How does one start a carpet cleaning business? Carpet cleaning businesses can be profitable, if there is a need for such a business in your area. The prospective carpet cleaning business owner may want to do a survey of whether the carpet cleaning businesses in the area are adequate to support another one. This is called a demographic study. If funds are limited and the prospective carpet cleaning business owner feels there is room for another one, then jump in and the next decision is whether the new business will be a commercial carpet cleaning business or residential.

The second question to answer is whether the prospective carpet cleaning business owner wants to buy a franchise or start from scratch. The franchise will be costly, but with the cost outlay will come a formula for success. Name recognition will be one first advantage. Depending on the franchise, equipment may be discounted to the franchisee.

The third step will be to satisfy your state and local taxes and registration of the business name. Many jurisdictions will require a license. Whether it is a State requirement or just a local one is a matter for the prospective business owner to investigate on his own.

Fourth, and perhaps the biggest step is how to finance the start-up carpet cleaning business. If the prospective business owner has good credit and a business plan, getting a Small Business Administration (SBA) loan or just a business loan from your local bank is one option. Some prospective business owners will use their own credit cards to pay the costs of starting the business with. However, this could be a risky step due to the APR of credit cards and other penalties if one fails to make payments in a timely manner.

Once financing has been resolved, the fifth step is to purchase equipment, which will generally involve purchasing some kind of vehicle, usually a truck or van. Researching the kinds of equipment needed and whether to purchase new or used will need to be addressed. Supplies will come under this step, since it is also considered equipment. Learning what kinds of supplies are available and which ones will serve your particular niche will be important for the carpet cleaning business.

Step seven will be to decide whether the carpet cleaning business will be a one person operation until the business can afford to hire help, or if the prospective carpet cleaning business owner will have a crew already to go when the phone calls start coming in.

The last step will be advertizing. Take out an ad in the local newspaper, local radio or TV stations. There are also the various classified ad broadsides such as Thrifty Nickel, Bargain Post, Dollar Saver, etc. in your area. Other forms of advertizing are business cards and printing up fliers. Word of mouth is an effective form of advertizing. Plus if the new business owner belongs to clubs, church and other organizations, letting the members of those organizations know of new business can many times jump start the new business, since people usually like to help their friends become successful.

Therefore, when starting a new business knowing what the niche the business will operate in and how the business will be financed and how it will be operated until it becomes viable are the most important matters to be addressed.

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