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Commercial Exterior Cleaning — 90% Commercial, 44% Margins
Washoe County, Nevada, United States
Asking Price$849,000
Revenue$635,369
EBITDA-
Cash Flow$280,438
Description
Northern Nevada's commercial exterior cleaning specialist, established 2016 and built almost entirely on institutional work.
Roughly 90% of revenue comes from national property management firms, industrial and logistics portfolios, medical office buildings, higher education and regional homebuilders. Apartment complexes, warehouses, shopping centers and commercial buildings, cleaned on annual and seasonal cycles. Repeat institutional relationships built over a decade, not one-off residential jobs.
THE PART COMPETITORS CAN'T COPY
The company recovers wash water and contaminants on site with vacuum equipment and disposes of them through a licensed environmental partner. That capability is required on industrial and environmentally regulated work and is billed at a significant premium. The only local firms with comparable equipment are large environmental contractors whose overhead prices them out of mid-sized commercial jobs, leaving this segment largely uncontested. It is a meaningful part of why the margins look the way they do.
DEMAND THAT COSTS ALMOST NOTHING
First organic position in Google search for the market. 5.0 stars across 152 reviews. Google Guaranteed certified. Roughly 90% of leads arrive inbound by phone. Advertising runs under 1.2% of revenue. The phone rings because of ten years of reputation, not an ad budget.
THE NUMBERS
Trailing twelve month revenue of $635,369 with owner earnings of $280,438. A 44% margin, roughly double the sector average. Statements are CPA-prepared and reconcile to filed federal tax returns without adjustment. No long-term debt, no equipment financing, no encumbered assets.
At the asking price under standard SBA terms the business covers debt service 2.72 times on full earnings, or 1.84 times after deducting a market salary for a general manager. It services the debt and pays someone to run it.
ALREADY IN MOTION
The largest customer nearly doubled its local portfolio during 2025 while vendor compliance was being restored, so the company earned very little from that expansion. Compliance is current and work has resumed. That growth is almost entirely ahead of the business.
Four more opportunities are documented but unpursued: a specialty cleaning niche the owner estimates at $200,000 to $300,000 annually here, a dormant second service line with its own multi-year review history, seasonal snow removal proven profitable on a prior contract, and converting recurring commercial work from handshake scheduling into written annual agreements.
THE TRANSACTION
Asset sale at $849,000. Includes equipment and vehicles per schedule, brand and trade name, phone numbers, website, listings and review history, customer database, price book, operating procedures and inventory at closing. Accounts receivable retained by seller.
The owner provides 30 days of training minimum and will personally introduce the buyer to every major account. He is exiting to build an unrelated business and will execute a non-compete. Four W-2 employees in place.
NEXT STEP
Inquire through this listing and a non-disclosure agreement will be sent automatically. Once signed and returned you will receive the full Confidential Information Memorandum, with complete financial detail, customer composition, equipment schedules and growth analysis.
Qualified buyers only. Please do not contact the business, its employees, customers or landlord directly.
Real Estate
Rent is $675 per month
Building Size: 466 sq. ft.Furniture Fixtures & Equipment
$61k
Inventory
$2kIncluded in Asking Price
Number of EmployeesFull-Time: 4
Year Established
2016
Facilities & Assets
Everything conveys free and clear. No equipment financing, no liens, no encumbered assets.
Rolling stock includes a flatbed rig, a branded service truck, and an enclosed trailer carrying the vacuum reclamation system. Equipment includes a combination washer and heater, a standalone hot water heater, a commercial vacuum, three pressure washing units, reels, tooling, blowers and a generator. Estimated fair market value of the conveying fleet and equipment is roughly $60,750.
The pressure washing units are built in house from separately sourced engines, pumps and heaters, producing a comparable system for about $4,000 to $5,000 against $8,000 to $9,000 retail. A failed pump gets swapped in the yard instead of sitting at a shop billing $135 an hour.
The company leases a 466 square foot shop at $675 a month plus roughly $350 in offsite storage. Crews mobilize directly to job sites and fill water on location for about 98% of work.
Support & Training
Thirty days of training included at minimum, and the owner is open to extending it. Training covers estimating and pricing, chemistry and equipment operation, crew management and account handling.
More valuable than the training: the owner will personally introduce the buyer to every major account rather than handing over a contact list. In a relationship-driven business that is the difference between inheriting revenue and inheriting a phone number.
The documented price book and written operating procedures convey with the business, so pricing does not walk out the door with the seller. The owner is remaining in the area in an unrelated line of work and has offered continued availability for questions after closing.
Market & Competition
Northern Nevada has been one of the fastest growing commercial and industrial markets in the western United States, with distribution, logistics and advanced manufacturing continuing to relocate into the region. Industry establishments in Nevada grew 8.1% year over year against 4.5% nationally.
The local market is fragmented and segments by capability. Most competitors operate at the residential, low-capital end. Two large environmental contractors hold comparable waste recovery equipment but carry overhead that prices them out of mid-sized commercial work, and they focus on hazmat response rather than exterior cleaning.
The company does not compete on price. It wins on capability, response time, insurance and vendor credentialing standing, and a decade of relationships with property managers who move between portfolios and bring the vendor with them.
Growth Opportunities
The largest customer nearly doubled its local portfolio during 2025 while vendor compliance was being restored, so the company earned very little from that expansion. Compliance is current and the work has resumed. That growth is almost entirely ahead of the business.
Four more opportunities are documented but unpursued. A specialty cleaning niche the owner estimates at $200,000 to $300,000 annually in this market, where the previous specialist retired and the regional supplier approached the company directly. A dormant second service line with its own multi-year review history already built. Seasonal snow removal, proven profitable on one prior contract and never renewed, which would fill the winter trough. And converting substantial recurring commercial work from handshake scheduling into written annual service agreements, which changes nothing about the work performed and materially improves both revenue visibility and exit value.
Financing Options
Seller financing is available.SBA 7(a) qualified. Seller will consider financing a portion for a qualified buyer.
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