,000

Monthly earnings

$300 – $6,000 / mo

First income

2 to 4 months

People who want a recurring-subscription route business and are willing to grind for the customer density that makes it profitable

Startup cost

$2,000 – $30,000

Monthly earnings

$800 – $6,000 / mo

First income

2 to 6 weeks