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Pop-up shops are just what they sound like; little mobile shops made of shipping containers that can simply “pop up” anywhere at any time. You may find them in downtown areas, parks, campgrounds, and anywhere that zoning and permits allow. These pop-up bike shops fit right into all of those areas and provide a wonderful service for all of the prospective cyclists out there.

Self-brewing craft beer has become popular in recent years, but not everyone has space in their homes to set up a brewery. Shipping containers can offer a solution to that problem. They can be parked on your property, even added to the building itself, or even just put in the driveway. These have also become popular as craft breweries if you want to open a business with your little brewery.

With a little bit of creativity, you can turn your ContainerOne shipping container into anything, including a restaurant. Are you a café or restaurant owner who is looking for a quick and easy way to advertise your new and upcoming menus but don’t have the money to buy a whole new location?

The need for a laboratory in the field, especially in more remote areas of the world, can be filled by turning shipping containers into mobile laboratories. Whether you are doing medical testing or chemical testing, being able to have a lab with you at all times can be invaluable to a company.

When working on a construction site or at a large outdoor event, one thing that is always present is the porta potties. These tend to develop a foul odor pretty quickly, which just gets worse as the event goes on. Now, with shipping containers, the portable restrooms can be a little cleaner and more sanitary.

Shipping containers are quickly becoming the material of choice to build homes, hotels, pools, and more. Businesses are also jumping on the shipping container craze and using containers as pop-up shops across the world.

Shipping container hospitals have been springing up all over the world in recent years. Called “Clinic in a Can,” they cost significantly less to set up and maintain than a traditional hospital or emergency clinic, and they can be flown to any location in the world.

What Commercial real estate developer Related Midwest calls a “pop-up retail market” made of refurbished shipping containers is opening this month in Chicago, Illinois. Starting their venture on Randolph Street, Related Midwest plans a trial run of a concept that could expand to other areas of Chicago if successful.

In Detroit, Michigan, a food hall built from 21 rehabbed shipping containers plans to open Memorial Day weekend. Designed and built by the Detroit Shipping Company, when finished, the food hall will be a $3.1 million, 12,000-square-foot, two-story structure.

Revolutsia will be an attractive, open-air nucleus of shopping, restaurant and retail in Wichita, Kansas that will be built out of shipping containers. This new shopping center won’t be your standard strip mall, the kind common on street corners all over the heartland.