Check out these eight ways you can shed the desk and enjoy life on the road while building your future.
It’s possible to set yourself on a new path, and strike out with a fresh career that will rebalance your lifestyle and let you spend plenty of time out and about.
1. Lawn mowing and garden maintenance franchise
A well-established business concept, lawn mowing and gardening really hits the mark for the fit and healthy who want a physically-demanding job that gives you the satisfaction of seeing immediate results.
Check out the V.I.P. Australia business model – it’s been trading since 1972.
2. Pool and outdoor maintenance franchise
There are 20,000 new pools built around Australia every year, so there’s plenty of potential for after-care services.
The award-winning Poolwerx brand has been established for 26 years and has recently launched in the US.
Its model is multi-tier, so you don’t need to open a store, you can invest in a mobile business and enjoy working outdoors.
3. Transport and distribution franchise
Logistics with a difference – out in the beautiful Australian landscape. Ferrying freight throughout the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges in Victoria is the focus of the Mountain Blue Transport Franchising, which operates on a five day week.
The franchise requires good customer service skills, the ability to work with scanners and smart phones and for its franchisee to enjoy working outdoors.
4. Home services franchise
Cleaning gutters used to be a dirty, hands-on job. Not any longer. Gutter-Vac uses innovative vacuum equipment to ensure gutters, roofs, ceiling spaces and rainwater tanks are kept clean.
A head for heights and a determination to succeed will help franchisees.
5. Food delivery franchise
Aussies love good food, and for the vibrant hospitality market fresh ingredients are critical. One business option is focused on supplying fresh fruit and vegetables to restaurants and cafes.
Franchisees with Yarra Valley Farms are delivering ready picked and packed orders for the hospitality sector.
6. Mobile coffee franchise
Coffee continues to be hugely popular as a business sector. One option is to operate what is essentially a mobile cafe, with coffees, other beverages and snacks, servicing customers where they are.
Xpresso Mobile Cafe provides innovative vans, and works with smartphone technology to deliver Di Bella Coffee to customers.
7. Children’s products and services franchise
Bring the country to the city – that’s the premise for one franchise that suits animal lovers who enjoy working with kids.
Old Macdonald’s Travelling Farms has been in business for almost 30 years, working with kindy/playgroups, preschools, primary schools, agricultural shows.
Franchisees need to operate a 4-wheel drive, have first aid and blue card qualifications, and in some states a Certificate 111 in Animal Care.
8. Fitness and sports franchise
For anyone with a passion for community-level sport, a skills-based sports program can help children maximise their potential and provides the satisfaction of empowering the next generation of Australians.
Sport Star Academy works with kids from one to 18, across a variety of sports including rugby, netball, AFL, football, basketball, cricket and tennis.
Your business could help create the next Aussie champion!