The cost of doing business in Qatar is high, and in the face of huge competition due to small size of local business market, the new businesses are hardly able to avoid losses, which is why, in the first two years, over 95% of small business loose out their capital money altogether. On top of it, there is no financial fall back support available to new businesses. In a best case scenario, earning net profit over Qar. 15 k per month is a far cry for any small business having a capital base of less than 500 k, so if someone is telling you about large profits then either he is new to Qatar or he is lying, for sure.