2 businesses analysed

Filter by category or verdict. The negative reports are the ones that save the most money: 1 of 2 advise against the business or attach heavy conditions.

Hard Manufacturing

3D printing on demand: €6.75 a unit, and ten sales a day before you pay yourself

A €18 marketplace sale leaves €6.75 once labour and failed prints are counted. That means ten sales a day for €2,000 a month — in a niche where prices fell 68% in two years.

Starting capital 2,000–25,000 € Gross margin 37-55%

Selective Local

Self-service laundromats: break-even needs 10 washes a day, a wage needs 20

Two Italian shops with filed accounts made €1,585 profit and a €2,329 loss after seven years. The franchise brochures promise $830,783 a year. Only one set of numbers was audited.

Starting capital 40,000–150,000 € Gross margin 70-80% per cycle