In this article, we investigate the category of returned migrants from Greece who own a small business in Albania. Using the snowball method, we conducted semiâstructured interviews with returnee entrepreneurs, who have been living in three cities of Albania, i.e., Tirana, Vlora and DurrĂ«s, for over a year. Our research is focused on the reasons for their return to Albania, the decision to establish a business and the difficulties they face as business owners. We also look at the outcome of their efforts, which is an aspect of Albanian return migration that remains relatively unexplored. In Greece, they had gained work experience and accumulated savings, which they used in Albania. While they were initially optimistic about their decision to return and start a business, they later faced many challenges related to the workings of the market, the relations with the local authorities and their employees, which drove many to closure. Being an entrepreneur in Albania was much more difficult than expected. In this paper, we argue that the returnees' individual skills and resources are not sufficient factors for achieving their entrepreneurial aspirations. Their initiatives are constrained by challenges related to the home country context and weak social networks. For a significant number of returned migrants, the difficulties in dealing with corruption and the poor performance of their business bring an end to their entrepreneurship and force them to remigrate. Hence, this paper looks to contribute to the discussion on factors shaping return decisions, the situation of returnee entrepreneurs and reintegration outcomes, by providing empirical results from an important migrationâreturnâremigration corridor, namely AlbaniaâGreece.