7 Most Successful Businesses in Pakistan with great ROI

Well, when it comes to successful business in Pakistan it all boils down to return on investment (ROI) for a given business plus market demand of what it provides as a business, what need, want it fulfills or solution it provides to a given situation.

If a business has great ROI along with great market demand then that business can be called a successful business.

Although great ROI and market demand alone doesn’t make a business successful rather you need to be really smart in daily affairs of your business, by that I mean you need to know how to do marketing, how to set sales commissions, sales targets for your sales team, how to do hiring, firing, training, how to look after financial side of your business etc.

Note: I am using ROI or Return On Investment in a kind of loose way, when I mention ROI, I mean net income for each rupee of total sales. For instance if I say such and such business has ROI between 40-60% then that would mean net income of 0.40 Pkr to 0.60 Pkr for each rupee of total sales in that particular business.

In a nutshell you need to be really hot in marketing, finance, human resource aspects of your business and not only that you really need to be efficiently & effectively creative in connecting all these aspects in a balanced way so to realize great ROI.

Karobaar koi bachoo ka khel nai he! (Business is not kids play!)

Naani yaad ajae gi … lohay k channay khany wali baat he…just kidding 😅

I am not here to scare you guys but to remind you that its not easy or else everyone would have been an Entrepreneur, khair, still there are ways to overcome these challenges, read this article I want to start business but… this article will help you in overcoming almost all of small business challenges, worries be it marketing side, HR side, finance or any other.

Before going for the 7 most successful businesses part, let me give you couple of more articles that will practically help you in launching your own business, right from your home, with almost no investment, here read Super Easy Way to Manufacture Small Products from Home. If you want to run a small business right from your home, garage just like Steve Jobs, Apple Inc founder did then read the above article.

The last article that I am about to share with you guys before going for the main theme of this article, will not only help you in understanding this current article that you are reading right now, by giving you detailed analysis on each business idea discussed here like ROI, sales force required, initial investment required, monthly required sales, monthly costs etc but will also help you in successfully launching, running each business idea discussed here.

So do check this article: 30 Business Ideas in Pakistan with Incredible ROI

Coming back to 7 most successful business in Pakistan, let’s get to it, aor time waste nai krna appka!

7 Most Successful Businesses in Pakistan

1.      Medicine Business

Because there are all types of food adulteration's (milawaat) going in Pakistan, chai me milawat, dhoodh me milawaat plus there are over 180 million people in Pakistan and almost every third or fourth guy has some kind of disease, illness, which means medicine has tremendous demand and ROI on medicine is around 15%-50% in retail, which means you earn (net income) 0.15 Pkr to 0.50 Pkr for each rupee of total sales; while in wholesale, distribution it varies between 3%-7%.

And in medicine manufacturing you can make anywhere from 30% to over 70%,  though that depends on many things like the type of medicine you produce, market demand, market competition, brand image in target client's, consumer minds, brand value, govt taxes etc.

Thus medicine business can be termed as the most successful, profitable business sector in Pakistan.

Even in a pandemic like corona virus its the best business, this also holds true for war situation, where medicine, food, grocery business remains as essential businesses while almost all other businesses don't make in the essential businesses.

2.      Cloth Business

Again 180 million people need clothing, roti kapra maakaan, you must have heard this political slogan… they really nailed it (kal bhi Bhutto zinda tha, ajj bhi mr 10% zinda hey ;d), plus retail cloth business has super ROI just like medicine although that doesn’t mean wholesale, distribution, manufacturing doesn’t offer anything.

ROI for retail, wholesale, distribution, manufacturing cloth business, varies between 5% -60%.

3.      Food Business

Yep, you heard it right, again 180 million people, they need to eat something daily because their survival depends on it and that’s why we have these awesome food streets from namak mandi of Peshawar to monal in Islamabad to food streets in Lahore and Karachi.
Pakistani waisay bhe khao peo geo type lug hain… ;)

ROI varies between 30%-70% for both small outlets like chai walas, burger walas plus larger ones like typical restaurants, savour foods etc.

At small outlets taste sells, at medium outlets quality food plus taste sells and at bigger outlets its all about bling bling, decoration of the outlet plus super cool customer service including quality plus taste.

4.      Property Business

Again 180 million will need a place to settle in, urban growth is another indicator that property sector is doing great in Pakistan, all these immense, huge housing schemes, townships, Bahria towns blah blah towns etc are all good indicators of that.

ROI varies between 25%-70% although remember that you have to wait for the right time to get huge ROI and also you need to consider money devaluation, inflation, economic growth of the region, taking political & security situation etc into the equation.

5.      Retail, Wholesale, Distribution Mix (Grocery)

From selling shampoos, bath soaps to cooking oils, vegetables, cigarettes in your outlet at bulk, retail price etc can also provide a good opportunity to have a stable and continuous source of income without much risk.

Again, take the basic needs of 180 million people into perspective, although you will not get all the 180 million coming to your outlet only but you can, well, gauge the demand of the items, services you should be offering at your retail store, general store etc.

Success in this business is almost entirely dependent on customer flow to the outlet, so make sure you launch such a business at some really hot place, the more customer flow, the more opportunities to sale consequently the more profit.

ROI varies between 10%-50%.

6.      Automobiles Business

People in Pakistan have been earning quite good in recent times, purchasing power has increased quite rapidly and so do the affordability of various “luxurious” items.

Once there was time when few or just couple of people used to have a car in the whole village or town (talking about 60’s,70’s,80’s) now you see 100’s in each small town or village.

ROI here varies between 10%-35%.

7.      Smart Phones Business

Although constant technological disruption or change makes it a lot hard for majority of people to get some real money out of this business sector but once you get your hand in the right spot you can really make some serious money in this sector.

Demand for smartphones is huge, ROI is quite healthy and sales are immense all you need is a right location, right investment, right time, right approach, right management to reap some serious ROI.

ROI here varies between 5%-30%.

Beside average life span of a smart phone is 4.7 years and there are around 4 caror smart phone users in Pakistan, using 3G/4G. So you can imagine the demand!

One more thing if you are wondering about what is the best business in Pakistan and why, like the best business out of all businesses in Pakistan then read this post What is the most successful business in Pakistan and why ?

Note: I have written many more articles on business ideas in Pakistan, some of those ideas are completely new, which means having very low competition and high demand in the market, thus making them the most lucrative businesses in Pakistan. To check those ideas out, click on this link: Business Ideas In Pakistan

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