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title: "Best Home-Based Franchises to Buy in 2021"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/8ddbffb5-aa8e-4ef8-9942-807cc694447a
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/best-home-based-franchises-to-buy-in-2021-2715181
category: "Franchise Industry"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
topics: ["Emerging brands"]
published: 2021-03-05T14:09:37.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T22:34:08.469Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/56e71161c7b8e8c9751aa2c50802edda8514.jpg
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# Best Home-Based Franchises to Buy in 2021

**TL;DR:** 1851 Franchise highlights the benefits of home-based franchises, including flexibility, profitability, and reduced overhead costs. The publication lists 16 home-based business opportunities with varying investment costs and number of units.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2021-03-05. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/best-home-based-franchises-to-buy-in-2021-2715181).*

## Story

If 2020 taught the world anything, it was that working for home was not only possible, but also profitable.

Even the most-established brands have begun to explore why they needed to rent expensive downtown office space when work can get done just as well when employees work at home.

In other words, the rest of the world is just catching up with what many in the franchise industry knew all along: home-based business work.

So whether you’re thinking about franchise opportunities that help you better manage your schedule, give you more time to spend with your family, or simply avoid traffic on a daily commute, home-based franchises might be a perfect fit for you. Another bonus? Without the need for an additional physical office space, home-based businesses generally have low start-up and operating costs.

Below, you’ll find 1851 Franchise’s picks for 16 home-based business opportunities that can help you make the WFH lifestyle permanent.

- Units: 319

- Total investment: $104,500

- Units: 30

- Total investment: $126,760-$152,815

- Units: 324

- Total investment: $84,450-$136,600

- Units: 592

- Total investment: $100,000-125,000

- Units: 67

- Total investment: $80,000-$133,000

- Units: 55

- Total investment: $86,000-$165,000

- Units: 62

- Total investment $142,000-$220,000

- Units: 97

- Total investment: $72,000-$94,000

- Units: 119

- Total investment: $99,000-$140,000

- Units: 80

- Total investment: $68,000-$96,000

- Units: 190

- Initial Investment $113,000-$199,000

- Units: 123

- Initial investment: $68,000-$100,000

- Units: 3,151

- Initial investment :$2,295-$23,665

- Units: 10,118

- Initial investment: $4,170-$56,020

- Units: 331

- Initial investment: $21K - $29K

- Units: 118

- Initial investment: $40K - $146K

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Franchise Industry (sector)
- franchise opportunities (topic)
- Fit For You Franchising (company)
- home-based franchises (topic)
- low overhead costs (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/best-home-based-franchises-to-buy-in-2021-2715181). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/8ddbffb5-aa8e-4ef8-9942-807cc694447a).