Lower Investment Franchise & Business Opportunities

Looking for the chance to take control of your income, but not quite ready to make a large investment? Try the franchises and business opportunities below. Some have part-time options to help you start developing your self-employment expertise.

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INTERIORS by Decorating Den ®
Cash Required: $30,000 Total Investment: $29,900 (Franchise Fee) Minimum Capital to Invest $30,000 Full Time: Yes Part Time: No Home Office: Yes	Become an Interior Decorator, while maintaining the balance between your personal life and your career. We train you in all aspects of interior decorating including design principles, product knowledge, sales and marketing, and business management.

Mark Five Inc.
Cash Required: $10,000 - $14,999 Total Investment: $12,950 Full Time: Yes Part Time: Yes Home Office: Yes	Own your own jewelry distributorship and let Mark Fives 16 years of proven experience in retail, jewelry, marketing and customer service work for you. Build a home-based business that will help you discover long term success and the lifestyle change you are seeking. Work as few as 8 hours per week or grow your business as large as you desire. No previous experience is necessary to own this turn-key, supportive, and low investment business.

The Back Rubber
Cash Required: $1,800 Total Investment: $7,495 Full Time: Yes Part Time: Yes Home Office: Yes	With today's busy lifestyle, massage chair vending is a booming business! Now, you can own a fantastic, low investment massage chair vending business of your own. Enjoy a flexible schedule, working full or part-time, while you fill the growing demand for massages. No previous experience is necessary! In fact, most Back Rubber business owners have never had vending or business experience before starting their vending massage chair route. The opportunity is successfully being used in shopping malls, beauty salons, nail boutiques, casinos, country clubs, health and fitness centers, car washes, airports, hotels, hospitals, and many other locations. Please fill out the form to learn more!

Wild Bird Centers of America
Cash Required: $30,000 - $50,000 Total Investment: $94,900 - $152,300 Full Time: Yes Part Time: No Home Office: No	Over 54 million Americans enjoy watching and feeding birds. Profit in this rewarding industry! Own an exciting retail store and be your own boss while you mix business with your passion for birds and nature! With an affordable franchise from the Wild Bird Centers of America, Inc., you will make a positive difference in your community, doing work you find meaningful and satisfying. Whether you're a backyard birdwatcher or an experienced naturalist, you'll enjoy the rewards of teaching others more about the environment that surrounds us. As a Wild Bird Center store owner, you'll enjoy many unique advantages that give you a wing up on the competition. With over 19 years of franchise experience, we've developed products, training, and comprehensive support to help you get the most from your new business, right from the start.

Housewarmers
Cash Required: $12,500 - $50,000 Total Investment: $15,200 to $55,900(Depending on Territory Size) Full Time: Yes Part Time: Yes Home Office: Yes	Own a rewarding business that helps your community while providing you with a low investment, home-based business in which you can work flexible hours. Housewarmers is quickly becoming a premier brand in the home greeting market and is currently expanding throughout the country.

Medical Staffing Consultants (MSC)
Cash Required: $20,000 - $60,000 Total Investment: $20,000 - $60,000 Full Time: Yes Part Time: No Home Office: Yes	Capitalize on the severe shortage of healthcare professionals with a high-demand business! The severe shortage of nurses and other healthcare professionals has created an unprecedented opportunity for entrepreneurs to start medical staffing companies. Medical Staffing Consultants, Inc. (MSC) specializes in helping individuals and companies start up independent medical staffing businesses. No previous experience is necessary: MSC provides on-site, turn-key training programs and support services designed to help you launch and build a successful medical staffing company. MSC provides assistance with insurance, licensure/registration, as well as financing. Plus, you will not pay franchise fees or royalties, and will have the freedom to grow your business to meet your goals!

Business Alliance Inc
Cash Required: $20,000 - $24,999 Total Investment: Full Time: Yes Part Time: Yes Home Office: Yes	Grow to your fullest potential while you enjoy a flexible schedule with a home-based, affordable business. Join The Business Alliance and work as a business consultant, helping others find the ideal business to meet their needs while you grow your own successful business. No previous business ownership experience is necessary to own The Business Alliance franchise.

Mars Venus Coaching N.A. Inc
Cash Required: $50,000 Total Investment: $31,500 ($20k franchise fee, $11.5k training, includes airfare) Full Time: No Part Time: No Home Office: No	Across the globe for over 25 years the Mars Venus Brand has enjoyed phenomenal growth and success and now offers franchisees an unmatched opportunity to capitalize on this Mega Brand. At Mars Venus Coaching, we provide training programs, workshops, life coaching and executive coaching services that dramatically enhance personal and organizational performance in the areas of leadership, teamwork, communication, relationships and life management skills.

Business Partner
Cash Required: $40,000 Total Investment: $84,000 $96,000 for single unit Full Time: No Part Time: No Home Office: No	Imagine a business with every other business as your potential customer, and you have just imagined a Business Partner Center. All companies, large or small, from high tech to your neighborhood shops, use the services we provide in the daily operation of their business.

DIGIKIDS®
Cash Required: $28,700 Total Investment: $28,700 Full Time: Yes Part Time: Yes Home Office: Yes	Own a home-based business and make a difference in the lives of children! A DIGIKIDS® Franchise offers an excellent opportunity to generate a great income while providing a much-needed service for your community. The DIGIKIDS® ID Program is offered at schools, preschools and business-sponsored safety events. Our ID service is integral if a child is ever missing and can help save a child's life. With DIGIKIDS®, you will enjoy low start-up costs, low overhead, great earnings potential, and the freedom to set your own hours. Operate your business part-time or full-time. There are 60 million children who need our service!

Cruise Planners
Cash Required: $10,000 Total Investment: $10,000 - $20,000 Full Time: No Part Time: No Home Office: No	Step onboard a great opportunity to start a new career as a Cruise Planner with a proven leader in the industry! Selected one of the Top 50 New Franchises by Entrepreneur Magazine, Cruise Planners...

The Entrepreneur's Source
Cash Required: $50,000 Total Investment: $72,500 - $81,500 Full Time: No Part Time: No Home Office: No	The Entrepreneur's Source consultants are affiliated with a successful business ownership consulting company while enjoying the benefits of independent franchise ownership. Among those benefits, is a lifestyle that you create and you control.

Health Career Agents
Cash Required: $30,000 Total Investment: $75,000 - $150,000 Full Time: Yes Part Time: Yes Home Office: Yes	Own your own medical recruiting business and take advantage of the dramatic healthcare shortages.

Adventures In Advertising
Cash Required: $30,000 Total Investment: $65,000 Full Time: Yes Part Time: Yes Home Office: Yes	The vibrant $18 billion promotional products industry is reaching new heights with increased opportunity to shine as the alternative to traditional advertising media. Help companies in your area reach their advertising goals with this home-based business that offers a flexible lifestyle. No experience needed.

Blue Coast Financial Group
Cash Required: $19,995 Total Investment: $19,995 to $19,995 Full Time: Yes Part Time: Yes Home Office: Yes	Own your own affordable, home-based business and work full or part-time! Join America's premier financial services company which specializes in expense recovery and cost-savings services. Blue Coast Financial has created one of the most synergistic suites of 15 essential business-to-business services in the marketplace and as a Blue Coast Advisor, you can offer this innovative suite services to businesses large and small.

The Drug Test Consultant
Cash Required: Less than $10,000 Total Investment: $9,995 Full Time: Yes Part Time: Yes Home Office: Yes	Over two years ago I became a Drug Test Consultant and could not envision what impact this business would make in my life. More than an investment, it has afforded me both financial and personal rewards beyond my expectations. The Drug Test Consultant business opportunity has offered me everything I sought. It has given me the freedom to be independent and be an owner of my own business. I now work for myself at the hours I want and have seen my efforts build my business and growth steadily. We make a difference in the lives of those addicted. We provide the help and resources to turn lives around and make families whole. We are the healing tool to turn around situations that can lead to disaster. We are the glue that holds it together for so many. My experiences have been infinite, with both stories & tragedies suffered by those addicted; and other experiences that have made positive dramatic changes. We offer so much to the community and those needing to Drug Test. I cannot close without telling you, "The Drug Test Consultant" how appreciative I am for all your efforts you graciously extend. You are always there to help and make everything run smoothly. Sheldon A

Commercial Property Consultants
Cash Required: $40,000 - $49,999 Total Investment: $39,995 - $89,995 Full Time: Yes Part Time: Yes Home Office: Yes	Own an affordable, professional home-based business in an industry with massive market potential! You don't need any specific industry experience -- just the desire to work with the market leader. Enjoy a flexible schedule, full or part-time. Help commercial property owners save money using Cost Segregation Analysis. In the past, this kind of analysis was only available to Fortune 500 companies. We'll teach you everything you need to know to become a successful Cost Segregation Consultant.

Hand and Stone Massage Spa
Cash Required: $50,000 Total Investment: $189,200 - $387,500 Full Time: Yes Part Time: Yes Home Office: No	The word is out - massage is in! According to the American Massage Therapy Association one out of every 6 Americans gets a massage each year - that's 25 million more Americans than just 10 years ago. Provide affordably priced, conveniently located therapeutic massage services 7 days a week. Offer a low introductory price to bring customers in and a low cost, easy-to-join membership program to keep them coming back. Absolutely no prior experience in massage or the spa industry is needed to join us a franchisee, just good business and people skills.

Tutoring Club, LLC
Cash Required: $35,000 Total Investment: $83,150 - $125,800 Full Time: No Part Time: No Home Office: No	Join America's fastest growing franchise in the Private Education Industry, offering individualized education service for students from kindergarten through adult. You'll enjoy owning a rewarding business and a great schedule, working Monday through Thursday, 20-30 hours per week. Educational experience is not necessary to become a Tutoring Club Franchisee. Tutoring Club's TutorAid Software makes all educational decisions. TutorAid Software manages all student information by creating, monitoring, and updating lesson plans daily. These lesson plans are then implemented by qualified teachers. With Tutoring Club you obtain the freedom of ownership with the benefit of proven support.

Exciting Windows
Cash Required: $20,500 Total Investment: all investment levels Full Time: Yes Part Time: Yes Home Office: Yes	Partner with Exciting Windows!, a well-recognized, full service window fashions franchise. Exciting Windows! products have been featured on HGTV's "Designing for the Sexes". This home-based, affordable, low investment opportunity allows you to enjoy a flexible schedule.

American Business Systems
Cash Required: $16,990 Total Investment: $16,990 Full Time: Yes Part Time: Yes Home Office: Yes	Start a high-demand, home-based business by filing medical claims for doctors, via the Internet. No previous experience is necessary to take part in the booming medical industry and enjoy a flexible schedule.

Strategic Research Network
Cash Required: $17,900 Total Investment: $24,900 Full Time: Yes Part Time: Yes Home Office: Yes	Own an affordable, home-based, professional business and help companies increase their sales with this exciting business concept. No previous experience is necessary.

Fantastic Sams
Cash Required: $50,000 Total Investment: $100,000 - $230,000 Full Time: Yes Part Time: No Home Office: Yes	Own your own recession proof beauty business! Join the #1 Full Service Hair Salon Franchise (Entrepreneur Magazines Franchise 500) in a booming $55+ billion industry. No previous industry experience is necessary! We offer solid, proven systems, which are continuously refined to keep you ahead of the competition. Its time to put your dedication to success, employee relations and business savvy skills to work for you!

AIS Media
Cash Required: $19,995 Total Investment: $19,995 - $29,995 Full Time: Yes Part Time: Yes Home Office: Yes	Partner with AIS Media and enjoy the freedom of owning your own Internet services and consulting business! Work from home, full or part-time, while you help companies enhance their online image, create new revenue streams, streamline business processes, and boost customer satisfaction. No technical experience is necessary!

Image Sun Tanning
Cash Required: $49,000 Total Investment: $195,000 - $395,000 Full Time: No Part Time: No Home Office: No	Stake your claim in a $7 billion dollar industry! Meet your customers' wants & needs with Image Sun.

The Glove Lady
Cash Required: Financing Available Total Investment: $28,995 Full Time: Yes Part Time: Yes Home Office: Yes	The Glove Lady is America 's leading provider of specialty gloves and safety products to the commercial and corporate marketplace and offers you a unique, turnkey, mobile business opportunity.

Decor&You
Cash Required: $25,000 - Decor Designers $150,000 - Regional Director Total Investment: $56,000 - $79,000 Décor Designers (Includes Franchise Fee) $207,000 - $225,000 Regional Director (Includes Franchise Fee) Full Time: Yes Part Time: Yes Home Office: Yes	Decor & You® gives you the opportunity to build a home-based business in the expanding and lucrative field of interior decorating. No industry or business ownership experience is necessary.

Homewatch International, Inc.
Cash Required: $50,000 Total Investment: $90,000 - $110,000 Full Time: No Part Time: No Home Office: No	The aging of America has created an incredibly meaningful, unique and rewarding opportunity. Homewatch Caregivers provide non-medical services for seniors and other people who require assistance with daily living tasks. We are seeking goal-oriented, compassionate entrepreneurs with management skills and the desire to succeed.

ATC Healthcare Services, Inc
Cash Required: $29,500 Total Investment: $90,000-$110,000 Full Time: Yes Part Time: No Home Office: Yes	ATC Healthcare is one of the largest providers of Medical Staffing Services in the United States and is actively seeking franchisees in many different geographical markets throughout the country. ATC is comprised of both corporate-owned branches, and a network of experienced franchise owners that operate in over 65 locations. Our franchise owners combine entrepreneurial skills with ATC's health care proprietary systems, policies and procedures to deliver medical staffing to clients throughout the United States. Previous industry experience is not necessary because we will provide you with everything you'll need to start and grow your business. Support is available from ATC in the areas of operations, quality assurance, clinical services, human resources, sales, marketing, contract administration, and training.

Kinderdance®
Cash Required: $12,000 - $40,000 Total Investment: $14,950 - $46,100 (Incl. Franchise Fee) Full Time: Yes Part Time: Yes Home Office: Yes	Make a difference in the lives of young children while you enjoy the freedom of being your own boss and enjoying a flexible schedule. Kinderdance® is the original nationwide dance, motor development, gymnastics and fitness program that combines academic readiness skills which are specially designed for children ages 2 to 8. No dance experience is required and you will receive a turn-key, proven business system including comprehensive training and support programs. This is a low investment, low overhead concept in the booming $28 billion childrens services industry. You will offer classes onsite at schools, daycare centers and community centers, so you will not have the expense of a studio, and you can work from a home-based office. Learn more about joining Kinderdance® today!

Padgett Business Services
Cash Required: $20,000 - $24,999 Total Investment: $88,900 Full Time: Yes Part Time: No Home Office: Yes	Now is the time to become a small business leader in your community. Padgett Business Services is North America's premier supplier of tax, consulting, financial reporting and payroll services. If the idea of helping small business owners reach their goals sounds interesting to you, you may be a perfect fit for Padgett. Padgett offers you a professional, business-to-business opportunity which requires a low investment and low overhead. Learn more today!

Zen Massage Center
Cash Required: $50,000 Total Investment: $80,575 - $184,875 Full Time: Yes Part Time: No Home Office: Yes	With a Zen Massage Center franchise, you can turn your dream of business ownership into a reality and be your own boss, create a new career, and begin enjoying the many benefits of business ownership. Offering clients the finest massage therapy in a beautiful environment at half the average cost of a massage session has proven to be a winning and popular concept, allowing customers to regularly enjoy massage, while our massage therapists enjoy a predictable schedule and our Massage Centers enjoy strong growth. We are now offering you the opportunity to benefit from our experience with an exciting, innovative franchise opportunity! No previous experience in the massage therapy industry is necessary because you will receive complete training and support.

Ident-A-Kid Services of America
Cash Required: $15,000 - $19,999 Total Investment: $34,000 - $43,000 Full Time: Yes Part Time: Yes Home Office: Yes	Founded in 1986, IDENT-A-KID Services of America, Inc., is the pioneer in child identification. For over twenty years IDENT-A-KID has been providing the opportunity for motivated individuals to be their own boss, enjoy a flexible schedule, and provide an important community service. IDENT-A-KID Franchisees are people that are passionate about children, have a desire to serve the community and be their own boss, and at the same time want the flexibility to spend more time with their families. We will teach you everything you need to run your new business.

Seamaster Cruises
Cash Required: $9,500 Total Investment: $9,500 Full Time: No Part Time: No Home Office: No	Get into the fun and growing cruise industry.A rewarding home business for a low investment.

Molly Maid
Cash Required: $30,000 Total Investment: $150,000 Full Time: Yes Part Time: No Home Office: No	Enjoy incredible freedom and potential with exploding customer demand! Our franchise owners don't clean homes. We train you how to recruit, train, motivate, and manage your employees to do the cleaning. We offer franchisees a winning combination of people, technology, and our proven system to help you reach your growth potential. You'll work on weekdays only. The initial investment is small. And you'll enjoy the backing of a company that has won numerous awards and offers everything you need to get your business off the ground as well as continuing support for the lifetime of your business.

Showhomes
Cash Required: $29,000 Total Investment: $59,500 - $165,700 Full Time: Yes Part Time: No Home Office: Yes	Become part of Americas Largest Home Staging Business- the home staging industry is booming and we need creative and driven women to join our system. Build a successful and enviable business that helps others and allows you to reach your life goals and achieve balance.

LaVida Massage
Cash Required: $25,000 Total Investment: $145,000 - $260,000 Full Time: No Part Time: No Home Office: No	The LaVida Concept was born from intense research into the rapidly emerging massage industry. The massage business is now changing at an ever increasing pace. Our business plan is simple and solid: We offer an affordable massage and time slots for customer convenience. No previous industry or business ownership experience is necessary to join us.

Global Broker Training Systems Inc
Cash Required: $19,950 Total Investment: $19,950 Full Time: Yes Part Time: Yes Home Office: Yes	Offer clients a complete range of business financing and equipment leasing services. If you enjoy meeting people and helping them to meet their financial needs, don't mind working hard, and have a sincere desire to succeed, our program is right for you. This is the perfect professional, home-based opportunity because most transactions will be handled over the phone, fax, or Internet, keeping your expenses low. We know what it takes to run a finance business, find clients, package transactions, and make money, and we will teach you everything you will need to know. No previous experience is necessary!