Drone Business Ideas
Drones usage and business ideas associated with drones are continuing to grow in popularity as entrepreneurs’ experiment with them and see what they are capable of. You can start a business making and selling maps or using drones in agriculture, here are 10 Drone-based business ideas:
221. An Advertising Business
Using a drone in advertising will allow clients to produce some innovative campaigns. The angles for photographic purposes that a drone can achieve could offer advertising and marketing projects a competitive advantage.
How to start this business idea
Determine which type of drone best fits your needs, once you have you can approach advertising and marketing companies offering your services.
How to keep this business idea successful
The more experience you have the more you can offer your clients, so ensure you practise with the drone and learn how to achieve cleaner and better shots.
222. Drone videography
Drone videography is the ability to capture both still images and video by using a drone. Find out which businesses need high-angled aerial video or images and offer them your service.
How to start this business idea
Once you’ve done your research into which is the best model of drone for this particular venture, and you’ve gained some experience with it, you can start offering your services.
How to keep this business idea successful
You can advertise your services to commercial and residential real estate agents who are looking for newer ways to show-off their properties.
223. Offer Drone Courses
There are a growing number of professionals and private individuals who want to know how to operate a drone.
How to start this business idea
You’ll need an extensive amount of experience flying drones. You could potentially even be a certified pilot to gain a competitive advantage over others offering this service.
How to keep this business idea successful
You can offer beginner, intermediate and advanced courses to ensure you have repeat customers. Have a wide variety of drones that clients can practise with, to appeal to a broader target market.
224. Making and Selling of Maps
Map makers, topographers and even archaeologists need aerial surveys to effectively evaluate their projects. Previously companies had to use helicopters or aeroplanes, but now they can use drones.
How to start this business idea
Learn how to fly your drone low, slow and steady to capture the best images for your clients. Advertise to topographers, archaeologists, map makers and even property developers.
How to keep this business idea successful
Once you have enough capital invest in a second drone and a hire a new pilot to expand your business and increase your revenue.
225. A Wedding and Special Events Photography Business
The ability of a traditional photographers is limited to how tall they are and if they can get the right shot or not. With drones, you can get more interesting and unique photographs for your clients wedding or special event.
How to start this business idea
You’ll need to practise with a drone enough to ensure you can professionally take photographs during a wedding or event when people are moving around and aren’t posing.
How to keep this business idea successful
The more inventive and innovative you can make the photos the more clients will come your way. Advertise your services to wedding and event planners, at wedding-related businesses and at wedding venues.
226. Agricultural Drones
Drones can assist both large and small farming operations with water and disease management services. Drones can also assist with better planting and crop rotation, while offering a higher degree of all-around knowledge of how crops are progressing.
How to start this business idea
Once you have the experience and equipment needed for this service, you can begin to partner with big and small agricultural holdings to offer them this comprehensive service.
How to keep this business idea successful
The more drones you have the more farms you can do simultaneously, so you’ll want to reinvest in your business by buying more drones.
227. Filmmaking
You can launch a filmmaking studio that specialises in aerial footage. Ensure you have the right drone for the job to create a professional and polished aerial film.
How to start this business idea
You’ll need experience, but once you have that you can approach a vast array of businesses who want footage shot for promotional purposes. You can help businesses whether they’re filming client testimonials, showing off a new product or they just need those wide-angle aerial shots for emphasis and grandeur.
How to keep this business idea successful
You can target tourist landmarks, accommodation spots and entertainment venues to show off your aerial footage and promote their business.
228. A Drone Inspection Company
Drones can reach areas that may be unsafe for people, so you can send your drone in with additional equipment and ensure that the machinery is operating effectively, and nothing is damaged.
How to start this business idea
Once you have extensive flying experience, you’ll also need to know what you’re looking for in the inspection and what equipment you’ll need to carry it out properly. You can do the following inspections depending on the knowledge that you have:
- Oil pipeline safety and integrity
- Solar installation safety and effectiveness
- Wind turbines
- Infrastructure inspection of under-construction and old buildings.
- Power line and cable inspections
- Critical infrastructure inspection.
How to keep this business idea successful
The more expertise you have the more of these inspections you can do, so you may want to upskill yourself and become certified inspector of more than one of these options.
229. Security Agency
Footage from unmanned aerial drones are being used to secure sensitive locations and areas from trespassers, as well as detecting and documenting theft.
How to start this business idea
You’ll need experience in security as well as drone piloting. Target businesses that cover vast amounts of land and would benefit from a single drone pilot covering large amounts of land quickly.
How to keep this business idea successful
Once your business is sustainable you can hire more operators, train them up and launch a security firm specialising in aerial security.
230. A Drone Leasing Business
There are both companies and private citizens who don’t want to invest in a drone. They would rather pay to rent the drone for a couple of hours to get the job done.
How to start this business idea
Start out renting just one or two and invest back into your business until you have enough to make the business successful.
How to keep this business idea successful
You’ll eventually need to collect a wide variety of drones. If you have one or two highly specialised drones you can corner the market on renting them to businesses who need them for a short period.