Restaurant fitout contractors
BCA-registered F&B fit-out specialists in Singapore. Filtered by NEA / SFA inspection track record, BCA licence class, and recent restaurant portfolio — matched to your format and target opening date.
Two-minute brief, up to three BCA-registered F&B specialists, no obligation. PDPA (2012) consent on submit.
Why an F&B specialist beats a general contractor
A general commercial fit-out contractor can technically take on a restaurant job. The question is the second-order cost — how many NEA / SFA inspection cycles you absorb before the Food Shop Licence is issued, and how many weeks of rent you pay on a closed unit waiting for re-inspection.
F&B specialists — firms whose portfolios are 60%+ restaurant, café and hawker work — know the inspector’s checklist. Grease-trap sizing and access, hand-wash basin separation, prep-zone segregation, exhaust make-up air balance, fire-rated penetrations, vermin-proofing of dry store. They sequence the build so each item passes first inspection.
Anchor cost band for a mid-tier restaurant: S$200–400/sqft Source: Moom 2024 SG Office Fit-out Cost Benchmarks . The premium for the specialist is repaid in opening-week revenue.
What makes an F&B specialist
Active BCA licence
General Builder licence (GB1 or GB2) verified against the BCA Directory of Registered Contractors. Financial-grade workhead must cover the project value.
F&B portfolio depth
60%+ of recent fit-out portfolio is F&B. References from operators who passed NEA / SFA inspection inside the agreed programme.
NEA / SFA track record
First-time inspection pass rate is the key metric. Specialists target zero re-inspection cycles; generalists routinely absorb one or two.
In-house kitchen capability
Stainless-steel fabrication, exhaust hood install, grease-trap install — in-house or via a regular sub-contractor with kitchen-build credentials.
Format fit
Café, mid-tier restaurant, fine-dining, hawker, hotel concession, chain rollout — each format has different specialists. Match the brief to format.
Programme reliability
Recent projects delivered on stated programme. Reference checks on opening-date adherence, not just final quality.
BCA licensing for F&B fit-outs
F&B renovation is general building work under the Building Control Act. The lead contractor must hold an active BCA General Builder Licence (GB1 or GB2). M&E sub-contractors for electrical, gas, mechanical and fire-protection must hold the relevant Specialist Builder licences. Source: BCA Builder's Licence framework
For larger fit-outs — multi-unit rollouts, hotel restaurants, central kitchens — BCA Contractors Registration System (CRS) workhead CW01 (general building) is the de-facto market expectation, with appropriate financial-grade for the contract value. Source: BCA Contractors Registration System (CRS)
Every contractor we match is verified against the BCA Directory of Registered Contractors before introduction. We do not match unlicensed firms.
Restaurant fit-out cost bands 2026
Small cafe — basic kitchen, simple FOH, casual finishes.
Mid-tier restaurant — proper exhaust, grease trap, decent FOH.
Fine-dining, full kitchen, bar programme, bespoke FOH.
F&B reinstatement is the costliest — exhaust, grease traps, kitchen M&E, oil-stained flooring all replaced.
How matching works
01 — Brief
Two-minute online brief: format, area, location, target opening date, indicative budget, kitchen scope, design status.
02 — Filter
We filter the BCA-registered F&B specialist pool by licence class, financial grade, recent portfolio fit, and capacity in your programme window.
03 — Match
Up to three specialists introduced. You speak to each, compare proposals, run reference checks, choose.
04 — Award
You contract directly with the chosen contractor. No middleman, no markup. We don’t handle the project; we handle the match.
Brief us on your restaurant fit-out.
Format, area, target opening date, budget. Up to three BCA-registered F&B specialists matched in two minutes.
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