7 Camper Van Bar Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 19th, 2023

Start A Camper Van Bar Business

Here are some real life success stories of starting a camper van bar business:

1. Camper Cafe ($180K/year)

Beth Baxter co-founded Camper Cafe, a mobile coffee van business, when her partner decided to convert his vintage VW campervan into a trailer for his motorcycles. Baxter suggested putting a coffee machine in the trailer instead, and the idea took off. Now, 11 years later, Camper Cafe is on its sixth mobile coffee unit and supplies major sporting events and works with international brands, generating around £150k in revenue from only 70 days of work per year.

How much they make: $180K/year
How much did it cost to start: $5K
Current team size: 2

We Built A Coffee Shop In A Van That Makes $180K/Year

This case study follows the co-founder of Camper Cafe, a mobile coffee van business which started as a hobby and now has 6 units that supply the UK's biggest sporting events, commercial and film shoots, generating around £150k from working only 70 days of the year.

About

Beth started Camper Cafe almost 13 years ago

Revenue

Beth grew the business to $15K/month

Costs

It cost Beth $5000 to start the business

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