Charleston Beachside Coffee Shop For Sale $575k

Business Overview:

Own an established specialty Coffee Shop For Sale near the beach in the Charleston market. Offered by We Sell Restaurants at $575,000, this independent café generated $149,921 in full-year 2025 owner benefit and shows $238,365 in annualized 2026 owner benefit. Behind those earnings is a compact storefront with modest rent, a specialty coffee brand with a local following, and a location that also draws business from beach visitors.
The full-year financials show what this shop can do in a small space. The Coffee Shop for Sale recorded nearly $860,000 in 2025 net sales, with rent accounting for just 4.6% of those sales. That's substantial volume from a single storefront with a modest rent bill. For an owner who wants to be involved day to day, the size of the café is part of the appeal. You can stay close to the counter, see how orders move during a rush, and get to know the customers who come through the door.
The owners built a following for their coffee and grew it into an established storefront business. Today the café serves customers who know it by name as well as visitors spending time at the beach. That gives the location more than one source of business. The proximity to the beach helps bring the shop new customers, while its reputation gives people who live nearby a reason to choose it. The Coffee Shop for Sale's branded merchandise is one telling sign of how well that name has caught on.
We Sell Restaurants sees that this specialty coffee anchors the menu, with fresh baked goods, breakfast and lunch giving customers different ways to use the shop. A quick coffee order can become breakfast with a pastry, while the lunch menu gives the café another opportunity to make a sale later in the day. That flexibility matters in a small space. The same storefront can serve someone who wants coffee to go and someone looking for a meal, all under a concept customers already understand.
This Coffee Shop for Sale gives a hands-on buyer an established business to work with from the first day. The menu is already in place, the shop has earned a following, and the space has proven it can handle the volume. A new owner can spend time on the parts of the business customers notice, from the quality of the coffee to how smoothly the counter runs when it gets busy. For someone who wants to own a distinctive independent café on the Charleston coast, there's a full year of demonstrated owner earnings to evaluate alongside the appeal of the location and the strength of the brand.
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Property Features and Assets:

Kitchen and equipment
Under-counter grease trap
3-compartment sink
Salamander
Blender
Rice cooker
Smallwares – pots, pans, ladles, etc.
Miscellaneous shelving
Prep tables: 3
Sheet pan racks
Scale
Espresso machine
Convection oven
Glass-door reach-in cooler
Reach-in freezer
Under-counter cooler
Ice machine
Sandwich prep coolers
Freezer chest
Tables: 6
Chairs: 12
POS system
Safe
Store décor
Trash receptacles

Market Competition and Expansion:

Low rent, strong unit economics, and electrical/plumbing upgrades already completed by current owner

Reason for Selling:

Relocation. Kindly ask the seller for more information.

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