Restaurant Auction Services

The restaurant auction process begins with a consultation to understand your goals, timeline, and the types of assets you want to sell. From there, our team inventories and catalogs your equipment, furniture, and other restaurant items, ensuring each piece is accurately described and professionally presented.

We then market your auction to a targeted audience of restaurant owners, food service operators, and industry buyers. Once the auction is live — either online or on-site — Backes Auctioneers manages the bidding, buyer communication, and transactions. After the auction concludes, we handle settlement and coordinate next steps so the process remains smooth and efficient.

Restaurant auctions can include a wide range of assets, from front-of-house furnishings to back-of-house kitchen equipment. Common items sold at restaurant auctions include commercial ovens, ranges, fryers, refrigeration units, prep tables, dishwashing equipment, and hood systems.

Dining furniture such as tables, chairs, booths, bar equipment, décor, signage, smallwares, utensils, and surplus inventory can also be included. Whether you are liquidating an entire restaurant or selling select pieces, we tailor the auction to match your specific needs.

Participating in an online restaurant auction is straightforward. Buyers first register through our online auction platform, where they can browse available items, view photos and descriptions, and place bids.

Once registered, bidders can participate from anywhere and monitor bidding activity until the auction closes. Online auctions help expose your restaurant assets to a larger audience, often increasing competition and final sale prices.

If an item does not receive bids or does not meet a reserve price, we will review alternative options with you. This may include relisting the item in a future auction, bundling it with similar equipment, or adjusting pricing strategies based on buyer interest.

Our goal is always to help you find the best path forward so you can efficiently liquidate your assets and move on to your next step.

Starting bids are determined through a careful evaluation of fair market value. Our experienced auctioneers consider factors such as equipment condition, age, brand, demand within the food service industry, and recent comparable sales.

Setting an appropriate starting bid helps attract early interest and encourages competitive bidding, which can ultimately increase the final selling price of your restaurant assets.