Old-Montreal Business Center

Name

Old-Montreal Business Center

Legal name

Centre d'affaires du Vieux-Montréal

Website

https://centredaffairesmontreal.ca

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Old-Montreal Business Center (CAVM) is a single-location, private flexible-office operator in Montreal offering private offices, virtual addresses, conference rooms, coworking, virtual assistant, and bookkeeping services to entrepreneurs, freelancers, and SMEs in Quebec.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Montreal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Private Office Rental: Monthly rental of private furnished offices in Old Montreal. Includes maintenance, electricity, VoIP telephony, personalized call reception, receptionist service, and conference room access. Billed monthly with no long-term lease required.
2. Virtual Address / Mailbox: Virtual business address and mailbox services for company domiciliation. Includes use of prestigious Old Montreal address on legal documents, mail receipt and management, weekly mail forwarding, and scan-to-email options. Billed monthly.
3. Conference Room Rental: Hourly, half-day, and full-day rental of 3 conference rooms of varying sizes, equipped with Wi-Fi, whiteboard, projector (in some rooms), and video conferencing capabilities. Billed per use (hourly, half-day, or full-day rates).
4. Bookkeeping / Accounting Services: Full bookkeeping, tax declarations (GST/QST), payroll management, and government compliance services. 100% virtual service using QuickBooks, Sage 50, Zoho, and NV2. Billed as a managed service, likely monthly retainer or per-engagement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CAVM is a flexible business center in Old Montreal (Vieux-Port) offering furnished private office rentals starting at $480/month, virtual business addresses and mailbox/domiciliation services starting at $50/month, hourly conference room rentals across three rooms from $20/hour, and 100% virtual bookkeeping and accounting services (tax declarations, payroll, government compliance) using QuickBooks, Sage 50, Zoho, and NV2 software. Additional offerings include virtual assistant support and shared coworking space, all bundled as an all-inclusive alternative to traditional commercial leases.

Product overview

Old-Montreal Business Center (CAVM) operates as a flexible business center offering four core services: private office rental, virtual address/domiciliation, conference room rental, and bookkeeping/accounting services. Additional offerings include virtual assistant and coworking spaces. The company provides physical office solutions starting at $480/month for private offices, virtual addresses at $50/month, and conference rooms from $20/hour. All services are designed for entrepreneurs, self-employed professionals, and small businesses seeking flexible, prestigious workspace in Old Montreal without traditional long-term lease commitments.

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Products and services

• Bureau Privé (Private Office Rental) Furnished private office rental in Old Montreal starting at $480/month, including maintenance, heating, air conditioning, electricity, VoIP telephony, personalized receptionist service, unlimited conference room access, kitchen, mail receipt/distribution, high-speed Wi-Fi, and 24/7 access. Available monthly or annually with no long-term lease required; targeted at entrepreneurs, SMEs, freelancers, lawyers, engineers, and consultants seeking prestigious workspace.
• Adresse Virtuelle (Virtual Business Address & Mailbox) Virtual business address and mailbox service providing a prestigious Old Montreal address for company registration/domiciliation at $50/month (promotional/limited time). Includes mail receipt, mail management, weekly mail forwarding (postage extra), scan-to-email options, and preferential rates on meeting room rental. Targeted at self-employed professionals, freelancers, and SMEs needing a credible business address without physical office space.
• Salles de Conférence (Conference Room Rental) Rental of three conference rooms of varying sizes, equipped with Wi-Fi, whiteboard, projector, 32-inch flat-screen TV, HDMI/VGA cables, and video conferencing capabilities. Priced hourly, half-day, or full-day, starting at $20/hour for the mid-size room. Capacity up to 16 people. Targeted at businesses and professionals hosting client meetings, team brainstorms, presentations, training sessions, and client-facing events on an occasional basis.
• Tenue de Livre/Comptabilité (Bookkeeping & Accounting Services) 100% virtual bookkeeping and accounting services with bilingual French/English support. Includes financial tracking, tax declarations (GST/QST), payroll management, and government compliance for self-employed professionals, SMEs, and public companies. Delivered using QuickBooks, Sage 50, Zoho, and NV2 accounting software. Backed by a team with over 10 years of experience.
• Assistante Virtuelle (Virtual Assistant Services) Virtual administrative assistant services provided within the business center to support entrepreneurs and self-employed professionals with day-to-day administrative tasks.
• Cotravail (Coworking Space) Shared workspace option within the business center for freelancers, startups, and small teams seeking flexible working arrangements without a dedicated private office.

Quantifiable outcome

• Private office pricing at $480/month versus traditional downtown Montreal office costs that can exceed $1,000-$1,200/month for small spaces, representing potential cost savings of 30-50%
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Workhaus: Workhaus is a Montreal-based coworking and flexible-office operator. It is comparable to CAVM because it directly competes for Montreal-based freelancers, startups, and SMEs seeking private offices and shared space on flexible terms. Both operators serve the same Quebec micro-market with similar pricing tiers and a virtual/physical offering.
• Industrious: Industrious is a premium flexible-office and coworking operator offering private suites, virtual offices, and meeting rooms with hospitality-grade service. Compared to CAVM's bundled offering (office + virtual + conference + bookkeeping), Industrious is the closest direct equivalent in product mix and target SMB/professional segment, though focused on larger enterprise and multi-floor deployments.

Emerging players

• Mindspace: Mindspace operates design-led flexible offices with virtual office add-ons in multiple cities. Its offering of furnished private offices plus optional virtual address, meeting rooms, and concierge services parallels CAVM's bundled product — making it a direct comparability on product mix, though at multi-city scale.
• Crew Collective & Café: Crew Collective & Café is a Montreal-based coworking and event space in Old Montreal. It overlaps with CAVM in serving freelancers and small businesses looking for workspace in the same prestige neighborhood, though it leans more toward drop-in coworking and café-style use cases versus CAVM's monthly private office model.

Broad incumbents

• IWG (Regus / Spaces): IWG operates Spaces, Regus, HQ, and Signature brands of serviced and flexible offices worldwide, with a presence in Montreal. It is comparable to CAVM in offering private offices, virtual offices, and meeting rooms on flexible terms, but at a much larger global scale. CAVM competes for SME and entrepreneur customers who want a cheaper, more boutique Old Montreal alternative.
• WeWork: WeWork is a global coworking and flexible-office operator with multiple Montreal locations. While vastly larger, it competes for the same freelancers, SMEs, and professional tenants seeking flexible office and virtual address solutions in Old Montreal and downtown. CAVM's boutique positioning in Vieux-Port is a direct geographic counter to WeWork's downtown Montreal footprint.
• Premier Workspaces: Premier Workspaces franchises private offices, virtual offices, and meeting rooms across North America. Like CAVM, its core product is a private furnished office on flexible terms with receptionist and address services bundled in. It is comparable on business model and target SMB customer, though distributed via franchise rather than a single owner-operator.
• Knotel: Knotel (now part of Newmark) operated customized flexible office space for SMEs and mid-market clients. While currently repositioned under Newmark, its original model of bespoke private office suites on flexible terms is directly comparable to CAVM's private office rental offering, targeting similar SME and entrepreneur customers.
• Servcorp: Servcorp is a global provider of serviced offices, virtual offices, and meeting rooms with prestigious addresses — directly comparable to CAVM's virtual address ($50/mo) and private office ($480/mo) offerings. Its combination of virtual mail handling, receptionist services, and on-demand boardroom access mirrors the CAVM bundle, though at higher price points and global scale.

Others

• Alliance Business Centers Network: Alliance Business Centers Network is a global alliance of independent serviced-office and virtual-office operators. Comparable to CAVM as a peer network for SME office and virtual address customers; an SME needing a Montreal address could reach CAVM either directly or via an ABCN partner location, creating a partial-substitute threat to direct CAVM bookings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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