Getting to 10* as a company

Simple question, would it be easier to reach 10* as a company with a lot of competition such as a Sweet Shop or as one with not as many companies such as a Lingerie Store as examples or would it be pretty much the same and just based on how you run the company as a whole?

generally, it is easier to star up when there is less competition for that type of company, because (I don't know how to put this right) when there are more companies (competitors), incomes will generally be a lot closer together, so any employee ineffectiveness, etc will have a much greater effect on your rating compared to other companies, compared to when there is 10% of your income between you and the company one place under you so your income could tank a lot and have no effect on your rating compared to other companies. :)

EDIT: starring up is also based on company experience so how old the company is is also a factor but yeah less companies makes it easier

TL;DR: The less competition, the easier it'll be to get to 10*.

There's multiple factors regarding this, one of them being the competition (more companies = higher threshold to get to 10*). How you run it is also very important, this being the overall efficiency of your employees, the average daily income, your advertisement budget, and the age of your company.
These company stats will then be compared to other companies in the same industry, and you'll be ranked accordingly, so you may see some companies doing way better than other older companies yet still are below them in rank.

EDIT: George summarized it pretty well :)

In my experience, the more of one company type there is, the easier it is to hit 10*

There's only such a % of total companies of type that can be 10* at one time.

Interesting responses so far since they're opposites however I originally assumed that the more companies there are the easier it would be to achieve 10* for the same reason you have given. Have you owned a variety of companies in your time playing and that is what you're basing the answer on?

Sweet shop, Adult novelty, Pub (best), cruise line, farm (Ballache).

Thanks for the informative responses :)

While slightly outdated. It still holds relatively true.

https://www.torn.com/forums.php#/p=threads&f=61&t=15946215&b=0&a=0

Thanks, based on the post that also says the less popular a company is the easier it is to achieve 10*

Keep in mind, the less popular a type of company is, the harder it would be to hire good employees.