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1/ Family Entertainment Center: Arcade, Laser Tag, and Other Activities

📍 Location: New Hampshire
💼 EBITDA: $1,000,000
📊 Revenue: $2,700,000
📅 Established: 2002

💭 My 2 Cents: Family entertainment centers occupy a resilient corner of the leisure economy, offering parents a predictable way to occupy kids for a few hours and generating steady repeat traffic from birthday parties, school groups, and weekend outings. This business has found its groove over two decades in Hookset, strategically located along a high-traffic corridor just north of Manchester. The operation centers on classic attractions like laser tag and arcade games, which require minimal ongoing costs once installed, and food and beverage adds another 15% of revenue without pulling focus from the core experience. What stands out is the semi-absentee ownership structure: the current owner acquired a separate business three years ago and has delegated operations to multiple managers and 15 full-time employees, which suggests organizational depth. Marketing has been straightforward through social media and drive-by traffic, leaving room for a buyer to drive growth through party packages, corporate events, or expanded food offerings. I'd want to understand the breakdown between walk-in customers and recurring party bookings, assess equipment age and replacement cycles, and dig into local competition from trampoline parks or other entertainment venues. With consumer spending on experiences continuing to rise, this business offers a proven model with room to scale in a market that supports year-round demand.

2/ Lawn and Garden Equipment Business with 2 Locations

📍 Location: Pennsylvania and Ohio
💼 EBITDA: $950,000
📊 Revenue: $10,000,000
📅 Established: 2017

💭 My 2 Cents: Lawn and garden equipment retail is a seasonal but dependable business model that thrives on repeat customers, equipment servicing, and local market knowledge. This operation has experienced extraordinary growth since 2017, when the current owner acquired a struggling lawn and garden center doing just $200,000 in sales and transformed it into a $6.5 million location through what appears to be strong merchandising, customer service, and operational discipline. The addition of a second Pennsylvania location three years ago, now generating $3.5 million annually, demonstrates the owner's ability to replicate the model and suggests that further expansion or optimization could drive meaningful upside. What's particularly attractive is that the business operates without heavy owner involvement despite this rapid scaling, which points to strong systems and a capable team of roughly 20 employees across both locations. I'd want to understand the revenue mix between equipment sales, parts, and service work, dig into inventory turnover and supplier relationships, and assess whether the 9.5% EBITDA margin reflects fully loaded operating costs or if there's room for improvement through better purchasing terms or ancillary services. With homeownership rates stable and an aging fleet of lawn equipment in suburban markets, this business should continue capturing wallet share from both residential and commercial customers.

3/ Furniture Service Repair Company for Major Retailers

📍 Location: Florida (Remote)
💼 EBITDA: $1,000,000
📊 Revenue: $5,000,000
📅 Established: 1990

💭 My 2 Cents: This is a B2B service business that operates as the behind-the-scenes repair arm for major furniture retailers across 28 states, handling everything from warranty claims to installation fixes. The business model is capital-light and scalable, relying on a network of roughly 250 independent contractor technicians coordinated by a small team of 6-7 office employees split between Florida headquarters and satellite locations in New York and Maryland. What makes it notable is the fully remote, absentee-run structure, where the owner serves as President/CEO but has delegated day-to-day operations entirely to managers, suggesting strong systems and minimal owner dependency. The contracts and long-standing relationships with major retailers provide recurring revenue and predictable cash flow, though I'd want to dig into customer concentration, margin trends, and whether the recent dip from $7-8 million to $5-6 million reflects broader retail headwinds, pricing pressure, or operational changes. I'd also want to understand contractor retention, quality control mechanisms, and the economics of adding new retail partners or expanding into adjacent service categories like appliance repair or moving services. With ongoing demand for furniture delivery and repair services driven by e-commerce growth and extended warranty programs, this business offers a proven infrastructure play in a fragmented, essential service market.