StartMargin / Start with €2,000
53 of our 115 businesses begin under €2,000 — that is 46% of the database. Below is every one of them, with what it really takes: the capital, the hours a week, the weeks before the first euro, and the monthly ceiling once it is running properly.
These 13 need more than €1,000 to begin, so they only appear at this level. If you are deciding whether to save further before starting, this is the list that answer depends on.
Of these 53, only 19 can grow beyond what you can personally do in a week — by hiring, or by adding units. The other 34 are capped by your own hours no matter how well they go, which means the ceiling you see is the ceiling you get. The highest here is Freelance web development at €7,000 a month.
Average net margin across this budget: 78%. Sorted by what each can realistically reach, not by what it costs.
Sites and apps for small businesses
Workshops delivered to companies
Ads and content on retainer
Subscription software for a narrow niche
Custom automated workflows
Selling homes on commission
Ad reels produced with AI tools
Coaching for one specific test
Rebuilding sites for local businesses
Finding deals for investors, paid a fee
Monthly books for small firms
A themed box, shipped monthly
Recurring contracts with small businesses
Interiors and exteriors for households and landlords
An app for one specific need
Recorded training sold as a package
Local search positioning
Building an audience on video you own
One-to-one or group, paid by the programme
Running other people's holiday lets
Taking calls for small firms
Managed translation for businesses
Post-production for creators and companies
Small repairs and odd jobs households cannot do themselves
One-to-one training, gym or at home
Monetised guides and tools
Copy for companies and newsletters
Guidance on bureaucracy and compliance
Writing to a list that pays for it
A members' space people pay to be in
Running the day for the couple
Treatments from a room or mobile
Walks, tastings and themed routes sold to visitors
Content and ads for local businesses
Films the trips, sells the audience
Templates, presets, notion systems, packs
Adapting text and products
You are the face in the ad, paid per video
Direct service to households, no middleman
Companionship and non-medical help
Volume video built with AI tools, no camera
Weekly pitch, fast feedback
One-to-one remote lessons
Own production sold online and at markets
Twitch or YouTube live, income from subs and tips
Walks and in-home care
Cutting shorts from other people's streams, paid per view
A themed page monetised by ads and promos
Audio show funded by sponsors or members
Producing tracks sold as leases or exclusives
Reselling without stock
Licensing clips and images you already shoot
Designs printed by third parties
This page filters on capital alone. The others — the hours you actually have, how soon you need income, what you can already do, and whether a licence stands in the way — usually cut the list further than the money does. Run all five in about a minute and see what survives.