Acquire digital marketing agencies with recurring retainer revenue across Canada. BizBuy.ca provides hands-on buyer-side consulting for digital agencies acquisitions throughout Victoria and Metro Vancouver.
Digital marketing agencies are one of the more acquirable professional-service categories — recurring retainer revenue, scalable with the right systems, and often owner-dependent in ways that can be remediated. The key diligence questions are client concentration, key-person risk, and whether retainer revenue is contractually locked or just habitual.
Victoria is BC's capital, Vancouver Island's largest city, and one of Canada's most desirable small-city SMB markets. Strong tourism, government, healthcare, education, and tech sectors support a diverse SMB acquisition landscape.
Vancouver has a strong density of digital agencies serving local and national clients. Many are 5-15 person shops built on founder relationships and verbal retainers — significant upside for a buyer who can institutionalise the sales and delivery process. Victoria and Kelowna have growing boutique agency markets.
Typical Price Range
$400k - $2.5M
SDE Range
$150k - $800k
Earnings Multiple
2.5x - 4x SDE× SDE
Working Capital
3-5 weeks of cost
BizBuy.ca handles Victoria SMB acquisitions with direct broker, lawyer, and lender relationships throughout Greater Victoria.
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 Victoria digital agenciess are worth looking at.