🔥 California, Hawaii & the Mountain West: 8 Businesses For Sale 🔥
Part three of our regional deal series heads west. A Hawaii retail operation throwing off $2.5M in cash flow, a $5M Sacramento recycling company, a Denver fabrication studio, and a franchise restaurant priced at roughly 0.3x cash flow because the owner needs out now. Every listing is open to every subscriber.
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In this week's issue:
💧 Featured Deal: Water Filtration Retail Business | Big Island, HI - $2.5M cash flow at a 50% margin
♻️ Featured Deal: AC & Metals Recycling Company | Sacramento, CA - established operation, retirement sale
🕵🏼♀️ 6 more direct-from-owner listings across California and Colorado: fabrication, home health, consulting, restaurants, and recreation
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#35 - Water Filtration Retail Business | Big Island, HI
📍 Location: Captain Cook, Hawaii
🏷️ Asking Price: $6,000,000
💰 Cash Flow: $2,500,000 | 📈 Gross Revenue: $5,000,000
📊 Business Type: Water Filtration Retail
🏠 Ownership: Owner Operated
✅ Key Highlights:
• Exceptional Margin: $2,500,000 in owner cash flow on $5,000,000 in revenue is a 50% margin, a profile you rarely see in retail at any scale.
• Priced to Move: At $6,000,000, the asking price is 2.4x cash flow. The owner is selling for health reasons (back surgery) and wants to move ASAP.
• Essential Product: Clean water is not discretionary spend, and the product category carries repeat and referral demand built in.
• Island Position: An established operation on the Big Island with the customer base and reputation already in place.
📌 Summary:
The largest cash flow figure in this issue at one of the lowest multiples. Health-driven sales with real financials behind them are where decisive buyers win. This owner is motivated, and the numbers speak for themselves.
🔒 Confidentiality: Financials available upon NDA.
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#16 - AC & Metals Recycling Company | Sacramento, CA
📍 Location: Sacramento, California
🏷️ Asking Price: $5,000,000
💰 Cash Flow: ~$500,000 - $600,000 | 📈 Gross Revenue: $2,000,000 - $3,500,000
📊 Business Type: Air Conditioning & Metals Recycling
🏠 Ownership: Owner Operated
✅ Key Highlights:
• Established Operation: A working recycler in the Sacramento market with the yard, the equipment relationships, and the supplier flow already running.
• Essential Industry: Metals and AC-unit recycling is regulation-supported, commodity-linked, and does not go out of style.
• Motivated Seller: Retirement sale on a 3-6 month timeline; the owner has signaled he is ready to move quickly.
📌 Summary:
Recycling businesses trade on relationships and permits that take years to assemble. This one comes with both. A buyer with operational chops can step into an established Sacramento operation with a retiring owner ready to hand over the scale house.
🔒 Confidentiality: Financials available upon NDA.
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📊 Insight of the Week: Urgency Pricing Is Real
Look at deal #33 below: a franchise restaurant with $189,000 in reported cash flow asking $65,000. That is roughly 0.3x cash flow, a number that exists only because the owner has health issues and needs out now. Deals like this reward buyers who can move fast on diligence and financing, and they punish buyers who take three weeks to reply to an email. Verify everything in diligence, especially franchise transfer terms, but move.
🕵🏼♀️ Direct-From-Owner Pipeline: California & the Mountain West
Every listing below came straight through our seller intake. These owners contacted us directly; none of these are broker listings. Figures are owner-reported and verified during diligence.
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🏭 Manufacturing & Fabrication
#11 - Custom Wood & Metal Fabrication Studio | Denver, CO
📍 Denver, Colorado
🏷️ Asking: $700,000 | 📈 Revenue: $1,300,000
📝 Design-driven fabrication shop. Owner has other ventures pulling him away and wants a fast, clean exit; open to seller financing.
🏥 Healthcare & B2B Services
#22 - Home Infusion Healthcare Provider | Burbank, CA
📍 Burbank, California
🏷️ Asking: $1,800,000 | 💰 Cash Flow: $300,000 | 📈 Revenue: $900,000
📝 Home infusion and home health provider in a market PE is actively rolling up. Retirement sale.
#27 - Safety Consulting Firm | Southern California
📍 Southern California
🏷️ Asking: $450,000 | 💰 Cash Flow: $200,000 | 📈 Revenue: $468,000
📝 Loss-control and safety consulting across a diversified client base at 2.3x cash flow. Retirement on a 6-12 month timeline.
🍽️ Food & Beverage
#31 - Fast Casual Restaurant Brand | Orange County, CA
📍 Fountain Valley, California
🏷️ Asking: Open to offers | 📈 Revenue: $240,000
📝 Established fast-casual brand name with a loyal regional following. Owner is burned out and open on structure; the brand itself is the asset.
#33 - Franchise Sandwich Restaurant | Sacramento, CA
📍 Sacramento, California
🏷️ Asking: $65,000 | 💰 Cash Flow: $189,000 | 📈 Revenue: $789,000
📝 Franchise unit priced at roughly 0.3x cash flow due to a health-driven urgent sale. Verify franchise transfer terms in diligence.
🎯 Recreation
#40 - Family Entertainment Park: Paintball, Airsoft & Axe Throwing | San Luis Obispo, CA
📍 San Luis Obispo, California
🏷️ Asking: $1,750,000 | 💰 Cash Flow: $400,000 | 📈 Revenue: $600,000+
📝 Multi-activity outdoor entertainment park with a 65%+ margin. Owner moving out of state.
🤌🏼 Learnings Of The Week
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Coming up next: the Northeast & New England on July 22nd, then the Pacific Northwest plus our fully remote ecommerce and SaaS deals on July 24th.
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