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New Deals: A pet care company, mobile auto glass repair business, and 3 other finds
Plus, 10 tax hacks for business owners
Hello SMB Deal Hunters!
I’m excited to share 5 new businesses for sale worth checking out. First up…
🔥 Community Top Picks from the Last Issue:
#1: Asbestos, lead, and mold removal company with $2.29M in EBITDA
#2: Specialty box manufacturing business with $375K in EBITDA
#3: Aluminum service business with $767K in EBITDA
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1/ Multi-Location Pet Care Company
📍 Location: New York City
💰 Asking Price: $3,500,000
💼 EBITDA: $840,000
📊 Revenue: $1,400,000
📅 Established: 2010
💭 My 2 Cents: Thanks to over-the-top pet owners like me (yes, I have two jumbo-sized Bernedoodles), the pet market is exploding. What stood out to me about this business is the location: New York City has one of the highest rates of pet ownership among U.S. urban centers and significantly higher spend per pet compared to suburban markets. This multi-location company offers everything from pet supplies and grooming to training and boarding, with the city’s density and affluence providing a large customer base and enabling economies of scale in purchasing, staffing, and marketing. Each store has an experienced manager in place, so this could be a semi-absentee or even remote ownership opportunity. That said, I’d want to evaluate the performance of each store individually, the lease terms for every location (NYC commercial leases can make or break a business), and how easily their systems and management structure could scale to support additional sites. I’d also dig into the revenue and profit split between retail and services (grooming, training, boarding), since services are higher-margin, recurring, and less vulnerable to competition from e-commerce. Finally, on a positive note, the seller is open to either a full buyout or a partnership to pursue further expansion.
2/ Mobile Auto Glass Repair Business
📍 Location: North Carolina
💰 Asking Price: $2,300,000
💼 EBITDA: $588,361
📊 Revenue: $1,732,251
📅 Established: 1999
💭 My 2 Cents: This thriving auto glass company has been in business for over 25 years, handling not only windshield and sunroof repair and replacement but also advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) recalibration, which is a fast-growing, high-margin segment. They perform over 90% of their jobs at client locations, which sets them apart from many competitors, reduces overhead, and supports scalability since expansion can be achieved by adding vans/technicians rather than investing in expensive retail shops. I especially like that they maintain active accounts with 12 different commercial fleets, providing a stable, recurring base of work. I’m curious about their revenue split across consumer, fleet, and insurance-paid jobs, how much ADAS recalibration they perform (increasingly mandatory for newer vehicles), and how easy it is to recruit and train new technicians. Ultimately, the combination of mobile service, ADAS recalibration, and fleet contracts represents a strong market position, especially against national players who often can’t provide the same personalized, fast response for smaller fleets.
3/ Prefabricated Steel Structure Installer
📍 Location: Nebraska
💰 Asking Price: $4,355,000
💼 EBITDA: $1,116,994
📊 Revenue: $5,525,295
📅 Established: 1960
💭 My 2 Cents: This Nebraska company sits at the intersection of agriculture, infrastructure, and commercial development—all markets with steady, long-term demand. They have been installing and erecting prefabricated steel and metal structures since 1960, building everything from grain silos to commercial structures for a diverse clientele that includes farmers, schools, and government entities. I like their minimal overhead, their focus on projects that their lean team of 8 can readily complete in under 2 weeks (which reduces payroll burden and avoids tying up capital in long, complex projects), and the fact that they are regularly recommended by their clients and suppliers, including the world-renowned vendor Behlen Manufacturing. I’d want to understand their breakdown of revenue by customer type, how tied they are to ag cycles or construction slowdowns, their current backlog and pipeline, and what additional capex would be required to expand capacity. The seller is offering financing, and there is a very experienced general manager who runs day-to-day operations, making this an interesting turnkey opportunity with a long history that can’t be easily replaced in a trust-driven, referral-heavy industry.
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4/ In-Home Senior Care Agency
📍 Location: Florida
💰 Asking Price: $4,300,000
💼 EBITDA: $995,000
📊 Revenue: $3,990,000
📅 Established: 2016
💭 My 2 Cents: Home care is less expensive than assisted living/nursing homes, so demand is structurally rising as healthcare costs push more people to age in place at home. This Miami-based home care company, with a main and two satellite offices and a well-established staff of 95, additionally benefits from demographic tailwinds in an area with a population of over 200,000 potential clients aged 65+. They also benefit from being part of a leading national franchise system that provides marketing, operational, and training support, with the owners successfully leveraging the brand’s reputation to secure high-value referral relationships. I’d need to look closely at caregiver turnover (notoriously high in this industry) and the strength of their recruiting and retention pipeline, as well as their major referral sources (hospitals, discharge planners, insurance networks, etc.). Importantly, I’d also dig into their payer mix (private pay vs. Medicaid/Medicare vs. long-term care insurance) especially given proposed Medicare reimbursement cuts. The good news is most franchises focus on non-medical care, which primarily relies on private pay and long-term care insurance. With the U.S. home healthcare market projected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 9% through 2030, this business has the potential to be a steady cash generator with meaningful upside.
5/ Specialty Trucking Company
📍 Location: Florida
💰 Asking Price: $2,500,000
💼 EBITDA: $1,278,075
📊 Revenue: $3,573,078
📅 Established: 2010
💭 My 2 Cents: This transportation and logistics company specializes in over-dimensional, overweight, and specialized freight services across the Southeast. What stands out is their exceptional margin profile, which is well above the trucking/transportation industry average. They have more than 60 owned trailers and tractors, valued at $1.5M (providing collateral value), and are supported by 13 owner-operator drivers, with all operators and administrative staff planning to stay post-transaction. The elephant in the room is that 90% of their revenue comes from a single vendor, so it’s critical to conduct a deep dive into this relationship: contract length, renewal terms, pricing structure, termination clauses, historical stability, and how many years they’ve been a customer. At the same time, this concentration creates an opportunity to structure the deal intelligently (for example, using an earn-out tied to vendor retention, contingent payments, or seller financing with performance offsets). Unless you’re a strategic buyer who can immediately plug in new freight to reduce concentration, the transaction only makes sense if priced as an asset play or structured with protections that directly hedge against the vendor risk. That said, I’d also want to dig into opportunities to add new clients by reviewing their existing vendor pipeline and determining whether they have inbound requests they currently turn down due to limited capacity.
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