Set up is used with these nouns as the subject:
plan

Set up is used with these nouns as the object:
ambush, appointment, archive, assembly, barricade, barrier, base, branch, business, camera, camp, checkpoint, commission, committee, commune, company, convent, council, crèche, database, dictatorship, discussion, diversion, drip, enquiry, expectation, experiment, factory, farm, firm, force, foundation, fund, group, headquarters, hotline, house, household, initiative, institute, league, machine, machinery, meeting, militia, mission, monarchy, monopoly, movement, network, panel, partnership, petition, programme, project, regime, roadblock, scenery, scheme, shop, site, society, stall, stand, sting, stress, system, target, task force, telescope, tent, trap, tribunal, trust, union, venture, website, workshop

Set-up is used before these nouns:
fee