HelloShop: Shop Ideas & Plans

Wondering what business to open — and where?

HelloShop analyzes real businesses, competition, population and local demand to identify shop and business ideas with the strongest opportunity for your specific location — then helps you build a plan around the best one.

Scan any area, compare ideas, discover gaps, find promising spots, and export a business plan.

━━━ LOCATION SCANNING ━━━

Count nearby businesses by type
Identify crowded categories and potential gaps
Pro/Max high-precision scanning uses a denser search grid to surface more mapped businesses

━━━ 77 SHOP & BUSINESS IDEAS ━━━

HelloShop scores 77 business ideas against conditions in your location — competitor count, local activity, population demographics, quick-commerce exposure and your budget.

0–100 opportunity score for your specific location
See why each idea scored high or low — not just a number
Scores adapt to local demographics
Quick-commerce risk signal for categories that may face fast-delivery competition

━━━ ZONE HEATMAP ━━━

Turn on Zones to see the demand landscape directly on the map — built from your scan data, no extra loading.

School, college, IT office and residential zones highlighted on the map
Business activity density by zone
Red / yellow / green density markers — instantly see which zones are busiest
WorldPop population density overlay across your entire scan area

━━━ BEST SPOT FINDER ━━━

Already know what business you want? Best Spot ranks promising physical locations inside your scanned area for that specific shop type.

Scores hundreds of candidate points across the scan area
Considers footfall, competitor distance and nearby anchors
Up to 3 ranked spots shown as gold coin markers on the map
Tap any spot for nearest competitor distance and local footfall count

━━━ POPULATION & DEMOGRAPHICS ━━━

Total population and density within your scan radius
Age breakdown — kids, youth, adults and seniors
Matched per shop idea so you can see demographic fit at a glance

━━━ 13 BUSINESS CATEGORIES ━━━

Explore 13 categories with live counts from your scan — not generic estimates:

Food • Clothing • Electronics • Groceries • Pharmacy • Bakery • Books & Stationery • Salon & Beauty • Laundry • Sports & Fitness • Hardware • Pet Supplies • Florist & Gifts

See live scan counts, sort by distance, and tap any result for directions.

━━━ AI BUSINESS ADVISOR ━━━

Ask the built-in AI about your location or business idea. It uses your scan data — competitors, population and category gaps — to provide area-specific guidance instead of generic business advice.

Ask things like: "Is this area too saturated for a pharmacy?" "What should I consider before opening a cloud kitchen here?" "Which of my shortlisted ideas has the most upside?"

Chat history saves across sessions. Export the full conversation as a formatted PDF.

━━━ AI CONCEPT FLOOR PLAN ━━━

Generate a tailored AI concept layout for your chosen business — not a generic office floor plan.

Customize floors, entrance, windows, parking and size
Share or save the layout directly from the app

━━━ ONE-PAGE BUSINESS PLAN ━━━

Create a shareable one-page business plan for any idea — for family, a bank, or a business partner.

Opportunity score, competitor count and nearest competitor distance
Estimated setup cost range in your local currency
Top reasons the opportunity exists in that specific location
AI action plan section when generated
Export your full AI advisor conversation as a formatted PDF too

━━━ PLANS ━━━

Free

Current-location scan
Top 5 scored business ideas
All 13 categories

Regular

3 scans/month
10 AI messages
3 bookmarks

Pro

10 scans/month
50 AI messages
Search locations within 100 km
High-precision scanning
AI floor plan generator (1 per idea)
20 bookmarks

Max

20 scans/month
150 AI messages
Full map access — scan anywhere
2 floor plans per idea
100 bookmarks