Driveway, patio & house-siding pressure washing
A quality pressure washer plus basic supplies runs well under a few thousand dollars, and each job can pay several hundred. The visible before/after sells itself and drives referrals, making it one of the fastest service businesses to bootstrap.
$500-3,000
$2,000-6,000/mo seasonal
Top of range — not a guarantee
Where this signal comes from
Nationally there are 138,018 building-exterior services (pressure washing, gutters, pools) — 4.1 per 10,000 residents, counting both those with employees and those without (US Census, County Business Patterns + Nonemployer Statistics 2023). Scoutway compares your own county against that rate.
Some counties have a fraction of that rate; some have several times more. Join the waitlist to see where your own county lands.
Sources: US Census County Business Patterns ↗ (businesses with employees) and Nonemployer Statistics ↗ (sole proprietors). Every figure here is the two added together.
High per-job value and visible results, with almost no equipment barrier.
One of the shortest paths from nothing to a first paid job: the equipment is a pressure washer and something to carry it in. The result is visible within an hour, which makes before/after photos most of the marketing.
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