Batik clothing market stall

Market and festival visitors, tourists and locals looking for distinctive clothes or gifts.

You buy stock at wholesale or maker prices and sell at retail prices, with higher takings on busy market days and at seasonal events.

• Friendly selling face to face
• Choosing stock that suits your customers
• Setting up and packing down a display

• Street trading or market pitch permissions: check with the council or market organiser
• Public liability insurance, which many markets ask for
• Weather, pitch fees and quiet days affecting takings
• Somewhere to store stock and a way to carry it, such as a car or van
• Clothing labelling and product safety rules: check what applies to garments you sell

Startup costs are typically around £800 to £4,000, depending on your stock, stall display and how you transport it all. Pitch fees and insurance are also worth budgeting for before your first market.

Monthly revenue is typically around £300 to £3,000, depending on which markets and events you attend and what you stock. Weather, pitch fees and quiet days can all affect your takings.

Check street trading or market pitch permissions with the council or market organiser. Also check public liability insurance, which many markets ask for, and the clothing labelling and product safety rules that apply to garments you sell.