Start your business
Start your home-service business
What it really costs to start a pressure washing, lawn care or house cleaning business: day-one equipment with listed prices, the software you'll run it on, and where to get licensed and insured.
Not tested by us. We haven't used any of this equipment. Specs and prices are copied from each maker's or retailer's own product page, read Oct 30, 2026 and linked next to every number. No rankings, no ratings: the order is by category or by the numbers.
Startup guides
Data and tools
Home and yard buying guides
Leaf blowers, snow blowers, pressure washers and battery mowers, by the specs.
Pressure washer spec table
29 machines: PSI, GPM, pump, engine, warranty, from maker pages.
Startup cost calculator
Your whole budget, line by line, with a cash cushion.
Pressure washing job calculator
Time, water and price from square feet and GPM.
The part that pays for itself
Equipment gets you to the job. Software is what turns a call into a booked, paid job: quotes, scheduling, reminders, invoices. Every guide ends with the apps that serve that trade and their real prices. See all 15 apps priced.
How these guides are made
Specs and prices are copied from manufacturers' and retailers' own pages and dated. We haven't tested the equipment, we don't rank it, and we don't print Amazon prices or ratings. Brands sold only through dealers get a dealer-locator link instead of a store link. How we work ยท Affiliate disclosure