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Hey everyone! 🌟 I have this amazing opportunity to start a business in a 1100 square feet commercial property in a low to medium income area. And the best part is, I don’t have to worry about paying rent since it’s owned by my family. I’m looking for some profitable brick and mortar/physical store business ideas that do not involve food.
What do you think would be the most profitable business to start in this space? Here are a few ideas that I’m considering:
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Beauty Salon: Offering services like haircuts, nails, and skincare can be a lucrative business in any area.
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Pet Grooming: People love their pets and are willing to spend on grooming services to keep them looking their best.
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Laundry and Dry Cleaning: With busy lifestyles, a convenient and affordable laundry service can attract a lot of customers.
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Thrift Store: Selling second-hand clothes, furniture, and accessories can be a sustainable and profitable business model.
- Fitness Studio: Offering workout classes, personal training, or yoga sessions can cater to health-conscious individuals in the area.
What do you guys think about these ideas? Do you have any other suggestions for a profitable brick and mortar business in a non-food category? Let’s brainstorm together and help each other out! 💡💼🛍️
A community 3rd place.
– Coffee in the morning, homemade breads everyday.
– light lunch and coffee, soda or light drinks
– evening wine bar with a couple beers on tap.
Keep it classy, catering to soccer moms (and young couples in the evening), keep it cheap as possible, not top shelf- just atmosphere
Square foot for square foot, It’s always alcohol. Liquor license with any level of foot or vehicle traffic prints money if you execute it right.
Depends on your skills. Can you cook? Coffee shop is most basic one, but coffee shop is a marketing business more than anything. What’s skills do u have?
Liquor
Food will always give the lowest overhead. I would personally go for a juice bar, with competitive/dynamic pricing with coffee and sandwiches. Make the sandwiches a generous size, people will never forget a place that gives them a breakfast sandwich with a shit load of eggs and cheese etc. With bidenflation most places are cutting down on portions, I think you can capitalize on that.
Honeslty, I wouldn’t overlook what the neighborhood needs most. You don’t want to have a dime and dozen offering and compete on price. If you don’t want anything related to food and take on that risk, I would look at barbershop and rent our space or niche goods (athletic goods reseller)
-Your own seasonal pop up style shop. Fireworks in the summer, costumes in the fall, xmas crap at that time, take a break or do easter in the spring.
-Rental event center or farmer markrt host. (Not sure of yout specific layout and location)
Pawn shop.
I’d start a coin laundry business. Go after large regular clients such as hospitals, restaurants, soccer clubs, Offer a wash & fold service and have convenient hours.
I have heard that pawn shops make bank.
Idk about most profitable, but if I could, I would do like a boutique/gallery/gift shop where local artists can display/sell their work and you keep a commission. Some will rent out booth spaces within the store for a flat fee to ensure money is always coming in. The one I sell my art at is 25% commission only, which is great for me bc if I don’t sell anything I don’t lose anything. She also dedicates a larger area for a venue rental like for paid art classes, book signings, little get togethers etc.
Look at retail florist. You can get in business relatively cheaply and the margins are good if you don’t waste too much. You could do mixed bouquets or formal arrangenments. You will need to learn how to make a flower arrangement but that is the only skill you need. Most towns have multiple wholesale florists that can supply flowers, vases etc on a weekly of even two to three times per week basis allowing you to keep inventory to a minimum.
You will need a cooler for flowers but you can build one for under $5000.
I’d start a pack and ship store if one is not already nearby.
Is weed legal where you live?
Plant seedlings. Make an indoor grow op for mint basil and parsley
Smoke shop / Daquiris / alcohol in one. We’re in the middle of turning our smoke shop into part Daquiris shop atm
Lease it out and make bank without lifting a finger. Take that free cash and on to the next enterprise with seed money.
Me? Some type of party business.
Based on your demographics, probably liquor lotto
Low to medium income, I vote liquor store and also sell some high-margin packaged snack items.
Storage facility may be good business outside urban areas.
delivery based restaurant. Jimmy John’s PRINTS money. I know a guy who started with 1 and now owns 23 and makes millions of dollars a year *profit* from some of these stores individually just from deliveries. 🤷
I know you said you prefer no food but if you dial out service and guests dining in and focus on delivery only, you will make a killing. Do something simple and high volume like pasta/pizza/sandwich with a tight menu and bottles of water or soda
Alcohol, cigs and slots.
Bad answer, but “it depends”
1) What’s missing or needed as a product or service? Will you serve businesses or consumers?
2) What are the regulations preventing different types of businesses?
3) What’s the size of the market of said choice?
Probably not much help, but there’s additional inputs needed that only you may know. Everyone here may have good ideas, but they are all for their location (wherever their keyboard or phone sits across the world) – and this localization is super important. Best of luck!