How it works
Startiva is an Android app that helps you choose a business that fits your place and your resources.
- 2,178,042business ideas
- 1,041business types
- 19,570cities and districts
- 20countries
In three steps
Real screens from the app.
Your city, your district or the country you want to move to. You can also explore on the map.
With or without capital, with or without a vehicle, from home or a shop, with or without licences.
The business type, requirements and area signals are free. If it interests you, you unlock the exact business and the full report inside the app.
Filters that matter
Starting capital (none, low, medium, high), vehicle (none, bicycle, motorcycle, car, commercial vehicle…), licences (none, driving licence, certificate, business permit, diploma), work mode (mobile, fixed location, on-site, home-based, online), sector and subsector.
This is how Startiva's 2,178,042 ideas split by what they need to start:
Capital
Vehicle
Licence
Work mode
Opportunity map
Every idea appears on a map, coloured by sector. Tap a point to see that place's ideas.
19,570 places in 20 countries
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What is missing in your area?
We compare each place with places of a similar size. If a kind of business is much less common than in similar places, the idea is marked "Looks missing in the area".
- We compare the place with at least 10 places in the same country that have between a third and three times its population.
- We only use places with good business data: at least 5 registered businesses per 1,000 people.
- If the area's data is not good enough, we do not run the calculation and the app tells you why.
Fewer than half of what is expected.
Fewer than 75% of what is expected.
In the list, the idea carries the "Looks missing in the area" mark. Once unlocked, the report shows which sectors are missing and at what level.
The hint is free, the idea is locked
This is how an idea looks before you unlock it: you know the sector, the kind of work, the capital and whether you need a vehicle or licences. The exact business, the platform, why it fits that area and the first steps appear when you unlock it in the app.
Free in the app
- Every idea for your city, with its sector and business type
- What each one needs: capital, vehicle, licences and work mode
- Filters that show how many ideas match each option
- The map of 20 countries and the signals of each area
When you unlock an idea you get:
- The exact business and platform
- Why it fits that place (population, tourism, industry, competition)
- How many similar businesses are registered in the area
- First steps: permits, vehicle, support programmes and how to start
Find your next business
Get Startiva, choose your city and see the hints for every idea for free.