15 Handmade Craft Business Ideas: we 🕵️‍♀️ the best ones for 2025

Selling arts and crafts is a trillion dollar industry, and we did the legwork to find the best handmade craft business ideas for 2025!

We’ll start with popular craft business themes, then get to specific ideas.
Here are the trends:

Keep those trends in mind as we go over different craft business ideas. It can help you brainstorm and align your craft business with market interest.
E.g., custom wood signs and sweaters embroidered with people’s pets are selling super well right now.

Now let’s get to the full list of the best handicraft business ideas so you can see what else is out there.

Handmade Jewellery

The handmade jewellery market was valued at $156.26 Billion USD in 2024 and is expected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate or CAGR of 13.3% during 2025-2030.

Trend Drivers:

• Ethical Concerns: care for the environment and people with recycled materials, sustainable, fair trade, clean manufacturing, and an ethical supply chain.
• Individuality: personalised, bespoke, or unique styles.
• Religious & Cultural: anything meaningful or catering to cultural groups.
• Gold, Gold, Gold: for enduring value and timeless allure, can also tap into classic style.
• Affordable Fine DTC: fine materials without big brand markups.
• Bead Jewellery: bead gems and beaded jewellery.
• True Craftmanship: authentic artisanal made over mass-produced.
• Minimalistic: sometimes for simple, delicate, statement pieces, stacking jewellery, reserved elegant style, and other aesthetics.

Best Sales & Distribution Channels:

Ecommerce is a go-to here, with online retail making 60% of sales in 2023. Boutiques are still a great option, but that digital reach is umatched. Like DTC jewellery is an entire phenomenon. One we should probably talk about some more.

Let’s break it down some more:

• Digital Marketplaces: Etsy, Amazon Handmade, Ebay
• DTC from the Brand’s Website: platforms are great for instant set-up, but there’s nothing like owning your small business website.
• Social Media: Social selling is popular – but not oversaturated – and a great way to promote your brand.

Embroidery Business

The global embroidery market was valued at $1.54 Billion USD in 2024, is projected to reach $2.62 Billion USD by 2033, and has a CAGR of 6.1%.

It’s a small but strong market that’s all about tapping into specialized niches.

Market Sectors:

• Surface Embroidery: over half the market
• Cross-stitch: around a quarter of the market.
• Needle point: under a quarter.

Trends and Drivers:

• Personalisation
• Customisation
• Heartfelt & Sentimental
• Streetwear
• Heirloom
• Business Branding
• Sports

Popular Products:

• Caps
• Blankets
• Sweaters, Sweats, Knitwear
• Coats
• Dress Shirts (business type)
• Denim
• Dresses
• Skirts
• Bags
• Apparel in general
• Home Linens and Textiles
• Pet accessories
• Canvas items
• Custom Tote Bags (super huge)

Knitted and Crocheted Items

The knitting and crochet market was valued at $9.96 billion USD back in 2018 and poised to take off with $10.69 billion in growth from 2024-2028.

Trends & Drivers:

• Hippie Boho Style
• Eco-Chic
• Sustainable
• Organic materials

Challenges:

• AI, 3D digitalisation, and robotics are coming into mass manufacturing. But this kind of creates a new opportunity for small scale crafters to differentiate themselves.

Products:

• Apparel
• Home goods
• Macramé décor like wall hangings, plant hangings, and other stuff.
• Nap accessories
• Comfy pet beds and clothing

Leather Goods

The global leather goods market is valued at $498.81 billion USD in 2025, forecasted to reach around USD 831.38 billion by 2034, and accelerating at a CAGR of 5.85% from 2025 to 2034.

So that’s huge and there are lots of significant submarkets.

Products and Market Segments:

• Handbags
• Small Leather Goods and Accessories
• Apparel
• Footwear
• Home Décor and Furnishing
• Pet Accessories
• Automotive Accessories

Trends:

• Genuine quality leather
• Sustainable sourcing
• Green and eco-friendly processing
• Pet accessories
• Eco-friendly, cruelty-free leather alternatives

Candles & Scented Wax Melts

The candle making business market was valued at a whopping $14.06 billion in 2024 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.4% from 2025 to 2030.

You can get into candle making business without specialised skills required for woodworking, ceramics, or jewellery making.
That’s a pro. The con is that this makes the candle business more competitive. So it’s important to create a special edge.

Trend Drivers:

• Self-care and Wellbeing
• Ambiance and Aesthetics
• Cosy
• Affordable Luxury
• Relaxation and Aromatherapy

Pottery & Ceramics

The creative pottery and ceramics market is valued at $161.82 billion in 2024, $168.01 billion in 2025, and forecasted to reach $235.43 billion by 2034.

So this includes decorative products for consumers and companies along with construction materials, like tiles and fixtures.

Trends & Drivers:

• Sustainable, eco-friendly, green, and recycled.
• Non-toxic kitchenware
• Durability and long lifespan
  

Products:

• Fixtures
• Tiles
• Decorative products
• Tableware: huge segment that we’ll cover separately.

Tableware

The global tableware market was valued at $45.6 billion USD in 2022, estimated to reach $109.9 billion by 2032, and rising at a CAGR of 9.3% from 2023 to 2032.

The tableware market intersects with others, like ceramicware, woodworking, glassware, and metalware.
So it’s perfect for fibre artists, wood workers, metal workers, etc. If you’re a silversmith who doesn’t feel like making handmade jewellery, then fine local flatware is an amazing option.

Note: this is one handmade business where you can have consumers or other businesses, like restaurants and hotels, as your customers.

Main Sectors:

• Ceramics
• Fibreware
• Glassware
• Metalware

Drivers:

• Eco-friendly disposable items.
• Aesthetic home dining.
• Fancy, trendy restaurant dining experiences.
• Glassware.
• Sustainable ceramics.

Sales and Distribution Channels:

• In person retail where people can see and feel the products. (Boutiques, local markets, etc.)
• Online is still a great option though, especially with behind-the-scenes marketing.

Woodworking Craft Business

The woodworking products market is reached a value of nearly $788.45 billion in 2023 and is expected hit $1.15 trillion in 2028, with a growth rate of 7.87%.

To get more specific, the finished wood products market represented 39.48% or $311.25 billion of that.

Finished woodworking is the largest, strongest, and fastest growing wood products segment with a CAGR of 8.39% during 2023-2028.

Trending Products:

• Wooden Signs
• Engraved Wood
• Wooden Gifts
• Sustainable Sourced Wood
• Wooden Décor
• Photo Frames
• Shadow Boxes

Glassware and Crystalware

The global glassware and crystalware market was valued at $34.27 billion in 2024, projected at $36.14 billion in 2025, and set to reach $44.26 billion in 2029 with a CAGR of 5.2%.

The glass tableware market was valued at $10.56 billion in 2023 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.8% from 2024 to 2030.

Trends:

• Artisanal
• Handcrafted
• Stylish contemporary restaurant ware (dining out has increased post-covid)
• Glass alternatives to plastic products: glass straws, thick water tumblers, etc.
• Durable glassware
• Beer glassware – a $383.4 million market in itself.

Standout Sales Channels:

• Specialty Retailers

Stationery

The global stationery products market was worth $147.5 billion in 2024, forecasted to be $152.8 billion in 2025, and projected to reach $213.7 billion in 2034, at a CAGR of 3.8%.

It’s a huge market, including everything from greeting cards to day planners.

Ok, we’re anticipating this to be a tough one to stand out in, especially with competition from generic, printed cards. Leaning onto sustainable or personal themes can help you stand out here. As could collaborating with other artists, like calligraphers, illustrators, or productivity pros. Or creating custom business stationery and lettering for professionals and solopreneurs. Just a thought.🤷‍♀️

Trend Drivers:

• Personalisation, customisation (monogrammed letterheads for professionals)
• Calligraphy and Custom Invitations
• Smart Stationery
• Productivity and Organisation (bullet journals & planners)
• Sustainable

Resin Art, Jewellery, & Keychains

It’s hard to pinpoint this market size, but the jewellery casting resin market was valued at $18.9 Billion in 2023 and is projected to reach USD 39.42 Billion by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 16.44% during the forecast period 2024-2031.

We see these everywhere on Etsy. So it’s popular but might be saturated. Our tip: resin itself can’t be your drawing point. So steer away from selling generic resin tchotchkes and distinguish your brand with something special, like: delicate preserved flower resin earrings, pet photo resin keychain, vintage inspired, resin and wood, etc.

Trends:

• Personalised photos in resin
• Preserved nature
• Resin and wood

Dolls, Toys, and Plushies

The worldwide dolls and plush toys market was worth $22.74 billion in 2025 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 2.76% from 2025 to 2029.

There are a ton of avid submarkets to tap into.

Trends:

• Organic and safe for babies, toddlers, and children
• Cartoons, action figures, and specialty characters
• Pet toys
• Millennials and Gen Zers
• Neurodivergent children and adults
• Tied to events or holidays

Handmade Personal Care

The handmade soap market was valued at $158.79 Million in 2023, is projected to reach $224.45 Million by 2031, and growing at a CAGR of 5.94% from 2024 to 2031.

The organic and natural skin care market was valued at $6.7 billion to $9.83 billion in 2021 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of anywhere from 6.6% to 8.9% from 2022 to 2030.

Trend Drivers:

• Skin health and safety – avoiding harsh chemicals, synthetic ingredients, or preservatives
• Natural ingredients
• Wellness
• Aromatherapy
• Handcrafted
• Cruelty-free
• Sustainable
• Clean skincare and makeup

Popular Products:

• Soap
• Bath bombs
• Lip Balm
• Functional skincare
• Clean makeup

Nailcare and Nail Beauty

The nail care products market was worth $24.56 billion in 2024 and is projected to grow from USD 25.76 billion in 2025 to USD 36.27 billion by 2032, with a CAGR of 5.01%. The nail polish market was $16.23 billion in 2023 and expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.9% from 2024 to 2030.

Trend Drivers:

• Self-expression
• Self-care
• Affordable DIY beauty
• Non-toxic, clean, and 5-free, 7-free, X-free products.

Trending Products:

• Nail polish
• Press-on Nail Kits
• Hand and Nail skincare
• Nail stickers, decals, and wraps

Pet Goods

The pet industry cleared $320 billion in 2023 and is forecasted to reach $500 billion by 2030.

It’s a huge industry thanks to pet parents who love to dote on their pets and have concerns with pet safety. Plus, we can’t forget about that pandemic pet boom.
Even Bloomberg and Morgan Stanley are taking note.

We covered some ideas in other sections, but there are endless ways to get into this.

Trends:

• Handmade leather pet collars
• Knitted or crocheted pet beds and clothing
• Human-Grade Pet Food and Treats
• Personalised items with pet portraits
• Handmade pet toys

Sustainable Houseware

The sustainable home décor market was worth $4.5 billion in 2024 and forecasted to reach $9.8 billion by 2034, with a CAGR of approximately 8.1%. The eco-friendly furniture market was worth $43.26 billion in 2022 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.6% from 2022 to 2030.

This trend is perfect for woodworkers, leathermakers, potters, and textile artists. We already covered glassware and ceramic markets, so refer to those for more market details.

FYI, the larger houseware market was worth $343 billion in 2024 and is projected to hit $513 billion by 2034, with a CAGR of 4.1%. We’re focused on the sustainable sector because there’s focused demand for eco-conscious, safe products.

Trends:

• Creative interior design
• Authentic products
• Interesting aesthetics
• Durable, long-lasting quality

Find Your Perfect and Profitable Craft Home Business Idea

Ok, we covered a lot, and that list might look a little chaotic.👀 The point is, there’s a craft business idea for almost anyone.

Find your thing, then match it to the trending theme.

If you’d like more help planning, check out this post on finding your NAICS code.