
Starting a good business is expensive but there are more than 1001 lucrative businesses you can venture into with less than ₦100,000 in Nigeria. Yes, you can start a business with ₦100,000 and still cash out more than ₦150,000 from it monthly.
Does that sound unbelievable, I know it might but at the end of this eye-opening article, you won't be left any other option than to believe.
Before we proceed, you can check out our previous article on 10 easy ways to make ₦50,000 in two weeks with just ₦10,000, it was written by a pro and we've received a lot of positive comments from our readers that followed the article.
7 Lucrative Small Scale Businesses To Do In Nigeria
Let's check out some amazing small-scale businesses you can venture into in Nigeria:
- Photography

In order to help them achieve this, they need to employ the services of photographers. As a photographer, you can make as much as ₦100,000 daily during big celebrations. Also, you'll have a studio for people celebrating birthdays or other events that require taking studio photos.
An average studio charges ₦300 to ₦500 for soft copies depending on the location. Imagine getting 20 customers a day, you'll be making an average of ₦6,000 to ₦10,000 daily.
You can also check out our article on 40+ websites to sell photos online and make money, all the websites are free to join.
- Fitness trainer
Fitness training job is for a kind of job that involves helping people through exercise routines and programmes. It is a job that anyone passionate about helping people live healthier lifestyles can venture into.
• A reputable training provider: This involves getting certified in a government approved and accredited training centre. You have to ensure that the centre is a recognised provider within the fitness industry in Nigeria and also approved by the Nigerian Ministry of Education.
• Personal trainer qualification: This implies taking a personal training course which will qualify you to start working as a personal trainer. Depending on the type of courser you study, the classes can run from 2 weeks to 6 months.
The course will present the basic knowledge and principles for creating effective training programs to you as a beginner and also help in summarizing the basic, unchanging principles of being a personal trainer.
• First aid certification: The first aid certificate or emergency first aid at work qualification is a HSE recognized certification that teaches personal trainers how to perform basic first aid in case their clients sustain injuries during the training.
- Travel agency

You can help people through the process of booking fights and earn from them. One good thing about this business is that it can be said to be evergreen. As long as the world is existing, people will keep on traveling.
Also, it is a recurring type of business which means that your clients, if satisfied with your services will keep on returning to you.
Are you a traveler? If yes, before you embark on your next trip, ensure to check out these 7 Amazing tips for saving money while traveling, it'll help you in minimizing your travel budgets.
- Tattoo shop
Tattoos are a form of body modification where a design is made by inserting ink, dyes and pigments, either indelible or temporary, into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. It is a kind of body and it's becoming popular with time.
- Tutorials
If you are have good knowledge of subjects like Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and English and can teach them, you can start a tutorial centre.
- Blogging

Starting a blog doesn't involve much, you'll first have to purchase a domain and host (depending on your platform) from a reliable hosting company like WhoGoHost.
After that, the next step will be to start writing your articles and generating traffic. You can check a list of free traffic sources for your blog, they'll guide you as a beginner or professional blogger looking for new ways of generating traffic.
- Ice cream parlor

Although due to the nature of the ice cream business, it thrives more during the dry season, it also thrives very well in all seasons.
These are some of the small scale businesses you can venture into as a Nigerian. Some need more capital to start while others don't necessary need, but require just thee right business skills.
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