The opportunity
1/2 · Some pain
Families caring for a sick relative must win the state care allowance through an application, a home assessment and sometimes an appeal.Market checkycombinator.comFirst Czech market scan (another site)An early sweep that returned only advice articles and government pages, and documented the application, assessment and appeal as bureaucratic and opaque.
- 374,000 people drew the allowance in December 2024.ČSÚcsu.gov.czČSÚ — the care allowance in numbers (another site)374,000 people drew příspěvek na péči in December 2024, and 41.3bn CZK was paid out through it that year — the size of the pot families are navigating for.
- The assessment sets one of four grades, and the grade sets the money.2 sourcesY Combinatorycombinator.comPříspěvek na péči (another site)The Czech care allowance itself — four dependency levels, raised again in 2024-25, and the money a family wins or loses on how well it files.MPSVmpsv.gov.czCare allowance raised from 1 January 2026 (another site)Grades I and II rise — adult grade I from 880 to 1,300 CZK monthly — so the money a family wins or loses on a correct filing grew again.In the source’s words“Pro osoby starší 18 let ve stupni závislosti I se příspěvek navyšuje z 880 Kč na 1 300 Kč, ve stupni závislosti II z částky 4 900 Kč na 5 400 Kč.”
- The application, the assessment and the appeal are described as bureaucratic and opaque.Market checkycombinator.comFirst Czech market scan (another site)An early sweep that returned only advice articles and government pages, and documented the application, assessment and appeal as bureaucratic and opaque.
P-0004 · Czech families caring for a sick relative can miss out on state money in a confusing claim
The opportunity
About this section
- What this shows
- The problem as it is today: what goes wrong, and who it costs.
- Why it matters to a builder
- Documented pain means you will not have to convince buyers the problem exists before you can sell them the fix.
- How to read the score
- 2/2 means clear, recurring pain: documented complaints, a petition or industry pressure. Scattered complaints make it 1/2.
Families caring for a sick relative must win the state care allowance through an application, a home assessment and sometimes an appeal.Market checkycombinator.comFirst Czech market scan (another site)An early sweep that returned only advice articles and government pages, and documented the application, assessment and appeal as bureaucratic and opaque.
- 374,000 people drew the allowance in December 2024.ČSÚcsu.gov.czČSÚ — the care allowance in numbers (another site)374,000 people drew příspěvek na péči in December 2024, and 41.3bn CZK was paid out through it that year — the size of the pot families are navigating for.
- The assessment sets one of four grades, and the grade sets the money.2 sourcesY Combinatorycombinator.comPříspěvek na péči (another site)The Czech care allowance itself — four dependency levels, raised again in 2024-25, and the money a family wins or loses on how well it files.MPSVmpsv.gov.czCare allowance raised from 1 January 2026 (another site)Grades I and II rise — adult grade I from 880 to 1,300 CZK monthly — so the money a family wins or loses on a correct filing grew again.In the source’s words“Pro osoby starší 18 let ve stupni závislosti I se příspěvek navyšuje z 880 Kč na 1 300 Kč, ve stupni závislosti II z částky 4 900 Kč na 5 400 Kč.”
- The application, the assessment and the appeal are described as bureaucratic and opaque.Market checkycombinator.comFirst Czech market scan (another site)An early sweep that returned only advice articles and government pages, and documented the application, assessment and appeal as bureaucratic and opaque.
The allowance is příspěvek na péči, and it is paid to the person who needs care, not to the carer.Y Combinatorycombinator.comPříspěvek na péči (another site)The Czech care allowance itself — four dependency levels, raised again in 2024-25, and the money a family wins or loses on how well it files. The home assessment is the hodnocení stupně závislosti, the dependency grading.Market checkycombinator.comFirst Czech market scan (another site)An early sweep that returned only advice articles and government pages, and documented the application, assessment and appeal as bureaucratic and opaque. A family whose relative lands on too low a grade still gives the care, with less state money for it.MPSVmpsv.gov.czCare allowance raised from 1 January 2026 (another site)Grades I and II rise — adult grade I from 880 to 1,300 CZK monthly — so the money a family wins or loses on a correct filing grew again.In the source’s words“Pro osoby starší 18 let ve stupni závislosti I se příspěvek navyšuje z 880 Kč na 1 300 Kč, ve stupni závislosti II z částky 4 900 Kč na 5 400 Kč.”
Suggested solution
Build an online service that files a family's care-allowance claim, prepares them for the home visit and handles any appeal.
- Family. Today: Files the claim at the labour office. With the suggested solution: Has the service file the claim.
- Family. Today: Goes through the assessment that sets the grade. With the suggested solution: Is coached for the home visit first.
- Family. Today: Appeals a grade with a free adviser's help. With the suggested solution: Hands the appeal to the service.
- Who does this is not known. Today: How often a grade is appealed, and how often an appeal wins, is not known. With the suggested solution: Unknown: nothing on file counts appeals.
Not known: how often a grade is appealed, and how often an appeal wins.
P-0004 · Czech families caring for a sick relative can miss out on state money in a confusing claim
Suggested solution
About this section
- What this shows
- One way to solve the problem, and how the work would run with it.
- Why it matters to a builder
- It is a starting point to test with buyers, not a plan. The sections below are the evidence for and against it.
Build an online service that files a family's care-allowance claim, prepares them for the home visit and handles any appeal.
The family files the claim at the labour office itself, goes through the assessment that sets the grade, and appeals with a free adviser's help where it finds one.2 sourcesMarket checkycombinator.comFirst Czech market scan (another site)An early sweep that returned only advice articles and government pages, and documented the application, assessment and appeal as bureaucratic and opaque.Market checkdostupnyadvokat.czMarket scan — what a family can actually buy (another site)A second Czech sweep, this time for anything sold for money: an insurer's free calculator, free registered counselling that writes appeals, and law firms selling representation by the case — still nobody…
An online service files the claim with the family, prepares it for the home visit and runs any appeal.
- Family. Today: Files the claim at the labour office. With the suggested solution: Has the service file the claim.
- Family. Today: Goes through the assessment that sets the grade. With the suggested solution: Is coached for the home visit first.
- Family. Today: Appeals a grade with a free adviser's help. With the suggested solution: Hands the appeal to the service.
- Who does this is not known. Today: How often a grade is appealed, and how often an appeal wins, is not known. With the suggested solution: Unknown: nothing on file counts appeals.
Not known: how often a grade is appealed, and how often an appeal wins.
Why now
0/3 · No deadline
A family on too low a grade can lose thousands of crowns a month, and the two lowest grades pay more since January 2026.MPSVmpsv.gov.czCare allowance raised from 1 January 2026 (another site)Grades I and II rise — adult grade I from 880 to 1,300 CZK monthly — so the money a family wins or loses on a correct filing grew again.In the source’s words“Pro osoby starší 18 let ve stupni závislosti I se příspěvek navyšuje z 880 Kč na 1 300 Kč, ve stupni závislosti II z částky 4 900 Kč na 5 400 Kč.”
- Adults get 5,400 CZK monthly on the second grade, 1,300 on the lowest.MPSVmpsv.gov.czCare allowance raised from 1 January 2026 (another site)Grades I and II rise — adult grade I from 880 to 1,300 CZK monthly — so the money a family wins or loses on a correct filing grew again.In the source’s words“Pro osoby starší 18 let ve stupni závislosti I se příspěvek navyšuje z 880 Kč na 1 300 Kč, ve stupni závislosti II z částky 4 900 Kč na 5 400 Kč.”
- Around 100,000 carers, mostly women, say they cannot work full-time because of care.European Commissioneconomy-finance.ec.europa.euEuropean Commission — 2026 Country Report for Czechia (another site)Around 100,000 Czech informal carers, mostly women, report being unable to work full-time because of care duties, and only 8.3 percent of public long-term-care spending goes to home care against an EU average of 28.8 percent.In the source’s words“In 2022, 60.2% of public long-term care spending was allocated to residential care (EU: 46.2%), while only 8.3% went to home care (terénní služby), far below the EU average of 28.8%”
- Home care gets 8.3% of public long-term-care money; the EU average is 28.8%.European Commissioneconomy-finance.ec.europa.euEuropean Commission — 2026 Country Report for Czechia (another site)Around 100,000 Czech informal carers, mostly women, report being unable to work full-time because of care duties, and only 8.3 percent of public long-term-care spending goes to home care against an EU average of 28.8 percent.In the source’s words“In 2022, 60.2% of public long-term care spending was allocated to residential care (EU: 46.2%), while only 8.3% went to home care (terénní služby), far below the EU average of 28.8%”
P-0004 · Czech families caring for a sick relative can miss out on state money in a confusing claim
Why now
About this section
- What this shows
- The dated rules and events that push buyers to act, soonest first.
- Why it matters to a builder
- A dated rule turns “nice to have” into “must buy by”, and tells you how long the window stays open.
- How to read the score
- 3/3 means an enacted rule binds these buyers within 18 months and names a penalty. Without a named penalty it is 2/3. A draft law, a rule on someone else, or a date further out is 1/3.
A family on too low a grade can lose thousands of crowns a month, and the two lowest grades pay more since January 2026.MPSVmpsv.gov.czCare allowance raised from 1 January 2026 (another site)Grades I and II rise — adult grade I from 880 to 1,300 CZK monthly — so the money a family wins or loses on a correct filing grew again.In the source’s words“Pro osoby starší 18 let ve stupni závislosti I se příspěvek navyšuje z 880 Kč na 1 300 Kč, ve stupni závislosti II z částky 4 900 Kč na 5 400 Kč.”
- Adults get 5,400 CZK monthly on the second grade, 1,300 on the lowest.MPSVmpsv.gov.czCare allowance raised from 1 January 2026 (another site)Grades I and II rise — adult grade I from 880 to 1,300 CZK monthly — so the money a family wins or loses on a correct filing grew again.In the source’s words“Pro osoby starší 18 let ve stupni závislosti I se příspěvek navyšuje z 880 Kč na 1 300 Kč, ve stupni závislosti II z částky 4 900 Kč na 5 400 Kč.”
- Around 100,000 carers, mostly women, say they cannot work full-time because of care.European Commissioneconomy-finance.ec.europa.euEuropean Commission — 2026 Country Report for Czechia (another site)Around 100,000 Czech informal carers, mostly women, report being unable to work full-time because of care duties, and only 8.3 percent of public long-term-care spending goes to home care against an EU average of 28.8 percent.In the source’s words“In 2022, 60.2% of public long-term care spending was allocated to residential care (EU: 46.2%), while only 8.3% went to home care (terénní služby), far below the EU average of 28.8%”
- Home care gets 8.3% of public long-term-care money; the EU average is 28.8%.European Commissioneconomy-finance.ec.europa.euEuropean Commission — 2026 Country Report for Czechia (another site)Around 100,000 Czech informal carers, mostly women, report being unable to work full-time because of care duties, and only 8.3 percent of public long-term-care spending goes to home care against an EU average of 28.8 percent.In the source’s words“In 2022, 60.2% of public long-term care spending was allocated to residential care (EU: 46.2%), while only 8.3% went to home care (terénní služby), far below the EU average of 28.8%”
The dates behind this:
- In 2024–25 the allowance was raised.Y Combinatorycombinator.comPříspěvek na péči (another site)The Czech care allowance itself — four dependency levels, raised again in 2024-25, and the money a family wins or loses on how well it files.
- On 1 January 2026 Act No. 360/2025 raised the two lowest grades again: for adults from 880 to 1,300 CZK and from 4,900 to 5,400 CZK a month, for children from 3,300 to 4,900 CZK and from 7,400 to 8,200 CZK.MPSVmpsv.gov.czCare allowance raised from 1 January 2026 (another site)Grades I and II rise — adult grade I from 880 to 1,300 CZK monthly — so the money a family wins or loses on a correct filing grew again.In the source’s words“Pro osoby starší 18 let ve stupni závislosti I se příspěvek navyšuje z 880 Kč na 1 300 Kč, ve stupni závislosti II z částky 4 900 Kč na 5 400 Kč.” The two highest grades stayed the same.MPSVmpsv.gov.czCare allowance raised from 1 January 2026 (another site)Grades I and II rise — adult grade I from 880 to 1,300 CZK monthly — so the money a family wins or loses on a correct filing grew again.In the source’s words“Pro osoby starší 18 let ve stupni závislosti I se příspěvek navyšuje z 880 Kč na 1 300 Kč, ve stupni závislosti II z částky 4 900 Kč na 5 400 Kč.”
- On 17 March 2026 MPs filed a bill amending both the social-services act the allowance lives in and the disability-benefits act, so the rules families work through are moving again.VeKLEPodok.czVeKLEP — bill amending the benefit's two framework acts (another site)MPs filed a bill amending both the Social Services Act 108/2006 (the příspěvek na péči law) and the disability-benefits act 329/2011 — the rules families navigate are in motion again.In the source’s words“Návrh poslanců Aleše Juchelky a Jany Pastuchové na vydání zákona, kterým se mění zákon č. 108/2006 Sb., o sociálních službách, ve znění pozdějších předpisů, zákon č. 329/2011 Sb., o poskytování dávek osobám se zdravotním postižením a o…”
- On 3 June 2026 the European Commission published the carer figures in its country report on Czechia; the home-care share is for 2022.European Commissioneconomy-finance.ec.europa.euEuropean Commission — 2026 Country Report for Czechia (another site)Around 100,000 Czech informal carers, mostly women, report being unable to work full-time because of care duties, and only 8.3 percent of public long-term-care spending goes to home care against an EU average of 28.8 percent.In the source’s words“In 2022, 60.2% of public long-term care spending was allocated to residential care (EU: 46.2%), while only 8.3% went to home care (terénní služby), far below the EU average of 28.8%”
- None of these dates puts a duty on a family: the Act changes what the state pays, and the bill is not law.2 sourcesMPSVmpsv.gov.czCare allowance raised from 1 January 2026 (another site)Grades I and II rise — adult grade I from 880 to 1,300 CZK monthly — so the money a family wins or loses on a correct filing grew again.In the source’s words“Pro osoby starší 18 let ve stupni závislosti I se příspěvek navyšuje z 880 Kč na 1 300 Kč, ve stupni závislosti II z částky 4 900 Kč na 5 400 Kč.”VeKLEPodok.czVeKLEP — bill amending the benefit's two framework acts (another site)MPs filed a bill amending both the Social Services Act 108/2006 (the příspěvek na péči law) and the disability-benefits act 329/2011 — the rules families navigate are in motion again.In the source’s words“Návrh poslanců Aleše Juchelky a Jany Pastuchové na vydání zákona, kterým se mění zákon č. 108/2006 Sb., o sociálních službách, ve znění pozdějších…”
Willing to pay
0/2 · No sign yet
No family is known to pay for this yet: the help on offer is free, though a higher grade is worth thousands a month.2 sourcesMarket checkdostupnyadvokat.czMarket scan — what a family can actually buy (another site)A second Czech sweep, this time for anything sold for money: an insurer's free calculator, free registered counselling that writes appeals, and law firms selling representation by the case — still nobody…MPSVmpsv.gov.czCare allowance raised from 1 January 2026 (another site)Grades I and II rise — adult grade I from 880 to 1,300 CZK monthly — so the money a family wins or loses on a correct filing grew again.In the source’s words“Pro osoby starší 18 let ve stupni závislosti I se příspěvek navyšuje z 880 Kč na 1 300 Kč, ve stupni závislosti II z částky 4 900 Kč na 5 400 Kč.”
- An online law firm sells fixed-price consultations, but not the claim itself.Market checkdostupnyadvokat.czMarket scan — what a family can actually buy (another site)A second Czech sweep, this time for anything sold for money: an insurer's free calculator, free registered counselling that writes appeals, and law firms selling representation by the case — still nobody selling a family the claim itself.
- The state paid out 41.3bn CZK through the allowance in 2024.ČSÚcsu.gov.czČSÚ — the care allowance in numbers (another site)374,000 people drew příspěvek na péči in December 2024, and 41.3bn CZK was paid out through it that year — the size of the pot families are navigating for.
- The ministry's €74.7M benefits IT framework of June 2026 buys none of this.TEDted.europa.euTED — MPSV 'IT delivery III' framework (~€74.7M) (another site)The ministry budgets tens of millions of euros a year for benefits back-office IT, while nothing is built on the side the citizen actually touches.
P-0004 · Czech families caring for a sick relative can miss out on state money in a confusing claim
Willing to pay
About this section
- What this shows
- Who already spends money on this problem, how much, and how they buy.
- Why it matters to a builder
- If people already pay for this, even by hand or through a consultant, you are replacing a spend, not creating a budget.
- How to read the score
- 2/2 means a Czech buyer has paid for this, or a priced job also gets public money that pays part of it. A price on file makes it 1/2. Public money alone earns nothing. Only public buyers publish what they pay, so problems sold to private firms often score lower.
No family is known to pay for this yet: the help on offer is free, though a higher grade is worth thousands a month.2 sourcesMarket checkdostupnyadvokat.czMarket scan — what a family can actually buy (another site)A second Czech sweep, this time for anything sold for money: an insurer's free calculator, free registered counselling that writes appeals, and law firms selling representation by the case — still nobody…MPSVmpsv.gov.czCare allowance raised from 1 January 2026 (another site)Grades I and II rise — adult grade I from 880 to 1,300 CZK monthly — so the money a family wins or loses on a correct filing grew again.In the source’s words“Pro osoby starší 18 let ve stupni závislosti I se příspěvek navyšuje z 880 Kč na 1 300 Kč, ve stupni závislosti II z částky 4 900 Kč na 5 400 Kč.”
- An online law firm sells fixed-price consultations, but not the claim itself.Market checkdostupnyadvokat.czMarket scan — what a family can actually buy (another site)A second Czech sweep, this time for anything sold for money: an insurer's free calculator, free registered counselling that writes appeals, and law firms selling representation by the case — still nobody selling a family the claim itself.
- The state paid out 41.3bn CZK through the allowance in 2024.ČSÚcsu.gov.czČSÚ — the care allowance in numbers (another site)374,000 people drew příspěvek na péči in December 2024, and 41.3bn CZK was paid out through it that year — the size of the pot families are navigating for.
- The ministry's €74.7M benefits IT framework of June 2026 buys none of this.TEDted.europa.euTED — MPSV 'IT delivery III' framework (~€74.7M) (another site)The ministry budgets tens of millions of euros a year for benefits back-office IT, while nothing is built on the side the citizen actually touches.
A flat or success fee on the award is the suggested model, and no source on file shows one charged in Czechia.Market checkdostupnyadvokat.czMarket scan — what a family can actually buy (another site)A second Czech sweep, this time for anything sold for money: an insurer's free calculator, free registered counselling that writes appeals, and law firms selling representation by the case — still nobody selling a family the claim itself. The US start-ups on file help carers get paid by state programmes, and how they charge is not on file.Y Combinatorycombinator.comOma Care (another site)A two-person YC W24 team enrolling US family caregivers into Medicaid programmes that pay them up to $28 an hour — the template for getting families money they are already owed.
- An insurer already runs a free information site on the allowance, and a home-care firm helps with benefit forms for free, so both could be a sales channel.Market checkdostupnyadvokat.czMarket scan — what a family can actually buy (another site)A second Czech sweep, this time for anything sold for money: an insurer's free calculator, free registered counselling that writes appeals, and law firms selling representation by the case — still nobody selling a family the claim itself.
- The ministry's framework buys back-office IT for benefits, with related notices of about €19.8M and about €65M in June–August 2026, and none of it is built for the family filing the claim.TEDted.europa.euTED — MPSV 'IT delivery III' framework (~€74.7M) (another site)The ministry budgets tens of millions of euros a year for benefits back-office IT, while nothing is built on the side the citizen actually touches.
No price paid by a Czech buyer is on file yet.
Where to look
The MS2021+ index under "neformální péče" (Moravskoslezský kraj and Statutární město Brno are funded there for carer counselling — the same navigation done by hand, free, on public money) and registr smluv full-text for "odborné sociální poradenství" for what a town pays a counselling service per year; otherwise ask the head of a registered social-counselling service such as Rodinný průvodce what one care-allowance appeal costs in staff hours.
One grant call
The grant call can pay for this work.
- The Czech care allowance itself. Y Combinatorycombinator.comPříspěvek na péči (another site)The Czech care allowance itself — four dependency levels, raised again in 2024-25, and the money a family wins or loses on how well it files.
Validated abroad
2/3 · Proven once
US start-ups already help family carers get paid from state programmes, and nobody sells that help in Czechia yet.2 sourcesY Combinatorycombinator.comOma Care (another site)A two-person YC W24 team enrolling US family caregivers into Medicaid programmes that pay them up to $28 an hour — the template for getting families money they are already owed.Market checkdostupnyadvokat.czMarket scan — what a family can actually buy (another site)A second Czech sweep, this time for anything sold for money: an insurer's free calculator, free registered counselling that writes appeals, and law firms selling representation by the case — still nobody…
- Oma Care (another site)Based in United States
- Givers (another site)Based in United States
- KareHero (another site)Based in United Kingdom
P-0004 · Czech families caring for a sick relative can miss out on state money in a confusing claim
Validated abroad
About this section
- What this shows
- Companies abroad that already sell a solution, and how far along they are.
- Why it matters to a builder
- Established companies selling it in other markets show that buyers will pay, so you are not betting on an untested idea.
- How to read the score
- 3/3 means established in two or more markets, one of them near Czechia. 2/3 is one established company, 1/3 only early players.
US start-ups already help family carers get paid from state programmes, and nobody sells that help in Czechia yet.2 sourcesY Combinatorycombinator.comOma Care (another site)A two-person YC W24 team enrolling US family caregivers into Medicaid programmes that pay them up to $28 an hour — the template for getting families money they are already owed.Market checkdostupnyadvokat.czMarket scan — what a family can actually buy (another site)A second Czech sweep, this time for anything sold for money: an insurer's free calculator, free registered counselling that writes appeals, and law firms selling representation by the case — still nobody…
- Y Combinatorycombinator.comOma Care (another site)A two-person YC W24 team enrolling US family caregivers into Medicaid programmes that pay them up to $28 an hour — the template for getting families money they are already owed.
YC W24, 2-person team (YC, 2026); automates enrolment in US Medicaid programs paying family caregivers up to $28/hr
- No source on file
$3.5M seed led by CRV (Forbes, 2023); app used by 15,000 caregivers/month (Forbes, 2026)
- No source on file
Company raise undisclosed (Tracxn, 2025); £9M+ care funding unlocked for families, avg £27k each (company, 2026); employer channel
The closest, from Y Combinator's winter 2024 intake, enrols US family carers into Medicaid programmes that pay them up to $28 an hour.Y Combinatorycombinator.comOma Care (another site)A two-person YC W24 team enrolling US family caregivers into Medicaid programmes that pay them up to $28 an hour — the template for getting families money they are already owed. Medicaid is the US public health programme for people on low incomes, and Y Combinator is a US programme that funds start-ups. CareOasis, from its summer 2023 intake, works on the same model.Y Combinatorycombinator.comOma Care (another site)A two-person YC W24 team enrolling US family caregivers into Medicaid programmes that pay them up to $28 an hour — the template for getting families money they are already owed. The US has 53 million family carers, by the first start-up's count.Y Combinatorycombinator.comOma Care (another site)A two-person YC W24 team enrolling US family caregivers into Medicaid programmes that pay them up to $28 an hour — the template for getting families money they are already owed.
The Czech version would be paid from a state benefit rather than from Medicaid: the money at stake is the care allowance itself.Y Combinatorycombinator.comPříspěvek na péči (another site)The Czech care allowance itself — four dependency levels, raised again in 2024-25, and the money a family wins or loses on how well it files.
Market gap
2/2 · Open
The help a Czech family gets is free advice, and no company files, chases or appeals the claim for a fee.2 sourcesMarket checkpece.czMarket scan — who helps a Czech family claim (another site)Five Czech searches and an ARES sweep found free counselling and calculators only — pece.cz, the NRZP poradna, Rodinný průvodce — and no company that files, tracks or appeals a claim for a fee.Market checkdostupnyadvokat.czMarket scan — what a family can actually buy (another site)A second Czech sweep, this time for anything sold for money: an insurer's free calculator, free registered counselling that writes appeals, and law firms selling representation by the case — still nobody…
New, selling this: nobody on file. Established, selling this: nobody on file. New, selling something nearby: Moravskoslezský kruh (since 2003), pece.cz (NN Životní pojišťovna). Established, selling something nearby: Rodinný průvodce (Centrum pro rodinu a sociální péči) (since 1993), Chytrá Péče (since 2007), Dostupný advokát (since 2021). No established player sells this here.
The space is still open
- EarlySells something nearby · since 2003Moravskoslezský kruh (another site)It provides advice and nothing else, free: a legal helpline for carers answered by two lawyers and capped at an hour per enquirer, publishing its answers on care-allowance grades, assessment visits and appeals.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells something nearbypece.cz (NN Životní pojišťovna) (another site)A free information site run by the insurer NN Životní pojišťovna: an entitlement calculator, articles and an advice column, after which the applicant is sent to the state office to file the claim themselves.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells something nearby · since 1993Rodinný průvodce (Centrum pro rodinu a sociální péči) (another site)It does write appeals, and it writes them free: Centrum pro rodinu a sociální péči z. s. of Ostrava, trading since 1993, runs Rodinný průvodce on the state register of social services.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells something nearby · since 2007Chytrá Péče (another site)It sells the care, not the paperwork: an SOS button with a 24/7 response line, home assistance, equipment hire and counselling, with help on benefit forms folded into the counselling for free.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells something nearby · since 2021Dostupný advokát (another site)An online law firm selling fixed-price legal work of every kind — 390 CZK for a consultation, representation quoted per case — trading since 2021 and reporting thousands of resolved cases and 150+ new customers a month.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
P-0004 · Czech families caring for a sick relative can miss out on state money in a confusing claim
Market gap
About this section
- What this shows
- Czech companies that already sell this, and firms nearby that sell something else.
- Why it matters to a builder
- A mature Czech seller means taking customers from an incumbent. Firms nearby still matter: the buyer may already pay them.
- How to read the score
- More points mean a more open field. 2/2 means no Czech company sells this, 1/2 only early ones do, 0/2 a mature one does.
The help a Czech family gets is free advice, and no company files, chases or appeals the claim for a fee.2 sourcesMarket checkpece.czMarket scan — who helps a Czech family claim (another site)Five Czech searches and an ARES sweep found free counselling and calculators only — pece.cz, the NRZP poradna, Rodinný průvodce — and no company that files, tracks or appeals a claim for a fee.Market checkdostupnyadvokat.czMarket scan — what a family can actually buy (another site)A second Czech sweep, this time for anything sold for money: an insurer's free calculator, free registered counselling that writes appeals, and law firms selling representation by the case — still nobody…
New, selling this: nobody on file. Established, selling this: nobody on file. New, selling something nearby: Moravskoslezský kruh (since 2003), pece.cz (NN Životní pojišťovna). Established, selling something nearby: Rodinný průvodce (Centrum pro rodinu a sociální péči) (since 1993), Chytrá Péče (since 2007), Dostupný advokát (since 2021). No established player sells this here.
The space is still open
- EarlySells something nearby · since 2003Moravskoslezský kruh (another site)It provides advice and nothing else, free: a legal helpline for carers answered by two lawyers and capped at an hour per enquirer, publishing its answers on care-allowance grades, assessment visits and appeals.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells something nearbypece.cz (NN Životní pojišťovna) (another site)A free information site run by the insurer NN Životní pojišťovna: an entitlement calculator, articles and an advice column, after which the applicant is sent to the state office to file the claim themselves.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells something nearby · since 1993Rodinný průvodce (Centrum pro rodinu a sociální péči) (another site)It does write appeals, and it writes them free: Centrum pro rodinu a sociální péči z. s. of Ostrava, trading since 1993, runs Rodinný průvodce on the state register of social services.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells something nearby · since 2007Chytrá Péče (another site)It sells the care, not the paperwork: an SOS button with a 24/7 response line, home assistance, equipment hire and counselling, with help on benefit forms folded into the counselling for free.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells something nearby · since 2021Dostupný advokát (another site)An online law firm selling fixed-price legal work of every kind — 390 CZK for a consultation, representation quoted per case — trading since 2021 and reporting thousands of resolved cases and 150+ new customers a month.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
Sells something nearby 5
- Market checkpece.czMarket scan — who helps a Czech family claim (another site)Five Czech searches and an ARES sweep found free counselling and calculators only — pece.cz, the NRZP poradna, Rodinný průvodce — and no company that files, tracks or appeals a claim for a fee.
A free information site run by the insurer NN Životní pojišťovna: an entitlement calculator, articles and an advice column, after which the applicant is sent to the state office to file the claim themselves. Nobody there files, chases or appeals anything, and no tally of who has used it is published.
- 2 sourcesMarket checkpece.czMarket scan — who helps a Czech family claim (another site)Five Czech searches and an ARES sweep found free counselling and calculators only — pece.cz, the NRZP poradna, Rodinný průvodce — and no company that files, tracks or appeals a claim for a fee.Market checkdostupnyadvokat.czMarket scan — what a family can actually buy (another site)A second Czech sweep, this time for anything sold for money: an insurer's free calculator, free registered counselling that writes appeals, and law firms selling representation by the case — still nobody…
It does write appeals, and it writes them free: Centrum pro rodinu a sociální péči z. s. of Ostrava, trading since 1993, runs Rodinný průvodce on the state register of social services. What a family gets is an adviser's hour in the Moravskoslezský region, not somebody who carries the claim from application through the assessment visit to the appeal and is paid for the result.
Found by the register’s market check
- 2 sourcesMarket checkpece.czMarket scan — who helps a Czech family claim (another site)Five Czech searches and an ARES sweep found free counselling and calculators only — pece.cz, the NRZP poradna, Rodinný průvodce — and no company that files, tracks or appeals a claim for a fee.Market checkdostupnyadvokat.czMarket scan — what a family can actually buy (another site)A second Czech sweep, this time for anything sold for money: an insurer's free calculator, free registered counselling that writes appeals, and law firms selling representation by the case — still nobody…
It provides advice and nothing else, free: a legal helpline for carers answered by two lawyers and capped at an hour per enquirer, publishing its answers on care-allowance grades, assessment visits and appeals. The association has been going since 2003 but publishes no tally of who it has helped; it answers the question and never takes the claim over, which is the job somebody would be paid to do.
Found by the register’s market check
- Established: Chytrá Péče (another site)2 sourcesMarket checkpece.czMarket scan — who helps a Czech family claim (another site)Five Czech searches and an ARES sweep found free counselling and calculators only — pece.cz, the NRZP poradna, Rodinný průvodce — and no company that files, tracks or appeals a claim for a fee.Market checkdostupnyadvokat.czMarket scan — what a family can actually buy (another site)A second Czech sweep, this time for anything sold for money: an insurer's free calculator, free registered counselling that writes appeals, and law firms selling representation by the case — still nobody…
It sells the care, not the paperwork: an SOS button with a 24/7 response line, home assistance, equipment hire and counselling, with help on benefit forms folded into the counselling for free. The company has traded since 2007 and sits on the state register of social service providers under a labour-ministry authorisation.
Found by the register’s market check
- Established: Dostupný advokát (another site)Market checkdostupnyadvokat.czMarket scan — what a family can actually buy (another site)A second Czech sweep, this time for anything sold for money: an insurer's free calculator, free registered counselling that writes appeals, and law firms selling representation by the case — still nobody selling a family the claim itself.
An online law firm selling fixed-price legal work of every kind — 390 CZK for a consultation, representation quoted per case — trading since 2021 and reporting thousands of resolved cases and 150+ new customers a month. Its care-allowance page is an article that routes the reader to general representation in court; it does not file the application, attend the assessment visit or run the appeal as something a family can buy.
- An insurer's free site has a calculator, then sends families to file alone.Market checkpece.czMarket scan — who helps a Czech family claim (another site)Five Czech searches and an ARES sweep found free counselling and calculators only — pece.cz, the NRZP poradna, Rodinný průvodce — and no company that files, tracks or appeals a claim for a fee.
- The labour ministry and labour office publish guides and forms, and stop there.2 sourcesMarket checkycombinator.comFirst Czech market scan (another site)An early sweep that returned only advice articles and government pages, and documented the application, assessment and appeal as bureaucratic and opaque.Market checkpece.czMarket scan — who helps a Czech family claim (another site)Five Czech searches and an ARES sweep found free counselling and calculators only — pece.cz, the NRZP poradna, Rodinný průvodce — and no company that files, tracks or appeals a claim for a fee.
- Registered counselling services help draft appeals for free, as a social service.Market checkpece.czMarket scan — who helps a Czech family claim (another site)Five Czech searches and an ARES sweep found free counselling and calculators only — pece.cz, the NRZP poradna, Rodinný průvodce — and no company that files, tracks or appeals a claim for a fee.
The insurer's site also carries articles and an advice column, and the family then files at the labour office itself.Market checkdostupnyadvokat.czMarket scan — what a family can actually buy (another site)A second Czech sweep, this time for anything sold for money: an insurer's free calculator, free registered counselling that writes appeals, and law firms selling representation by the case — still nobody selling a family the claim itself. The counselling services are odborné sociální poradenství, social counselling registered with the state, and they help as a social service rather than as a product.Market checkpece.czMarket scan — who helps a Czech family claim (another site)Five Czech searches and an ARES sweep found free counselling and calculators only — pece.cz, the NRZP poradna, Rodinný průvodce — and no company that files, tracks or appeals a claim for a fee.
- One of them writes appeals in a single region, and a carers' association runs a free legal helpline.Market checkdostupnyadvokat.czMarket scan — what a family can actually buy (another site)A second Czech sweep, this time for anything sold for money: an insurer's free calculator, free registered counselling that writes appeals, and law firms selling representation by the case — still nobody selling a family the claim itself.
- A home-care company folds help with benefit forms into its free counselling.Market checkdostupnyadvokat.czMarket scan — what a family can actually buy (another site)A second Czech sweep, this time for anything sold for money: an insurer's free calculator, free registered counselling that writes appeals, and law firms selling representation by the case — still nobody selling a family the claim itself.
- An online law firm's care-allowance page points to court representation rather than to the claim.Market checkdostupnyadvokat.czMarket scan — what a family can actually buy (another site)A second Czech sweep, this time for anything sold for money: an insurer's free calculator, free registered counselling that writes appeals, and law firms selling representation by the case — still nobody selling a family the claim itself.
Execution difficulty
3/3 · Easy
Makes it easier
- Nothing licences the work.
- The job is coaching and paperwork rather than a system to plug into.
- Families decide for themselves without a tender.
Makes it harder
- Free advisers already write appeals for nothing.
- No Czech family is yet known to pay for this help.
P-0004 · Czech families caring for a sick relative can miss out on state money in a confusing claim
Execution difficulty
About this section
- What this shows
- What stands between you and the first sale: who buys, what permission selling needs, what it must plug into, and whether it needs outside money.
- Why it matters to a builder
- It tells you whether a small team can start selling soon, or needs a licence, a certification or funding first.
- How to read the score
- More points mean easier to enter: 3/3 is easy, 0/3 very hard. It is not added to the Opportunity total, and local competition does not count here: that is Market gap.
Easy
Makes it easier
- Nothing licences the work.
- The job is coaching and paperwork rather than a system to plug into.
- Families decide for themselves without a tender.
Makes it harder
- Free advisers already write appeals for nothing, so a paid service has to carry the whole claim.
- No Czech family is yet known to pay for this help.
Local competition does not change this level. It is covered under Market gap.
Suggested first moves
- Build a short guide that prepares a family for the home assessment that sets its relative's care-allowance grade.
- Contact the free carers' advice services and ask them to pass on the families whose claims they cannot carry through.
- Open each sales conversation with how much the allowance pays out and how much one grade is worth.
P-0004 · Czech families caring for a sick relative can miss out on state money in a confusing claim
Suggested first moves
About this section
- What this shows
- A few concrete steps to start with.
- Why it matters to a builder
- They are cheap ways to learn whether buyers will pay, before you build much.
- Build a short guide that prepares a family for the home assessment that sets its relative's care-allowance grade. The grade decides the money, and one grade up is worth much more each month; see Why now. Coach the family on what the assessment covers and what to note down before the visit, because the process is described as bureaucratic and opaque; see The opportunity. Build no portal until the coaching works.
- Contact the free carers' advice services and ask them to pass on the families whose claims they cannot carry through. They give advice or write an appeal, and stop there; see Market gap. The claim still has to be filed, chased and defended, which is the work a family would pay someone to do, and the advisers are glad to have somewhere to send them.
- Open each sales conversation with how much the allowance pays out and how much one grade is worth. The state pays out billions through it every year, as Willing to pay shows, and the lower grades were raised again this year; see Why now. The family in front of you is either on the right grade or paying the difference itself.
- Charge for the outcome, a flat or success fee on the award, because nobody in Czechia sells a family the claim itself. An online law firm already sells fixed-price consultations but sends care-allowance cases to court representation; see Market gap. What no one sells is the whole claim, from the application through the home visit to the appeal, so price that.