Also known as: company, shop, startup, buka, CAC, registration
Lagos Life businesses: industries, costs and locations
You open a company from the Company app. It costs a ₦50,000 CAC fee plus a setup price that depends on the industry and the area. Customers and takings arrive every evening around 6 PM in-game.
The 8 industries
| Industry | Setup from | With CAC fee | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🍲 Food spot | ₦90,000 | ₦140,000 | Buka, suya and small chops. The game calls it cheap to start, and it is the only industry with a recorded profit figure. |
| 💇🏾♀️ Salon | ₦240,000 | ₦290,000 | Hair and beauty. The next step up in setup cost from a food spot. |
| 🛒 Provisions | ₦480,000 | ₦530,000 | A provisions store. |
| 👗 Fashion | ₦900,000 | ₦950,000 | A fashion business. |
| 🎉 Events | ₦1,200,000 | ₦1,250,000 | An events company. |
| 💊 Pharmacy | ₦1,800,000 | ₦1,850,000 | A pharmacy. |
| 🛵 Dispatch | ₦3,000,000 | ₦3,050,000 | A dispatch and delivery company. |
| 💻 Tech startup | ₦6,000,000 | ₦6,050,000 | The most expensive industry to open. |
How a company works
- Staff: ₦13,000 a week each (a new food spot kiosk starts with 1 of 1 slots).
- Manager: optional, ₦39,000 a week.
- Bills: ₦20,000 a week, plus 5% tax taken from the till on Saturdays.
- Price tier: Cheap, Fair, Premium. A new company starts at 3.0★.
- Upgrades: Shop ₦270,000, Generator ₦9,000.
- Marketing: Flyers +20% for 1 night (₦2,000); Radio +35% for 2 nights (₦10,000); Social media +60% for 3 nights (₦50,000). See whether they pay off.
- Selling: the game showed a resale value of ₦54,000 straight after registering a food spot.
- Extras: HQ and branches, player shop setup, a public page with a Share button, and Company Rankings.
We have only one profit figure: about ₦4,256 a night for an Ikorodu food spot. It is not verified whether that already deducts staff, bills and tax. Everything on our calculators is built to let you enter your own number.
Location tiers (Lagos)
The location picker shows prices for a food spot, with more ₦ symbols for higher cost areas that the game says earn more. How these prices combine with other industries is not yet verified.
| Area | Tier | Food spot setup | Total with CAC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ikorodu | ₦ | ₦90,000 | ₦140,000 |
| Ajah | ₦ | ₦90,000 | ₦140,000 |
| Mushin | ₦ | ₦90,000 | ₦140,000 |
| Yaba | ₦₦ | ₦150,000 | ₦200,000 |
| Surulere | ₦₦ | ₦150,000 | ₦200,000 |
| Ikeja | ₦₦ | ₦150,000 | ₦200,000 |
| Lagos Island | ₦₦ | ₦150,000 | ₦200,000 |
| Lekki | ₦₦₦ | ₦270,000 | ₦320,000 |
| Victoria Island | ₦₦₦₦ | ₦450,000 | ₦500,000 |
| Ikoyi | ₦₦₦₦ | ₦450,000 | ₦500,000 |
| Banana Island | ₦₦₦₦ | ₦450,000 | ₦500,000 |
Abuja and Port Harcourt location tabs exist, but their prices are not yet verified.
Most expensive industry to open starts at ₦6m.
Last verified: . Numbers come from in-game screens and can change when the game updates.
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