Mike AndesFounder, Augusta Lawn Care and Homeworks · Founder of Homeworks and Augusta Lawn Care

Blind Ranking Home Service Businesses to Start This Year

23 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In a concise interview segment, Mike Andes assigns numeric rankings (1‑10) to a range of home‑service business categories, explaining his reasoning primarily in terms of recurring revenue potential and job frequency. He rates siding/exterior work the highest (10) due to strong repeat business, followed by fencing (8) and landscaping (7). Lower scores are given to HVAC (2) because of limited recurring work, roofing (3), plumbing (4), electrical (5) – noted as less attractive due to fewer repeat jobs – and window cleaning (3), which he likes for its annual repeatability but finds the occurrence low. Irrigation and tree service are mentioned but not scored. The segment serves to guide aspiring entrepreneurs on which home‑service sectors may offer the most sustainable revenue streams.

Landscaping.
For projects, one-time jobs, I would put it at a 7.
Siding or exterior work.
10.
HVAC.
As long as they do recurring, I would do a 2.
Roofing.
I would do a 3.
Plumbing.
Oh man, probably a 4.
Electrical. Oh, I'm going to do a 5. Snap.
I'll probably do a 5 for electrical. It's just I'm not as much of a fan because the— there's less recurring revenue.
Fencing.
I would probably put it at a 8.
Window cleaning.
I would do a 3. I like it because recurring revenue, but maybe once a year and I don't— I like more occurrence.
Irrigation and tree service.
Irrigation, trees are very different things. I would put irrigation at like a 2 or 3 because it is recurring. It does break more often. Tree service, you might do that once every 3 or 4 years. So very low recurring. I'd probably put it at a 9. Lawn care. That's my favorite because I can go to someone's house like 30 to 40 times a year. So I put it at a 1.