New Off-Market Businesses For Sale

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NEW OFF-MARKET DEALS

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1/ Addiction Recovery Home

📍 Location: SE Pennsylvania
💼 EBITDA: $250,000
📊 Revenue: $300,000
📅 Established: 2018

💭 My 2 Cents: The recovery home model works because it solves a simple problem: people leaving 30-day rehab programs need somewhere structured to live, and the facilities that discharged them need somewhere reliable to send them. This facility has built a reliable referral engine through relationships with local rehab centers, parole officers, and hospitals that produce daily client flows, creating a built-in customer acquisition moat that most startups would envy. The operational setup is impressive: three house managers handle day-to-day operations while the owner and his son check in just a few times per week, demonstrating the business runs itself with minimal oversight. What's particularly notable is the intentional decision to forgo state funding, which the owner believes could boost revenue by 30% but would introduce bureaucratic reporting requirements and compliance overhead. I'd want to understand occupancy rates and pricing power, the average length of stay and client lifetime value, and whether the facility is licensed or operating under a different regulatory structure that limits scale. For buyers uncomfortable with cash-based operations and informal financial statements, this deal presents a challenge, but for those who understand the recovery home model, it offers a rare chance to do well while doing good in a sector where demand consistently outpaces supply.

2/ Silverware and Personalized Gift eCommerce

📍 Location: Washington State
💼 EBITDA: $500,000
📊 Revenue: $5,000,000
📅 Established: 1999

💭 My 2 Cents: Gift and silverware eCommerce is a category that quietly thrives on life's recurring celebrations, from weddings and anniversaries to graduations and holidays, and this 25-year-old business has built a formidable position in it. Operating since the early days of online retail, the company has accumulated a marketing asset that most eCommerce businesses would struggle to replicate: a mailing list of over 500,000 customers that drives significant repeat purchases, especially during the critical holiday season when the team scales from five employees to ten. The 10% EBITDA margin on $5M in revenue is solid for eCommerce, particularly given the $1.5M inventory position that provides both working capital needs and immediate sellable assets. The digital marketing and Google Ads focus suggests the business understands modern customer acquisition, though I'd want to dig into customer acquisition costs versus lifetime value, the breakdown between new and repeat customers, and whether the 500K mailing list is actively engaged or needs reactivation. The owner's consideration of an East Coast or Midwest warehouse to optimize logistics points to a clear operational constraint worth solving, especially given the supplier and customer concentration on the East Coast. 25 years in eCommerce is practically ancient history, and that longevity has compounded into assets that can't be bought overnight: customer trust, search rankings, and a proven playbook for capturing gift buyers at their highest intent moments.

3/ Industrial Construction and Maintenance

📍 Location: Iowa
💼 EBITDA: $500,000
📊 Revenue: $5,000,000
📅 Established: 2007

💭 My 2 Cents: Industrial maintenance contractors with both union and non-union capabilities are rare finds, offering flexibility to bid on projects across different labor requirements while building deep relationships within specific client facilities. This Iowa-based operation has quietly built $5M in revenue split between a $3M union division and a $2M non-union business, each serving distinct customer segments but sharing overhead and management infrastructure. Given the Iowa location, this business likely serves agricultural processing facilities (corn, soy, ethanol plants) and manufacturing operations common to the Midwest industrial base. The longevity of the team stands out: 15 employees including an office manager and supervisor who handle operations, with many staff members exceeding 15 years of tenure, which signals strong culture, competitive pay, and accumulated expertise that would take a decade to rebuild. What's remarkable is the zero marketing approach (the business has grown entirely through word-of-mouth and contract renewals), suggesting either exceptional service quality or untapped growth potential through even basic outbound efforts. I'd want to understand the contract structure and renewal rates, whether projects are time-and-materials or fixed-price, and how dependent the business is on a handful of large industrial clients versus a diversified base. The owner's willingness to sell or separate the union and non-union entities offers flexibility, though keeping both likely maximizes value by preserving the optionality that makes this contractor uniquely positioned in its market.