# How to start a trades business

Guides to starting a home service or trades business, one trade at a time. Each covers what it really costs to start, the licenses and insurance you need, how to price your first jobs and get your first customers, with a startup-cost calculator and a day-one checklist you can download.

## Start a business

- [How to Start a Cleaning Business in 2026 (Costs, Licenses and First Customers)](https://www.brix.so/start/cleaning): How to start a cleaning business in 2026: a startup cost calculator, insurance and bond costs, licensing, first-job pricing and a free launch checklist.
- [How to Start a Handyman Business in 2026 (Costs, License Limits and First Customers)](https://www.brix.so/start/handyman): Start a handyman business in 2026: a startup cost calculator, state dollar limits for unlicensed work, insurance costs, pricing and a launch checklist.
- [How to Start a Junk Removal Business in 2026 (Costs, Licenses and First Customers)](https://www.brix.so/start/junk-removal): Start a junk removal business: startup cost calculator, dump fees, DOT and CDL weight limits, hauler permits, insurance, load pricing and a checklist.
- [How to Start a Landscaping Business in 2026 (Costs, Licenses and First Customers)](https://www.brix.so/start/landscaping): Start a landscaping business: startup cost calculator, state landscape and irrigation licenses, Insureon insurance costs, install pricing and a checklist.
- [How to Start a Lawn Care Business in 2026 (Costs, Licenses and First Customers)](https://www.brix.so/start/lawn-care): Start a lawn care business in 2026: startup cost calculator, when you need a pesticide license, mower prices, per-visit pricing and a launch checklist.
- [How to Start a Painting Business in 2026 (Costs, Licenses and First Customers)](https://www.brix.so/start/painting): Start a painting business in 2026: startup cost calculator, EPA lead-safe certification, state painting licenses, insurance costs, pricing and a checklist.
- [How to Start a Pest Control Business in 2026 (Licenses, Costs and First Customers)](https://www.brix.so/start/pest-control): Start a pest control business in 2026: startup cost calculator, state pesticide license rules, insurance minimums, treatment pricing and a checklist.
- [How to Start a Plumbing Business in 2026 (Costs, Licenses and First Customers)](https://www.brix.so/start/plumbing): Start a plumbing business in 2026: a startup cost calculator, master plumber and contractor license rules, insurance costs, job pricing and a checklist.
- [How to Start a Pressure Washing Business in 2026 (Costs, Licenses and First Customers)](https://www.brix.so/start/pressure-washing): Start a pressure washing business: startup cost calculator, washwater rules, lead-paint limits, equipment prices, job pricing and a launch checklist.
- [How to Start an HVAC Business in 2026 (Costs, Licenses and First Customers)](https://www.brix.so/start/hvac): Start an HVAC business in 2026: startup cost calculator, EPA 608 and state license rules, HVAC insurance costs, service pricing and a launch checklist.

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