Best Businesses to Run Solo: Fewest Employees Needed
Not everyone wants to manage a team. These industries have the lowest average employees per firm, meaning many businesses in the space are run by a single owner or a tiny crew. Less overhead, less complexity, more control.
Fewest Employees Per Firm
- 1. Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers: 1.4 employees per firm | $151,858 avg wage
- 2. Mobile Food Services: 2.6 employees per firm | $26,044 avg wage
- 3. Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers: 2.7 employees per firm | $85,046 avg wage
- 4. Offices of Real Estate Appraisers: 2.8 employees per firm | $71,138 avg wage
- 5. Interior Design Services: 3.1 employees per firm | $70,269 avg wage
- 6. Graphic Design Services: 3.1 employees per firm | $83,360 avg wage
- 7. Residential Remodelers: 3.3 employees per firm | $59,816 avg wage
- 8. Other Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance: 3.4 employees per firm | $47,481 avg wage
- 9. Other Activities Related to Real Estate: 3.5 employees per firm | $111,771 avg wage
- 10. Building Inspection Services: 3.5 employees per firm | $66,378 avg wage
- 11. Other Management Consulting Services: 3.5 employees per firm | $113,196 avg wage
- 12. Photography Studios, Portrait: 3.6 employees per firm | $35,826 avg wage