If you're playing GTA Online solo and looking to boost your in-game bank account, 2025 offers plenty of efficient and reliable ways to earn money on your own. Whether you’re starting out broke or aiming to increase your passive income, this guide highlights the 10 best solo money-making methods available this year. These options are beginner-friendly, profitable, and designed to help solo players get rich in Los Santos.

1. Salvage Yard – Quick Heists and Passive Payouts
The Salvage Yard is one of the best solo-friendly businesses introduced recently. You steal and sell high-end vehicles, with top-tier cars paying up to $400,000. While you can’t keep the stolen vehicles, the payouts are still excellent.

What really sets the Salvage Yard apart is its tow truck side missions, which are quick (just 2–4 minutes) and pay around $32,000–$40,000 per vehicle after a 48-minute cooldown. These missions are easy, repeatable, and add up fast. Plus, your business safe earns passive income of up to $24,000 per in-game day if you stay active with tow jobs.

2. Money Fronts Businesses – Passive Income with a Twist
The Money Fronts DLC added three new businesses that boost your overall profit when combined with other ventures:

- Car Wash: Passive income of about $26,500 daily, plus a 35% boost to counterfeit cash profits.

- Smoke on the Water: Gives a 35% bonus to weed farm profits.

- Higgins Hely Tours: Adds 10% extra to hangar cargo sales.

Each of these businesses has a “heat” mechanic, requiring you to do occasional legit work to keep them running smoothly. While that can feel a bit tedious, the profit boosts and steady income make them worth owning.

3. Auto Shop – Great Payouts with Minimal Effort
The Auto Shop is a solo player’s dream thanks to its three money-making features:

- Contracts that pay between $150,000 to $200,000 and take around 20 minutes.

- Customer deliveries every 48 minutes, which can be done by you or your staff (now much more reliable).

- Exotic Exports, which pay $20,000 per vehicle with a $100,000 bonus if you deliver all 10 daily.

This business is easy to run, fun to manage, and consistent in its payouts.

4. MC Businesses – Now Better Than Ever
MC (Motorcycle Club) businesses got a major buff in 2025. After buying a clubhouse, you can run up to five different businesses. The cocaine lockup remains the most profitable, with sales netting around $525,000. Counterfeit cash and meth also do well, especially when boosted by the car wash and Smoke on the Water.

Rockstar removed the frustrating delivery vans and added longer sale timers, making solo selling far less stressful. Just skip document forgery—it's still the least profitable.

5. Hangar Business – Improved and Solo-Friendly
Air freight used to be a grind, but it’s now one of the best solo options thanks to these changes:

- Each crate pays $30,000, with up to 70% bonuses if you stick to one crate type.

- Land-based missions make it easier for solo players.

- You can now passively source crates, but it's not ideal due to lower bonuses.

- Owning Higgins Hely Tours adds 10% extra profit.

You don’t need to pay to source cargo, and selling is smoother than ever.

6. Bunker – Classic and Reliable Profits
The bunker continues to be one of the most consistent money makers in GTA Online:

- Buying supplies and selling after one full production cycle earns $135,000 in profit.

- Using stash house-supplied materials boosts this to $210,000.

- Some missions can be tricky solo, but switching sessions helps avoid tough ones.

Bunkers near highways are best for easier deliveries. It's a solid long-term option.

7. Acid Lab – Fast Profits, Low Setup Cost
One of the most efficient solo businesses in 2025, the Acid Lab is cheap and high-yield:

- Costs around $1 million to fully unlock and upgrade.

- Produces batches worth $350,000 every 3 hours.

- Public sales and daily bonuses can increase earnings to $525,000.

- All deliveries use a solo-friendly bike.

If you want fast returns with minimal effort, this is a must-have.

8. CEO Cargo – Passive Millions Over Time
CEO Cargo is an underrated gem, especially for solo players who don’t want to grind nonstop:

- Warehouse technicians can collect crates for just $7,500 every 48 minutes, even while offline.

- A full warehouse can sell for over $11 million.

- Sale missions are solo-friendly and benefit from high-demand bonuses and event multipliers.

It’s one of the best long-term passive earners, great for those who like a slower pace.

9. The Agency – Quick Contracts and Big Payouts
The Agency is a well-rounded option with a mix of small and big payouts:

- Security contracts pay $30,000–$60,000 and can be repeated back-to-back.

- Payphone hits pay $45,000 every 10 minutes.

- The solo heist contract pays $1 million in under an hour if you're efficient.

This business balances short missions and a major reward, perfect for daily play sessions.

10. Nightclub – Easy Passive Income Booster
Although not the most exciting on its own, the nightclub is a great passive money source once you have other businesses up and running. It generates income from all your other operations, and with the right setup, requires minimal hands-on time. Just do the management missions occasionally to keep the cash flowing.

For solo players in 2025, the key to making money in GTA Online is combining active and passive methods. The Salvage Yard, Auto Shop, and Agency provide quick missions with solid payouts. Meanwhile, businesses like the Bunker, Acid Lab, and CEO Cargo generate steady profits over time. MC businesses are better than ever, and the Money Fronts additions bring helpful boosts. There’s no need to spend weeks building up—just buy a GTA 5 modded account and start profiting solo.

No matter your playstyle, these strategies will help you build wealth efficiently—without needing a full team.