Businesses for sale

Businesses for sale in Regina

Active listings
43 in Regina right now
Top industries
Retail 36·Business services 2·Construction 2
Population
249,217Statistics Canada, 2021 Census · Regina census metropolitan area

Buying a business in Regina: what is different here

Licensing, inspection and land-use rules are municipal, so they change at the city limits — these are the ones that attach to a business in Regina, with the authority’s own page for each.

Licensed by category, not in general

Regina issues no general business licence — it licenses specific activities instead, and Licences lists “Non-Resident Business Licence”, “Second-Hand Dealers, Pawn Brokers and Coin Dealers”, “Tow Truck Drivers”, “Taxi Licences” and 3 more. If the business you are buying falls under one of them, confirm which licence the seller actually holds and whether it is current: it is issued to the operator, so it does not transfer with the sale, and reapplying can surface conditions the previous owner had already satisfied.

City of Regina — Licences →

If it serves food, the inspection history is public

Saskatchewan Health Authority inspects food premises in Regina and publishes the results as Inspection InSite. For a restaurant, café or food retailer that is diligence you can do before making an offer and without the seller's cooperation — a run of repeat infractions is both a remediation cost and, in a business whose customers can read the same record, a revenue problem.

Inspection InSite →

Confirming the use is actually permitted

A business operating today is not proof the use is legally permitted — non-conforming uses, expired variances and conditions attached to a previous owner all survive a sale quietly. In Regina that is confirmed before closing rather than after, through the office linked below.

City of Regina — Zoning Bylaw →

General information, not legal or tax advice — rules change and the authorities above are the current source. Deavo is a listings platform, not a brokerage.