Acquire CPA practices and bookkeeping firms with recurring client engagements across BC. BizBuy.ca provides hands-on buyer-side consulting for accounting firms acquisitions throughout Surrey and Metro Vancouver.
Accounting practices are one of the most reliable acquisition targets in Canada — sticky clients, recurring seasonal engagements, predictable cash flow, and intrinsically low capital requirements. The challenge is CPA designation transfer requirements and client retention through ownership change.
Surrey is BC's fastest-growing major city and Canada's 12th-largest. Its size, demographic diversity, and economic dynamism make it one of the most active SMB acquisition markets in the country. Surrey covers six town centres: Central Surrey (City Centre), Newton, Cloverdale, South Surrey/White Rock, Fleetwood, and Guildford.
BC has thousands of retiring CPAs who built their practices over 20-30 years and have no formal succession plan. Many are sole practitioners with books worth $300K-$800K that never hit the open market. BizBuy.ca sources many of these off-market through succession-planning relationships.
Typical Price Range
$200k - $1.5M
SDE Range
$150k - $600k
Earnings Multiple
0.8x - 1.2x annual revenue× SDE
Working Capital
2-3 weeks of cost
BizBuy.ca is active throughout Surrey — particularly Central Surrey, Newton, Fleetwood, and Cloverdale. We work closely with Surrey-based brokers, CPAs, and bilingual M&A lawyers.
Purchase Strategy
60 to 90-minute session to understand your budget, immigration goals, risk tolerance, skills, and preferred industries.
Search & Selection
We find and shortlist Canadian businesses through listings, brokers, off-market sourcing, and private deals.
Business Valuation
Defensible valuation of the target using SDE, EBITDA multiple, and DCF — calibrated to Canadian comps.
Offer & Negotiation
Build offer terms, price, financing structure, and negotiation tactics that protect your interests.
Due Diligence
Coordinate accountants, lawyers, and specialists through 30-60 day deep diligence.
Deal Structure
Design asset vs share, earn-out, VTB, holdback, and tax-optimized closing structure.
Start with a free 30-minute discovery call. We'll assess your budget, timeline, and which Surrey accounting firmss are worth looking at.