Private company
Esquires
Logo: EspressoExplorer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3
Canadian multinational coffeehouse chain
Esquires, also known as Esquires Coffee or Esquires The Organic Coffee Company, is an international coffeehouse chain comprising more than 90 stores in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, Asia and the Middle East. Founded by Doug Williamson and Gary Buckland in Canada in 1993, the intellectual property and trademark rights for the business are now owned by New Zealand-based Cooks Coffee Company globally.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industrycafé, coffee, franchise, retail, tea1
- HeadquartersVancouver1
- Websitewww.esquirescoffee.com
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Esquires, also known as Esquires Coffee or Esquires The Organic Coffee Company, is an international coffeehouse chain comprising more than 90 stores in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, Asia and the Middle East. Founded by Doug Williamson and Gary Buckland in Canada in 1993, the intellectual property and trademark rights for the business are now owned by New Zealand-based Cooks Coffee Company globally.2
Products and brands
- coffee
- franchise
Listed on Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1993Founded Founded1
Links
- Websiteesquirescoffee.co.uk1
- Websitewww.esquirescoffee.com1
- WikipediaEsquires
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ17069332
Sources
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- 1WikidataEsquires on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaEsquires on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsEsquires logo by EspressoExplorer, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4Wikimedia CommonsEsquires photo by Timothy Titus, CC BY-SA 3.0