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Sample business plans by industry

Business Plan Templates and Samples by Industry

Complete sample business plans for small businesses, each with a pitch, every plan chapter and a 3-year budget. Read them, download the PDF, or copy one into Cuttles and make it yours.

Each one is a ready-made plan: swap in your own idea, numbers and name, and it's ready to present to investors, banks and partners.

  • Complete plans Pitch, 13 chapters, SWOT, personas, competitors and roadmap
  • Real budgets 3-year budget with startup costs, loan and cash flow
  • Sourced figures Industry numbers from SBA, BLS, trade associations and more

Choose your industry

More industries are on the way. All sample businesses are fictional and their figures are illustrative.

How these sample plans are made

Every template is a full business plan for an invented small business, written as a founder would pitch it to a bank, an SBA lender or an investor. Because the plans are created in Cuttles, each chapter, the SWOT, the personas and the 3-year budget match exactly what you receive once you copy a template into your account.

The industry figures (startup cost ranges, typical margins, labor and food cost shares, seasonality) come from public sources such as the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, trade associations and published industry data. Each page lists its sources. The numbers in the sample budgets are illustrative and chosen to sit inside those ranges, so they are a realistic starting point, not a forecast for your business.

How to use a template

  1. Read the sample plan or download the PDF to see what a complete plan for your industry covers.
  2. Copy it into Cuttles with “Use this template”. It becomes a new startup in your account.
  3. Replace the example with your own business, section by section, and change the budget lines. Runway, break-even and charts update as you go.
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