General auto repair shop
Three-bay independent mechanical repair shop with two technicians and an owner service adviser
Five guides · full plan example pending
$246,600
Illustrative opening funding, including reserve
Business ideas and planning cases
Choose an operating format, then follow its costs, capacity, cash flow and financing.
Each business has five connected guides: an overview, startup costs, profitability, unit economics and financing. The coffee shop and self-service wash also include full business-plan examples. Additional plan examples will follow in a later release.
The cases cover leased premises or small mobile-service operations. They supply a transparent starting calculation and an evidence checklist. They are not acquisition valuations, local feasibility studies or lending decisions.
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30 business packages · 2 with a full plan example · 28 guide sets
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Self-service car wash
Four-bay retrofit of an existing leased wash site
Full plan example + five guides
$286,904
Illustrative startup funding · including reserve
Child care center
Private preschool for ages 3–5: four rooms, assumed licensed capacity of 48; no infant care
Five guides · full plan example pending
$346,000
Illustrative opening funding, including reserve
Catering company
Small off-premise caterer from an existing DBPR-licensed shared commercial kitchen
Five guides · full plan example pending
$126,600
Illustrative opening funding including reserve
Coffee shop
Counter-service café in an existing leased unit
Full plan example + five guides
$227,600
Illustrative startup funding · including reserve
Counter-service restaurant
Independent leased counter-service restaurant; existing kitchen infrastructure; no alcohol, drive-through or franchise fees
Five guides · full plan example pending
$260,574
Illustrative opening funding
Food truck
One owner-operated bowl-menu food truck; five three-hour private-site service windows per week
Five guides · full plan example pending
$153,010
Illustrative opening funding, reserve included
Full-service restaurant
60-seat independent restaurant in an existing leased restaurant space; no alcohol sales
Five guides · full plan example pending
$487,000
Illustrative opening funding, including reserve
Retail bakery
On-site pan bread, sweet buns and cookies sold retail carryout; excludes café, drinks, wholesale, cakes, delivery and property purchase
Five guides · full plan example pending
$206,206
Illustrative opening uses including cash reserve
Commercial cleaning company
Owner-led small team cleaning ordinary commercial offices under recurring contracts
Five guides · full plan example pending
$41,283
Illustrative startup funding, including reserve
Electrical contractor
Small licensed residential electrical service and installation crew: one master/owner plus one journeyman and one van
Five guides · full plan example pending
Plan a licensed two-person residential electrical crew in Texas, with job mix, startup funding, paid capacity and cash risks.
HVAC service and installation
Two-technician residential HVAC operation: working owner, one employee and part-time dispatch support
Five guides · full plan example pending
$206,500
Illustrative opening funding, including reserve
Painting contractor
Owner-led residential repaint crew with two employed painters; interior and exterior work; no industrial coatings or lead abatement
Five guides · full plan example pending
$123,077
Illustrative opening uses
Residential landscaping service
One two-person owner-led residential maintenance crew, truck and trailer
Five guides · full plan example pending
$135,500
Illustrative opening funding, including reserve
Residential remodeling contractor
Owner-led residential remodeling crew with two employees and specialist subcontractors
Five guides · full plan example pending
$189,600
Illustrative opening funding, including reserve
Roofing contractor
California residential asphalt-shingle replacement contractor with a licensed subcontract installation crew and one employed repair/logistics technician
Five guides · full plan example pending
$130,766
Base illustrative funding, incl. reserve
Employee-operated nail salon
Leased employee-operated nail salon; no booth rentals
Five guides · full plan example pending
$218,453
Illustrative opening funding
Hair salon
Four-chair employee-operated hair salon with three employed stylists and a working owner
Five guides · full plan example pending
$156,600
Illustrative opening funding, including reserve
Neighborhood gym
Independent membership gym with limited personal training; no pool or spa
Five guides · full plan example pending
$367,000
Illustrative opening funding, including reserve
Pet grooming salon
Dog-only fixed salon with three employed groomers, one employed bather and a paid owner-manager; no boarding, mobile services, retail, training, cat grooming or veterinary care
Five guides · full plan example pending
$174,854
Illustrative opening uses; base cash gap is additional
Self-service laundromat
Leased coin/card laundromat; no dry cleaning or wash-and-fold
Five guides · full plan example pending
$650,630
Illustrative startup funding
Bookkeeping service
Small remote bookkeeping team; ordinary reconciliation and management reports; no audit, legal, tax-filing or licensed CPA claims
Five guides · full plan example pending
$65,648
Illustrative opening funding; base cash gap remains
CPA practice
Small licensed tax/accounting practice; no audit, review, compilation or other attest engagements
Five guides · full plan example pending
$101,173
Illustrative startup funding
General dental practice
Owner-dentist, three-room general practice in leased second-generation dental premises; preventive care, fillings and outsourced-lab crowns; no specialist surgery or sedation
Five guides · full plan example pending
$680,200
Modeled funding incl. reserve
General veterinary clinic
Owner-veterinarian outpatient clinic; no boarding, overnight hospital, grooming, aseptic surgery, anesthesia, dental suite, radiography or automated CBC/chemistry analyzer
Five guides · full plan example pending
Plan a licensed-owner outpatient veterinary clinic in California with two exam rooms, referral diagnostics, a paid roster and five-year cash scenarios.
Independent insurance agency
Small licensed independent Texas commercial property-and-casualty agency; annual policies and carrier direct bill; no underwriting or acquired book
Five guides · full plan example pending
$134,400
Illustrative opening funding
Physical therapy clinic
Small outpatient physical therapy practice; two licensed PTs; retained leased medical suite; no home care
Five guides · full plan example pending
$260,000
Illustrative opening uses; later base shortfall disclosed
Commercial print shop
Small duplex-color digital general commercial print shop, with basic cutting and outsourced complex finishing; no newspaper, book or screen-printing plant
Five guides · full plan example pending
$233,835
Illustrative opening uses including reserve
Neighborhood grocery store
Independent small general-assortment grocery store in leased former food-retail premises; no fuel, pharmacy, liquor or food preparation
Five guides · full plan example pending
$314,750
Illustrative opening funding, including reserve
Local freight trucking company
Two used 33,000-lb GVWR 26-foot liftgate dry boxes; employed driver and paid owner-driver; commercial general freight
Five guides · full plan example pending
$180,250
Illustrative two-truck startup funding
Choose the question you need to answer
| Your question | Start here |
|---|---|
| How much funding must be available before opening? | Startup costs |
| Can revenue cover payroll, rent and debt? | Profitability and payback |
| How does the calculation become a plan? | Business plan examples |
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Each US case specifies a format, staffing plan and capacity constraint. No city is selected; the preschool case explicitly uses a California regulatory scope. Observed wage benchmarks and equipment references are distinguished from budget allowances. Comparing totals alone does not establish the better investment: site condition, local demand, owner experience and financing change the result.