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Other Automotive & Boat
Auto Repair & Service Shops
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Other Automotive & Boat
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Platform Formation: 3 Fleet Service Acquisitions / $20.4M Revenue
Confidential
Confidential
This opportunity consists of three distinct, independently owned businesses being offered as a coordinated acquisition package. The companies are completely unintegrated, and their owners do not know one another personally; however, each ownership group is willing to pursue a simultaneous sale to one sponsor seeking to establish a scaled commercial fleet services platform. Together, the businesses would provide four operating hubs across Washington, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Georgia, with complementary capabilities spanning specialty vehicle fabrication, regulated cargo-tank inspection, commercial fleet maintenance, and mobile heavy-equipment repair. The companies generated approximately $20.4 million of aggregate FY2025 revenue and $4.1 million of adjusted EBITDA, representing a 20.3% margin. These figures reflect standalone operations and include no integration benefits or synergies. Combined Capabilities • Specialty fabrication and upfitting of propane, refined-fuel, lubricant, service, and crane trucks • Federally required cargo-tank testing, inspection, certification, and repair • Pump, piping, valve, meter, and delivery-system service • Bulk propane plant and ISO container capabilities • Mobile heavy-equipment, diesel, hydraulic, chassis, engine, and transmission repair • Preventive maintenance, commercial fleet service, parts, and aftermarket support The acquisitions would create a full-lifecycle offering for mission-critical commercial vehicles—from initial design and fabrication through inspection, maintenance, repair, parts, and refurbishment. Required inspections generate recurring customer touchpoints and frequently lead to follow-on repair and parts revenue, while the mobile operation adds broader powertrain, hydraulic, heavy-equipment, and mixed-fleet capabilities. Key KPIs • Approximately $20.4 million of aggregate FY2025 revenue • Approximately $4.1 million of aggregate FY2025 adjusted EBITDA • Approximately 20.3% aggregate adjusted EBITDA margin • Four operating hubs across four states • Approximately 65 employees and working owners • Approximately 28 service and road vehicles • Approximately 70 specialty truck builds annually • Roughly 100 monthly service tickets at the Southeast business • More than 95% of the Illinois business’s FY2025 revenue from repair services and parts • Approximately 40 purchase orders secured for 2027 specialty truck builds as of August 2026 • Multiple customer relationships exceeding 10 and 20 years • National Board R Stamp, FMCSA cargo-tank registrations, NHTSA manufacturer status, certified welders, registered inspectors, and meter-proving capabilities Investment Thesis A sponsor could create scale at inception while retaining each company’s regional brand, customer relationships, technical capabilities, and operating team. Because the businesses have never operated together, meaningful value-creation opportunities exist through: • Centralizing finance, purchasing, recruiting, safety, compliance, and technology • Creating a unified national-account sales strategy • Cross-selling fabrication, inspection, parts, maintenance, and repair services • Leveraging the installed vehicle base for recurring inspection and aftermarket revenue • Expanding mobile service coverage around the four existing hubs • Coordinating technician recruitment, training, and certification The platform could pursue additional acquisitions of cargo-tank inspection shops, specialty vehicle builders, meter-proving businesses, bulk-plant service providers, ISO container depots, mobile fleet-repair companies, and diesel or hydraulic specialists. Organic growth opportunities include adding technicians and service vehicles, opening locations near concentrated customer fleets, developing preventive-maintenance programs, and expanding national fleet relationships. The largest company’s owner is prepared to lead following a transaction.
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$20,400,000Revenue
$4,100,000Cash Flow
Trucking Companies
Trucking Companies
Add-On Opportunity: Columbus, OH / Flatbed Carrier / $1.7M Adj. EBITDA
Ohio, United States
OH, US
Add-On Opportunity: Columbus, OH / Flatbed Carrier / $1.7M Adj. EBITDA Founded in 2007, the Company is an asset-based flatbed carrier specializing in the transportation of lumber, decking, plywood, engineered wood, fiber-cement siding, and other building products. The business operates from a leased terminal in the Columbus, Ohio market and serves manufacturers and distributors through Ohio-origin, over-the-road lanes. The fleet includes 22 company-owned Peterbilt and Kenworth tractors, all model year 2022 or newer, supported by approximately 10 dispatched owner-operators. A majority of the trailer fleet consists of curtainside equipment, which provides the loading flexibility of a flatbed while protecting weather-sensitive building products without requiring manual tarping. The Company has served as the primary Ohio outbound flatbed carrier for a national building-products distributor since 2020. It has subsequently established direct relationships with three major building-products manufacturers, including two relationships added during the last two years. Customer demand currently exceeds available capacity. Management reports that customers regularly offer more freight than the Company can accept, while two to three tractors are currently available for additional drivers. Key KPIs • $10.7 million of FY2025 revenue • $1.7 million of FY2025 adjusted EBITDA, representing a 16.1% margin • $2.0 million of FY2025 reported EBITDA and $1.1 million of net income • Adjusted EBITDA calculated after deducting $224,000 for market-rate founder compensation • 35.2% adjusted EBITDA CAGR from FY2023 through FY2025 • 10.9% revenue CAGR from FY2023 through FY2025 • $10.8 million of trailing 12-month billings through August 2026 • $8.0 million of billings through August 2026, 1.9% above the prior-year period • 45.5% year-over-year billings growth from June through August 2026 • Record monthly billings of approximately $1.3 million in August 2026 • 22 company tractors, all model year 2022 or newer • Approximately 10 additional dispatched owner-operators • Approximately 3,600 annual loads and 300 monthly loads based on management’s average-load estimate • Three direct manufacturer relationships established since 2022 • Vehicle and driver out-of-service rates below national averages Investment Opportunity The Company represents a compelling add-on for a larger transportation, logistics, building-products distribution, or specialized flatbed platform. It could also serve as the foundation for a buy-and-build strategy focused on regional flatbed and curtainside carriers serving building-products manufacturers and distributors. Immediate organic growth can be achieved by hiring drivers for tractors already in the fleet, accepting additional freight from existing customers, expanding recently established direct-manufacturer relationships, and continuing the Company’s historical cadence of adding two to four tractors annually. A buyer could also establish a freight-brokerage desk to monetize customer loads that exceed the Company’s owned and owner-operator capacity. Additional investments in integrated dispatch, electronic logging, tracking, and customer visibility could improve fleet utilization and strengthen the value proposition for national accounts. A buy-and-build strategy could target smaller regional flatbed carriers, specialized curtainside fleets, and businesses with complementary geographic lanes or shipper relationships. Acquired operations could benefit from centralized dispatch, billing, safety, compliance, insurance, equipment financing, and customer management. The founder and sole owner intends to remain with the business through a two-to-five-year transition. A buyer would therefore be partnering with an experienced operator while gaining sufficient time to institutionalize customer relationships, develop the next layer of leadership, and execute a broader growth strategy.
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$10,700,000Revenue
$1,700,000Cash Flow
Other Automotive & Boat
Auto Repair & Service Shops
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Other Automotive & Boat
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Add-On: Atlanta / Heavy Equipment & Fleet Repair / $1.52M Adj. EBITDA
Georgia, United States
GA, US
Add-On Opportunity: Atlanta, GA Area / Mobile Heavy Equipment & Fleet Repair / $1.52M Adj. EBITDA / 41% Margin / 80%–90% On-Site Service Company Overview Founded in 2019, the Company is a mobile heavy-equipment and fleet-repair platform located along Interstate 20 east of Atlanta. It serves construction contractors, municipalities, utilities, farms, waste and materials operators, and other equipment-intensive customers throughout Georgia, with work completed for existing customers in nine additional states. The Company repairs and maintains construction and agricultural equipment, hydraulic systems, cranes, dozers, excavators, loaders, tractors, service vehicles, dump trucks, and commercial fleets. Services include computer diagnostics, preventive maintenance, DOT inspections, hydraulic repair, engine and transmission replacement, structural repair, air conditioning, and multi-week rebuilds. Approximately 80%–90% of work is performed at customer locations from six service trucks, including two crane-equipped units. Complex repairs are completed at a four-bay shop. The Company maintains seven OEM and multi-brand diagnostic platforms covering Cummins, Volvo, Mack, Ford, GM, and on- and off-highway equipment, enabling one provider to service nearly everything in a customer’s mixed fleet. The business competes on technical capability, responsiveness, and reliability rather than price. Published service minimums, travel charges, diagnostic fees, and parts-prepayment requirements support premium pricing and favorable working-capital characteristics. Every repair is warrantied, and regional equipment dealers refer complex work they cannot complete. Key KPIs • $3.70 million of LTM September 2026 revenue • $1.52 million of LTM reported EBITDA • $1.52 million of LTM adjusted EBITDA, representing a 40.9% margin • Adjusted EBITDA calculated after deducting $120,000 for replacement hires, with owner salaries retained in expenses • 38.6% revenue growth from FY2023 through FY2025 • 8.6% year-over-year revenue growth through September 2026 • Adjusted EBITDA margin expanded from 25.1% in FY2023 to 40.9% LTM • 62.4% LTM gross margin on parts • Approximately 100 service tickets per month, ranging from $200 maintenance visits to $50,000 crane repairs • Six field-service trucks, including two crane-equipped units • Four service bays and seven dealer-level diagnostic platforms • 96 customers served during the LTM period • 91% of YTD 2026 revenue generated by customers served during the prior-year period • Average revenue per active customer increased from $11,500 in FY2023 to $38,700 LTM • 12 W-2 employees plus one contracted technician • Work completed in nine states outside Georgia Investment Opportunity The Company is a compelling add-on for an established fleet-services platform, equipment dealer, rental company, or heavy-equipment maintenance provider seeking mobile service capacity in the Atlanta and broader Southeast markets. It could also serve as the foundation for a regional buy-and-build strategy in the highly fragmented independent equipment-repair sector. Organic growth opportunities include adding technicians and service trucks, formalizing recurring preventive-maintenance programs, expanding dealer-referral relationships, and establishing locally staffed service hubs in adjacent states where the Company has already completed work. A buy-and-build strategy could target independent mobile-repair businesses, hydraulic specialists, diesel and truck-repair companies, crane-service providers, and regional heavy-equipment shops. Acquired operations could benefit from centralized administration, published pricing, dealer-level diagnostics, technician recruiting, and the Company’s mobile-service model. The three owners intend to support a transition to the buyer’s management.
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$3,700,000Revenue
$1,520,000Cash Flow
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Moving & Shipping
Moving & Shipping
Protected Moving & Relocation Franchise Opportunity in Miami Dade
Miami, Florida, United States
Miami, FL, US
Fast-Growing Moving & Relocation Franchise Opportunity | Protected Territory in Miami-Dade County Acquire a protected territory with a rapidly expanding national moving and relocation brand operating in the residential and commercial services sector. This opportunity offers a proven business model designed to support franchise owners through centralized lead generation, advanced technology systems, comprehensive training, and ongoing operational support. The business provides a full range of moving services, including residential, commercial, local, long-distance, packing, unpacking, and specialty moving solutions. A dedicated corporate call center handles inbound phone, web, chat, and email inquiries and books a significant portion of customer jobs, allowing owners to focus on operations, staffing, customer service, and local business development. Owners benefit from an exclusive protected territory based on population, demographics, and market demand, with no overlap from other operators. The franchise system includes integrated CRM, scheduling, dispatch, payment processing, and reporting tools that streamline daily operations and support growth. Ideal buyers include entrepreneurs, corporate professionals seeking business ownership, veterans, and experienced operators looking for a scalable service-based business with recurring demand. The franchisor emphasizes active owner involvement during the startup and growth phase, making this an excellent opportunity for a hands-on owner seeking to build long-term enterprise value. Highlights: Protected exclusive territory Growing national brand Centralized lead generation and call center support Comprehensive training and ongoing coaching Residential and commercial moving services Scalable multi-truck growth model Modern technology platform Multiple territory expansion opportunities available Investment Required: Approximately $104,000 to $206,000 scalable to your growth, including franchise fee, equipment, training, and working capital. Qualified buyers should have a minimum of $75,000 in liquid capital and a net worth of at least $200,000.
$104,000Asking Price
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Other Transportation & Storage
Other Transportation & Storage
Established Customs Brokerage & Trade Logistics Company
Confidential
Confidential
An opportunity to acquire a long-established customs brokerage and trade services company with more than 60 years of operating history. Based in the Pacific Northwest, the company serves clients with import, customs clearance, documentation, compliance, and related trade services, with the ability to support business beyond its immediate geographic market. The company has developed longstanding customer relationships across a diverse range of commercial industries and operates with an experienced team and technology-supported processes. Its lean operating structure, limited equipment requirements, and ability to support remote operations provide flexibility for a new owner. The business generated an average of $894,000 in revenue and $527,000 in cash flow over the last 3 years and has continued to produce strong financial performance in 2026. Growth opportunities include expanding the customer base, developing additional industry and referral relationships, and leveraging the company's established infrastructure to reach additional markets. This opportunity may be attractive to an individual buyer with relevant industry qualifications or to an established customs brokerage, freight forwarding, logistics, or related company seeking growth through acquisition. The sellers are committed to supporting a smooth ownership transition. Additional information regarding the company's operations, customers, financial performance, licensing, and growth opportunities is available to qualified buyers upon execution of a confidentiality agreement.
$1,479,500Asking Price
$894,000Revenue
$527,000Cash Flow
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Limo & Passenger Transportation
Limo & Passenger Transportation
Established Charter Bus & Passenger Transportation Company!
Delaware, United States
DE, US
Well-Established Passenger Transportation Company with Significant Growth Potential An opportunity to acquire a well-established passenger transportation company with more than 20 years of operating history and a strong reputation for providing high-quality transportation services to corporate, institutional, university, group travel, and private clients. The company offers a diversified mix of motorcoach transportation, employee shuttle services, and executive transportation. Operations are supported by a substantial fleet of vehicles and an experienced team of professional drivers and administrative personnel. The business has developed numerous long-standing customer relationships, including relationships that have continued for many years. A portion of revenue is generated from recurring and contractual transportation services, providing an attractive base of ongoing business. The company also has meaningful opportunities for expansion. Existing fleet capacity provides the ability to increase motorcoach activity without immediately requiring significant additional fleet investment. Management has also identified employee shuttle programs as an attractive area for future growth. Additional opportunities include expanding relationships with universities and institutional clients, pursuing additional corporate shuttle contracts, increasing executive transportation services, and expanding into additional geographic markets. The company has an established operating infrastructure, experienced employees, and a diversified service offering that could make the opportunity attractive to an existing transportation operator seeking geographic expansion or an entrepreneur looking to acquire an established platform in the passenger transportation industry. Investment Highlights More than 20 years of operating history Established charter and passenger transportation platform Motorcoach, shuttle, and executive transportation services Significant operating fleet Long-standing corporate and institutional customer relationships Experienced driver and administrative workforce Recurring and contractual revenue Available fleet capacity to support additional growth Opportunity to expand employee shuttle services Geographic expansion potential Seller willing to assist with an orderly transition Retirement-driven sale Additional financial, fleet, customer, and operational information will be provided to qualified buyers following execution of a confidentiality agreement.
$2,200,000Asking Price
$3,464,974Revenue
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Trucking Companies
Trucking Companies
Platform or Add-On: Commercial Fleet Maintenance + TIC / $14.0M Rev
Washington, United States
WA, US
COMPANY OVERVIEW The Company is a two-hub specialty fleet-services business operating at the intersection of two attractive lower-middle-market investment themes: commercial fleet maintenance and testing, inspection, and certification. From facilities in Washington and Wisconsin, the Company builds, certifies, inspects, maintains, and repairs propane and refined-fuel delivery trucks, cargo tanks, bulk-storage plants, and related equipment. It does not buy or sell fuel; revenue comes from equipment, labor, and parts. KEY KPIs - $14.0 million of FY2025 revenue - $2.1 million of FY2025 adjusted EBITDA - 15.0% FY2025 adjusted EBITDA margin - $2.2 million of LTM June 2026 adjusted EBITDA - 49% of revenue from truck builds - 51% from service, inspection, plant, container, and mobile work - Approximately 70 truck builds annually - Approximately 40 purchase orders for 2027 builds as of August 2026 - Typical backlog of four to nine months - 45 employees, including 27 technicians - Two operating hubs - Approximately 25% to 30% additional capacity at the Washington facility - Management willing to remain and roll equity COMMERCIAL FLEET MAINTENANCE + TIC Federal regulations require applicable cargo tanks to complete annual inspections and leakage tests, together with internal inspections and pressure tests every five or ten years. A tank cannot remain in service after an inspection becomes due until testing is completed. This regulatory cycle creates recurring customer touchpoints. Inspections frequently generate repair and parts revenue, while the relationship can ultimately produce replacement-truck orders. The Company can build the vehicle, certify it, inspect it, repair it, and replace it. Specialized credentials, including National Board R-stamp capabilities, FMCSA cargo-tank registrations, registered inspectors, certified welders, and final-stage manufacturer registrations, create meaningful barriers to entry. BUY-AND-BUILD PLATFORM The Company provides an attractive starting point for a commercial fleet-maintenance and TIC buy-and-build strategy. The owner has already acquired two established regional businesses since 2025, creating a two-hub operation with shared compliance leadership, technical expertise, supplier relationships, and national customers. A sponsor could acquire regional truck builders, cargo-tank inspection facilities, fleet-maintenance providers, meter-calibration businesses, bulk-plant contractors, and mobile service operators. A hub-and-spoke strategy could add local inspection and service centers around the two build hubs. Acquired locations would contribute customers, technicians, certifications, and recurring inspection routes while directing larger repairs and new-build opportunities into Washington and Wisconsin. STRATEGIC ADD-ON The Company would also be a compelling add-on for an existing fleet-services, TIC, specialty-vehicle, tank-services, truck-equipment, or propane-equipment aggregator. A strategic buyer would gain two regional hubs, recurring regulatory demand, approximately 70 annual truck builds, specialized credentials, experienced technicians, and long-standing national customer relationships. Potential synergies include centralized purchasing, shared compliance resources, expanded road-service coverage, cross-selling, back-office consolidation, and increased facility utilization. The opportunity combines essential fleet maintenance, recurring regulatory demand, technical barriers to entry, fragmented competition, succession-driven acquisition opportunities, and a management team willing to remain and invest alongside the buyer. Historical financial figures combine both operations for all periods presented, including periods before common ownership.
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$14,000,000Revenue
$2,200,000Cash Flow
Other Transportation & Storage
Durable Goods
Other Transportation & Storage
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River Terminal For Sale
Ohio, United States
OH, US
This Tank Farm provides a brokered service of storage and transfer of a variety of light industrial oils. The company has 11 storage tanks on the property with capacities ranging from 5,000 to 30,000 barrels. Tanks are insulated and, in some cases, heated for enhanced quality storage. Product is brought in by barge and routed to the appropriate storage tank through various pipelines and delivery systems, whereby it is stored and eventually disseminated via tanker truck. Weight and transfer fees are collected. Conversely, product is brought in via tanker truck, stored and eventually disseminated via barge. This terminal is properly registered and in good standing with the appropriate authorities. EPA approved retaining wall exists with appropriate certified flood control.
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$314,161Cash Flow
Medical Transportation
Limo & Passenger Transportation
Medical Transportation
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Non-Emergency Medical Transport, $4.5M Revenue, 53-Vehicle Fleet
New York, United States
NY, US
An established non-emergency medical transportation company in upstate New York, founded in 2013 and run since by its sole owner, a former certified public accountant. It moves Medicaid-eligible riders to dialysis, treatment programs, clinic appointments, hospital discharges, and outpatient care across a multi-county service area, using 53 ambulatory and wheelchair-capable vehicles and about 48 drivers. Revenue grew from $2.39 million in 2023 to $2.73 million in 2024 to $4.53 million in 2025, a 65.8% increase in the most recent full year. That growth is not a rate increase and it is not an acquisition. In late 2024 the company was awarded seven preferred provider zones by the state's Medicaid transportation manager, with staggered start dates from November 2024 through January 2025. Monthly billings stepped up in exactly that sequence, from roughly $292,000 in November 2024 to $360,000 in December, $368,000 in January 2025, and $518,000 by March. Those zones carry negotiated per-leg rates above the general assigned rate, and all nine zone and destination pairings received a further rate increase effective July 2026. Current activity is running ahead of the 2025 full year. Five consecutive settled remittance weeks in July and August 2026 averaged $97,098 per week, an annualized run rate of approximately $5.05 million. Revenue quality is unusually verifiable. Platform billed charges were compared to cash actually remitted by the state fiscal agent across those same five weeks: $481,884 billed against $485,488 paid, a 100.7% realization, every week inside four percent. Denial leakage is effectively nil, and a buyer can validate the top line from third-party payment records rather than the seller's books. Operations run on a dispatch and claims platform that assigns every leg and files claims daily. Across 53 service days in July and August 2026 the company completed 24,738 legs, averaging 556 legs and about 300 unique riders on a weekday, at a blended $33.20 per leg. Roughly 41% of per-leg revenue is earned above the base ambulatory rate, the direct economic signature of the awarded zone work. Revenue mix is about 60% general assigned Medicaid trips, 30% preferred provider zone work, and 10% direct long-distance rehabilitation discharge transport under a single provider relationship. The company is enrolled and in good standing as a Medicaid transportation provider and participates in a captive insurance program, with incurred claims down from $310,000 in 2023 and $256,000 in 2024 to $57,000 in 2025 and $23,000 year to date in 2026. A full-time mechanic maintains the fleet in-house from the company's own garage. Staffing is deliberately elastic: a core of full-time drivers is paired with a part-time bench that absorbs seasonal demand, so fixed labor cost is not carried through the winter trough. The owner works a partial day and describes his role as high level, limited to correspondence with the state transportation manager on territory and rates, escalated rider incidents, and vehicle policy. Dispatch, billing, administration, maintenance, and bookkeeping are handled by staff expected to remain. Growth is available without inventing anything. The awarded zones are less than two years old and not yet at full utilization, and more are awarded by application to the same counterparty the company already deals with directly. Wheelchair-capable capacity is two units against a service area with materially more wheelchair demand than the company can serve, and wheelchair legs bill at a substantial premium to ambulatory. Suited to a strategic buyer in medical transportation, a healthcare services platform, or an operator with working capital to fund receivables and fleet. Detailed financials and the confidential information memorandum are available following a signed non-disclosure agreement and buyer qualification. All figures are unaudited and subject to verification.
$2,950,000Asking Price
$4,531,368Revenue
$835,673Cash Flow
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Tire Stores
Truck Stops
Other Automotive & Boat
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Tire Stores
Truck Stops
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Premier Commercial Truck Repair Facility with Strong Fleet Client Base
Breinigsville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States
Breinigsville, Lehigh County, PA, US
✨ An exceptional opportunity to acquire a highly reputable, full-service commercial truck and trailer repair operation with a loyal client base and strong, consistent demand. This well-established business serves both fleet operators and independent owners, benefiting from repeat customers and long-term relationships that drive steady and reliable revenue. 🔧 The company offers a wide range of in-demand services, creating multiple revenue streams and strong customer retention. These include tire sales both in-shop and online, wheel alignment, brake and filter replacements, oil services, engine diagnostics and repairs, and battery replacement. Additional services such as tire rotation, full maintenance programs, and dependable roadside assistance further strengthen its market position. ⚙️ The facility is fully equipped, professionally organized, and supported by an experienced team. Operations are streamlined for efficiency, allowing a new owner to step in with ease and continue running the business smoothly from day one. 🚀 With a strong reputation, diverse service offerings, and clear expansion opportunities, this business is built for growth. This is a turnkey, scalable operation ideal for an owner-operator or investor seeking a high-performing company with immediate income potential and long-term upside.
$2,500,000Asking Price
$5,576,034Revenue
$399,441Cash Flow
Market Snapshot
National transaction benchmarks for transportation and storage business businesses.
Under $500K
Median revenue$414k
Median cash flow$104k
Median sale price$199k
Multiple range1.5x - 2.6x
$500K to $2M
Median revenue$1.36m
Median cash flow$308k
Median sale price$825k
Multiple range2.4x - 3.4x
Over $2M
Median revenue$5.08m
Median cash flow$1.22m
Median sale price$4m
Multiple range3.4x - 4.7x
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 transportation and storage business acquisitions
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Cofounder & CEO
Key diligence, valuation, financing, and transition considerations for buyers evaluating transportation and storage business acquisitions.
Inspect the fleet and facility condition
Trucks, trailers, vehicles, and build-outs are capital-heavy with finite lives; get age, maintenance history, and the deferred replacement schedule.
Verify DOT, operating authority, and regulatory standing
Authority, safety ratings, and driver qualifications are central and may not transfer; review the compliance record.
Quantify customer and contract concentration
Contracted freight or a few large accounts can carry a transportation business and leave with little notice; understand the terms.
Pressure-test fuel, labor, and driver availability
Margins move with fuel and wages, and qualified drivers are scarce; understand the cost structure and key-person risk.
For storage, verify occupancy, rate trends, and the real estate
Occupancy history, rate increases, and property condition drive value; confirm the numbers and any deferred maintenance.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to common buyer questions for this market.
Yes, storage is especially attractive for its recurring, real-estate-backed income. For the operating businesses, lenders weigh asset condition, regulatory standing, and concentration.