Buy or sell a restaurant — the right way.
Free guides, playbooks and courses for buying or selling a restaurant, café, bar or food franchise in Canada — licensing, leases and franchisor approval included.
The fastest way in.
Three places to start, picked by the Deavo editorial team for hospitality & food buyers and sellers.
Where value hides in a restaurant sale
Lease terms, licence status and equipment condition can matter more to a buyer than last year’s sales.
Read →Selling a restaurant or franchise
A start-to-finish walkthrough: franchisor consent, lease assignment and liquor licensing.
Read →Valuing a hospitality business
A short self-paced track on why thin-margin SDE multiples work differently, plus Canadian benchmarks.
Read →Hospitality & food, by the numbers.
Figures are illustrative ranges based on comparable Canadian transactions, not a valuation, deal or investment opinion — a human reviews any number you rely on.
Search, and you shall find.
However you like to learn.
Eight free formats covering every stage of a hospitality & food deal.
Articles
Short reads answering one restaurant-deal question at a time.Guides
Step-by-step walkthroughs for buying or selling a restaurant.Courses
Self-paced tracks that follow a hospitality deal, start to finish.Ask an Expert
Plain-language answers, or send a question of your own.Glossary
Plain-English definitions for hospitality M&A terms.Data & Statistics
Sector benchmarks sourced from Statistics Canada & ISED.Videos & Podcasts
Deavo staff explaining restaurant deals in plain English.Newsletter
One short update when we publish something worth your time.What are you dealing with?
Each path bundles the guides, articles and expert answers that actually apply to you.
Liquor licences and health permits in a sale
Selling a restaurant or franchise in Canada
“How much is my restaurant worth?”
Editor’s picks.
Valuing a business with thin margins
Financing a restaurant purchase (incl. CSBFP)
Due diligence for restaurants and franchises
Questions people are asking.
Answered by Deavo staff. Nothing here is a valuation, legal or financial opinion — a human reviews any number or document you rely on.
Not sure where to start?
Tell us if you’re buying or selling a hospitality business — we’ll point you to the right guides.
Sources
Every regulatory requirement and figure referenced on this hospitality & food page traces to a primary source. Links were last checked on the dates shown.
- 01Alcohol and Gaming Commission of OntarioRegulatorTransferring a Liquor Sales Licence
- 02Alcohol and Gaming Commission of OntarioRegulatorManage your liquor sales licence
- 03Treadstone LawLegal commentaryFood Premises Licensing When Buying or Selling a Restaurant in Ontario
- 04Treadstone LawLegal commentaryFranchisor Consent to Transfer
- 05Treadstone LawLegal commentaryBuying an Existing Franchise Resale in Ontario (Arthur Wishart Act)
- 06Treadstone LawLegal commentaryGetting Landlord Consent to Assign a Commercial Lease in an Ontario Business Sale
Deavo is an advertising and listings platform, not a brokerage, law firm or valuation firm. This page is general information, not legal, tax, accounting or valuation advice, and rules differ by province. Confirm anything you rely on with a qualified professional before you act on it.