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New Deals: A water well pump service company, marketing agency serving law firms, and 3 other finds
Plus, an opportunity for family offices and private investors ready to deploy $1M-$10M
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: Residential Roofing Company in Texas with $657K in EBITDA
#2: Commercial HVAC and Refrigeration Contractor in SoCal/AZ with $1.1M in EBITDA
#3: Acupuncture Clinic in Washington State with $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.
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NEW DEALS
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1/ Water Well Pump Service Company
📍 Location: Arizona
💰 Asking Price: $1,620,000
💼 EBITDA: $417,075
📊 Revenue: $869,939
📅 Established: 2000
💭 My 2 Cents: When your well pump fails in the Arizona desert, you're not shopping around for the cheapest option. This 26-year-old business has built a reputation for reliability in an essential, non-discretionary service category where customers need the problem fixed quickly and correctly. The service mix of pump repair, system design, inspections, and maintenance creates multiple revenue streams, and the real estate inspection work provides a steady baseline tied to home sales activity. Nearly 48% net margins reflect the low overhead inherent in a service business that doesn't carry inventory and operates with minimal fixed costs. On top of that, the Phoenix metro area continues to grow, and properties on private wells will always need pump service regardless of economic conditions. I'd want to understand the customer mix between residential and commercial, how seasonal the business is (if at all), and what equipment and vehicle assets are included. The seller is retiring and offering 90 days of training, which should help with transition. For a buyer with technical aptitude or willingness to retain key technicians, this is a simple, profitable business in a growing market.
2/ Medical Device Manufacturer with FDA Approval
📍 Location: Illinois
💰 Asking Price: $2,400,000
💼 EBITDA: $539,384
📊 Revenue: $1,476,811
📅 Established: 1973
💭 My 2 Cents: Finding a 53-year-old manufacturing business with proprietary products, recent FDA approval for new revenue streams, and real estate included in the deal is genuinely rare. This manufacturer's "Made in USA" positioning with in-house production creates supply chain control that's become increasingly valuable post-pandemic. The operational discipline extends to collections too: zero bad debt and zero write-offs, likely because medical industry buyers pay reliably. I like that the seller (who was previously a teacher and has owned the business for 12 years) has automated operations to the point of working 20 hours per week with managers in place, and he's willing to offer a $300K seller note with no payments until 2029 to help a buyer manage cash flow during transition. I'd want to understand what the new FDA-approved products are, the competitive landscape for their existing devices, and whether the manufacturing equipment and facility need near-term capital investment. That said, the 2.5 acres with room for expansion adds real optionality if the new product lines take off.
3/ Marketing & Lead Generation Agency Serving Law Firms
📍 Location: Florida
💰 Asking Price: $5,500,000
💼 EBITDA: $1,137,229
📊 Revenue: $2,317,269
📅 Established: 2008
💭 My 2 Cents: Most marketing agencies struggle with churn, but legal is a vertical where compliance complexity and relationship trust keep clients locked in for years. This business runs a clever dual model combining a directory platform with full-service digital marketing, and the county-based exclusivity feature is smart positioning that lets attorneys lock out competitors in their local market. That stickiness shows in the numbers: 300+ active clients with lifetime values often exceeding 5 years, which tells me this isn't a churn-and-burn lead gen shop. Their 49% net margin is exceptional for an agency and reflects the recurring nature of directory subscriptions layered on top of service retainers. I'd want to understand how the directory ranking algorithm works (and how dependent the directory's traffic is on Google algorithm changes), how many counties are "sold out" with exclusivity vs. still available inventory, and whether there's concentration risk with any large multi-office firms. For a buyer who can maintain the client relationships, the county exclusivity model creates a natural expansion playbook: just keep filling in the map.
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Mikhail spent 5 years in investment banking, so when he decided he wanted to buy a small business, he figured he'd just...do it.
As he started reaching out to brokers on Bizbuysell, reality hit…
He started realizing a lot of the issues in finding a business aren’t knowledge problems. They’re tactical problems.
How do I negotiate with the seller? How do I figure out red flags in industries I don’t even know? How do I know if this business will even be financeable before I waste weeks on it?
So, he joined SMB Deal Hunter Pro, our business buying accelerator.
30 days later, he was under LOI.
4 months later, he closed on a $600K business at a 2.6x multiple.
The business? Dryer vent cleaning. A niche he didn't even know existed when he started searching.
And he did it all without quitting his banking job. His wife now operates the business while he plans acquisition number two.
4/ Lighting & Electrical Supply e-Commerce Business
📍 Location: Florida
💰 Asking Price: $2,500,000
💼 EBITDA: $595,818
📊 Revenue: $3,361,582
📅 Established: 2014
💭 My 2 Cents: B2B ecommerce in technical product categories tends to be stickier than consumer retail because professional buyers value accuracy, fast quoting, and reliable fulfillment over chasing the lowest price. This specialized lighting distributor has built exactly that reputation over 12 years, serving contractors, facility managers, and procurement teams who need consultative support for commercial installations. Their catalog depth is impressive: 20,000 active SKUs with access to 100,000+ additional items, which creates a one-stop-shop dynamic that's hard for smaller competitors to match. Operations are lean with just 3 full-time staff plus 5 contractors, and the owner is down to about 20 hours per week. The 25% repeat customer rate and $756 average order value point to a quality customer base, though I'd want to understand what's driving the other 75% of orders and whether there's room to improve retention. The best part of this model is most products ship direct from manufacturers, which keeps inventory risk low. For a buyer who can expand the product catalog and formalize supplier relationships, there's clear runway to grow without adding much overhead.
5/ Home Healthcare Agency
📍 Location: Texas
💰 Asking Price: $9,640,000
💼 EBITDA: $1,927,831
📊 Revenue: $6,299,351
📅 Established: 1994
💭 My 2 Cents: Home healthcare is one of the most recession-proof sectors in existence, and this Texas agency has been operating for over 30 years with the compliance track record to prove it. Zero Medicare clawbacks pending and zero deficiencies on surveys is the kind of clean bill of health that makes a deal financeable and removes major tail risk. Their growth trajectory is equally impressive: 12% revenue increase in 2025 over 2024, following a 28% jump the prior year. Semi-absentee operations with reliable key employees suggests the business has moved beyond founder dependency, which is critical for deals at this size. I'd want to understand the payer mix between Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance, staffing and caregiver retention in a tight labor market, and what's driving the growth (organic referrals vs. acquisitions vs. service expansion). The asking price is on the higher end, but few healthcare assets combine this level of maturity with this pace of growth.
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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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