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Hospitality: self-employed before the lease.

Your own café, food truck, catering, holiday rental or an experience offer: planix finds the idea that fits you and your capital and tests the riskiest assumption before you sign a lease.

planix finds the idea that fits you and your capital and tests the riskiest assumption before you sign a lease.

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The dream of your own place rarely starts with a place

Lease, conversion, fit-out: in hospitality the first step is often the most expensive one. If you start the dream with the premises, you have never measured demand. Becoming self-employed here means: test the concept, the price and the target group first – with catering, a pop-up or a rental kitchen, alongside your job. The premises come once the numbers stand.

Lease, conversion, fit-out: in hospitality the first step is often the most expensive one. If you start the dream with the premises, you have never measured demand.

What gets tested first

1

Does the price carry the margin?

Between purchase price and selling price there has to be room for staff, rent and wastage. It tests the price range of your concept – and whether the margin is enough.

Between purchase price and selling price there has to be room for staff, rent and wastage.

2

Do you need the premises – or is a smaller start enough?

Catering, pop-up, food truck or rental kitchen test the same concept without a lease. It tests which form of start fits your capital and time.

Catering, pop-up, food truck or rental kitchen test the same concept without a lease.

3

Are there enough of the guests you have in mind at the location?

Footfall, purchasing power and competition decide utilisation. It tests with official data how big the reachable market at your location is.

Footfall, purchasing power and competition decide utilisation.

How planix tests it

How it works in detail
  • Concept testShows whether your concept is understood and makes people want it – before you fit out a kitchen.
  • Price sensitivity (Van Westendorp)Delivers the price range for menu, event or overnight stay – and with it the margin.
  • Target group fitCompares guest groups: who comes, who books, who pays the most.

Metrics that count here

  • Cost of goods ratio
  • Average bill
  • Utilisation per day
  • Staff cost ratio
  • Rent to revenue
  • Bookings from your network

Which market data goes in

  • Restaurants and accommodation businesses nearby, by name and with source
  • Population, purchasing power and footfall at the location
  • Overnight stays and occupancy from tourism statistics
  • Licences and food hygiene rules of your local authority

Market data from official sources: Office for National Statistics, Companies House, Bank of England, legislation.gov.uk, data.gov.uk, British Library, GOV.UK, HMRC

Which package fits

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Find your business idea shows you for free which concept fits your skills, your time and your capital – and whether a smaller start is enough. Before the lease, you need the price range, location data and competitors with sources – that is Test the market.

Find your business idea shows you for free which concept fits your skills, your time and your capital – and whether a smaller start is enough. Before the lease, you need the price range, location data and competitors with sources – that is Test the market.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions from the industry

That is what the founder profile is for. planix shows where your strength lies – the product – and what is missing, such as costing or sales. The report suggests a form of start that fits, often catering or a pop-up instead of premises.

No. Two catering jobs, a pop-up weekend or a pre-order campaign run alongside your job. Only once utilisation and margin are proven is the step to your own premises worth it.

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