Businesses for Sale in Canada
As of November 2026, haho.ca lists 4,914 businesses for sale across Canada, each sold as a going concern: the equipment, the stock, the trading name and, in most cases, the balance of a lease on premises the seller rents rather than owns. Listings come from live MLS® data and are refreshed daily. 182 came on the market in the last 7 days.
Businesses for Sale by province
4,564 of the 4,914 businesses listed for sale have an address that places them in one of these provinces. 346 are published without an address, which is explained below. A further 4 sit in a province or territory outside the 8 we carry pages for, so they have no province index either.
346 listings with the address withheld
Selling a business is often confidential. An owner who tells the market the business is for sale risks losing staff, customers and suppliers before a buyer is found, so the seller asks that the street address is not published. Those listings carry the asking price and the listing brokerage, and most of them say what kind of business it is. The brokerage named on each listing will give you the location once you make contact. They are counted in the 4,914 above, and they belong to no city page because they name no city.
These listings do not have a page of their own on haho.ca yet. Set an alert below and we will email you when a business is listed, whether or not it publishes an address.
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What transfers when a business is sold
A business listed for sale is a going concern rather than a property. What changes hands is usually the equipment, the stock on hand, the trading name and customer goodwill, the staff who stay on, and the balance of the lease on the premises. The premises themselves are more often rented from a landlord than owned by the seller, so most of these sales are an asset purchase plus an assignment of that lease.
Where the seller does own the land and the building, the real estate is priced separately from the business and can be bought outright or leased back. Each listing states which of the two it is, so read that before you compare one asking price against another.
Three things decide whether a business can keep trading the day after it changes hands: the licence or registration the operator holds rather than the premises, the landlord's written consent to assign the lease, and a registry search showing which equipment is owned outright and which is still financed. Settle all three before you remove conditions.
Pages for individual kinds of business, such as restaurants, convenience stores and laundromats, are published for Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta. Open a province above to see the types listed there.
Frequently asked questions
- How many businesses are for sale in Canada right now?
- As of November 2026, haho.ca lists 4,914 businesses for sale across Canada, each sold as a going concern: the equipment, the stock, the trading name and, in most cases, the balance of a lease on premises the seller rents rather than owns. This page updates as listings come on and off the market.
- Does buying a business mean buying the building it trades from?
- Usually not. Most of these listings sell the business and assign the lease on the premises, which the seller rents from a landlord. Where the seller does own the land and building, the listing says so and the real estate is priced separately from the business. Check each listing for which of the two it is before comparing asking prices.
- Why do some business listings have no address?
- 346 of the 4,914 businesses listed for sale here are published without a street address, which is normal rather than missing data. A sale is often confidential: an owner does not want staff, customers, suppliers or competitors to learn the business is on the market before a buyer is found. Those listings still carry the asking price and the listing brokerage, and most of them say what kind of business it is. The brokerage will give you the location once you make contact.
- What should I ask for before I remove conditions?
- The remaining lease term and the landlord's written consent to an assignment, the licences or registrations the business trades under and whether they attach to the operator rather than the premises, a list of equipment showing what is owned outright and what is financed or leased, and a staff list with hire dates and wage rates. Each of those sits with a different party, so start early.
- Which provinces have the most businesses for sale?
- Ontario (2,515), British Columbia (1,263), Saskatchewan (301), Alberta (288), Nova Scotia (109) currently carry the most active business listings.
- Can I see every business for sale in Canada?
- All 4,568 listings that publish a street address are linked across 191 pages, 24 per page, starting at page 1 of this index. The other 346 listings counted in the 4,914 above are published without an address and do not have a page of their own yet, which is explained above.
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