What Are the Best Home-Based Franchises?

The best home-based franchises include senior care concepts, home repair businesses, painting brands, vacation planning concepts and more, which have all become more popular than ever following the COVID-19 pandemic. Even the most established brands have begun to explore why they need to rent expensive downtown office space when work can get done just as well when employees work from home.

Now, as more and more qualified prospects pursue entrepreneurship for the first time to take control of their future, home-based businesses offer the ability to better manage their schedule, spend more time with their family and enjoy a better work/life balance. Not only that, but without the need for an additional physical office space, home-based businesses generally have lower start-up and operating costs as well. The streamlined operating model, which often requires fewer employees, is also a major perk as industries everywhere struggle through the ongoing labor shortage.

Here are 16 of the best home-based franchises available right now.

Mosquito Joe

• Total investment: $104,500
• 1851 Newsroom 

Ecomaids

• Total investment: $126,760–$152,815

Home Helpers

• Total investment: $84,450–$136,600

Lawn Doctor*

• Total investment: $100,000–$125,000
• 1851 Newsroom

Pool Scouts*

• Total investment: $80,000–$133,000
• 1851 Newsroom

Showhomes

• Total investment: $86,000–$165,000
• 1851 Newsroom

Concrete Craft

• Total investment $142,000–$220,000
• 1851 Newsroom

Mosquito Hunters

• Total investment: $72,000–$94,000
• 1851 Newsroom

360° Painting

• Total investment: $99,000–$140,000
• 1851 Newsroom

Footprints Floors

• Total investment: $68,000–$96,000
• 1851 Newsroom

FirstLight*

• Initial Investment $113,000–$199,000
• 1851 Newsroom

Bark Busters Home Dog Training

• Initial investment: $68,000–$100,000

Cruise Planners

• Initial investment: $2,295–$23,665

JAN-PRO Franchising Int'l. Inc.

• Initial investment: $4,170–$56,020

Pool Players International

• Initial investment: $21,000–$29,000

Aire-Master of America

• Initial investment: $40,000–$146,000