Starting a company in Burnaby? Get the order right before you spend

What we do for a new Burnaby company

We are a launch desk for founders. In practical terms, that means three things: we check whether the market will pay before you spend, we lay out the setup steps in a dated sequence, and we plan and run the marketing that gets the first customers through the door.

• Launch plan and market check: who buys, where in Burnaby they are, what they pay now, and what you must charge to survive.
• Pre-launch setup roadmap: name, registration, City licence, bank and tools in one dated list, each government step linked to the official page.
• Launch website and Google listing: a lean site and a verified profile that are live on opening day.
• Opening campaign: the first 100 days, with a spending ceiling and a weekly check on what actually brought customers in.

We are business and marketing consultants. We aren't lawyers, accountants or a registry agent, and we never file on your behalf. When a step needs a professional, the roadmap says so and tells you which kind.

Why Burnaby is its own launch problem

Burnaby is a big city to be new in. The 2021 Census counted 249,125 residents, spread across four Town Centres and a long list of urban villages, industrial parks and campus areas. A café near Metrotown, a bookkeeping firm in Brentwood and a parts supplier in Big Bend face completely different buyers, rents and search results.

The City also has rules that shape a launch before marketing starts. The City of Burnaby business licence page asks founders to confirm a location complies with the Zoning Bylaw before signing a lease, and home-based businesses are limited to one customer and one customer vehicle on site at a time. Those details decide whether a storefront, a home studio or a mobile model makes sense, so we look at them early. See our Burnaby areas page for how each part of the city changes the plan.

A worked example: the first-month arithmetic

Before you spend a dollar on launch marketing, know what one customer is worth. Say you are opening a mobile detailing company. Your average job is $180 and roughly 60% of it is left after supplies and fuel, so each job earns you about $108. If one in four people who call actually book, you can afford to pay up to $27 for each enquiry and still break even on the first job.

That single number changes everything. It tells you whether paid search is affordable, how hard to push repeat bookings, and whether an opening offer will help or simply give margin away. Our guide to a first-90-days launch budget walks through the full calculation with your own numbers.

Proof from launches we have already run

The group's published case studies are results from our HVAC work, and they are relevant here because at least one is a launch story. GasBoilers.ca was a gas-boiler division built for CANRO Heat; it now serves 26+ BC communities and holds a 5.0★ rating from 76+ Google reviews. BCWide.ca reached 3× leads in 90 days. The lesson that transfers is the method: a clear offer, a fast site, a verified listing and steady measurement. More on the results page.

Who is behind Burnaby.Company

Burnaby.Company is part of the Sedighi.ca and SAZ.ca group of companies, a Canadian group headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, a short SkyTrain ride from Metrotown. Ali Sedighi, MBA in Technology Management, leads it; he began in marketing in 2007, brings 17+ years of experience to founders' launch questions, and has built 150+ live HVAC websites. Read more on the about page, or see the parent consultancies at Sedighi.ca and BusinessConsulting.ca.

How to start

The first 30-minute consultation is free. Bring your idea, your intended location and a rough opening date. If we can help, you'll leave with the three things to do first; if we can't, we'll say so and, where possible, tell you who can. Pricing is set out plainly on the pricing page, and the FAQ answers the questions most founders ask before they get in touch.