Business At A Glance
Startup Costs: $10,000 – $50,000
Part Time: Can be operated part-time.
Online Operation? No
Business Overview
Here is a great part- or full-time businessenterprise that can be started on a small initial investment and returnexcellent profits. Starting a popcorn cart vending business requireslittle more than a vendor’s license, popcorn cart and a high-trafficlocation. Excellent locations include weekend flea markets, sportsevents, fairs, farmers markets and all other busy community gatheringplaces. New popcorn vending carts can cost as much as $15,000. However,as a way of keeping startup costs to a minimum, you may want toconsider purchasing a secondhand popcorn vending cart, as used cartsare currently selling for approximately $2,500 to $5,000 depending onsize and condition. The ability to make a very good living operating apopcorn cart is excellent, and the markup on a bag of popcorn is 500percent or greater.
