New Deals: A child safety equipment installer, fire protection company, and 3 other finds...

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1/ Residential and Commercial Propane Distributor

📍 Location: Florida
💰 Asking Price: $2,800,000
💼 EBITDA: $536,122
📊 Revenue: $1,833,502
📅 Established: 2001

💭 My 2 Cents: Florida propane demand is less about heating and more about the things natural gas can't serve: backup generators during hurricane season, pool and spa heating, outdoor kitchens, and rural properties off the gas grid. This operation serves roughly 5,000 customers, and a large share of them are on company-owned tanks the business leases back to them, so that lock-in drives repeat delivery revenue year after year. For these customers, switching providers means physically removing and reinstalling the tank, which most homeowners and businesses simply won't bother with. The business also supports whole-house generator installations through partnerships with local electricians, which is a growing channel as storm-related power outages push more Florida homeowners toward backup power solutions. The management team handles both inside and field operations without the owner. That said, I'd want to dig into the contract renewal structure on leased tanks and whether customers can terminate at will, how geographically dense the delivery routes are and what fuel costs do to margins in a spread-out territory, and what the annual capital expenditure cycle looks like for truck maintenance and tank replacements. The generator install channel could become a real growth lever as climate volatility keeps pushing Florida homeowners off the grid.

2/ Licensed Childcare Center

📍 Location: New York
💰 Asking Price: $2,300,000
💼 EBITDA: $642,000
📊 Revenue: $1,445,645
📅 Established: N/A

💭 My 2 Cents: Licensed childcare slots in suburban New York are notoriously scarce, and that scarcity is the moat here. Nassau County has over 1.3 million residents, high household incomes, and a chronic shortage of quality options, all of which support strong pricing power and consistent enrollment. This center serves toddlers through school-age children with structured programming that has earned a strong reputation among local families. An experienced management team runs day-to-day operations, so this doesn't require a buyer who has to manage a classroom. That said, the center's staffing depth and caregiver ratios are worth examining closely. I'd want to know the current waitlist depth and how quickly open spots fill when a family leaves, what turnover looks like among both licensed and unlicensed staff given how competitive the childcare labor market has become, and whether the facility lease locks in favorable terms or exposes the business to a rent renegotiation. I'd also want the breakdown between full-time and part-time enrollment. In this market, a new license alone takes over a year to secure, so an operating center with a full roster is the barrier no competitor can shortcut.

3/ Licensed Vocational School for Healthcare and Beauty Trades

📍 Location: Florida
💰 Asking Price: $1,900,000
💼 EBITDA: $474,676
📊 Revenue: $1,368,912
📅 Established: ~2012

💭 My 2 Cents: Hospitals, dental offices, and salons across Florida are all competing for the same shrinking pool of trained workers, and traditional four-year degrees aren't filling the gap. This state-licensed vocational school has spent 14 years training students in healthcare, medical, and beauty fields through hands-on certification programs designed alongside industry professionals. The Florida Commission for Independent Education license takes real effort and regulatory compliance to maintain, which keeps casual competitors from setting up shop down the street. A team of 16 contractors and additional staff delivers programs that produce job-ready graduates, and tuition-based enrollment creates a steady revenue cycle as the school draws high school graduates, career changers, and adults seeking new credentials. The diligence here should start with the student completion rate and time to certification, because dropouts directly hit revenue. Beyond that, I'd want to know how the school sources new enrollments and what the cost per enrolled student runs, what the state license and accreditor change-of-ownership review process looks, and what employer placement rates look like for recent graduates. Adding programs in adjacent trades where local employer demand already outpaces the talent pipeline is the clearest path to growth.

4/ Fire Protection Services Company

📍 Location: California
💰 Asking Price: $1,600,000
💼 EBITDA: $500,000
📊 Revenue: $2,900,000
📅 Established: 1999

💭 My 2 Cents: Building codes require fire protection systems in virtually every commercial structure, and those systems need inspection, testing, and maintenance on a legally mandated schedule. That compliance-driven demand means this company's 27 years of customer relationships generate steady, repeat revenue regardless of what the broader economy is doing. What caught my attention is that the business currently refers out fire alarm and underground fire line work to partners rather than handling it in-house. That tells me there's immediate expansion potential by adding those service lines without needing to find a single new customer. The key diligence items here are specific to how fire protection businesses operate in California. First, I'd want the revenue split between recurring inspection and maintenance work versus one-time installations. Second, how the customer base breaks down across commercial, industrial, and residential accounts, because each segment carries different contract lengths and pricing dynamics. And third, who holds the C-16 qualifying license and State Fire Marshal certifications, because those credentials are tied to specific individuals rather than the business, and the buyer needs a qualifier arrangement in place before close or the company legally can't perform work.

5/ Residential and Commercial Child Safety Equipment Installer

📍 Location: Texas
💰 Asking Price: $2,300,000
💼 EBITDA: $568,323
📊 Revenue: $2,215,814
📅 Established: ~1992

💭 My 2 Cents: Thirty-plus years in child safety is a track record almost nobody else in the country can claim, and the dual revenue model here is what makes it interesting. On one side, the company provides direct-to-consumer baby proofing, pool safety, and home safety assessments across the greater Houston area. On the other, it runs a dealer training network that equips individuals to launch their own child safety businesses in other cities. That dealer channel is particularly interesting, as it creates a licensing-style revenue stream that scales without adding headcount or trucks. An established management team handles daily operations, which makes semi-absentee ownership realistic. The questions I'd press on are how many active dealers are currently in the network and what their average annual revenue contribution looks like, whether the direct consumer business has seasonality tied to housing turnover or birth rate cycles, and what intellectual property protections exist around the training curriculum and proprietary safety products. Ultimately, a buyer who invests in scaling the dealer model nationally could multiply this business without installing a single baby gate.