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Full-Service Landscaping Contractor
A fifty-year family-owned northeast Ohio landscaping contractor spanning commercial maintenance, snow ploughing and hardscape, with a crew averaging eighteen years of tenure.
Business Highlights
- Over fifty years of continuous family ownership with deep community brand recognition
- Skilled crew with eighteen years of average tenure included in the sale
- Revenue is diversified across commercial maintenance, snow ploughing and hardscape installation
- Nearly all equipment is paid off across all three divisions
- In-house staff supplemented by a long-standing subcontractor network including concrete and custom home builders
- Owner will stay full-time for up to five years, and seller financing is available
Considerations / Questions to Ask
- Margins are thin relative to revenue. Where is the cost going, and which division carries it?
- The owner staying up to five years is conditional on salary and family health benefits. What does that cost?
- Snow ploughing is weather-dependent revenue. What does a mild winter do to the year?
- How much of commercial maintenance is contracted, and what are the renewal terms?
- A crew averaging eighteen years is an asset and a succession risk. What is their age profile?
Opportunities
- Commercial maintenance and snow contracts recur, and both are already established
- Equipment being paid off means incremental work carries low marginal cost
- Hardscape is the highest-value work in this mix and is supported by the existing subcontractor network
- Seller financing plus a five-year handover is an unusually low-risk entry into a fifty-year brand