If you have knowledge in the field of car design and maintenance, as well as have organizational skills, then you can think about the possibility of opening your own auto repair shop. Today, car service is a rather demanded type of service with a wide range of potential customers. However, the competition in the market for the provision of services in the field of maintenance and repair of vehicles is quite high. Assess your capabilities and get down to business.
Instructions
Step 1
Find a suitable place to open a car workshop. The optimal territory on which your enterprise should be located is at least four acres. Please note that you cannot place a car service company closer than 50 meters from residential buildings. One of the desirable requirements for the location of the workshop is close proximity to roads and highways, where your services may be in demand by a large number of motorists. It will also be necessary to provide for a centralized sewerage system.
Step 2
Register a new company to avoid complications with government agencies. You can register individual entrepreneurship or choose a limited liability company as an organizational and legal form. If you want to get a high-quality result, entrust the preparation of the necessary documentation to a qualified lawyer.
Step 3
Decide whether you are going to buy or lease the land. Both options have their own merits and demerits. Rental prices can go up, lowering your profit margins. But the purchase of a building or its construction "from scratch" will cost more at the first stage, although it does not guarantee an immediate increase in income from the car service.
Step 4
If you have chosen the option of building a workshop, get a permit for the construction of a car workshop in the necessary authorities, including SES, fire service, traffic police.
Step 5
Find qualified personnel. The main requirements for auto repair specialists are conscientiousness, decency and work experience. The criteria are rather vague, but if you yourself have experience in the chosen field, then you can easily assess the level of qualifications of a potential employee. The everyday experience of communicating with people will also be useful to you. At first, you can take over or entrust accounting to a third-party organization (centralized accounting) to maintain accounting records in the enterprise.
Step 6
Purchase the necessary equipment, tools and materials. You definitely cannot do without a lift. At the first stage, a high-quality domestically produced lift is suitable, which is several times cheaper than an imported one.
Step 7
When choosing work, keep in mind that the most profitable work will be wheel balancing, engine repair, and clutch replacement. Work such as repairing an injection engine, although profitable, requires an investment in diagnostics.
Step 8
To take into account all these and other nuances that may be important when opening a car repair shop, first draw up a detailed business plan. This will help you better understand the primary goals of the business and will provide you with a winning position when talking to a potential investor if you need the funds raised.
