What non-retail businesses are profitable to start up?

<p>Hospital? Hotel? Agriculture?</p>

<p>Everything besides a non-profit business.</p>

<p>“Everything besides a non-profit business.”</p>

<p>lol</p>

<p>Although funny, my answer was also true lol. Unless a non-profit business (museums and such), a business’ main goal is to earn a profit. Therefore every business with that goal should make a profit, otherwise that certain business concept wouldn’t exist.</p>

<p>Wow. I was hoping for some feedback on my ideas and additional ideas</p>

<p>The point is that all of the businesses that you mentioned can be profitable when they are well conceived and well managed. There are also plenty of examples of utter failures and bankruptcies in each of those businesses. So the question itself isn’t very useful because it’s impossible to really obtain a meaningful answer.</p>

<p>If I had to name a business which I would expect to be very profitable I’d say some sort of organized crime or racketeering, since prosecution risk provides a natural barrier to entry which protects you somewhat from potential competitors. Or a casino. But these can and do go bust as well.</p>

<p>“very profitable I’d say some sort of organized crime or racketeering…”</p>

<p>or a strip club… lol</p>

<p>actually non-profits turn profits as well…</p>

<p>Are you trying to start your own hospital or hotel?</p>

<p>tomato987-That is true, but those profits aren’t meant to fill someone’s pocket, they are meant to contribute to the business and keep it running. </p>

<p>Marylandmike09-Nobody here is really sure if you are actually planning on starting some sort of business, but keep in mind that it takes money to make money. I would think that some sort of service business would be the best start up project for a beginning entrepreneur.</p>

<p>I mean i’m a senior in high school trying to figure out my future so i can figure out waht to study in college so i can figure out what college to go to. i’m thinking about starting up a hospital and being a surgeon at that hospital.</p>

<p>Right… the bank will just give you money and the government will just give you the permit to start your own hospital.</p>

<p>I’ll have been a surgeon for an adequate period of time</p>

<p>Both of the things you want to do would make you wealthy alone, why do you feel the need to do both?</p>

<p>make a lot more money?</p>