Kaffeewagen Mira
“Pitch first, coffee second. I moved spots twice before it worked.”
MHMira Hoffmann · Kaffeewagen Mira · Since 2022
Numbers no longer verified
!Your budget is below the typical cost to start ($15.9k). Most survivors in this range bought second-hand equipment.
Estimate · Based on similar coffee carts in Australia, including ones that closed.
Estimate
✓Your budget should cover this.
Bills run about $1,020 a month (fuel, insurance, rent, phone). Most owners make a profit after about 4 months. Keep this much aside to pay bills until then.
Mobile vending or footpath trading permit from your council. Some spots have waiting lists.
Register the cart as a mobile food business with your council.
Food handler training. Some states also need a Food Safety Supervisor.
Get a free ABN from the Australian Business Register. Register a business name with ASIC (about A$45 a year) if you trade under one.
Free to about A$10 a month. Keeps business money apart from yours.
Estimate · Before costs. Busiest May–September.
| Slow | Typical | Strong | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | $1.7k | $3k | $5.3k |
| Year 3 | $4.4k | $7.1k | $11.4k |
| Year 5 | $5.6k | $9.2k | $15.3k |
Slow: 1 in 4 make less than this. Typical: half make more, half make less. Strong: 1 in 4 make more than this.
Estimate
“Pitch first, coffee second. I moved spots twice before it worked.”
“The pitch at the station is the business. The cart is just a cart.”
Sets up your books and files your first tax return.
Estimate
$19.3k
about $49k
Starting costs about $29.7k less. Buying costs more, but you earn from the first month and skip the risky early years.