40 Drone Small Business Ideas

Side hustles and multiple income streams are popular and increasing lately including popular services like Uber or Airbnb.  Drone business ideas are changing as the industry matures.  Licensed FAA drone pilots can list on services that can find them jobs like Dronebase or Flyguys.  Here are some popular drone business ideas for a full or part time drone business.  

1. Drone photography and filming
2. Real Estate listings and marketing 
3. Drone sales, drone parts sales, and drone repair
4. Drone operator education and licensing assistance
5. Action sports filming
6. Fire fighting
7. News footage 
8. Map making and map selling
9. Surveying property 
10. Property assessment 
11. Inspections
12. Business marketing 
13. Wedding video and special events video
14. Drone leasing 
15. Drone blogging
16. Agriculture monitoring
17. Drone implementation consulting 
18. Competitor surveillance 
19. Drone repelling and destruction service 
20. Drone deliveries 
21. Low altitude banner advertising 
22. Power line inspection 
23. Hotel and resort advertising 
24. Disaster and accident assessment and reporting 
25. Building and monetizing a Youtube channel 
26. Drone racing
27. Night security with night vision drones
28. Drone choreographed night light shows
29. Wildlife monitoring 
30. Law enforcement assistance 
31. Drone affiliate marketing
32. Drone insurance sales
33. Drone insurance inspections and assessments 
34. Drone taxis 
35. Drone associations
36. Drone pilot cooperatives 
37. Drone lobbyists
38. Drone racing clubs
39. Music video filming
40. Outer space planet exploration 

Any new drone small business requiring drone flight would need a FAA licensed drone pilot following FAA rules.  Small drone business either full or part time should continue to increase due to the low barriers to entry and the lower cost for hiring a local drone pilot.