GTA 6 Agency Profit Calculator
The Agency runs story-style contracts plus a passive safe, and is extremely solo-friendly. Calculate its profit per hour, net income and payback time below. Pre-launch estimates — auto-updated within 24h of GTA 6 launch (… to go).
What the Agency actually is
The Agency is a security-contracts business, and it’s arguably the most beginner-friendly property in the game. Rather than managing supplies and sell missions, you take on contract jobs that play like short story missions — and a safe in your office slowly fills with passive cash the whole time you own it. For players who find traditional business management tedious, this is the antidote.
Two income streams, no supply costs
- Security contracts — repeatable missions with a clear payout on completion. No supplies to buy, nothing to lose to a raid.
- The office safe — genuinely passive money that accumulates over time and simply waits for you to collect it.
Because there are no supply costs, your gross and net figures stay close together — something you’ll notice immediately in the calculator above compared with a drug lab.
No prerequisite property
Unlike MC or CEO businesses, the Agency is standalone. There’s no Clubhouse or Office to buy first, so the price you see is close to the price you pay. That makes its payback figure unusually honest and one of the easier entry points for a mid-game player.
Why it suits solo players
Contracts are designed to be completed alone. There are no multi-vehicle delivery timers, no convoy failures, and no situation where a full stock bar becomes a liability. You simply take a job, complete it, get paid. That reliability is why its effective hourly rate for a lone player often beats businesses with bigger headline numbers.
Should you buy the Agency?
Buy it if you enjoy mission-based content more than logistics, or if repeated failed sell missions have put you off traditional businesses. It’s an excellent second or third purchase. It’s not the right pick if your goal is pure passive accumulation while you play other content — for that, a Bunker feeding a Nightclub is stronger.
Common mistakes
- Letting the safe fill and cap instead of collecting it on each login.
- Comparing it on gross profit against businesses that lose 20% to supplies — the Agency’s net is closer to its gross.
- Expecting it to earn while you’re away beyond the safe’s slow accumulation.
How the Agency works in GTA Online today
Our estimate is modelled on the confirmed Agency from GTA Online's The Contract update, which earns in three distinct ways our calculator keeps separate. Security Contracts are repeatable jobs paying in the region of $50,000–$70,000 each. Payphone Hits are short, high-value assassinations that pay around $15,000 base but roughly $85,000 when you complete the optional bonus objective — one of the best time-to-money ratios in the game. And the headline VIP Contract, the Dr. Dre storyline, culminates in a finale worth over $1,000,000. Because these are active jobs rather than passive stock, the Agency rewards session time directly, which is why we model it as an active earner rather than a background business.
Frequently asked questions
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Related tools and guides
Compare contract work against heists and businesses in Money Methods, plan a full setup in the Empire Income Calculator, or read the solo money guide.