Buy a café or coffee shop in Vancouver, Victoria, or across BC with full acquisition support. BizBuy.ca provides hands-on buyer-side consulting for cafés acquisitions throughout Surrey and Metro Vancouver.
Cafés are popular first acquisitions for new owner-operators: smaller capital requirement, simpler operations, and an immediately tangible day-to-day life. But the margins are tight, the labour is unforgiving, and the lease is often the entire value of the business.
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.
Vancouver and Victoria are highly café-saturated markets. Suburban BC (Burnaby, Surrey, Richmond, Coquitlam) and smaller cities like Kelowna and Nanaimo often have better unit economics with cheaper rent.
Typical Price Range
$80k - $450k
SDE Range
$50k - $180k
Earnings Multiple
1.5x - 2.5x SDE× 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 caféss are worth looking at.