₦airaland Forum

Thescienceprof:
Bros, forget say gas filling is everywhere o. You will still make your own money o.
There are so many of us within my neighbourhood; i still make my money wella.
Just understand your kind of customer and their needs. Also be very honest in what you sell to them.

As per 250K, you're good to go.
But I take God beg you, don't just specialize in accessories with that capital. People who come to fill gas in your shop are the ones who will be discussing the problems they are having with their gas burners and cylinders, and that's what you will leverage on to sell accessories to them. If you don't sell gas, they won't have reason to visit your shop let alone discuss their gas problems with you. That's my experience on the field.

Thescienceprof:
If you don't mind starting very small.
Let me give you a break down.
1. You will buy a fire extinguisher #6500
2. You will need at least 4 units of 50kg cylinder. each costs an average of #35K. That's #140k
3. A scale for dispensing costs between #13-#20k depending on brand.
4. Two holes and 2 regulators (one for standard cylinders and one for the smaller cylinders). approximately #5k
5. Depending on the state you want to operate from, you will be required to pay a fee to the state Fire service. Here in Oyo state, it is #11k renewable at #2500 per annum. A certificate of operation will be issued to you.
6. You can earmark another #30k for sale of accessories and small cylinders. I bet, there is more profit on the sale of these accessories than the gas itself
7. Please, try to spend like another #30k on Indusrial gas burners; 1 unit of double and 1 unit of single. people rent them on weekends for events. The double one is rented@ #2k while the single is rented @ #1k.
8. You will need a carpenter to make shelf for you in the shop and another stand outside the shop to display accessories. That should not cost more than 20k.

In summary, 150k won't be sufficient. You would need at least 250k as start up capital, if you add up what I've put up there together.
Good luck.

PS: The business is a very lucrative one if you know your way around it. Meanwhile, I do it as a side hustle since I have a regular 9-5 job. I just trained a sales boy that I pay 10k to as salary

You will also need to fill the bottles with gas; that's 11k per 50kg bottle. you don't have to fill all four bottles at once if you don't have enough.
By and large bro, you are looking at 300k

PeaceNexus:
Yoloba boy .....always whining like a cockroach sprayed with a concentrated insecticide

Officialgarri:
What about those wasted life in Ikeja bomb blast on 27th January? They are irrelevant right?

Froshloaded:
Kobe everywhere

Ebenezar2020:
enough of this man's news abeg.
he don die, he don die or was he of any use to Nigeria's economy that you guys won't allow us rest

yommen:
The protests are peaceful protests. The people are not fighting against themselves na. Go sleep abeg.