How much does it cost to start a business?
Pick a country and an idea: Mundyo gives you the starting budget, what you could keep each month after a year, the hours of work and how long it takes to get your money back, in the local currency.
Mundyo estimates (World Bank, exchange rates), not income promises.
Ideas
- 3D-printed spare parts for workshops and small firms3D-printed spare parts
- No-code automations and AI assistants for small and mid-sized businessesAI automations for small firms
- AI subtitles and transcription, human-checked in several languagesAI subtitles and transcription
- AI workshops for company teamsAI workshops for teams
- AI-assisted product descriptions and sales copy for small shopsAI-assisted sales copy
- Amateur sports leagues and tournamentsAmateur sports leagues
- Bookkeeping and tax filing preparation for sole traders and householdsBookkeeping and tax filing
- Building energy and thermal audit officeBuilding energy audits
- Interior painting for households and small businessesCareful interior painting
- Cash flow forecasting and automatic invoice reminder softwareCash flow software
- Catering and camp services for remote extraction sitesCatering for remote sites
- Themed walking tours of your own cityCity walking tours
- Clothing alterations and repair workshopClothing alterations
- Small cold-press oil mill with press-cake by-productsCold-pressed oil mill
- Compressed earth block production for constructionCompressed earth blocks
- Self-storage in shipping containers on a secured plotContainer self-storage
- Home-style daily meals delivered to offices, workshops and sitesDaily meals delivered
- Adult day centre for seniors with supervised activitiesDay centre for seniors
- Neighbourhood digital services centre: printing, online paperwork, trainingDigital services centre
- Smartphone and computer lessons for adults and seniorsDigital skills lessons for seniors
- Ready-to-fill professional document templatesDocument templates
- Vetted domestic staff placement agencyDomestic staff agency
- Doorstep recycling collection by subscriptionDoorstep recycling pickup
- Downloadable build plans and digital sewing patternsDownloadable plans and patterns
- Drone surveys and volume calculations for quarriesDrone surveys for quarries
- Dry-goods wholesale distribution for small shops and restaurantsDry-goods wholesale
- Real-life escape room venueEscape room
- EV charger installation and maintenanceEV charger installation
- Evening cleaning for offices and shopsEvening office cleaning
- Export agent for local farm and craft productsExport agent for local products
- Home adaptation for seniors to prevent fallsFall-proofing seniors' homes
- Remote agronomy advice by mobile subscriptionFarm advice by phone
- Agricultural drone spraying and crop mappingFarm drone services
- Farm produce box subscription with local deliveryFarm produce boxes
- Field market research and customer surveys for SMEsField market research
- Filtered drinking-water refill kioskFiltered water kiosk
- On-site first aid and workplace safety trainingFirst aid training
- Food truck built around a single signature dishFood truck
- Remote food-cost and menu profitability tracking for restaurantsFood-cost tracking for restaurants
- Fresh fruit juice and smoothie stand with office deliveryFresh juice and smoothies
- Fruit tree and native tree nurseryFruit tree nursery
- Small storage and order-fulfilment warehouse for online sellersFulfilment for online sellers
- Visual identity and graphic design for small businessesGraphic design for small firms
- Guest house with home-cooked dinners in an existing houseGuest house
- Handmade jewellery sold online and at marketsHandmade jewellery
- Handmade solid soaps and cosmetics with local ingredientsHandmade soaps
- Franchised home cleaning and ironing agencyHome cleaning franchise
- Handyman and small home repairsHome handyman services
- Home medical equipment rental and deliveryHome medical equipment rental
- Home nursing care by a qualified nurseHome nursing care
- Non-medical home support for older peopleHome support for seniors
- Vegetable gardens set up and looked after for homes and businessesHome vegetable gardens
- Homemade cakes to order for celebrations and cafésHomemade cakes to order
- Hyperlocal newsletter and media funded by neighbourhood businessesHyperlocal newsletter
- Independent real estate agent within a licensed networkIndependent real estate agent
- Insect larvae farming fed on organic wasteInsect farming
- Kids' coding and robotics clubKids' coding and robotics club
- Laundry service with home pickup and deliveryLaundry pickup and delivery
- Business loan and insurance brokerage for very small firms and freelancersLoan and insurance broker
- Local cargo-bike or motorbike delivery for neighbourhood shopsLocal bike or moto delivery
- Logo screen printing and embroidery for companies, schools and clubsLogo printing and embroidery
- Mail-in soil test kit with fertiliser adviceMail-in soil testing
- Home-cooked meals in returnable jars sold by weekly subscriptionMeals in jars by subscription
- Distributing health, crop and funeral micro-insurance in underserved areasMicro-insurance agent
- Microgreens and fresh herbs for restaurantsMicrogreens for restaurants
- Mobile grocery for staples and bulk goodsMobile grocery
- Mobile hairdressing and beauty care at homeMobile hair and beauty
- Mobile money, transfer and bill payment service pointMobile money point
- Financial education workshops and coaching for employees and individualsMoney coaching
- Neighbourhood language school with group classesNeighbourhood language school
- Parcel pick-up point, luggage storage and key drop-offNeighbourhood parcel point
- Small-group neighbourhood tutoringNeighbourhood tutoring
- Cohort-based online course on a professional skillOnline cohort course
- Online support programme for family carersOnline help for carers
- Online language lessons, one-to-one and in small groupsOnline language lessons
- Subscription-based online music lessonsOnline music lessons
- Managed online shops and marketplace accounts for retailersOnline shop management
- Online solar design office for installersOnline solar design
- Small-group outdoor fitness coachingOutdoor fitness coaching
- Catering for family celebrations and small eventsParty catering
- Party and event equipment rentalParty equipment rental
- Pet sitting and dog walking at homePet sitting and dog walking
- Phone accessories, top-ups and everyday items kioskPhone accessories kiosk
- Smartphone and small device repair shopPhone repair shop
- Equipped podcast and video studio rented by the hourPodcast and video studio
- Post-construction cleaning and handover preparationPost-construction cleaning
- Printed learning games for early reading and countingPrinted learning games
- Property finder working for home buyersProperty finder for buyers
- Photos and listings for owners who rent out or sell propertyProperty photos and listings
- Helping small businesses answer public tendersPublic tender bids for SMEs
- Custom furniture workshop using reclaimed woodReclaimed wood furniture
- Recruitment agency for small and medium businessesRecruitment for SMEs
- Turning quarry offcuts into decorative stone and gabionsRecycled decorative stone
- Workshop turning recycled plastic into productsRecycled plastic products
- Refurbished smartphones and laptops sold with a warrantyRefurbished phones and laptops
- Monthly subscription box of regional artisan productsRegional subscription box
- Remote admin assistance for freelancers and small firmsRemote admin assistant
- Chat and messaging customer service for online shopsRemote chat customer service
- Outsourced remote logistics coordination for small businessesRemote logistics for small firms
- Remote permitting and HSE reporting for mine operatorsRemote mine paperwork
- Remote phone answering and appointment booking serviceRemote phone answering
- Remote quantity take-offs and quotes for buildersRemote quotes for builders
- Long-term rental management for small landlordsRental management
- Food-waste collection and composting for restaurantsRestaurant food-waste compost
- Roof and terrace waterproofing and repairRoof repair and waterproofing
- Furnished room-by-room shared housing in a large rented or owned homeRoom-by-room shared housing
- Safety training and protective equipment for artisanal minersSafety for small-scale miners
- Sand, gravel and aggregate brokerage for small sitesSand and gravel brokerage
- Collecting and reselling scrap metal and cardboard to recyclersScrap metal and cardboard
- Online resale of second-hand finds, cleaned and well photographedSecond-hand resale online
- Short-form video editing for content creators and local businessesShort video editing
- Short-term rental management for busy or distant property ownersShort-term rental management
- Selling and installing small biogas digesters for farms and homesSmall biogas digesters
- Small moves and bulky-item transport with a vanSmall moves with a van
- Small batches of broiler chickens for households and restaurantsSmall-batch broiler chickens
- Small-batch preserves from surplus fruit and vegetablesSmall-batch preserves
- Small-group neighbourhood childcareSmall-group childcare
- WhatsApp Business and social media management for neighbourhood shopsSocial media for local shops
- Management software for small sports and arts clubsSoftware for small clubs
- Booking, quoting and reminder software for building tradespeopleSoftware for tradespeople
- Simple booking and routing software for small transport operatorsSoftware for transport firms
- Selling and installing solar kits for off-grid homesSolar kits for homes
- Solar panel cleaning and maintenanceSolar panel cleaning
- Sound and lighting hire for eventsSound and lighting hire
- Tool and small construction equipment rentalTool and equipment rental
- Specialised translation for exporting small businessesTranslation for exporters
- Freight broker: matching shippers with truck ownersTruck freight broker
- Turnkey bathroom renovationTurnkey bathroom renovation
- Friendly collection of unpaid invoices for small businessesUnpaid invoice recovery
- Verified rental listings platform for one city or regionVerified rental listings
- Video help to repair your own appliancesVideo repair help
- Village solar mini-grid with prepaid metersVillage solar mini-grid
- Remote waste-reduction consulting for small businessesWaste-reduction consulting
- Water tank cleaning and disinfectionWater tank cleaning
- Waterless car and motorbike washing at the customer's locationWaterless car wash on site
- Selling on WhatsApp and social media, with no stock and local deliveryWhatsApp reselling with no stock