Since last year, the inspection from the competence of the traffic police passed to private companies. This event opened up great opportunities for many Russian entrepreneurs. Today, almost every businessman can open his own business and get good profit from it. Let's take a closer look at what is needed to open a vehicle inspection point.
First about the docs
In order to start work, it is necessary to draw up all permits. To do this, you must have a copy of the constituent papers, extracts from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, a copy of the passport of an individual entrepreneur, photocopies of contracts that would confirm the ownership of buildings or leases for various means of technical diagnostics.
You must also document that your staff has at least one expert who meets the approved requirements. In addition, you must provide a copy of the paper confirming that the person signing the application has such legal right. The law requires you to have a copy of a bank order on hand, which confirms a one-time payment for accreditation.
For everything about everything 10 days
We will dwell on this issue in more detail. You, as an entrepreneur with a technical inspection point, can choose only one or several points for accreditation at once (in other words, list the categories of vehicles that you have the right to service).
Your competence may include inspection of motorcycles, various vehicles providing passenger transport, freight transport and so on. That is, when registering, you must specify the categories in detail. If you will repair other vehicles, then it will be necessary to make appropriate amendments to the original documents.
After you have filled in all the necessary papers that you want to open a technical inspection point and submitted the appropriate application to the RAS, this body within ten days decides to issue a special permit certificate. However, there is a possibility that the treasured paper in your hands may not be after this period.
If the entrepreneur has submitted the wrong data or the documents were drawn up with gross violations, then in this case you may be refused. When all the necessary documents are checked, the RAS makes a positive decision and information about you, as a new operator, is entered in the official register.
Have to pay
Currently, there is a special decree of the Government of Russia on the need to pay state fees for accreditation. According to him, you, as an entrepreneur, undertake to pay twenty thousand rubles, as well as about ten thousand rubles for each specified inspection point.
In this case, the businessman must confirm his accreditation every year. This procedure will cost about fifteen thousand rubles, as well as ten thousand rubles for all points of technical inspection. If at the beginning of your entrepreneurial path you chose several areas of work at once, however, you plan to expand in the near future, or if you decide to change the name of your organization or information about the owner, then you must reissue the accreditation certificate.
And it will cost an additional fifteen thousand rubles and ten thousand for each of the points of technical inspection.As you can see, any of your actions related to the expansion of the company or, conversely, the reduction of the services provided are taxed and the need to change the data in the certificate.
On the area of the premises for maintenance
Experts in this area of business claim that any premises will fit, most importantly, that the area fits. You can use the old shop of an enterprise for these purposes or rent a piece of land, install a serious canopy over it and begin work.
And if the issue with the area, in general, is solved, then the issue of equipment for inspection will be much more acute. The fact is that without special systems, the full-fledged work of your entire business is simply impossible. And they cost good money. Several types of equipment for inspection should meet all the requirements of reliability and quality. Three years ago, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia approved the main technical characteristics of tools for technical diagnostics.
According to this document, you must have special equipment that identifies defects in the control systems, braking, car lighting. And this is not the whole list. Also, you must have a program for inspection, that is, the machine must go through all the stages of checking components and assemblies in sequence.
Good business needs good money
The owners of this business admit that opening a vehicle inspection station will cost a lot of money. Only one set of mandatory equipment will cost more than a quarter million rubles. But in this case, you will have either poor-quality or used systems. A more real figure is one million. In this case, you will have at your disposal normal equipment that you can work with for several years.
How to open a vehicle inspection point without professionals?
Now let's talk about the staff. We think you are well aware that even the newest systems can turn out to be simply useless if there are no qualified personnel capable of servicing them. Therefore, especially carefully approach the issue of selection of employees.
Imagine, because it is they who will have to diagnose complex car systems and make often difficult decisions about issuing a special technical inspection coupon certified with their own handwritten signature.
Naturally, the expert must necessarily have a certain education, special skills and professional experience. The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation has established a list of requirements for technical services specialists. They include higher education in the field of servicing vehicles, as well as the need for systematic continuing education courses.
Good bonus
As an additional business, you can put near the auto parts store. It will be convenient for you and your customers. A motorist, having passed the diagnostics and received a statement about the malfunctions of the machine, will be able to immediately go to the store and purchase all the necessary spare parts for repair. So the checkpoint can bring you additional profit that can be spent on staff salaries or on expanding your core business.
As you can see, the requirements for technical inspection points by the state are quite stringent. You will have to repeatedly lay out money at various points. However, the return on such a business is very substantial. With properly organized work, the availability of good equipment and professional staff, all investments can come back to you in a year.
Inspection Advertising
In order for your business to succeed, be sure to consider an advertising company. If at the initial stage you don’t have any significant finances, then you can get by with a little blood - creating a website and advertising your services in the relevant forums and social networks.With an average budget, you can go further and give a constant advertising on the radio. It works very efficiently and can bring you several tens of clients every month.
If you have laid down 500 thousand for advertising, then you can shoot a short video and post it on TV. It would be nice to have a professional PR manager on staff who would be constantly involved in promoting the services of your company. The effectiveness of the work of such an employee or an entire advertising service can be judged by the number of customers. If they are, then such personnel are necessary. There is no return - then the activity of such a person should be curtailed.
Let's move on to the calculations
How much will it cost to go TO in your center? Previously, this cost was 300 rubles. However, not so long ago, a new law began to operate, according to which the amount varies depending on the region of the Russian Federation. Naturally, the most expensive thing is in Moscow and in the Primorsky Territory. In other areas, the price has remained virtually unchanged. Depending on which category the vehicle belongs to, MOT costs from 100-2300 rubles. Of course, you can set the prices for your services yourself, but the law limits them to a certain limit.
Entrepreneurs are trying to open a maintenance point on the site of an existing auto repair shop, since it is easier to open a vehicle inspection station at such a base. The laws of the Russian Federation do not establish restrictions on combining these types of activities. No one forbids you to inspect cars for various breakdowns and repair them here. If you have your own auto parts store, the client will immediately receive a range of services. His car will be diagnosed, auto parts will be offered and everything will be fixed right away.
No money anywhere
In order to open a vehicle inspection point, you must have at least a million rubles. For these purposes, you can take a loan. This niche is very profitable, so you can take a chance in this situation. You can also attract sponsors or co-owners in this business. True, in this case, if a dispute arises or someone leaves the constituent structure, problems may arise with the distribution of shares.
Better arrange everything for yourself and try to do only with your financial means. In this case, at first it will be difficult for you, but then, as the business spins, all things will align. But you do not have to worry that someone is pulling your case down or wants to get out of it and take back the share owed to it.
Summarizing everything said
Let's summarize. Permission to open a vehicle inspection point is issued by a state body within ten days. However, the case may be delayed if you filled out the paper incorrectly or provided the wrong documents. Be extremely careful when filling out the information. Upon obtaining accreditation, you have to choose the categories of vehicles for which you plan to provide your services.
It is important to relate them to your business plan. If you have laid down the whole business, for example, five hundred thousand rubles, you should not include in the list the transport that you simply cannot service due to the lack of necessary equipment. It is better to expand and reissue documents later. Next, pay special attention to the acquisition of modern diagnostic systems. Not only your reputation, but the life of many people will depend on their accuracy and quality.
But for success, it’s not enough to have good equipment - you need to have a cool staff. Do not skimp on salaries to highly qualified employees. They must have a university degree and experience in this field from three years. It is also good that they have their customers. So, only having opened, you will already receive regular visitors to your station. And finally, the last one is advertising. Allocate at least a small budget to it. They should talk and know about you.
