StartMargin / Start with €500
32 of our 115 businesses begin under €500 — that is 28% 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.
Of these 32, only 7 can grow beyond what you can personally do in a week — by hiring, or by adding units. The other 25 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: 84%. Sorted by what each can realistically reach, not by what it costs.
Sites and apps for small businesses
Subscription software for a narrow niche
Custom automated workflows
Ad reels produced with AI tools
Rebuilding sites for local businesses
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
Post-production for creators and companies
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
Content and ads for local businesses
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
One-to-one remote lessons
Own production sold online and at markets
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
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.