Pet Business Ideas
Pet owners are willing to spend money on their furry family members, whether it’s training, boarding or day-care, there are a lot of opportunities in the pet space. If you’re an animal lover and want to work with them all day here are 10 pet business ideas for you:
101. Pet sitter
When owners travel, they want their animals to be looked after in the comfort of familiar surroundings.
How to start this business idea
Owners won’t trust you with their pets if you don’t have a track record. You’ll need experience with all kinds of pets. You can offer your services at pet stores or vets to increase the scope of your offerings.
How to keep this business idea successful
Once you have a sustainable amount of clients you can employ others to also pet sit or you can branch into another pet business idea.
102. Dog Training
Owners like to get their dogs trained to obey certain commands or eradicate bad behaviour. If you love dogs and have a commanding presence with them, you can offer dog training classes to those in your area.
How to start this business idea
You’ll need a professional dog training certificate to enhance your reputation. You can highlight this certification in promotional material.
How to keep this business idea successful
You can offer your services at a client’s home, pet stores, boarding facilities and obedience schools. Group classes will offer you more money for your time, but not all dogs will be suited to group classes.
103. Dog Walker
Not everyone is able to live on a big property or walk their dogs sufficiently every day. You can offer your services as a dog walker.
How to start this business idea
You’ll need experience walking dogs in your area. You can slowly build up experience walking multiple dogs at once to earn more money simultaneously.
How to keep this business idea successful
The more experience you have the more you can charge per dog, but keep in mind you don’t want to price your service out of the market. Eventually you could create an agency or platform to connect dog walkers and pet owners.
104. Pet Boarding
Often when owners travel, they want to leave their pets in a boarding facility. You can offer to board, which ever type of pets you like, but each will have different needs.
How to start this business idea
This will involve some investment as you’ll need space to set-up the boarding, but once it’s built you could potentially have animals in your care all year round.
How to keep this business idea successful
You could upgrade your facility to include luxury “pet hotels” with private rooms. You can also offer a day care service for animals who want to interact with each other or are from the same family.
105. Doggie Daycare
Dog daycare services have grown in popularity over the past few years as owners want their animals taken care of during the day time.
How to start this business idea
You’ll need a large property to accommodate the various types of pets you’ll be looking after. You’ll operate within regular business hours and can host more than one pet at a time.
How to keep this business idea successful
Newer facilities feature group play areas, splash pools, and wi-fi monitoring that can be accessed by the owner. Once you expand you can offer your services to numerous pets every day.
106. Pet Grooming
Not all pet owners have the time or inclination to groom their pets, which is why pet grooming businesses exist.
How to start this business idea
You can start this service by offering to groom all kinds of pets in your neighbourhood. You can even operate a mobile business, this will be more convenient for your clients as well as reducing your overheads.
How to keep this business idea successful
You can gain experience and offer more services to your clients. You should also keep advertising to reach a larger customer base.
107. Pet Bakery
If you’re good at baking but are looking to try something unique or more animal focused you could create pet food and treats.
How to start this business idea
Start by reading up on what different pets need in their diets, what is beneficial and what they should stay away from. Once you’ve done that you’ll need to start experimenting with various recipes and see if your animals or a family members animal enjoys it.
How to keep this business idea successful
Once you’ve established some recipes you can expand your offering include food and treats for animals with health conditions or dietary options.
108. Pet Toy Maker
Pet owners are constantly buying toys for their furry friends to play with. You can turn this into a business opportunity by making and selling pet toys.
How to start this business idea
You can design and put together numerous pet toy ideas and introduce them to your own pets or a family members pets. Once you’ve found a few successful designs you can start selling them from your website or pet stores.
How to keep this business idea successful
You’ll need to keep coming up with new and exciting toys for different kinds of pets to play with.
109. Pet Travel Service Provider
When pet owners travel or move transporting the pets themselves can be a stressful experience. You can start a pet travel service provider for owners who want to travel with their pets or who are moving to a new house.
How to start this business idea
You’ll need a method for transporting all kinds of pets and a way to do it that is stress free for the animals. Ensure you have multiple sized vehicles and carriers to fit all kinds of animals.
How to keep this business idea successful
You can launch multiple vehicles and offer this service across the country.
110. Cat Café Operator
Cat Café’s are growing in popularity across the world. These let customers hang out with cats while enjoying a beverage or a meal.
How to start this business idea
This will operate like a traditional café; the décor will just be a little different. You’ll need to have vertical cat trees and perches, as well as water and food bowls and kitty litters available and out of sight.
How to keep this business idea successful
Ensure you set very strict ground rules for the safety of both the patrons and the cats. If your first café is a success you could open up a second location and eventually a franchise.