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Strong Recurring Revenue & Growth Potential Take advantage of the opportunity to acquire a highly respected and well-established lawn and landscape company serving the greater St. Louis metro area. Built on long-term residential relationships and recurring route revenue, this business offers strong cash flow, operational stability, and meaningful opportunities for future growth. The company has developed a loyal customer base through dependable service, route efficiency, and strong community reputation. Revenue is generated through weekly and bi-weekly lawn maintenance, seasonal clean-ups, aeration, fertilizing, dethatching, landscaping, and snow removal services. Business Highlights: • Over 20 years of successful operating history • Approximately 700–800 active residential customers • Consistent recurring revenue model with predictable repeat business • Well-established route density creating operational efficiencies • Experienced workforce expected to transition with new ownership • Operational infrastructure in place including equipment storage and support facilities • Significant upside opportunities through expanded fertilizing, landscaping, and hardscape services This opportunity is ideal for an owner-operator or an existing landscaping company looking to expand market share in the St. Louis area. Seller is willing to provide transition training and support.
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Medical billing continues to be an important function for healthcare providers. The U.S. healthcare system is large, highly regulated, and administratively complex. Providers must manage payer rules, claim submissions, denials, collections, credentialing, patient responsibility, compliance, and reporting while also focusing on patient care. The aging population, continued healthcare spending, growth in outpatient care, and ongoing complexity in payer requirements all support continued demand for experienced medical billing and practice management services. Technology and automation are improving workflow, but they generally enhance the work of experienced billing professionals rather than fully replacing them. In many cases, technology creates a need for companies that understand both the software and the reimbursement process. For smaller and mid-sized providers, outsourcing billing can reduce administrative burden, improve consistency, and allow the practice to focus more heavily on patient care. The Company offered has decades of operating history and has developed strong systems, processes, and employee knowledge. While technology changes periodically and requires updates, the day-to-day operation is well established. All revenue is under contract and recurring. The company has a diverse client base and serves multiple medical specialties. This reduces reliance on any one provider type or specialty. There is no customer concentration. The largest client represents less than 8% of revenue. The seller has built a strong employee culture, and many team members have remained with the company long term. This reduces turnover, training costs, and disruption. The business has grown primarily through referrals and word of mouth. Current ownership has not relied heavily on formal marketing, which may provide a growth opportunity for a new owner. Client relationships are sticky. Some clients have been with the company for more than 20 years, which is meaningful in a service business. The company uses software to monitor employee productivity. This helps manage the challenges that can come with hybrid and remote work arrangements. Based in the St. Louis Metropolitan area. Much of the business is in the same Metro area with additional clients in several other states. This opportunity is positioned very well for an engaged entrepreneur looking for a healthy business with great growth opportunities or another medical business that would like to grow quickly through acquisition. Reach out to Jeff Bach for more information at 314-941-8530 or email direct at [email protected] ask about listing #528JB
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Are you ready to own a successful restaurant and be your own boss? This well-established business offers everything you need to step in and succeed. Perfect for an experienced operator, it’s a turnkey opportunity with consistent growth and strong profits. Highlights include: • 2025 sales over TWO Million • Steady year-over-year sales growth and profitability • Fully staffed with trained team in place • Modern, well-equipped facility • Established catering operation with future bookings • Limited competition in a fast-growing area west of St. Louis • Proven recipes, systems, and processes included in the sale With catering showing strong potential for expansion, a motivated owner can take this business even further. SBA financing may be available for qualified buyers. Contact Jeff Bach for information at 314-941-8530 or email [email protected] Ask for listing #519JB
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The home services category has remained strong and this niche is no exception. Not only holding steady but projected to see 3-5% growth over the next five years. The seller has had their run and has been in retirement mode for a few years. The company is poised for growth just by adding energy. Scale the business to your desired level. This opportunity would fit really well with other home services and installation categories. Many areas see this niche as an enhancement and could be money currently left on the table. Take advantage of using the same sales team and maybe even some of the same crews. Everything is in place! Great reputation (this takes years to build) HUGE customer list. Experienced staff. Central facility. MINIMAL direct competition. PROFIT! Has been the leader in their field for decades in the St. Louis metro. While the seller would like to retire, they insist on helping a new owner in their learning their business systems and making a smooth transition. For more information contact Jeff Bach at 314-941-8530 or email [email protected] Ask for listing #520JB
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Turnkey lawncare company that comes with all the assets to run the business. This company is growing and has over 100 customers at this point. Why they are striving is due to their professionalism and always being on time with their mowing crew. You won't want to miss this business. The owner has worked hard to get this business running smoothly.
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This may be one of the best facilities and locations in the entire St. Charles area for a restaurant, bar, music venue or nightclub type business. Currently operating with well over a Million dollars in revenue. However it needs a dedicated operator or a new concept. If you have industry experience you will want to look. Turn key for most any concept. Great in everyway from the building, the kitchen, traffic and even parking. Staff in place today. You won't find another opportunity priced at the appraised value of the building itself. For details and a tour of this confidential listing, contact Jeff Bach at 314-941-8530 or email at [email protected]
National transaction benchmarks for service business businesses.
Under $500K
$500K to $2M
Over $2M
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.
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Key diligence, valuation, financing, and transition considerations for buyers evaluating service business acquisitions.
A pest-control, cleaning, or landscaping firm with recurring agreements is worth far more than one living on one-off jobs; get the contracted share and the renewal rate.
A few large accounts can carry — and walk with — the business; review the top customers, contract lengths, and cancellation terms.
In many service businesses the owner is the salesperson and the trusted contact; understand who holds the customers and the transition plan.
These are labor-heavy; understand staffing, turnover, wage pressure, and whether key crews stay.
Pest control, security, legal, and waste businesses carry licenses and obligations that may be tied to the owner — and some, like dry cleaners, carry environmental exposure.
Low-capital service businesses are easy to dress up; scrutinize owner add-backs, vehicle and equipment condition, and whether the margins hold.
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