5 Bike Rental Store Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: July 24th, 2023

Start A Bike Rental Store

Bike rental is one of the most profitable business ideas most people overlook. Today, bike rental is in high demand, especially among people who love outdoor activities. Today, people prefer renting a bike as opposed to buying one. Moreover, bikes offer a hassle-free and quicker ride option for daily commuters. In that regard, starting your own bike rental business is exciting and can be profitable.

If you are starting a bike rental business, some avenues you could use to increase business profitability include:

Targeting tourists
Reaching out to biker clubs
Biking training schools
Cater to employees in organizations that encourage the use of bikes

Use bike rental software to manage bookings, and market your business on social media and biking clubs, to maximize bookings.

Here are some real life success stories of starting a bike rental store:

Learn more about starting a bike rental store:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a bike rental store?
-> Pros and cons of a bike rental store

Need inspiration?

-> Examples of established bike rental store
-> Marketing ideas for a bike rental store

Other resources

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Starting A Bike Rental Store: Everything You Need To Know

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3. Indian Motorcycle

Founded in 1901, Indian Motorcycle is an American brand of motorcycles manufactured in Spirit Lake, Iowa. Designed to embody Indian Motorcycles reputation for innovation, performance and style without sacrificing the technology of today.

Where they're located: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Website traffic: 1.4M/month

4. Erik's Bike Shop

Where they're located: Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Website traffic: 250K/month

5. Motorcycle Rentals

The world's largest motorcycle rental and tour company with rentals starting at $29/day and bike + hotel tour packages starting at $135/day.

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Website traffic: 180K/month