Free small business simulation
Know the numbers before you sign the lease.
Test rent, pricing, sales and startup costs in minutes. Get a free snapshot showing revenue, profit range, break-even, payback and the risks to watch.
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Three quick interactive demos for one café. Adjust the levers — profit, payback and risk react instantly.
Move one lever, watch profit, payback and risks follow.
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Choose the business that matches your idea.
Amazon Online Store
Check referral fees, fulfilment, ads, returns, stock and software costs.
Bakery / Pastry Shop
Test baked goods volume, ingredient costs, oven payback, wastage, wages and break-even.
Barbershop
Test chairs, cuts, retail add-ons, walk-ins, repeat clients, wages and rent.
Bubble Tea
Check cups per day, ingredients, packaging, wages, rent and launch money.
Café
Test daily sales, average order value, stock costs, staff, rent and break-even.
Car Wash
Check cars per day, detailing add-ons, water, chemicals, power, equipment and maintenance.
Convenience Store
Test daily transactions, basket value, stock costs, shrinkage, wages and payback.
Cosmetic / Beauty Shop
Test product sales, beauty services, stock costs, tester wastage, wages and rent.
Dance Studio
Check class capacity, fill rate, teachers, memberships, rent and launch risk.
Florist
Test order value, flower costs, perishables, delivery, rent and seasonal demand.
Fresh Juice Bar
Test drinks per day, produce costs, wastage, peak throughput, wages and rent.
Frozen Yoghurt Shop
Check cup volume, toppings, machine capacity, seasonality, wages and rent.
Gelato Shop
Test scoops per day, ingredient costs, seasonality, freezer capacity and wages.
Laundromat
Check machine use, utilities, finance, maintenance, location demand and payback.
Massage Shop
Check treatment rooms, bookings, therapist coverage, supplies, wages and rent.
Mobile Accessories Store
Test foot traffic, basket margin, repairs, stock turn, wages and rent.
Music Studio / Practice Rooms
Check room hours, lessons, equipment, utilisation, rent and launch risk.
Nail Beauty Studio
Test tables, appointments, supplies, retail attach, wages and rent.
Pet Supplies Store
Test product sales, grooming services, stock costs, wages, rent and opening stock.
Pizza Shop
Check orders, oven capacity, ingredients, delivery mix, packaging and wages.
Small Restaurant
Test covers, average spend, food costs, kitchen wages, rent and fit-out payback.
Souvenir / Gift Shop
Check foot traffic, basket value, product costs, shrinkage, fees, rent and opening stock.
Sushi Shop
Test customers, average spend, seafood costs, fresh wastage, packaging and wages.
Takeaway / Delivery
Check delivery platform fees, packaging, food costs and order volume break-even.
Yoga
Check class capacity, teachers, memberships, private sessions, rent and launch risk.
Business guides
Not sure what to check first? Start with a plain-English guide.
A great cafe needs more than good coffee — it needs direction
Magazine-style cafe feasibility guide covering foot traffic, menu focus, wages, rent, food safety, margin pressure and launch risks.
Open business guide →GuideThe bakery test: fresh bread, tight timing and no room for waste
Bakery feasibility guide with practical checks for production timing, rent, labour, waste, margins and local demand.
Open business guide →GuideBeyond calm: the real business test for a yoga studio
Yoga studio feasibility guide covering memberships, instructor economics, class utilisation, rent, retention and wellness positioning.
Open business guide →Why smallbizsim
Go from “maybe” to a clearer next step.
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