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Ranked by overall score (1-10), the average of Market size, Ease to start, Profit potential.

  1. Factory Energy Invoice Reviews

    6.7

    Charge manufacturers a share of verified utility-bill savings, making the first audit easy to approve.

    Market size 7/10Ease to start 5/10Profit potential 8/10
    • Compressed-Air Leak Rebates

      6.7

      Charge plants a fixed fee per verified leak repaired, using ultrasonic scans to document avoided compressor hours.

      Market size 6/10Ease to start 8/10Profit potential 6/10
    • Demand-Charge Peak Scheduling

      6.7

      Take a share of measured bill reductions after shifting batch runs away from each utility’s monthly peak window.

      Market size 7/10Ease to start 5/10Profit potential 8/10
    • Boiler Fuel-Tax Recovery

      5.3

      Collect a contingency fee on recovered fuel-tax credits by reconciling boiler meter logs with supplier invoices.

      Market size 3/10Ease to start 6/10Profit potential 7/10
  2. Medical Device Design Controls

    6.7

    Early-stage device firms pay fixed fees for design-history-file reviews before regulatory submissions.

    Market size 5/10Ease to start 7/10Profit potential 8/10
    • 510(k) DHF Gap Review

      7.3

      Charge a fixed fee per submission and deliver a prioritized evidence-gap list within ten business days.

      Market size 6/10Ease to start 8/10Profit potential 8/10
    • SaMD Change-Control Audit

      7.0

      Sell quarterly reviews to software-device teams; reusable IEC 62304 checklists keep delivery under two days.

      Market size 7/10Ease to start 7/10Profit potential 7/10
    • Supplier Design-Transfer Check

      5.3

      Price each review by supplier site and flag missing verification records before production transfer.

      Market size 4/10Ease to start 6/10Profit potential 6/10
  3. Battery Fire Code Reviews

    6.0

    Warehouse developers pay per-project fees for stamped engineering reviews of lithium battery storage plans.

    Market size 6/10Ease to start 3/10Profit potential 9/10
    • Insurer Battery Risk Audits

      7.0

      Price site visits per facility; standardized photo checklists keep delivery under one engineering day.

      Market size 7/10Ease to start 6/10Profit potential 8/10
    • E-Bike Warehouse Permit Reviews

      6.7

      Charge per permit package; focus on insurers requiring documented thermal separation and charging layouts.

      Market size 6/10Ease to start 7/10Profit potential 7/10
    • Battery Fire Code Training

      6.3

      Sell half-day sessions to warehouse safety teams, then upsell annual updates when local codes change.

      Market size 5/10Ease to start 9/10Profit potential 5/10
  4. Rural Water Plant Audit

    5.7

    Small municipalities pay per-site fees for engineers to find pump failures before outages.

    Market size 4/10Ease to start 6/10Profit potential 7/10
  5. Bridge Sensor Triage

    4.3

    County agencies buy monthly reviews that flag unusual vibration readings for follow-up inspections.

    Market size 3/10Ease to start 4/10Profit potential 6/10

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