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A profitable, long-established floor-covering retailer and installation company serving the Akron–Cleveland corridor from a high-visibility, Type-A retail showroom. The business sells and installs carpet, luxury vinyl plank (LVP), hardwood, tile, and sheet vinyl, with roughly 90–95% of volume sold on a full-service, measure-and-install basis. It competes on reputation, expertise, and buying power rather than price promotion — as a long-standing charter member of an elite national flooring buying group, it commands national-account pricing, below-street costs, and manufacturer rebates that a small independent could not otherwise access. The owner is retiring and will support a transition of up to approximately six months. BUSINESS AT A GLANCE ▪ Revenue mix: carpet ~55% · LVP & vinyl ~35% · tile, sheet vinyl and other ~10%. ▪ Customer mix: ~90% residential replacement · ~10% commercial. ▪ Channel: ~87% retail walk-in and showroom traffic. ▪ Team: owner plus 3 employees, and roughly 4 subcontract install crews with 5–30 year tenures. ▪ Facility: ~5,400 SF owner-occupied showroom on a 1+ acre corner lot, plus a ~10,000 SF leased warehouse and office. ▪ Owner works ~15 hours per week in the showroom. WHY IT'S ATTRACTIVE ▪ Realized gross margin near 40%, driven by elite buying-group purchasing power and disciplined job costing. ▪ Seven decades of goodwill in a high-visibility, Type-A location the community has known for 60+ years. ▪ 4.9-star online reputation; an estimated 85–90% of new customers arrive by repeat business and referral. ▪ Close rate on quotes of ~75–80%, versus an industry average of roughly 30–35%. ▪ Proven resilience — the team ran the business for ~2.5 months during the owner's unplanned medical absence and roughly broke even. ▪ Debt-free, clean books, excellent supplier credit, and a lean 3-employee team plus long-tenured install crews. GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES ▪ Marketing spend is only ~1% of sales versus an industry average of 3–4% — an obvious, low-cost lever. ▪ No CRM, email program, or active social presence; 20+ years of customer files exist but email was never consistently captured. ▪ The commercial / property-management channel was recently wound down and is ready to be rebuilt. ▪ Hard-surface (LVP and tile) has been the fastest-growing category since the showroom expansion. ▪ Room to add design services, in-home selling, and a builder or property-management program.
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Great opportunity to own an HVAC company serving Ross County, Ohio. They are 95% residential, 5% commercial with no refrigeration and <5% new construction. They have 620 maintenance agreements in place, 4,900 active customers in their database and their primary brand offered is Ruud.
Plumbing business in Mahoning County Ohio with nearly 40 years of success! Although the majority of revenues come from residential installs and repairs, the company handles commercial and new construction work as well. Master certified technicians and backflow service certified. Full plumbing services; repair and replacement of tankless water heaters and boilers; drain snaking and replacement of sewer lines; backflow prevention and inspection. Whether you are looking to own your first plumbing business, or you currently have a plumbing business and wish to expand, this is a great opportunity!
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