50 Business Ideas for Moms

Business ownership can certainly be time consuming. But if you’re a mom (or dad) and want to start a business while still having time to spend with your family, there are options out there.

There are so many successful mom entrepreneurs that can inspire your own entrepreneurial journey. Or you can start any  of the businesses listed below that are perfect for mom (or dad) entrepreneurs.

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Business Ideas for Moms

Child Care Service

If you’re a parent, then you already have experience caring for children. So you can turn that into a daycare business plan by starting a daycare service in your home.

Blogging

You can also start your own blog, where you’ll have the freedom to work on your own time and write about a subject of your choice. You can even start a blog about your family adventures or one that offers tips for other parents.

Freelance Writing

Or you can offer your writing services to other blogs or publications on a freelance basis.

Event Planning

Event planning is another area where you can offer services while enjoying a fairly flexible schedule. You can help people make arrangements with vendors and put together weddings, corporate retreats or a variety of other events.

Social Media Management

If you’re knowledgeable about social media, you can offer to manage various social media accounts for businesses as a social media manager.

Virtual Assistance

You can also offer a variety of different services to business clients as a virtual assistant. You can work from your home while helping businesses stay organized, manage communications and more.

Handmade Product Sales

Ecommerce platforms like Etsy and Amazon also make it possible for you to work from home making your own handmade items and selling them to customers around the world.

Ecommerce Reselling

But you don’t necessarily have to make products by hand to have your own ecommerce business. You can also purchase products and resell them on platforms like eBay.

Consignment Store

If you would rather open up a physical store location, you can open up your own consignment store to sell secondhand items to shoppers.

Flea Market Vendor

You can also sell a variety of different items at flea markets in your area. You can create a regular schedule or just sell at flea markets whenever you have extra time on the weekends.

Baking

If you’re a skilled baker, you can build a business where you bake specific items for events or even sell various baked goods to local bakeshops in your area.

Catering

You can also start a business as a caterer, which could allow you to take on events or clients as your schedule allows.

Event Photography

Likewise, working as an event photographer could allow you to take photos mainly on the weekends and leave your weekdays free to edit from your home.

Portrait Photography

You can also enjoy a fairly flexible schedule working as a portrait photographer. You can schedule clients when you have time available and then do your editing and clerical work from home.

Tutoring

If you enjoy teaching, you can build a business tutoring kids or even adults in various academic or practical areas.

Proofreading

You can also enjoy a flexible schedule and work from home by offering proofreading services to businesses, authors or individuals.

College Prep Consulting

If you have experience with the college application and financial aid process, you can help others navigate the process by offering your services as a consultant.

Resume Services

Or you can focus on helping those who are entering the job force by helping them put together their resumes or cover letters for job applications.

Errand Services

You can also offer a variety of different services for people who need help running their daily errands like grocery shopping or dry cleaning.

Gardening

For those who enjoy spending time outdoors, you can build a business by offering gardening services to local homeowners who want help maintaining their outdoor spaces.

Lawn Care

Or you can offer basic lawn mowing or fertilizing services to people who need help maintaining their lawns.

Gift Basket Service

If you want to put together products for your customers, you can start a gift basket service where you put together custom baskets for gifts or special occasions.

Web Designing

For tech savvy parents, you can build a business by offering web design services to businesses or individuals that need help putting together their own websites.

Graphic Designing

You can also offer graphic design services to those who need help making things like logos, marketing materials or other branding elements.

App Development

If you’re skilled specifically with mobile technology, you can build a business designing apps for clients or even creating your own to sell in mobile marketplaces.

Grant Writing

Or if you want to help charity organizations or other groups get funding, you can start a business that offers grant writing services on a freelance or contract basis.

Event or Group Organizing

You can also build a business planning your own events or even starting your own membership group or club. You can even start one that focuses on other moms or parents.

House Cleaning

If you want to start a business that lets you have a flexible schedule during the day and have your nights and weekends mainly free, you can offer house cleaning services to local homeowners.

House Painting

Or you can focus more on projects like house painting where you can take on work as needed or as your schedule allows.

Handyman Service

You can also offer a wider variety of home improvement or maintenance services to homeowners in your community.

Medical Billing

Medical facilities often outsource things like coding and billing to businesses or freelancers. So if you have experience in that area, you can build a business and work with those medical facilities to provide coding and billing services.

Dog Walking

If you enjoy spending time with dogs, you can offer dog walking services to people in your community.