How to start a Verified ADHD Coach Marketplace business: plan and growth
Finding an ADHD coach is hard: the few local options look expensive and it's unclear how they differ from a generic life coach or personal trainer.
An owner can start “Verified ADHD Coach Marketplace” from a complaint people already posted. The offer, in one line: Compare certified ADHD coaches with transparent prices and video profiles, then book. It is for people with ADHD and coaches. Charge a commission on each match, and test a price as a fee on each transaction. Begin in the United States. Buyers already talk about this in r/ADHD. One thread gathered 23 votes and 62 replies across Sep 14, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026. Use that room to meet the first twenty buyers. Do not export it, and do not republish the posts. The idea, the evidence, and the market estimate on this page are free to read. Two paid prompts finish the job: one drafts the offer, the price, and a ninety-day calendar; the other drafts a month of conversations and proof. One credit unlocks both. A software specification is not on this site. When the company is the product itself, a single link further down opens the founder library.
Are ADHD coaches helpful?r/ADHD · Sep 14, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026 · 23 votes · 62 replies · Open the thread
Who would pay
People with ADHD and coaches. Start in the United States, and charge a commission on each match, testing a price as a fee on each transaction.
The thread above is the public complaint this business can learn from. Verbatim quotes are not invented. Further sources, when a later report adds them, stay with the evidence.
What buyers use today
- Psychology Today directory
- ADDA directory
The offer, in our words
A marketplace that verifies ADHD-coach certification, shows transparent pricing and video intros, and makes comparing and booking simple.
Score 3.20, Warm. Pain, willingness to pay, demand, and the gap in current options drive it. We are not scoring how fast you can code.
Market size
An estimate, built from the bottom up: real customer counts × a realistic price. It shows the size of the prize, not a forecast.
TAM Total addressable
$140M a year
780,000 clients · 5% of US adults with a current ADHD diagnosis
SAM Serviceable
$41.4M a year
230,000 clients · online, English-speaking clients
SOM Obtainable in 3 years
$828K a year
4,600 clients · 2% of the reachable segment in three years
What that means
4,600 clients a year × ~$180 = $828K a year in revenue
Low confidence · estimated Oct 2026
How we estimated this
- Base: 15,500,000 US adults with a current ADHD diagnosis.
- Has the problem: 5% (assume 5% would pay for coaching in a year).
- Revenue per client: $180 per year (15% take on ~$1,200 a year of sessions).
- Reachable: 30% (online, English-speaking clients).
- Three-year capture: 2% of the reachable segment.
TAM is customers with the problem × revenue per customer. SAM is the part a new business can reach. SOM is a cautious three-year share of SAM. The bars use a log scale. A share marked “assume” is our judgment, not a measurement.
The business-plan prompt
The offer, the price, and a ninety-day calendar, written for an agent. 1 credit unlocks both prompts for this idea: this plan and the growth playbook below.
# Business plan prompt: Verified ADHD Coach Marketplace You are writing a practical plan for one owner who will sell this as a business. Do not write a software specification, a venture memo, or a feature list. Use short sentences. Where a number is unknown, give a range and say what to measure. ## The business Working name: Verified ADHD Coach Marketplace What the customer gets: Compare certified ADHD coaches with transparent prices and video profiles, then book. Who pays: People with ADHD and coaches
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The growth playbook
Thirty weekdays of conversations and proof. Not an ad plan. Included with the plan above, on the same credit.
# Growth prompt: Verified ADHD Coach Marketplace You are planning thirty days of distribution for a business that already has an offer. The offer: Compare certified ADHD coaches with transparent prices and video profiles, then book. The buyer: people with ADHD and coaches. Price band: as a fee on each transaction. Do not propose ads, a viral loop, or a rebrand. Propose conversations, proof, and a repeatable weekly rhythm. ## Starting point A public thread in r/ADHD drew 23 votes and 62 replies. The pain, in the owner's words: Finding an ADHD coach is hard: the few local options look expensive and it's unclear how they differ from a generic life coach or personal trainer.
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Questions
How much money do I need to start?
Enough to talk to buyers and deliver the offer once. A service version can start with a written process and a way to take payment. A software version is a larger bet and is not required to test the price. The band to test is Per transaction.
How should I price it?
Test a price as a fee on each transaction, charged as a commission on each match. Raise it after three paid pilots, not before the first conversation.
Where do the first customers come from?
r/ADHD is the clue. A related thread gathered 23 votes and 62 replies. Show up there, follow the room's rules, and ask for conversations. Do not scrape it.
Do I need to write code?
No. The prompts on this page draft a plan and a month of growth. Code is a later choice. The founder site linked once below is where the build document lives, if you want it.
When the business is the software itself, the specification lives on the founder site. PRD and build options
A two-week build starts at $10,000 on that site, after a $1,000 scoping fee.
Plans and growth playbooks
One credit opens both prompts for this business.
The idea, the evidence, and the market estimate stay free. The business plan and the thirty-day growth playbook for Verified ADHD Coach Marketplace cost one credit, together, and stay unlocked.
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