Café and coffee shop
Opening a cafe in Bali: budget, licence code and fit-out.
Opening a cafe in Bali takes 3–6 months when you fit out a building that already stands, and the build budget starts from IDR 4.5 million per m² of floor plus IDR 80–200 million of equipment. These are indicative ranges for 2026; a fixed price follows drawings and a bill of quantities. We design, fit out and equip the café with the Kimo Construction team, and partner notaries handle the company and licences. One legal question comes before all of it: the café business code.
What we do when you open a café with us.
- Site check before the lease: zoning, the shell's building approval (PBG), power, drainage, parking.
- Layout by seats: about 2.2 m² of gross floor per seat, so a 40-seat café needs roughly 88 m² with bar, kitchen, storage and toilets.
- Design: plans, 3D views, bar and kitchen layout, lighting, a priced bill of quantities.
- Fit-out and equipment: floors, walls, ceiling, bar counter, power, plumbing, grease trap, exhaust, cooling, machines installed and tested.
- Company and licences through partner notaries: the foreign-owned company (PT PMA), the business number (NIB), the hygiene certificate (SLHS).
Cost of opening a cafe in Bali: fit-out and equipment.
Indicative ranges for 2026 from our own site data; a fixed price follows drawings and a bill of quantities. Rent, stock and wages are separate.
MistSystem (April 2026) publishes café fit-out in Bali at IDR 3–5 million per m² basic, 5–10 million mid-range and 10–20 million premium. Run your seats through the calculator.
Published unit rents for a café, by area.
| Area | Annual rent, café-size unit |
|---|---|
| Canggu, main road | IDR 150–350 million |
| Canggu, side street | IDR 80–150 million |
| Seminyak | IDR 100–250 million |
| Ubud | IDR 50–200 million |
| Uluwatu and Pererenan | IDR 60–120 million |
Source: MistSystem, “Cost to open a café in Bali”, 11 April 2026. At IDR 16,500 per US dollar the spread is about USD 3,030 to USD 21,200 a year. Deposits of one to two years upfront and a two-year minimum lease are reported.
Staff pay and the break-even logic.
MistSystem (April 2026) reports monthly pay in Bali cafés at IDR 3.8–5 million for a barista and 7–12 million for a manager, and a small café payroll of IDR 20–30 million (about USD 1,210–1,820). The legal floor in Badung is IDR 3,791,003 a month (Governor's Decree on 2026 minimum wages).
Break-even is arithmetic, and we do not promise the result. Add up monthly rent, payroll, utilities and bookkeeping. Divide by what one guest leaves after ingredients. That is the daily number of covers before the café earns anything. Restaurant tax of 10% is collected from the guest and passed to the regency; it is not revenue.
Published margins come from interested parties: Our Year in Bali, a relocation consultancy, quotes 12–18% profit for cafés under 65 seats, and Klikit puts casual dining in Indonesia at 5–12% net. Treat them as benchmarks, not forecasts. Bali had 64,521 restaurants and eating places in 2024 (BPS), so the address decides more than the espresso machine.
From first message to first coffee.
- 01
Send the unit or the listing
Area, floor size, rent asked, planned seats.
- 02
Code and site check
The agent confirms the code; we inspect structure, power, drains and the building approval.
- 03
Design and fixed price
Layout, 3D views, bar and kitchen drawings, bill of quantities, contract with staged payments.
- 04
Fit-out and equipment
Our planning range is 3–6 months, with weekly photo reports on WhatsApp.
- 05
Certificates and opening
Hygiene certificate, staff training, snag list, handover.
Who a café suits, and who should wait.
It suits you if
- You will run it yourself or have an operator. A café is a daily business, not a passive asset.
- Your budget covers fit-out, equipment and three months of rent and wages on top.
Wait if
- The licence code for your company is not confirmed in writing, or the landlord cannot document the zoning.
- You counted on the 0.5% final tax: PP 20/2026 closed it to companies (bali.live, July 2026), and the corporate rate is 22%.
Questions we get on WhatsApp
Can I open a cafe in Bali as a foreigner?
Through a foreign-owned company (PT PMA), with paid-up capital of IDR 2.5 billion and an investment plan above IDR 10 billion per regency (BKPM Regulation 5/2025). Whether OSS accepts café code 56303 for a new company is disputed, so confirm it first. See the guide for foreign owners.
How much does it cost to open a cafe in Bali?
Fit-out runs IDR 4.5–14 million per m² and equipment IDR 80–200 million, indicative for 2026, plus rent, licences and working capital. A Dubai broker, DDA, publishes USD 80,000–150,000 all-in for a small venue. Line by line: the cost guide.
Is opening a coffee shop in Bali different from opening a café?
The build is smaller: a coffee bar, a compact prep area, less exhaust. The licence question is the same, and the espresso machine alone is published at IDR 30–120 million (MistSystem). Bar and power sizing is on the design page.
How long does opening a cafe in Bali take?
Our planning range for a fit-out is 3–6 months. The company and business number take four to eight weeks on published agent timelines and run in parallel. See the process page.
Is it better to buy a café for sale or fit out a new one?
A takeover saves time and inherits someone else's lease years, equipment age and licences. Compare the asking price with a new fit-out on a fresh lease in our buy-versus-build guide; see also the area pages.
Read next
Design and fit-out
Restaurant interior design in Bali with fit-out in 3–6 months: layout by seats, tropical materials, lighting, kitchen first. Send the plan on WhatsApp.
Licences
Bali restaurant license map for 2026: PT PMA capital, KBLI 56101, NIB, hygiene certificate, PBG and SLF, taxes, the OSS restriction. Ask on WhatsApp.
Cost to open a restaurant
2026 budget to open a restaurant in Bali, line by line: build, kitchen, licences, rent and staff, with an 80-seat example and sources. Ask on WhatsApp.