Business brokers form a growing $1.8 billion U.S. market boosted by the large number of businesses now being sold by retiring Baby Boomers, Millennials, and others. The market is 80% untapped as only 20% of the businesses sold are sold by business brokers.

An estimated 70 million Americans have insomnia, and 39 million suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), mostly undiagnosed. As obesity rates remain high, this problem is not likely to dissipate any time soon. Therefore, there is ample room for future growth of CPAP devices and sleep studies, performed at home or in specialized clinics.

Tattoos and body art in the U.S. have soared in popularity lately, especially amongst Millennials and Gen Z, fueling an industry comprised of 11,600 tattoo studios. The industry, which also includes tattoo removal services, is estimated to be worth $4.5 billion, and is growing strongly.

Telehealth soared during the pandemic in 2020 as consumers stayed home and communicated with their physicians via Zoom video calls and by phone, email and chat. The number of telehealth companies exploded. Then, in 2021-2023, as demand for the GLP-1 weight loss medications took off, many of these telehealth providers added weight loss plans based on access to these drugs, plus support.

The total U.S. weight loss market is estimated to have grown to a historic peak of $90 billion in 2023, boosted by soaring sales of the popular prescription GLP-1 weight loss drugs. This is a major paradigm shift toward medical programs, and a major challenge for competing commercial diet companies, which lost $1+ billion in revenues since 2022.

Health coaching has emerged as a $7.6 billion service market, with a strong growth outlook. There are now an estimated 128,000 health coaches and health educators that advise and motivate clients to change bad lifestyle habits and to manage chronic conditions such as diabetes.

The U.S. medical spas industry has more than tripled in size (in terms of revenue) since 2012, and was worth $17.5 billion in 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic actually boosted this business, as consumers in Zoom meetings viewed their facial faults and decided to correct them.

The U.S. weight loss market has grown 16% from 2020, to $75 billion, recovering much of the ground lost to the Covid-19 pandemic. Medical weight loss programs represented a significant 11.7% of the total weight loss market in 2022, worth $8.8 billion, and this share is forecast to rise to 13.4% by 2027.

The $13.4 billion U.S. self-improvement market consists of individuals as much as companies. Celebrities such as Tony Robbins, Louise Hay, Brian Tracy, Deepak Chopra, and many others have built this market over decades. Most professional speakers have limited earnings, but there are only about 20 that do exceptionally well, earning $1 million per year or more.

The self-improvement market in the United States is robust, and has recovered from the pandemic. The market’s value is estimated to have declined just 7.4% during 2020, then recovered to a 12.2 % gain in 2021 and another 11.6 % gain in 2022.