Editor’s note: This article was first published in August 2010. It is a 2010 roundup in which ‘the next decade’ refers to the 2010s, and its claims about demand reflect that moment.

Here’s a new roundup of the most profitable businesses. As you’ll see, the business ideas we suggest are very varied. Remember that a business can come from any crazy idea, however absurd it may seem, or from a properly developed study. Let’s start with 10 ideas:

  1. Businesses of the next decade. We suggest 6 business ideas that all share one particular color: green.
  2. Home services. Businesses that have never stopped existing and will continue to see demand.
  3. Business services. 5 business ideas built around services for companies.
  4. Businesses related to love. For those who know that love can be good business, we suggest 5 profitable business ideas related to love and couples.
  5. Leisure and tourism businesses. For travel lovers who want to turn this way of life into their business, we suggest some innovative tourism-related ideas.
  6. An advertising distribution company. An excellent business opportunity that requires no investment.
  7. Fitness, beauty and personal care businesses. The most innovative ideas for the future of this sector.
  8. Business ideas for a specific market. Businesses aimed not at everyone but at a particular group, which have proven to be very profitable.
  9. Ideas for a spa business. A spa requires a large investment, but it has proven to be a highly profitable business that pays back the investment exceptionally fast.
  10. A financial education school. A business idea for the boldest and for finance experts.

See also: Online advertising: profitable but undervalued

Further reading

Featured image: cybrgrl, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr.

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