Your Australian business, set up in one go.
Pick your industry and we assemble the software, insurance and partner services that actually suit it — at bundle rates, with your details entered once instead of a dozen times.
Free to browse — no account needed until checkout.
- 24
- Industries
- Mapped to ANZSIC 2006
- 37
- Services
- In the catalog
- 12
- Awards mapped
- Fair Work Modern Awards
- 35
- Requirements
- National + 4 states
Monthly
$232
You save
$51/mo
Process
How startup.help works
Get from an idea to a running, compliant setup in one sitting — not weeks of tabs.
Pick your industry
24 industries mapped to ANZSIC codes, awards and state licensing. Your profile drives everything that follows.
Choose your bundle
A software stack ranked on merit for your trade, with the reasoning for each tool shown up front. Switch anything off.
Enter details once
We work out every field your chosen tools need — ABN, GST status, BSB — and ask for each exactly once.
Pay bundle rates
Discounted pricing across the stack, with your savings shown before you pay — then track provisioning from one dashboard.
Coverage
Find your industry
24 industry profiles, each mapped to ANZSIC codes, the Modern Awards likely to cover your staff, and the licences required in your state.
Trades & Construction
8 listedElectrician
Domestic and commercial electrical contracting — callouts, installations, switchboard work and compliance certificates.
Plumber & Gasfitter
Plumbing, drainage and gasfitting — emergency callouts, bathroom and kitchen fitouts, hot water and backflow work.
HVAC & Refrigeration
Air conditioning and refrigeration installation, servicing and maintenance contracts.
Residential Builder
New homes, extensions and renovations — stage-based contracts, progress claims and subcontractor coordination.
Carpenter & Joiner
Framing, fit-out and finishing carpentry, working directly for clients or as a subcontractor to builders.
Painter & Decorator
Interior and exterior painting for domestic and commercial jobs, typically quoted by area and stage.
Landscaper
Landscape construction and garden maintenance — design-and-build projects plus recurring maintenance rounds.
Mobile Tradie (General)
General mobile trade work where jobs are booked, attended and invoiced on site. Use a specific trade archetype where one fits.
Health, Allied Health & NDIS
4 listedPhysiotherapy Practice
Clinic or mobile physiotherapy with a mix of private, Medicare EPC, DVA and private health insurance clients.
Occupational Therapy & Speech Pathology
OT and speech pathology practice with significant NDIS caseload, often delivered in homes, schools and the community.
Psychology Practice
Private psychology practice — Better Access referrals, telehealth sessions and secure clinical record keeping.
NDIS Support Provider
Disability support services — support workers in the community and in home, claiming against the NDIS Price Guide.
Hospitality & Food
4 listedCafe & Coffee Shop
Counter-service cafe with a casual roster, food handling obligations and high card-payment volume.
Restaurant
Table-service restaurant — table ordering, split billing, weekend penalty rates and complex rostering.
Food Truck & Mobile Catering
Mobile food service across multiple council areas, with event bookings and mobile card payments.
Hospitality & Food (General)
General hospitality operation. Use the cafe, restaurant or food truck archetype where one fits more closely.
Retail & Ecommerce
2 listedTransport & Logistics
2 listedProfessional Services
2 listedConsulting & Professional Services
Advisory and professional services billed by project or retainer, with professional indemnity exposure.
Bookkeeping & BAS Agent Practice
Bookkeeping and BAS agent services — multi-client ledgers, lodgement deadlines and TPB registration obligations.
Personal & Business Services
2 listedCatalog
The tools we bundle
Negotiated bundle rates on the software Australian businesses actually run on.
Compliance engine
We tell you what you're legally on the hook for.
35 requirements across national, VIC, NSW, QLD and WA — trade licensing, food safety, NDIS worker screening, tax registration and insurance. Filtered to your industry and your state.
We deliberately publish no award pay rates. They change every July and stale figures cause underpayment — so we model when an entitlement applies and send you to Fair Work for the number.
Check your obligationsLicences & permits
VIC · NSW · QLD · WA
Modern Awards
12 mapped
Insurance
Compulsory vs contractual
STP Phase 2
Allowance codes
Operations
What running a business actually involves
Every area you have to handle, the tools that cover it, and the free government resources worth using before you pay for anything.
Registrations & Licensing
Getting legally allowed to trade — ABN, business name, GST, and the occupational licences and council permits that apply to what you actually do.
Finance
Money in and out — accounting, invoicing, payments, tax, cash flow, funding and the yearly cycle around 30 June.
Legal
Contracts, terms, structure, intellectual property, fair trading obligations and disputes.
People
Employees, contractors, awards and pay, rostering, and the relationships with customers and suppliers.
Risk & Insurance
Protecting the business — insurance, work health and safety, emergency planning and cyber security.
Online & Digital
Being findable and transactable online — website, domain, business email, local search presence and ecommerce.
Marketing & Advertising
Finding and keeping customers — positioning, market research, advertising and promotion.
Products & Services
What you sell and how it moves — pricing, inventory, labelling, shipping, importing and exporting.
Sustainability
Managing environmental impact — energy, waste, water and the ESG reporting increasingly asked for in tenders.
Exiting
Closing, selling or handing over the business.
Benefits
Why start here
Everything you need to get trading, without doing vendor onboarding six times.
Wholesale, not retail
We buy at bundle rates and pass part of the saving on. Your savings are shown before you pay, not buried in a comparison table.
Ranked on merit
The stack is ordered by what suits your trade, never by what pays us most.
One intake form
We compute the union of every field your chosen tools require — ABN, GST status, BSB, director DOB — and ask for each exactly once.
One dashboard
Provisioning status per service, partner referrals and your whole stack tracked in one place.
From the blog
Latest guides
Practical, Australian-specific answers to the questions every new business hits.
Which Licences and Permits Does Your Australian Business Actually Need?
A practical guide to Australian business licensing built around ABLIS — the three layers of government, what each controls, and how to check what applies to you.
Read the guideBusiness Insurance in Australia: What You Actually Need, and What You Can Skip
General information on which business insurances are compulsory by law, which your contracts will force on you, and which are genuinely optional decisions.
Read the guideCliniko vs Halaxy vs Splose: Practice Management Software for Australian Allied Health and NDIS Providers
An even-handed comparison of three Australian-built practice management platforms, with a focus on NDIS claiming, Medicare and private health rebates, and admin load.
Read the guideSupport
Frequently asked questions
What does startup.help actually do?
You tell us what kind of business you're starting and where. We assemble the software, insurance and partner services that suit that industry, work out every registration and licence you're on the hook for, collect your details once, and set the services up for you at bundle rates.
How much does it cost?
Browsing is free — industry profiles, compliance obligations and all the guides are open to everyone. You only pay for the services you choose in your bundle, at rates below what you'd pay signing up to each one directly.
Do I need an account to browse?
No. You can explore every industry profile, compare software and read every guide anonymously. An account is only created at the end, once you've picked a bundle and we need somewhere to save your details.
How do you make money — and does it affect rankings?
We earn a margin on bundled services and referral arrangements with some partners. Rankings never follow commission: the stack is ordered by what suits your trade, and where a strong alternative exists we show it alongside.
Why don't you publish award pay rates?
Award rates change every 1 July and stale figures cause underpayment. We model when an award or entitlement applies to your business, then send you to the Fair Work pay tools for the current number.
Is this legal, financial or tax advice?
No — everything here is general information. Confirm anything that matters with a registered tax agent, licensed adviser or the relevant regulator before acting on it.
Start with your industry.
Browse for free. You only create an account once you've picked a bundle and we need somewhere to save your details.