New Off-Market Businesses For Sale

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1/ Auto Repair and Collision Shop

📍 Location: Los Angeles, California
💼 EBITDA: $734,000
📊 Revenue: $1,100,000
📅 Established: 1975

💭 My 2 Cents: Fifty years in an affluent LA neighborhood is a serious moat in the collision repair world, where insurance company referral lists and word-of-mouth reputation take decades to build. The good news is the owner of this shop no longer performs any mechanical work, instead handling service writing, parts ordering, and customer service, which means a buyer isn't losing a key technician in the transition. Still, the owner and his son (who is uninterested in continuing the family business) both work in the business, so you'd need to factor in replacement costs of hiring a manager and potentially front-of-house staff. That said, there's a team of 4 techs and a body painter in place that can handle the volume. I'd want to understand what the insurance company direct repair program (DRP) relationships look like, what the facility lease terms are given how expensive LA real estate can be, and the condition of major capital equipment like the paint booth and frame machines since deferred maintenance on those can be a hidden cost. For a buyer with collision shop experience or someone looking to tuck this into a multi-shop platform, 50 years of name recognition in an affluent LA neighborhood is the kind of asset that rarely comes to market.

2/ 3PL Warehouse and Logistics Business

📍 Location: New Jersey
💼 EBITDA: $450,000
📊 Revenue: $4,500,000
📅 Established: N/A

💭 My 2 Cents: Third-party logistics is a volume game with thin margins, and the 10% EBITDA margin here confirms this is no exception, but the flip side is that once clients move their inventory into your warehouse, the switching costs are real. New Jersey is a prime logistics corridor with easy access to the Port of Newark and the entire Northeast consumer market, which gives this operation a geographic advantage that warehouses in cheaper secondary markets simply can't match. The annual contract structure and 24/7 inventory tracking with repacking services show a business that's built for operational reliability, which is exactly what 3PL customers pay for. With 14 full-time employees and the owner handling all sales, marketing, and management, the biggest transition risk is whether client relationships will survive an ownership change. I'd want to understand the warehouse lease terms and capacity utilization, the mix of storage vs. value-added services like repacking, and whether the annual contracts have auto-renewal provisions or require re-bidding. For a buyer already in logistics or distribution, this could be a strong bolt-on given the location, but a first-time buyer should budget for a sales hire to replace the owner's role in business development.

3/ Roofing Company

📍 Location: Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
💼 EBITDA: $1,200,000
📊 Revenue: $4,000,000
📅 Established: 2007

💭 My 2 Cents: North Texas is one of the most active roofing markets in the country thanks to frequent severe storms and rapid population growth, and this company has been capitalizing on both for nearly two decades. Their 30% EBITDA margin is strong for a roofing operation, and the fact that 90% of business comes from referrals and repeat customers tells me the quality of work speaks for itself. They leverage long-term subcontractors instead of W-2 field workers (which keeps the cost structure flexible), though a buyer should understand the depth of those relationships and whether key crews work exclusively for this company or also take jobs from competing roofers. I'd also want to know the split between storm/insurance work and retail re-roofs, the average project size, and what the material supplier relationships look like since preferred pricing and credit terms with major distributors can meaningfully impact margins. Though the 71-year-old owner is still involved in operations and oversight, the good news is the VP of Sales is expected to stick around post-sale.