What would you need to do to own your own strip club?
The first thing you will need to do is pick a spot to open your club. Ideally, you will want to open your strip club in an area that is near an expressway and if possible, an airport. If you can get a spot in the city, or a close by suburb, even better. Once you have picked a spot, you will need to investigate the various laws of the place you will open the club. Next, you will have to decide if your club will be nude or topless. This will primarily depend on the town you open the club. Rest assure, it’s going to cost a lot of money! It’s probably a good idea to get a lawyer, and get a good lay of the land where you will open the club. The next thing you will have to figure out is will the zone your club is going to be in allow for alcohol sales. Alcohol is going to be a major contributor as to where you open the club. Some towns and cities will not allow alcohol to be served while at the same time having an entertainment lisence. Finally, once you open the club, it’s important to keep the business going. Too many clubs fail because they do not have a serious, dedicated marketing and promotions program in place. A good resource for this is can be found at http://www.thestripclubexpert.com Other Answer: Everyone wants to be the pimp from the music video surrounded by girls and glasses of champagne with money falling from the heavens. A strip club owner may seem like the perfect fir for this lifestyle. but, there’s a lot more to it than you think. Business Acumen: You would need to first become a business licensed in your state. Then you would need to find a good team of a lawyer, a broker, and an accountant to get you through the process. There is a lot of liability in just running a business, but especially in a strip club. These people are your arms and legs in this process. You shouldn’t go cheap. It WILL cost you later. You must know how to hire the right people for the job. Your managers are going to be you when your not there, they should be held to a very high standard. Of course, never hire friends or family as they always want “breaks” or special treatment. Remember, you are ultimately responsible for what happens in “your” club. If a girl is caught doing “side work” in the back with an undercover cop you could have your business shut down, your liquor licenses revoked, and find yourself in a local jail cell while stuck with legal fees and fines from your jurisdiction. If a minor is caught drinking in your club because he’s “friends with the bouncer”, you will see the same. Make sure you can accept any consequences of this. Personal Skills: You would need a strong resolve to be able to work for yourself and pick yourself up for another 14 hour day if your business calls for it. A strip club is like most any other business and you must have the skills of a small business owner to succeed. The only other skill really needed to own a strip club is the ability to deal with the type of employees who have no issue getting naked and drinking on the job. Most times your managers will be dealing with this but as a business owner you should be present as much as you can be and you will confront it. You need to be a professional. If your getting into this for the women and money, you’re going to lose your business fast! You cannot treat your club as if it’s your personal playground where you can show your friends what a smooth guy you are in your club while drinking and flirting with the dancers. You will have a sloppily run club with even sloppier clientele. Once you have that reputation for a “dive”, it’s impossible to shake it. Money: It can cost you anywhere from $300,000.00 to $9.5M to purchase an existing strip club. You may start your own from the ground up which could double those above numbers. It will cost you standard business costs; taxes, employment costs, inventory costs, and mortgage. The upside is that most of your employees are contractors and they work for themselves and get paid in tips. All in all, it’s a tough thing to do with all of the risk of running your own business coupled with the fact that someone else could make you liable and legally responsible. But it can be done.