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New Deals: A golf course turf equipment distributor, niche staffing company, and 3 other finds
Plus, why this investor believes all SaaS revenue is trending to zero
Hello SMB Deal Hunters!
I’m excited to share 5 new businesses for sale worth checking out in this Market Watch issue. Each was handpicked from hundreds of fresh listings, with our quick take on why it stands out. First up…
🔥 Community Top Picks from the Last Market Watch Issue:
#1: Water Well Pump Service Company in AZ with $417K in EBITDA
#2: Medical Device Manufacturer in IL with $539K in EBITDA
#3: Marketing Agency Serving Law Firms with $1.1M in EBITDA
Today’s issue is sponsored by SMB Deal Hunter Pro, our accelerator that helps business buyers find, finance, and acquire a million-dollar cash-flowing business in 6–12 months.
COMMUNITY WINS
Here’s what one SMB Deal Hunter Pro member shared this past week:

👀 Heads up: 2026 is barely underway, and we’ve already helped 6 Pro members acquire $20M in businesses. We help serious buyers:
Source on- and off-market opportunities
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NEW DEALS
These deals span the country. For custom-sourced deals in your area, click here.
1/ Golf Course Turf Equipment Distributor
📍 Location: Texas
💰 Asking Price: $7,500,000
💼 EBITDA: $1,550,000
📊 Revenue: $4,000,000
📅 Established: 2022
💭 My 2 Cents: Golf courses need specialized turf equipment to maintain greens, fairways, and bunkers, and this company has locked up exclusive distributor agreements with manufacturers to serve that 16,000-course U.S. market. Though they’re only 4 years in, they've proven the model works: rapid revenue growth, improving margins, and an asset-light structure that lets them expand geographically without heavy capital investment. Their current market penetration is still limited, which means there's real runway left before hitting saturation. I like that the seller is willing to retain equity post-transaction, signaling his confidence in the trajectory and smoothing the transition. I'd want to understand the exclusivity terms and duration of those manufacturer agreements, what happens competitively if they expire, and whether there's a service and parts aftermarket to layer on recurring revenue. For a buyer who can provide working capital and distributor support, this is a platform play where the infrastructure is built and the growth path is clear.
2/ Niche Staffing Company
📍 Location: Florida
💰 Asking Price: $4,500,000
💼 EBITDA: $1,488,036
📊 Revenue: $6,458,126
📅 Established: 2022
💭 My 2 Cents: Staffing can be a low-margin business, so holding 23% profitability while doubling revenue to $4.1M tells me this company has built real pricing power in their niche. They serve route-based delivery, warehouse, and merchandising operations, acting as employer of record and handling the compliance headaches that companies increasingly want to outsource. The secret sauce is their Master Service Agreements spanning 5-10 years, which provide the kind of revenue visibility that general staffing firms rarely achieve. With 100% placement success and demand outpacing capacity even without marketing, the constraint is infrastructure rather than lead generation. I'd want to understand the concentration across those dozen-plus national locations, what happens when key client contracts come up for renewal, and whether the 98% independent contractor model creates classification risk. At 3x EBITDA with the owner willing to retain equity, this is priced for a buyer who can provide the capital and systems to unlock constrained growth.
3/ Commercial Roofing Company
📍 Location: Connecticut
💰 Asking Price: $6,650,000
💼 EBITDA: $1,480,338
📊 Revenue: $14,094,601
📅 Established: 2014
💭 My 2 Cents: Institutional clients like universities, hospitals, and government facilities provide the kind of stable, repeat business that residential roofing contractors dream about. These customers have dedicated maintenance budgets, procurement processes that favor established vendors, and roofs that need constant attention across sprawling campuses. This contractor's service mix of membrane roofing, waterproofing, slate work, and solar installation shows technical breadth that creates upsell opportunities and barriers to displacement by single-trade competitors. With 50+ employees, several managers, and an owner who's semi-involved and willing to stay two years, I believe the transition risk is manageable. Plus, the $1M+ in working capital and $1.2M in assets included in the sale provide cushion. I'd want to understand the concentration across institutional accounts, how competitive the bidding process is for contract renewals, and the margin profile of the growing solar installation side. At under 4.5x, this is priced reasonably for a business with this customer quality.
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Reagan went from a career in corporate tech sales to owning a 36-year-old commercial plumbing company in Dallas cash flowing $860K/year. He shares how we helped him:
Get under LOI 41 days after his onboarding call and close in 5 months
Only put 5% down and extend his loan from 10 to 13 years
Structure a 4-year operating agreement with the seller to solve the licensing issue people run into with plumbing businesses
4/ Commercial HVAC Service Company
📍 Location: Connecticut
💰 Asking Price: $8,000,000
💼 EBITDA: $1,743,636
📊 Revenue: $7,046,688
📅 Established: 1997
💭 My 2 Cents: With 220 maintenance agreements and 725 active customers tracked in a CRM, this business has built the recurring revenue base that's hard to find in commercial HVAC. The 70/30 split between service and retrofit work is the inverse of many commercial HVAC operators, who rely more heavily on project-based installation revenue that rises and falls with construction cycles. That service-heavy mix shows in the numbers: 68 equipment changeouts in the past 12 months came from the existing customer base rather than new business development. I think it’s smart they’ve stayed out of refrigeration, which keeps licensing and staffing simpler while letting them double down on what they do best. That said, I'd want to understand the average contract value and renewal rates on those maintenance agreements, technician retention and licensing depth, and whether there's geographic concentration that limits expansion. For a buyer looking to build a commercial services platform in the Northeast, 28 years of customer relationships and documented systems provide immediate credibility that takes competitors decades to match.
5/ Niche Towing and Recovery Company
📍 Location: Arkansas
💰 Asking Price: $9,640,000
💼 EBITDA: $2,193,110
📊 Revenue: $3,528,492
📅 Established: 1998
💭 My 2 Cents: A 62% profit margin on a towing operation tells me this isn't your typical roadside assistance business. They've likely carved out a specialty such as heavy-duty commercial recovery or specialized equipment transport, where expertise commands premium pricing and relationships with fleet operators or insurance companies drive repeat business. They’re one of the leading operators in Arkansas with a state-of-the-art facility, which creates a local moat that's difficult to replicate. The 5.5x multiple reflects the premium earnings quality, though it's worth noting that towing businesses often have significant equipment assets that provide downside protection. I'd want to understand the revenue mix between emergency recovery, contract work, and storage fees, how dependent relationships are on key accounts, and what the equipment replacement cycle looks like. For a buyer who can maintain operational standards, this is a near-monopoly in a mission-critical service niche within a growing metro area.
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RECENT PODCAST EPISODE
The first lender Gretchen Roberts talked to told her they wouldn’t fund her deal.
The reason? She wasn't a CPA, and she was trying to buy an accounting firm.
But Gretchen didn’t let that first rejection stop her, and eventually she acquired a remote-first accounting and tax advisory firm in North Carolina.
Here are some of the highlights from the deep dive:
🔥 How Gretchen dealt with the immediate rejections from brokers, sellers, and lenders when they found out she wasn’t a CPA
🔥 The hurdles she had to navigate to run an accounting firm in any state
🔥 How she structured the deal to protect herself from client churn (and what actually happened post-close)
🔥 What went wrong six months in when she lost multiple tax team members during tax season
And for our audio-only listeners, jump in and listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts!
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