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Christmas Light Business

How to Start a Christmas Light Business: LLC Setup

Starting a Christmas light installation business? Set up your LLC before you climb the ladder. Here's why it matters (ladders and roofs, contracts and deposits, inventory), every Bizee screen from start to finish, and the insurance call the top installers make first.

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Why an LLC for a Christmas light business?

Why an LLC for this business

01

Ladders & roofs

Nearly half of holiday decorating injuries involve falls (CPSC)

02

Contracts & deposits

Signed by your business, paid into its account

03

Inventory

Spools, bulbs, clips, a trailer: bought as a business

04

Certificate of insurance

A policy in your LLC's name

Right after the LLC

  1. General liabilityNamed insured: your LLC
  2. Tell your agentLadders, roofs, other people's homes
  3. Workers' compIf you hire a crew
  4. License checkState + city or county

Ready when you are

Open Bizee from our link and follow along with your state's video.

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