Starting a chocolate business can yield profits in any part of the world. However, to achieve the high profit margins, you ought to make chocolate with quality ingredients. Then, create a niche with a unique selling proposition.

Looking for some examples of a chocolate maker?

Interested in case studies of a successful chocolate maker? Check out our full list of success stories.

1. Atlantic.Net

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Where they're located: Orlando, Florida, USA
Website traffic: 190K/month

2. Mars

How much they make:
Where they're located: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Current team size: 1000
Website traffic: 700K/month

Learn more about starting a chocolate maker:

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-> Chocolate maker plan
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-> How much does it cost to start a chocolate maker?
-> Pros and cons of a chocolate maker

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-> Other chocolate maker success stories
-> Marketing ideas for a chocolate maker
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-> Chocolate maker names

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4. GODIVA Chocolates

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Website traffic: 450K/month

5. Gourmet Chocolate for Every Indulgent Occasion

For an irresistible gift for another, or an indulgent escape for yourself, Lindt is the answer. Rich and savory chocolates go into every box. Shop today.

Where they're located: Orlando, Florida, USA
Website traffic: 150K/month

6. Crumbl Cookies

The best cookies in the world. Fresh and gourmet desserts for takeout, delivery or pick-up. Made fresh daily. Unique and trendy flavors weekly.

Where they're located: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Website traffic: 2.68M/month

7. Ghirardelli Chocolate Company

Ghirardelli has been inspired by our San Francisco home since 1852. Ghirardelli represents a range of truly exceptional chocolate experiences, from classic, individually wrapped SQUARES to bars to baking chips and sauces. Ghirardelli makes products in the US and controls the entire chocolate-making process from cocoa bean to finished product, which delivers the signature intense, smooth-melting taste consumers have come to know and love. Whether it be luscious Caramel, Intense & complex Dark Chocolate, or festive Peppermint Bark, there is a flavor for everyone. Ghirardelli makes Life a Bite Better.

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Website traffic: 240K/month

8. Online Gifts Delivery

GiftBlooms offers a wide range of gifts such as flowers, balloons, cake. gift baskets and many more for all occasions and deliver in over 200 countries.

Where they're located: Fremont, California, USA
Website traffic: 310K/month

9. Bon Bon Bon

Bon Bon Bon makes Bon Bon Bons in Hamtramck, the heart of Detroit, Michigan.

Where they're located: Detroit, Michigan, USA

10. Handcrafted Chocolate Confections

Christopher Elbow Artisan Chocolates, featuring gourmet chocolate gifts, chocolate bars and chocolate truffles.

Where they're located: Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Website traffic: 30K/month

11. Ethel M Chocolates

Shop for the Best Chocolate Gifts for Holidays and Special Occasions. Ethel M Chocolates, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, makes all of our chocolate treats using carefully sourced ingredients and no artificial preservatives. We offer milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate, and brittle with all kinds of fillings, including caramel, satin creme or butter cream, liqueurs, nuts, truffles, and more! We ship all of our premium gifts anywhere in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii. And because we use no preservatives, you know that every delivery will include fresh, incredible chocolate. We also offer a Chocolate of the Month Club and subscription services to your favorite products, in case you'd like to receive our chocolates regularly without having to keep placing new orders.

Where they're located: Henderson, Nevada, USA

12. Jacques Torres Chocolate

Jacques Torres Chocolate creates the best gourmet chocolate in New York. Shop our famous chocolate chip cookies, bars, bonbons and more — all made with REAL ingredients

Where they're located: Manhattan Community Board 1, New York, USA

13. World's Finest Chocolate Fundraising

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Where they're located: Bakersfield, California, USA

14. Gourmet Chocolate & Truffles

Shop Lake Champlain Chocolates for gourmet chocolate truffles, bars, gift baskets, wedding favors, hot chocolate & more! Shipped nationwide from Vermont.

Where they're located: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Website traffic: 120K/month

15. Buy Gourmet Chocolates Truffles & Candies

Shop online from a world-renowned collection of handmade gourmet chocolate confections and other sweets from Bissinger's Handcrafted Chocolatier.

Where they're located: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

16. Bakery and Chocolate Supply Distributor

Stover & Co is a 4th Generation Bakery and Confectionery Supply Distributor with over 4,000 products in stock including baking ingredients, chocolate, frozen and packaging

Where they're located: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

17. GetSuckered.com

Get Suckered is your premier online resource for baking and candy flavorings, as well as all the complementary products you need to make something incredible.

Where they're located: Bakersfield, California, USA

18. Enstrom Candies

Where they're located: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

19. Ground Report

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Where they're located: In Salah, In Salah, Algeria

20. Chocomize

Discover unique corporate chocolate gifts that will wow your best clients, employees, and prospects. Customized with your logo & branding - Get a quote today!

Where they're located: Manhattan Community Board 1, New York, USA

21. Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Company

Craft Chocolates made by Artisan Candy Makers with Clean Ingredients, Fair Trade Certified Cocoa.

Where they're located: Bakersfield, California, USA

22. Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory/Gourmet Caramel Apples/Assorted Chocolates

At RMCF we know chocolate and offer premium gourmet assorted chocolates, Sugar Free, gourmet Caramel Apples, Toffee, Truffles, Caramels, dark chocolate, gift baskets, and much more!

Where they're located: Fort Worth, Texas, USA

23. Manoa Chocolate

Manoa Chocolate Hawaii is a bean-to-bar chocolate company on Oahu. Come tour our factory!

Where they're located: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

24. Malleys Chocolates

Order chocolate & treats for all occasions! The perfect choice for holiday gifts, corporate gifts and fundraising events. Delicious confections since 1935.

Where they're located: Columbus, Ohio, USA

25. Coracao Chocolate

Check out our Vegan & Organic chocolate bars, truffles, and other organic chocolates. Customize your own box as a gift for a special someone. With Coracao, you always know exactly what you're going to get!

Where they're located: San Francisco, California, USA

26. Personalized Candy Wrappers, Custom Candy & Personalized Chocolate Bars

Fantastic selection of unique & fun personalized candy favors for wedding receptions, bridal showers, baby showers, birthday parties, birth announcements, religous events, business promotion & more!

Where they're located: Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Website traffic: 50K/month

27. MrBeast YouTube Channel

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

How much they make:
Where they're located: Wichita, KS, USA

28. Dick At Your Door

Dick At Your Door is your one-stop-shop for penis prank gifts for friends, enemies, parties, and more. Send an anonymous chocolate dick to anyone worldwide.

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29. Chuao Chocolatier

Each decadent chocolate, crafted with our ethically sourced cacao, offers a truly exquisite flavor profile from sultry spice & salty sweet. Shop chocolates now!

Where they're located: Irvine, California, USA

30. Sephra

Chocolate Fountains and Chocolate By Sephra Shop @ Sephra Chocolate & Fondue Fountains

Where they're located: Kannavia, Cyprus

31. Sweet Pete's Candy Shop

Handmade confections created by renowned confectioner, Peter Behringer. As seen on CNBC

Where they're located: Jacksonville, Florida, USA

32. Boehm's Candies

Since 1942... Boehm's Candies of Issaquah, WA has been handcrafting a variety of confections for over 75 years. From the most exquisite, rich, European-style,

Where they're located: Spokane, Washington, USA

33. Asher's Chocolate Co.

Where they're located: Arlington, Texas, USA

34. Markham & Fitz Chocolate

Artisan, bean-to-bar chocolate, drinks and treats made from sustainable single-origin cacao around the world. Dark & milk chocolate bars, drinking chocolate, cocoa tea, and confections like truffles and caramels. Dessert bar & cafe located at the 8th St. Market in Bentonville, AR.

Where they're located: Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA

35. Buy Chocolates Online

Mrs. Cavanaugh's boxed chocolates are now available online! Buy and send your favorite chocolates from our online store. Free gift-wrapping on most boxed chocolates.

Where they're located: Spokane, Washington, USA
Website traffic: 50K/month

36. Spokandy Chocolatier

Makers of gourmet chocolate covered creams, caramels and Northwest Huckleberries, Sugar Free and Gourmet Truffles. Each creation is made by hand in the Spokandy kitchen using the finest ingredients available.

Where they're located: Spokane, Washington, USA

37. Nestlé USA Careers

Where they're located: Bakersfield, California, USA

38. Hoffman's Chocolates

Where they're located: Bakersfield, California, USA

39. Chocolate Manufacturer and Supplier

Blommer Chocolate Company is the largest cocoa processor and ingredient chocolate supplier in North America.

Where they're located: Columbus, Ohio, USA

40. Exquisito Chocolates

Authentic chocolate factory that specializes in dark chocolate truffle, bars and confections made fresh daily. All chocolate is produced in house from directly sourced premium cacao from Latin America and the Caribbean.

Where they're located: Hialeah Trailer Park, Florida, USA

41. Kenya Rae

Food and DIY Lifestyle blog serving up tasty and quick 30 minutes recipes, home projects that make you love the home you have. Homemaking here is not about keeping a clean house, but a lived in house you love.

Where they're located: Sare, Migori, Kenya

42. Chocolate Alchemy

Where they're located: Municipio Puerto Villarroel, Cochabamba, Bolivia

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