Businesses That Started In A Garage

13. Gymshark Started In Ben Francis’ Parents Back Room

In 2012 Ben Francis was studying at college during the day and working as a delivery boy at his local Pizza Hut at night before he started one of the fastest-growing businesses in the UK, clothing giant Gymshark.

Starting with little money but a fascination for computers, he built a drop-shipping website while living with his parents, as he learned the ins and outs of the marketing industry.

Life was hectic for the entrepreneur teenager who was trying to balance his studies together with his part-time job whilst also making the original clothing himself with a knitting machine he bought online.

Something had to give.

He decided to go full-time with Gymshark and started operating out of his parent’s backroom and garage.

When the orders exploded, he had to move out, and within eight years, the company was valued at over $1 billion.