New Deals: A mobile pet grooming business, event rental company, and 3 other finds

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1/ Event Rental Company

📍 Location: Colorado
💰 Asking Price: $2,499,000
💼 EBITDA: $821,700
📊 Revenue: $2,493,000
📅 Established: 1976

💭 My 2 Cents: What I love about event rental businesses is they’re one of the few models that can run on negative working capital. You get paid 50% well before the event, but only incur most costs (staff, trucks, setup) right before or during. This Denver-based company provides event rentals (tables, chairs, tents, etc.) for weddings, corporate events, and nonprofit functions, serving a diverse client base that includes major enterprises, universities, and government agencies. I like their long history, loyal customers that provide a solid stream of repeat business, and their strong relationships with event planners and venues that consistently drive referrals and sales. The business includes $2M in vehicles, equipment, and rental items, and the warehouse facility is available for purchase or lease. With an asset-heavy business like this, it will be critical to evaluate the average lifespan and replacement cycle of rental items and confirm whether the $2M valuation reflects fair market value or replacement cost. I’d also want a client-type breakdown and a clear view of seasonal peaks, including how they scale staffing to meet demand. The seller is offering both financing and an extended transition, a strong signal they believe in the future success of the business.

2/ Print Shop

📍 Location: New Jersey
💰 Asking Price: $2,999,999
💼 EBITDA: $973,000
📊 Revenue: $1,999,999
📅 Established: 1990

💭 My 2 Cents: While consumer printing has shifted online, local businesses, nonprofits, and institutions still rely on recurring print and marketing support (menus, signage, uniforms, promotional products, trade show displays, etc.). This long-established New Jersey franchise operates under a nationally recognized brand with nearly 400 locations and a stellar 50+ year reputation for customer satisfaction. I like its comprehensive suite of services, strong margins, and $200K+ in FF&E and specialized equipment included in the sale. As with any franchise, there are trade-offs, so I’d want to know what resources corporate provides (lead generation, marketing programs, technology, training). I’d also want to assess how this location compares to top-quartile franchisees in the system, get a detailed revenue breakdown by service line, and evaluate the competitive landscape locally. Walk-in retail traffic is far less important today than decades ago, so for a growth-minded buyer, there’s an opportunity to build a proactive outbound sales function to win more business accounts.

3/ Excavation & Micro-Trenching Business

📍 Location: Colorado
💰 Asking Price: $3,895,000
💼 EBITDA: $1,281,706
📊 Revenue: $5,883,754
📅 Established: 2000

💭 My 2 Cents: Municipalities and private companies are racing to expand fiber internet infrastructure, and this business is well-positioned to capture that demand. It handles excavation and micro-trenching projects for residential, commercial, and fiber-optic customers along Colorado’s Front Range, one of the fastest-growing regions in the country. I like their focus on micro-trenching for fiber deployment, as this gives them a distinct niche tied to the surge in telecom and tech buildouts across the area. Micro-trenching is faster, cheaper, and less disruptive than traditional trenching, so demand is accelerating. What also stands out is that they come with $1.85M in equipment, though I’d want more detail on the nature, age, and condition of this FF&E and whether there’s any pending capex. I’d also need to check customer concentration, since many excavation firms rely heavily on a small number of telecom/utility contracts. Ultimately, having both telecom contracts and residential/commercial excavation should help them diversify revenue and spread risk across industries.

4/ Mobile Pet Grooming Business

📍 Location: Tennessee
💰 Asking Price: $3,250,000
💼 EBITDA: $845,000
📊 Revenue: $3,300,000
📅 Established: ~20 Years Ago

💭 My 2 Cents: As a long-time mobile pet grooming customer, I completely understand why this is one of the fastest-growing subsectors of the pet industry (no drop-offs, less stress on pets, and a lot of time saved). What I like about the mobile model is you avoid retail leases/build-outs, yet despite the lower overhead you command a price premium over salon-based grooming. This mobile pet grooming franchise has a lot going for it to include nearly two decades of operating history, a trained management layer enabling semi-absentee ownership, and a subscription-like, recurring clientele. They are basically a turnkey operation as they come with a team of 20+ trained groomers, operating inventory, and grooming vans and equipment valued at $1.1M. However, I’d need a lot more info on their franchise relationship, to include the benefits, costs, and restrictions involved. I’d also need to dig into the condition and maintenance costs of the vans, how they recruit and train groomers, their throughput per groomer/day and utilization, backlog/lead time, as well as repeat %. Even with franchise territory restrictions, there should be some opportunity to expand here given the long waitlists that are common in mobile pet grooming.

5/ Concrete and Asphalt Company

📍 Location: Colorado
💰 Asking Price: $5,600,000
💼 EBITDA: $1,118,006
📊 Revenue: $4,605,000
📅 Established: 1981

💭 My 2 Cents: Asphalt and concrete wear out, and there’s no avoiding repairs. Parking lots, driveways, and roadways generally need resurfacing every 8–15 years. Plus, there are strong infrastructure spending tailwinds, with federal and state governments having committed billions to upgrades. This Colorado contractor’s work mix spans asphalt paving to infrared repairs for clients ranging from general contractors to residential homeowners. I like their proven 45-year history and the fact that they currently have over $3M of contracted work, which will support the business well into next year. Add to this the $1.8–2M in equipment (rollers, pavers, trucks, concrete forms) included in the sale, providing both tangible assets that can aid financing and serve as a barrier to entry, and you have a very promising setup. I’d want to understand their revenue split and gross margin by service line, how far out their pipeline typically extends, and what seasonality looks like (since winters can be slow in cold climates). Though the owner is involved in bidding and estimating, they’re open to staying on.