Business At A Glance
Staircases
Startup Costs: $2,000 – $10,000
Online Operation? No
Business Overview
Starting a business that manufactures andinstalls residential and commercial staircases not only has thepotential to generate enormous yearly profits, the business can also bestarted and operated from a homebased workshop.
Providing you have thenecessary skills and equipment, you can build and install staircasesmade from various construction materials, such as hard and soft woods,steel, concrete, or any combination of these materials. The stairs canbe sold directly to homeowners building new homes or renovatingexisting homes. However, a more suitable marketing approach is toestablish alliances with contractors, architects, and renovationcompanies, and sell the stairs to these firms, as well as install thestairs on a subcontract basis. A staircase design and manufacturingbusiness can be operated as a company that manufactures staircases ingeneral, or the business can specialize and manufacture specific stylesof stairs, such as spiral, pull-down attic stairs, or rollingstaircases for warehouse applications.