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#52: Service Business Netting $250k/year
Rahul I
March 03, 2024
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In this week’s issue:
🛒 eCommerce - 1 listing
🗄️ Traditional business - 1 listing
🕵🏼♀️ Service - 1 listing
🗄️ Traditional business - 2 listings
☁️ SaaS - 2 listings
🕵🏼♀️ Service - 1 listing
Alright, Let’s explore!
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🚀 Startup Spotlight
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💰 Asking Price: $700,000
An Ecommerce Specializing in Sophisticated Sex Toys for Women. The company has an extensive list of products that satisfies its clients' needs along with a supplementary blog. The company has low COGS and excellent profit margin.
Type: eCom
✅ Key Highlights
$495,000 in TTM Revenue
$224,000 in TTM Profit
SDE Profit margin 45%
Advertising cost ratio of 20%
The business has great profit margins and a healthy monthly income. The new operator can continue to grow organically and through referrals. The main barrier with a business like this would be the ability to run paid ads unless you look into marketing through adult websites which is still a profitable venture.
💰 Asking Price: $500,000
Type: Traditional Business
✅ Key Highlights
$636,835 in Gross revenue
$204,005 in Cashflow
68,000 cars washed in 2023
Rent of $13,000 per month
Seller has been operating this since 2001. Their looking to retire shortly so are looking for an immediate sale for the business.
The facility is designed for operational efficiency, resulting in very minimal expenses in it’s daily operations. Margins on this business seem quite great and the valuation seems fair.
With just 3 full time employees the new owner has the opportunity to step in as a absentee owner.
💰 Asking Price: $400,000
Private security service with international reach, offering reliable and licensed protection.
Type: Service
✅ Key Highlights
$922,000 in TTM revenue
$248,000 in TTM profit
$169,000 last month revenue
$76,000 last month profit
Services included:
Emergency help
24/7 communication
Advanced training
🚀 Growth Opportunities
Referrals: A business like this would grow significantly through referrals. Reach out to exisiting client base to seek word of mouth referrals.
Awareness: The bar is currently very low for content and market awareness of security in this industry. Stand out through differentiated social media channels, provide content on TikTok around how the business works, behind the scenes and services offered.
❓ Questions
What’s the current founders day to day like?
The current founder is going through lifestyle change, how involved will they be during the off boarding process?
Can someone step into this business without prior knowledge of the security industry?
Annual growth rate for the business is very healthy, sitting at 30% YoY growth. Noticed a large amount of expenses towards the back half of 2023 on the P&L, would be a question to ask about if curious about this business.
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