There are many types of businesses that people choose to go into in order to be self-employed. A problem that often occurs for these people is that the amount of supplies and equipment necessary to run their business often outgrows the small space that they had set aside in their home when they started the business. Instead of having the business supplies take over much of their living space, renting a storefront business location, or moving to a larger home to accommodate everything, they often decide to place a portion of their business supplies into a nearby self storage unit. This is an ideal solution because the self storage facilities allow room for the business to grow. There is always the possibility to get a larger storage unit as the person's self employed business needs more space.

All sorts of business supplies can be kept in a self storage unit. For those people that are in the business of selling things that they make, the self storage unit can be used for unsold items, supplies for making new items and any type of documents that the person keeps for the business. Of course, if any of these things are susceptible to damage from extreme temperatures and humid conditions or if the person will be spending a lot of their time in the storage unit, then it is best to find a self storage facility that offers units with a climate that is controlled. This means that the temperature and humidity level are kept nearly constant throughout the year. Depending on what region the person lives in, just heat or just air conditioning may be used to control the climate, but regions that have temperatures below freezing and above ninety degrees will have both.