Articles
Running a Restaurant in Spain as a Foreign Owner – The Realities, the Rules and the Rewards
Thousands of foreigners run successful restaurants in Spain – and every one of them will tell you the same two things: it is absolutely doable, and it is not the same as running one at home. The sunshine is real, the market is real, and so are the paperwork, the labour rules and the cultural […]
Read more →
Due Diligence Checklist for Hospitality Buyers – Verify Everything Before You Pay
Due diligence is the unglamorous fortnight that decides whether your Spanish restaurant purchase becomes a great story or an expensive one. Nothing about it is complicated – it is a list, worked through methodically with a lawyer – yet it is precisely the step that impatient buyers compress, skip or delegate to the seller’s reassurances. […]
Read more →
Costs and Taxes When Buying a Business in Spain – The Complete Budget Guide
The asking price is never the whole price. Between the figure on the listing and the moment you serve your first customer sit taxes, professional fees, deposits, licence costs and the working capital that keeps you alive until the business pays you back. Buyers who budget only for the headline number either abandon deals mid-way […]
Read more →
The Best Areas to Buy a Restaurant on the Costa del Sol – A Local Market Guide
On the Costa del Sol, location is not one factor among many – it is the business model. The same tapas concept that thrives beside Estepona’s old town flowers would starve on an urbanisation backstreet, and a beach bar’s August cannot rescue a pitch that sleeps eight months a year. With over 300 days of […]
Read more →
Selling Your Restaurant Discreetly – How Off-Market Sales Work in Spain
The moment word gets out that a restaurant is for sale, the business starts to change. Staff quietly update their CVs and the best ones leave first. Suppliers tighten payment terms. Regulars ask awkward questions at the bar. Competitors tell everyone the place is failing – whether it is or not. And nosy “buyers” with […]
Read more →
Licences and Permits for Restaurants in Spain – The Complete Guide
In Spain, the licence is the restaurant. A beautiful venue without the right permits cannot legally serve a coffee, put a table on the pavement or play music after midnight – and fixing licence problems after purchase can take months, cost tens of thousands of euros in works, or prove impossible in that building. Yet […]
Read more →