# BizGame

> BizGame lets you run a real Indian local business for a week in about 5 minutes: chai stall, kirana store, salon, cloud kitchen and more. Every simulator is built on 100+ researched costs, prices, rules and risks. Free to play, no real money.

BizGame publishes researched costs, prices, licences, risks and profit benchmarks for 30 Indian small businesses (late 2026), each with a free 5-minute simulator. Pages exist in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Bengali. Numbers are estimates for learning, not financial advice; BizGame is a free-to-play game with no real-money stakes.

## Businesses
- [Chai business](https://bizgame.app/chai-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Kirana store](https://bizgame.app/kirana-store-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Mobile repair shop](https://bizgame.app/mobile-shop-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Street food stall](https://bizgame.app/street-food-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Cloud kitchen](https://bizgame.app/cloud-kitchen-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Bakery](https://bizgame.app/bakery-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Salon or beauty parlour](https://bizgame.app/salon-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Medical store](https://bizgame.app/medical-store-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Dairy farm](https://bizgame.app/dairy-farm-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Car wash](https://bizgame.app/car-wash-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Café](https://bizgame.app/cafe-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Catering business](https://bizgame.app/catering-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Clothing store](https://bizgame.app/clothing-store-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Dhaba or fast-food restaurant](https://bizgame.app/dhaba-restaurant-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Food truck business](https://bizgame.app/food-truck-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Footwear shop](https://bizgame.app/footwear-shop-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Gym](https://bizgame.app/gym-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Hardware and paint shop](https://bizgame.app/hardware-shop-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Ice cream parlour](https://bizgame.app/ice-cream-parlour-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Sugarcane juice business](https://bizgame.app/sugarcane-juice-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Chicken shop](https://bizgame.app/chicken-shop-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Optical shop](https://bizgame.app/optical-shop-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Paan shop](https://bizgame.app/paan-shop-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Poultry farm](https://bizgame.app/poultry-farm-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Stationery shop](https://bizgame.app/stationery-shop-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Sweet shop](https://bizgame.app/sweet-shop-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Tailoring shop or boutique](https://bizgame.app/tailoring-boutique-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Tiffin service](https://bizgame.app/tiffin-service-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Tuition centre](https://bizgame.app/tuition-centre-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks
- [Vegetable shop](https://bizgame.app/vegetable-shop-business/): investment, profit, licences, risks

## Guides
- [Business ideas for students in India (2026): part-time, low-cost and realistic](https://bizgame.app/blog/business-ideas-for-students/): Business ideas for students that fit around classes: tuition, a summer juice cart, mobile repair, food stalls and more, with real costs and honest limits.
- [Business ideas for women in India (2026): tailoring, parlour, tiffin and more, with honest earnings](https://bizgame.app/blog/business-ideas-for-women/): Business ideas for women: boutique, parlour, tiffin, home bakery, tuition and cloud kitchen, with costs, Mudra and Stand-Up India loans and real income.
- [Small business ideas you can start from home in India (2026): costs, licences and honest earnings](https://bizgame.app/blog/business-ideas-from-home/): Home based business ideas for India: tiffin, tailoring, tuition, home bakery and more, with real setup costs, FSSAI rules for home food and honest income.
- [Business ideas under ₹1 lakh in India (2026): 14 options with real costs and profit](https://bizgame.app/blog/business-ideas-under-1-lakh/): Business ideas under 1 lakh in India: street food, chai tapri, juice cart, paan gumti, home bakery and more, with setup cost, working capital, loans.
- [Business ideas under ₹10 lakh in India (2026): which business to start, with real costs and profit](https://bizgame.app/blog/business-ideas-under-10-lakh/): Business ideas under 10 lakh in India: sweet shop, medical store, cloud kitchen, gym, optical shop, dhaba, with setup, working capital, loans and risks.
- [Business ideas under ₹5 lakh in India (2026): shops and services with real costs and profit](https://bizgame.app/blog/business-ideas-under-5-lakh/): Business ideas under 5 lakh in India: salon, kirana, dhaba, optical counter, catering, stationery, with setup, working capital, Mudra loans and risks.
- [Business ideas under ₹50,000 in India (2026): 8 options with real costs and profit](https://bizgame.app/blog/business-ideas-under-50000/): Business ideas under 50000 in India with setup cost, working capital and monthly profit: sabzi thela, chai cart, tuition, tiffin, tailoring, mobile repair.
- [Diwali and festival-season business ideas: what sells, how much to stock, and how to stay cash-positive](https://bizgame.app/blog/festival-season-business-ideas/): Diwali business ideas that work: sweets, clothes, salon services, gifts, catering and temporary stalls, with real festival sales spikes and cash-flow tips.
- [Food business ideas in India (2026): 12 options compared on cost, margin, licences and risk](https://bizgame.app/blog/food-business-ideas/): 12 food business ideas in India compared, from chai and street food stalls to cloud kitchens and catering: setup cost, margins, FSSAI, wastage and seasons.
- [Franchise or your own shop? Costs, royalties and risks in India (2026)](https://bizgame.app/blog/franchise-vs-own-business/): Franchise vs own business in India: real costs, royalties and payback for chai, Amul, Bata, Lenskart-type, salon and gym franchises vs your own shop.
- [FSSAI registration for a food business (2026 limits): basic, state or central?](https://bizgame.app/blog/fssai-registration-food-business/): FSSAI registration explained with the 1 April 2026 limits: basic up to ₹1.5 crore, state licence, central licence, fees, process and hygiene rules.
- [GST for small shops and service businesses (after GST 2.0)](https://bizgame.app/blog/gst-for-small-shops/): GST for small business after GST 2.0: ₹40 lakh and ₹20 lakh limits, the 1% composition scheme, new rates for salons, cakes, medicines, clothes and repairs.
- [How to start a business in India: a step-by-step guide for small shops (2026)](https://bizgame.app/blog/how-to-start-a-business-in-india/): How to start a business in India in 7 steps: idea, location, budget, registrations (Udyam, GST, FSSAI, Shop Act), bank and UPI, pricing, first 90 days.
- [Low investment business ideas in India (2026): 30 options by budget, with real costs and profit](https://bizgame.app/blog/low-investment-business-ideas/): Low investment business ideas in India grouped by budget: under ₹50,000, ₹50k–2 lakh and ₹2–5 lakh, with setup cost, working capital, loans and risks.
- [Most profitable small businesses in India (2026, with real numbers)](https://bizgame.app/blog/most-profitable-small-business-india/): The most profitable business in India depends on how you measure it. Monthly profit, return on investment and payback for 30 small businesses, compared.
- [Mudra loan for a small business: Shishu, Kishor, Tarun explained](https://bizgame.app/blog/mudra-loan-for-small-business/): Mudra loan slabs (Shishu, Kishor, Tarun, Tarun Plus), eligibility, documents, how banks decide, real EMI examples and alternatives like PM SVANidhi.
- [Seasonal business ideas: summer, monsoon and winter (with real sales swings)](https://bizgame.app/blog/seasonal-business-ideas/): Seasonal business ideas for India: summer juice and ice cream, winter chai, monsoon repairs, with real sales swings and ways to smooth income all year.
- [Profit margins of 30 small businesses in India compared (2026)](https://bizgame.app/blog/small-business-profit-margins/): Small business profit margin in India, business by business: gross and net margins for 30 shops, from kirana's 8–15% to tuition's 90%, and what they mean.
- [Village business ideas in India (2026): what works in villages and small towns, with real costs](https://bizgame.app/blog/village-business-ideas/): Village business ideas that work in India: dairy, poultry, kirana, sabzi, tailoring, mobile repair and juice, with costs, KCC and Mudra loans and seasons.
- [Which business should I start? A step-by-step decision guide for India](https://bizgame.app/blog/which-business-to-start/): Not sure which business to start? Answer six questions on budget, time, skill, location, risk and family support to get a shortlist of 2–3 that fit you.

## Data
- Per-business JSON with every factor and its source: https://bizgame.app/data/<id>.json
- Full summary: https://bizgame.app/llms-full.txt