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New Deals: A pet boarding and daycare facility, 57-year-old hair replacement salon, and 3 other finds...

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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…

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.

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Here’s what one SMB Deal Hunter Pro member shared this past week:

👀 In March, 7 members closed $15M in acquisitions. Another 34 got under contract.

We helped them source these deals (many off-market), and our M&A advisors worked with them 1:1 to structure winning offers, catch red flags, and secure financing.

Now with tax season upon us, owners are looking at their numbers and many are deciding to retire and cash out. 

So if you've been waiting for the right time to make a move….

NEW DEALS

These deals span the country. For custom-sourced deals in your area, click here.

1/ Luxury Pet Boarding and Daycare Facility

📍 Location: Florida
💰 Asking Price: $2,500,000
💼 EBITDA: $734,532
📊 Revenue: $1,826,079
📅 Established: ~2020

💭 My 2 Cents: Pet spending in the U.S. crossed $147 billion in 2024, and the boarding and daycare segment is one of the fastest-growing slices of that number. This Florida facility has positioned itself at the premium end of the market where pet owners are loyal and price-insensitive. The seller describes a robust repeat customer base, a highly trained staff that runs operations with minimal owner involvement, and a high-demand market with limited nearby competition. That combination is hard to find. I'd want to understand the average booking frequency per customer, the facility lease or ownership structure (build-out costs in pet care are significant, so this matters a lot), what staffing looks like during peak holiday boarding periods, and whether the "luxury" brand carries enough weight to sustain pricing as competitors eventually enter the area. Adding grooming, training, or a retail component could meaningfully expand per-customer revenue without acquiring a single new client (though the margins are already impressive as is!).

2/ Non-Surgical Hair Replacement Salon

📍 Location: Florida
💰 Asking Price: $1,950,000
💼 EBITDA: $543,730
📊 Revenue: $1,898,905
📅 Established: ~1969

💭 My 2 Cents: By age 50, half of all men experience noticeable hair loss, a number that climbs to roughly 80% by 80. That persistent demand has kept this Tampa-area salon in business for 57 consecutive years, delivering non-surgical hair replacement solutions in a private, professional setting backed by premium product lines. The recurring revenue is baked into the model: clients return regularly for maintenance, adjustments, and product refills, creating a predictable cadence of repeat visits that looks more like a subscription than a salon. Five decades of trust in a single market is a moat that no amount of marketing spend can replicate, and the niche is small enough that national chains mostly ignore it. I'd want to understand the active client count and average lifetime value, how dependent the technical work is on specific stylists versus a broader trained team, and what the product revenue split looks like relative to services. Succession planning on the stylist side is the key diligence question here, because in this niche, the technicians are often the relationship.

3/ Multi-State Commercial Landscaping Platform

📍 Location: Maryland
💰 Asking Price: $4,300,000
💼 EBITDA: $996,000
📊 Revenue: $6,000,000
📅 Established: ~1971

💭 My 2 Cents: Commercial landscaping maintenance is about as close to guaranteed recurring revenue as you can get in the trades, and this 55-year-old firm has the contract book to prove it: $2M+ in contracted work going into 2026, $1M+ in municipal grounds maintenance agreements, and $1M+ in annual snow management contracts. The company runs a predominantly W-2 workforce, which gives it a quality control edge over competitors relying on subcontractors, and operates from a 3.5-acre facility with 50+ commercial mowers, 25+ vehicles, and 10+ pieces of heavy equipment. Notably, an experienced General Manager runs day-to-day operations. I'd want to understand the contract renewal rate on the municipal and commercial maintenance side, how snow removal revenue performs in a light-snowfall year, and what the geographic breakdown looks like across states. A completed Quality of Earnings analysis is already available, which removes one layer of diligence risk, and the real estate is available for purchase separately. In a market where PE-backed landscaping roll-ups are paying 5x+ for platforms this size, the 4.3x ask here leaves room for a buyer who can accelerate growth through dedicated sales leadership.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

If you already own a business, you know how expensive it is to acquire customers through ads and marketing.

But what if you could buy an entire customer base for less, and overnight?

Kyle bought his dad's pest control company in North Carolina four years ago and scaled it from under $1M to $3.2M in three years. He already knew the pest control playbook and was running the company semi-absentee from Florida.

He also knew how expensive customer acquisition was on platforms like Yelp. Buying a book of business had worked once, and he was ready to do it again.

What he hadn't done was buy a business on the open market: find a deal, negotiate it, and close it without a family connection on the other side.

He spent months searching solo on BizBuySell and broker sites, and watched every good opportunity go to someone faster.

That's when he joined SMB Deal Hunter Pro. Four months in, our team sourced him a pest control company in his backyard in Sarasota. Fully absentee. Recurring revenue base. Two experienced technicians and a remote office manager.

One problem: the business wasn't cash flowing. SBA was off the table. And the seller already had three other offers, including one that was all cash.

The seller turned down the all-cash offer and went with Kyle. His edge had nothing to do with price.

He closed on the $600K company six months after joining the program. Because he already knew the pest control playbook inside and out, he turned it profitable in a matter of months and now runs it in about four to five hours a week.

4/ Landscape Equipment Sales and Service Dealer

📍 Location: Florida
💰 Asking Price: $4,900,000
💼 EBITDA: $1,155,415
📊 Revenue: $4,918,404
📅 Established: ~2003

💭 My 2 Cents: Landscaping contractors need equipment, they need it serviced, and they need a dealer who stocks parts and turns repairs around fast. Once a contractor trusts your shop with their fleet, they're not switching over a few dollars. This 23-year-old Central Florida dealer has earned that trust, with SDE averaging over $1M for the past three years and an experienced GM running day-to-day operations alongside a long-tenured team. The sale includes roughly $600K in sellable inventory and $108K in equipment, providing a turnkey platform. I'd want to understand the manufacturer dealer agreements and territory exclusivity, what percentage of revenue comes from parts and service versus new equipment sales (the service side is where the stickiness lives), how the $12,000/month NNN rent on the seller-owned real estate compares to market, whether there's an option to buy the property, and how the business has navigated recent supply chain disruptions on major equipment brands. The seller is offering up to a year of transition support, which tells me they're confident in the handoff.

5/ Plumbing Contractor

📍 Location: Florida
💰 Asking Price: $2,495,000
💼 EBITDA: $793,659
📊 Revenue: $3,294,638
📅 Established: ~1996

💭 My 2 Cents: A plumbing contractor with a 1,000-unit backlog, a built-in management team, and no licensing transfer headaches is not something that comes to market often. This 30-year-old contractor runs with 9 vans and 25 workers, supported by an office manager and 2 field managers who handle operations without the owner in the field. The qualifier transfers to a new owner with no additional licensing required, which removes one of the biggest friction points in trades acquisitions. The seller owns the property and is offering a long-term lease at $3,000/month, keeping occupancy costs well below market. I'd want to understand the builder concentration in that 1,000-unit backlog and what happens if a single developer pauses, how the W-2 versus 1099 labor split affects margins and compliance risk, and what the typical payment terms and retention holdback exposure look like with the builders. The seller notes potential to add a residential service division, and that's the real upside: converting installation clients into long-term maintenance customers could fundamentally change the revenue profile of this business.

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RECENT PODCAST EPISODE

Mike Fagan spent 13 seasons as a professional bowler on the PBA tour before getting his MBA at Berkeley Haas and grinding 80+ hours a week in management consulting.

Today, he owns two bowling alleys with a third on the way, scaling toward $8-10M in revenue.

He bought his first location for $2.05M. The previous owner had run it since the 1980s. No website. No online sales. Pin machines from the 1960s. The bank classified it as a turnaround.

He signed anyway, personally guaranteeing more than his net worth to close.

Nine months of flying in every week, turning over nearly the entire staff, and investing $400K+ in new equipment later: online revenue went from zero to 25% of total sales and he now runs the whole operation remotely from Dallas, 600 miles away.

His thesis: hundreds of mom-and-pop bowling centers have aging owners, no exit plan, and no competing buyers because the complexity scares everyone away. Zero COGS. Turning on another lane costs nothing.

Mike saw that as the opportunity.

And for our audio-only listeners, jump in and listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts!

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