Benefits of Owning a Route Business
Owning a route business can be an extremely fulfilling profession. This article will go over several benefits to owning a route business and why it might be the right (or wrong) business for you.
- Decide Your Income
- No matter what type of route you have your income is going to depend entirely on how much you sell. Motivated route owners can add new accounts, new products, secure more display space, provide other services, etc. The potential in the route business is undeniable.
- Decide Your Schedule
- Most routes will have very flexible schedules. The only real restriction is that you need to service your accounts while they are open and accepting deliveries.
- Taking time off is as easy as finding someone to service your route. I knew several individuals that would take multiple weeks off and pay someone else to run their route. As long as the job is getting done you are free to hire coverage when you need time off.
- Pick Your Company and Products
- There are a wide variety of routes out there and there are differences between them all. Bread, snack, vending, ATM, pool, landscaping, etc. They all offer their own advantages and disadvantages. If you know what you are looking for then there is a route opportunity for everyone.
- Work for Yourself
- As noted above, you will have a lot of freedom to decide your income and schedule. Many routes will have company sales support in the form of district or regional managers. They assist with the sales process and can work hand-in-hand with the route owner to build a successful business. Otherwise, the route owner has tremendous control over how their business operates.
- It’s a Simple Business Model
- Route owners typically don’t deal with extremely variable costs, schedules or workloads. You choose how large you want to grow the business. The business management tasks, such as accounting, are fairly easy to handle due to the straightforward nature of the route business