Business At A Glance
Startup Costs: $2,000 – $10,000
Part Time: Can be operated part-time.
Online Operation? No
Business Overview
Did you know that there are an estimated75,000,000 building structures with roofs in the United States? And allof these building structures have one thing in common: at some pointthey all require the roofs to be repaired. This fact creates anextraordinary opportunity for the ambitious entrepreneur to start aresidential and commercial roof repair service. The main requirementneeded to operate a roof repair service is to have experience inroofing repairs, or to have an employee on staff that has experience inroof repairs. Secondary requirements include liability and workers’compensation insurance, and a few basic tools and roofing safetyequipment.
There are various approaches to marketing the business andsecuring customers, including the following:
- The roof repair servicecan be marketed to residential homeowners via distributing promotionalfliers, or by using traditional advertising mediums, such as newspaperand Yellow Pages advertisements.
- Subcontract your roof repairservices to home repair associations and clubs who already have anexisting membership base that can use this service.
- Establishalliances with residential and commercial property management andmaintenance companies and provide these companies with 24-hour roofrepair services for their clients.
- Establish working relationshipswith existing residential and commercial roofing companies that onlyspecialize in roofing replacements and not roofing repairs. Thisapproach is an excellent way to establish the business quickly, as mostof these roof replacement companies can act as an excellent source ofreferrals for the service.