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Swimming Pool Maintenance Routes And Real Estate

TX, US

Attention: All pool maintenance business owners or workers interested in moving to Texas,.This is the business for you. Located in the Hill Country of Texas, which is somewhat similar to California, where you would feel like you were still at home and, in Texas, be welcomed as a neighbor. This Pool Maintenance and Repair business is grossing $227,800 per year (2024). It would be great for a young family desiring to own a business and live in the Texas Hill Country! Can you qualify for this lifestyle? This deal would qualify for SBA financing which would allow as low as a 10% down payment, if you qualify! Call me and I will see what I can do to help you. This company’s business in 2024 was $227,798. Sales were broken down by the following categories: $36,629 (16.1%) in Repair Labor; $30,304.51 (13.3%) in Part sales; Chemical sales were $31,349 (13.8%), Service Work totaled $123,670 (54.3%), and Special Service Call work of $5,845 (2.5%). According to Seller’s records, all of these work categories in 2024 showed increases over the previous 4 calendar years, except one! The business services four counties in the Texas Hill Country. They have 43 accounts in one county (commercial and residential with room for more business), 20 accounts in another county (commercial and residential with room for more business), 5 accounts in a third county (mostly large ranches that pay above average), and 3 accounts in the fourth county (lots of untapped potential). There is a lot of expansion that could be done with this business. The cost of the business is $229,750 (1.01 times annual sales). Prior to 2024, gross sales were $212,811 (2023), $207,369 (2022), $220,051 (20212), and $166,853 (2020). Steadily increasing post-covid volume makes this business an excellent SBA loan candidate. The business has a real estate element (a home and warehouse) that could possibly go with the business. The real estate portion of the sales price is $295,175. The home is a little over 1,000 sq.ft., it has a covered back porch of about 800 sq.ft. a warehouse and shed of 840 sq.ft. It may or may not be available at the time you purchase the business. Total price for the business and the real estate is $524,925. Business has an existing staff of one full-time tech with 7 years of experience, who is fully qualified in all aspects of the business. There is one one full-time trainee tech who appears to be very mechanically talented. There is one older part-time tech who is learning the service side of the business and would like to stay with the new owner on a part-time basis. The books of the business are on Quick Books and the Seller’s wife is training a full-time office person, who already knows Quick Books, on the books of the business and is very encouraged by her skills. This business provides services to seventy-six plus accounts and is the most significant provider of pool maintenance services in the four surrounding counties. It services residential, commercial, weekend ranchers, vacation homes, and vacation rentals. It does zero advertising and controls a majority of the business. There is substantial room for growth in the business for an owner who could step in and support the existing staff with additional manpower for the more profitable aspects of the business. The current scheuule only allows one day for marketing repairs and improvements to existing equipment or to the adding of features that would enhance the use of the pool by existing clients. A working owner would add substantial profit to the business. The real estate is zoned residential but has been operated as a home based business since 2009. If one wanted to expand the use of the property to include retail, rezoning should not be a problem. The real estate availability cannot be guaranteed at the time you choose to purchase the business.

$524,925
$227,893Revenue
$57,985Cash Flow

Market Snapshot

National transaction benchmarks for route business businesses.

Under $500K

Median revenue$420k
Median cash flow$108k
Median sale price$179k
Multiple range1.5x - 2.5x

$500K to $2M

Median revenue$1.30m
Median cash flow$308k
Median sale price$850k
Multiple range2.5x - 3.5x

A variety of factors can cause businesses to trade outside this range, including earnings quality, operational transferability, key-person risk, growth trajectory, and geography, so a listing priced above or below the typical multiple usually reflects real differences in the underlying business.

What to know about route business acquisitions

GW

By George Wellmer

Cofounder & CEO

Key diligence, valuation, financing, and transition considerations for buyers evaluating route business acquisitions.

Identify exactly what kind of route it is

Route businesses span vending, ATM, branded package delivery, direct-store distribution, and service routes like coffee or laundry, and each has very different economics. A vending route lives on machine placements; a delivery route may depend on a contract with a national parent. Before valuing anything, pin down the type, because the risks, the assets, and the transferability differ completely from one to the next.

The accounts and locations are the asset

What you are really buying is a set of placements or accounts, and their value depends on how locked-in and concentrated they are. Many placements run on informal, cancellable arrangements rather than firm contracts, and a few large stops can dominate the revenue. Get a full list of locations or accounts, the terms of each, how long they have been in place, and how concentrated the income is.

Verify the income stop by stop, not on a summary

Route sellers often present attractive income figures that are difficult to confirm, so insist on actual collection or sales records per stop. Pro forma projections and round numbers are warning signs in this category. Ask for machine-level or account-level data over time, and reconcile it against bank deposits, because a route's value is only as real as the cash it actually produces.

Equipment and vehicles age and may be financed

Vending machines, ATMs, and route trucks wear out, and a seller under pressure stops maintaining them. Replacement costs and breakdowns hit your throughput directly. Inspect the machines and vehicles, get their age and condition, confirm titles and any financing, and budget for the equipment the seller has let slide rather than assuming it is all serviceable.

Branded routes come with territory and transfer rules

For franchised or branded routes, such as package delivery or distribution for a national brand, the territory is granted by a parent company with its own approval and transfer requirements. You may need the parent's consent to take over, and the agreement may restrict what you can do. Read the territory or franchise agreement carefully and confirm the parent will approve you before you count on the route.

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to common buyer questions for this market.

A business built on recurring stops or accounts serviced on a regular schedule. Common types include vending-machine routes, ATM routes, branded package-delivery routes, direct-store distribution routes for products like bread or snacks, and service routes such as coffee or laundry. The common thread is repeat servicing of fixed locations, but the underlying contracts, equipment, and transfer rules differ enough that you must treat each type as its own kind of business.