Profitability of strip clubs, as with other service-oriented businesses, is largely driven by location and customer spending habits. SEC filings and state liquor control records available at that time indicated that there were at least 3,862 strip clubs in the United States, and since that time, the number of clubs in the U.S. strip club industry was estimated to be US$8 billion, generating 19% of the total gross revenue in legal adult entertainment. American-style strip clubs began to appear outside North America after World War II, arriving in Asia in the late 1980s and Europe in 1978, where they competed against the local English and French styles of striptease and erotic performances.Īs of 2005, the size of the global strip club industry was estimated to be US$75 billion. Strip clubs typically adopt a nightclub or bar style, and can also adopt a theatre or cabaret-style. A strip club is a venue where strippers provide adult entertainment, predominantly in the form of striptease or other erotic or exotic dances.
