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What businesses have the highest and lowest margins of profit?

Posted on 8/31/25 at 1:07 pm
Posted by Sal Minio
17th Street Canal
Member since Sep 2006
4408 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 1:07 pm
Just wondering. I would think jewelry and grocery store may be some?
Posted by Guntoter1
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2020
1517 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 1:29 pm to
HGRAF 80%
Posted by GeauxTigers123
Member since Feb 2007
3049 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 1:36 pm to
Doesn’t the bar portion of a restaurant and bar make it financially?
This post was edited on 8/31/25 at 1:37 pm
Posted by Potchafa
Avoyelles
Member since Jul 2016
4140 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 1:46 pm to
Restaurants - Lowest
Oil & Gas - Highest
Posted by samson73103
Krypton
Member since Nov 2008
8963 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 1:49 pm to
Farming has a pretty slim profit margin. It's a huge gamble with the cost of equipment and being at the mercy of the weather.
Posted by Pendulum
Member since Jan 2009
7880 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 1:58 pm to
Highest, saas
This post was edited on 8/31/25 at 2:00 pm
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
61227 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 2:09 pm to
Grocery stores have very low margins.
A well run bar with video poker machines used to do very well. Not sure about now.

Self storage facilities were huge cash cows a while back.
Posted by TheWalrus
Land of the Hogs
Member since Dec 2012
46135 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 3:52 pm to
shite you are operating at a loss many years in farming
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
134917 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 4:09 pm to
Portable toilets print money
Posted by whiskey over ice
Member since Sep 2020
3659 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 6:43 pm to
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shite you are operating at a loss many years in farming


at least on your tax returns
Posted by TigersHuskers
Nebraska
Member since Oct 2014
14400 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 7:43 pm to
I bet strip clubs have high margins.
Posted by lynxcat
Member since Jan 2008
24964 posts
Posted on 8/31/25 at 8:59 pm to
Highest: Perfume
Lowest: Grocery in the conversation
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
178894 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 1:33 pm to
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Restaurants - Lowest



Grocery stores have them beat
Posted by TigersHuskers
Nebraska
Member since Oct 2014
14400 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 1:34 pm to
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Grocery stores have them beat


Especially ones in high theft areas.
Posted by Samso
nyc
Member since Jun 2013
5022 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 1:42 pm to
Visa and big credit cards have net income margins of like 50%

Nvidia and other Mag7s close to that as well.

Big tobacco names like Altria have incredible margins too.
Posted by TigersHuskers
Nebraska
Member since Oct 2014
14400 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 1:44 pm to
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Visa and big credit cards have net income margins of like 50%


Really? That many people dont pay their balances every month?
Posted by Louie T
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2006
36580 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 2:10 pm to
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Really? That many people dont pay their balances every month?

Their COGS is $0.
Posted by Weagle25
THE Football State.
Member since Oct 2011
47418 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 2:52 pm to
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Really? That many people dont pay their balances every month?

They usually don’t hold your debt. They’re making money off of processing fees.
Posted by FizzyPop
350 posts
Member since Jun 2024
781 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 6:10 pm to
Don't those roofing companies have a huge margin? I don't know much about this industry but have been told by several people that their margins would make me sick as I recently paid for a new roof $17,000 and wasn't an insurance claim, all out of pocket.
Posted by boogiewoogie1978
Little Rock
Member since Aug 2012
19201 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 6:42 pm to
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would think jewelry

I never understood why someone would pay thousands for a rock
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