Connecticut
Be your own boss! Great starter opportunity in the bread route space! › Weekly Revenue: $14,238 › Listing Ratio: 9:1 › With a well-established client base and efficient delivery system, this...
Connecticut
Be your own boss! Great starter opportunity in the bread route space! › Weekly Revenue: $14,238 › Listing Ratio: 9:1 › With a well-established client base and efficient delivery system, this...
$126,968
Yavapai County, AZ
Profitable FedEx P&D routes with a strong track record. Complete with solid equipment, seasoned BC and trained drivers in place. This is a turnkey opportunity, ideal for semi-absentee ownership, ready...
$980,000
Cash Flow: $262,000
Massachusetts
Enter the bread route space at a low cost of entry! › Weekly Revenue: $67,702 › Listing Ratio: 8:1 › With a well-established client base and efficient delivery system, this opportunity promises to be...
$568,000
Clarksville, TN
This window and exterior cleaning business was founded on the idea of world-class service at a fair price. We stand out by doing three simple things… We show up on time. We do what we say we’re going...
$250,000
Cash Flow: $225,000
Texas
Attention: All pool maintenance business owners or workers interested in moving to Texas,.This is the business for you. Located in the Hill Country of Texas in a nice quite Country environment. This...
$229,750
Cash Flow: $57,985
DuPage County, IL
Established Pest Control Franchise – High-Growth Territory for Sale This profitable pest control franchise in DuPage County, IL presents an exceptional opportunity for growth-minded entrepreneurs....
$225,000
Cash Flow: $60,000
Tampa, FL
Take advantage of this fantastic Franchise Ice Cream Business for Sale, perfect for an owner-operator looking to take over a well-established franchise. Priced at just $199,900, this Tampa location...
$199,900
Cash Flow: $53,505
Mecklenburg County, NC
Imagine owning not just one, but FIVE profitable and established LaundroLab laundromat locations plus the keys to further growth with Two additional valuable franchise licenses (Seven Total)! This...
$10,000,000
Ann Arbor, MI
This window and exterior cleaning business was founded on the idea of world-class service at a fair price. We stand out by doing three simple things… We show up on time. We do what we say we’re going...
$250,000
Cash Flow: $225,000
Charleston, SC
This window and exterior cleaning business was founded on the idea of world-class service at a fair price. We stand out by doing three simple things… We show up on time. We do what we say we’re going...
$250,000
Cash Flow: $225,000
Greenville, SC
This window and exterior cleaning business was founded on the idea of world-class service at a fair price. We stand out by doing three simple things… We show up on time. We do what we say we’re going...
$250,000
Cash Flow: $225,000
Philadelphia, PA
This window and exterior cleaning business was founded on the idea of world-class service at a fair price. We stand out by doing three simple things… We show up on time. We do what we say we’re going...
$250,000
Cash Flow: $225,000
Brentwood, TN
This is a fun company! We bring fun and excitement to the moving industry! We sing songs, give away prizes and a free dinner to every customer. Along the way we lift all the heavy things and try to...
$180,000
Cash Flow: $170,000
$4,500,000
Los Angeles, CA
Greenwich, CT
This is a fun company! We bring fun and excitement to the moving industry! We sing songs, give away prizes and a free dinner to every customer. Along the way we lift all the heavy things and try to...
$180,000
Cash Flow: $170,000
Tulsa, OK
This is a fun company! We bring fun and excitement to the moving industry! We sing songs, give away prizes and a free dinner to every customer. Along the way we lift all the heavy things and try to...
$180,000
Cash Flow: $170,000
Annie Adjchavanich
Secret HQ, Inc.
Serving Los Angeles County, CA
Secret HQ, Inc is boutique California real estate brokerage specializing in second generation restaurant and bar business opportunities (ABC Type 41, 47, 48). Pizza, donut/dessert, bakery, ice cream, coffee, juice, boba and cafe spaces are our specialty. Beauty, wellness, nail salons, hair salons, spa businesses.
Columbus, OH
This is a fun company! We bring fun and excitement to the moving industry! We sing songs, give away prizes and a free dinner to every customer. Along the way we lift all the heavy things and try to...
$175,000
Cash Flow: $170,000
Palmdale, CA
Well Established Commercial Property Maintenance/Landscaping Company This 27-year-old commercial landscaping and property maintenance company represents an exceptional opportunity in Palmdale, CA....
$1,800,000
Connecticut
Enter the bread route space at a low cost of entry! › Weekly Revenue: $13,127 › Listing Ratio: 9:1 › With a well-established client base and efficient delivery system, this opportunity promises to be...
$114,785
Lexington County, SC
This well-established carpet cleaning company has been serving residential and commercial customers with professional, high-quality cleaning services for over 20 years. With a strong local reputation...
$240,000
Cash Flow: $78,909
Nassau County, NY
With over 20 years in operation, this business has built a strong reputation as a one-stop shop for custom invitations, event décor, balloon arrangements, floral designs, and party rentals. The...
$139,000
Cash Flow: $90,000
Vancouver, BC
BUSINESS FOR SALE: Air Compressors & Rotating Equipment Vancouver, BC | Serving customers throughout Lower Mainland Commercial & Industrial customers (Services & Products) *** Current owner is a...
$950,000
Cash Flow: $330,683
Minnesota
Transworld Business Advisors NorthStar is excited to bring to the market a dynamic and results-oriented boutique sales agency. With a core focus on sales and business development, the experienced team...
$1,400,000
Cash Flow: $381,653
Oakland County, MI
This business pairs the horsepower of a nationally recognized franchise with the feel-good reputation of a hometown crew. Over the past five years this business has become the go-to arbor experts for...
$595,000
Cash Flow: $233,000
$1,300,000
Highland, IL
Luzerne County, PA
Opportunity Awaits! This restaurant is situated in the parking lot of a popular hotel. There is a large Catering/Banquet room as well as a great outside seating area. Kitchen is huge and can...
$375,000
The Woodlands, TX
Step into the fast-growing home improvement and remodeling industry with this turnkey franchise resale from The Designery, a national brand redefining kitchen, bath, and closet design. Strategically...
$160,000
Virginia
This established exterior cleaning franchise offers a strong foothold in a growing segment of the home services industry, serving a high-income customer base across a desirable metropolitan market in...
$159,000
Cash Flow: $65,799
Tequesta, FL
Established and highly reputable construction and mold remediation company servicing Palm Beach, Broward, and Stuart counties. This turnkey business has built long-standing relationships with numerous...
$1,359,000
Cash Flow: $210,265
Doylestown, PA
Great home service business for the right person. This can be passive income while performing an essential service for homeowners and business owners. No office is needed. Low overhead business! There...
$85,000
Cash Flow: $148,500
Farmington Hills, MI
Great home service business for the right person. This can be passive income while performing an essential service for homeowners and business owners. No office is needed. Low overhead business! There...
$85,000
Cash Flow: $148,500
Chattanooga, TN
Great home service business for the right person. This can be passive income while performing an essential service for homeowners and business owners. No office is needed. Low overhead business! There...
$85,000
Cash Flow: $148,500
Columbus, OH
Great home service business for the right person. This can be passive income while performing an essential service for homeowners and business owners. No office is needed. Low overhead business! There...
$85,000
Cash Flow: $148,500
Nashville, TN
Great home service business for the right person. This can be passive income while performing an essential service for homeowners and business owners. No office is needed. Low overhead business! There...
$85,000
Cash Flow: $185,400
Austin, TX
Execute the Plan! Equip High School Coaches with the process of “fundraising” for their student athletes. This is a very low overhead business. Help students achieve their dream of playing sports....
$97,500
Cash Flow: $138,500
$200,000
Pflugerville, TX
Greensboro, NC
High Tech Equipment for the biggest jobs! “Customized Box Trucks” that hold 900 gallons of water and 100 gallons of chemicals. The maximum height reached is 20 stories! Hospitals, Schools and Large...
$295,000
Cash Flow: $265,000
Allentown, PA
High Tech Equipment for the biggest jobs! “Customized Box Trucks” that hold 900 gallons of water and 100 gallons of chemicals. The maximum height reached is 20 stories! Hospitals, Schools and Large...
$295,000
Cash Flow: $265,000
Dallas, TX
Established residential foundation inspection engineering firm serving the Dallas market since 2017. This highly profitable home-based business generates $450,000 in annual revenue with exceptional...
$650,000
Cash Flow: $425,000
Hagerstown, MD
This profitable junk hauling and removal business delivers strong cash flow and steady demand with plenty of room to grow. The seller has focused almost entirely on one of three exclusive territories,...
$350,000
Cash Flow: $144,476
Snohomish County, WA
Established Home Staging & Interior Design Company - Turnkey Operation This thriving home staging and interior design business has been successfully serving Washington State since 2016, offering a...
$449,000
Cumming, GA
Flowers Bread Route distributorship for sale in the Fulton County (Roswell, Alpharetta, and Cumming), Georgia region for $315,000! Company related financing available with an estimated $218,000 down....
$315,000
Cash Flow: $114,060
Salem, OH
Clean Choice Maids presents a unique opportunity as the only brick-and-mortar residential cleaning company in Columbiana County, Ohio. This professionally branded business operates with a nationally...
$164,720
Cash Flow: $64,860
Arkansas
Be your own boss while generating consistent weekly revenue! › Weekly Revenue: $26,296 › Listing Ratio: 5:1 › With a well-established client base and efficient delivery system, this opportunity...
$132,000
Jason Kullman
We Sell Restaurants
Serving Collin County, TX
We Sell Restaurants is the nation’s largest business broker franchise focused exclusively on the sale of restaurants. With 20 years of experience, we have helped buy, sell and lease more hospitality locations nationwide than any other brand. We Sell Restaurants has carved an unparalleled niche in the industry as the nation's leading and only business broker franchise focused on restaurants. Formed over two decades ago, We Sell Restaurants is a vibrant and innovative company that operates in 45 states nationwide and delivers on the founder's vision to Sell More Restaurants Than Anyone Else. PERIOD. Our team achieves that mission by sharing a common set of core values that include: We know that Every Day is Game Day and We Act Accordingly We Treat Each Other, Our Clients and Internal Clients by the Golden Rule We Act with Integrity and Only Make Agreements We Are Willing and Able to Keep We Are the Brand and are Passionate about Sales Results We Create a Customer Service Experience Worth Sharing With top-flight experience crafted over decades of selling restaurants, along with previous expertise working in small businesses and in senior leadership roles for a Big 5 Accounting firm and a major Fortune 100 company, We Sell Restaurants leadership has deep financial, branding and marketing experience in restaurants, and small and big business. This collective experience allowed them to take the fragmented brokerage market and build a specialized practice for selling only restaurants with a systemic approach never before seen in the industry. We Sell Restaurants has recruited an experienced leadership team with experience spanning decades in business brokerage, franchise sales and customer service and operations.
Flagstaff, AZ
Mission’s Tortilla Route for sale in the Flagstaff, Williams, Arizona region for $235,000! Currently generating $943,063 in yearly sales and nets $145,353. Distributorship and territory are purchased...
$235,000
Cash Flow: $145,353
Texas
Enter the bread space at a low cost! › Weekly Revenue: $14,252 › Listing Ratio: 6:1 › Own an operation with strong margins and clean financial records. › With a well-established client base and...
$79,000
$170,000
Kanawha County, WV
North Carolina
Be your own boss while generating consistent weekly revenue! › Weekly Revenue: $11,796 › Listing Ratio: 19:1 › Own an operation with strong margins and clean financial records. › With a...
$230,000
Lee County, FL
This commercial landscaping and irrigation company has been successfully operating since 1992, with a strong presence across Lee and Collier Counties. The business specializes in large-scale...
$1,700,000
Cash Flow: $443,719
Palm Beach County, FL
Established in 1992, this well-respected, owner-operated pool service business has built a solid reputation and a loyal customer base over more than three decades. The business is cash flow positive...
$130,000
Cash Flow: $77,641
St Lucie County, FL
Established in 2021, this mobile power washing company has built a strong reputation for excellence, serving a wide range of residential, commercial, and government clients throughout South Florida....
$345,000
Cash Flow: $172,643
Plumas County, CA
Incredible opportunity to live a "less stress lifestyle" in the beautiful California Sierra Mountains and own a well established business that has been a part of the Graeagle community for over 30...
$600,000
Cash Flow: $240,000
Tampa, FL
If you service the Zephyrhills, FL area, this is the deal to grab! Five residential accounts in 33540 (4) and 33252 (1) zip codes that produce $751 PER MONTH!!! We are selling only due to narrowing...
$8,260
Beavercreek, OH
This is owners second very successful Pizza store. Great Income . Great Location in Beavercreek Ohio, with high volume traffic.If you're looking for a successful operating business , you must see this...
$299,900
Acquisitions of service business are on the rise, and it’s easy to see why. Service businesses provide niche professional support to customers and cover a wide range of industries. The benefits of owning a service business include operational flexibility, high profitability, low overhead costs, minimal inventory and supplies, and the possibility of generating multiple revenue streams. One of the primary advantages of buying an existing service business is that it comes with established credibility in the market.
For those in the market to buy or sell a service business, it’s crucial to gain an understanding of how the market values these businesses, and what average financial performance looks like. To that end, we have aggregated listings data to surface current valuation multiples and typical financials of service businesses.
Market Overview
Number of Businesses Analyzed |
5,359 |
Median Asking Price |
$312,338 |
Median Reported Revenue |
$525,724 |
Median Reported Earnings |
$152,000 |
Financials based on businesses that listed an asking price, annual revenue, and seller's discretionary earnings. |
Service Business Valuation Multiples
Range |
Revenue |
Earnings (SDE) |
Lower Quartile |
0.43 |
1.50 |
Median |
0.72 |
2.43 |
Upper Quartile |
1.08 |
3.44 |
Revenue and earnings multiples based on reported revenue, seller's discretionary earnings, and asking price. |
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FAQs
How much does it cost to buy a service business?
Prices vary depending on sales volume and financial performance, but the median asking price for a service business in the U.S. is approximately $312,338.
How much do service business owners earn?
These businesses vary in sales volume, but service business owners report median annual sales of $525,724 and annual owner earnings of $152,000. These figures are based on businesses that have listed their annual revenue and seller's discretionary earnings.
How do I value a service business?
Valuing a service business involves considering several factors, including annual revenue, profit, owner earnings, growth (or decline) trends, and historical stability. Brokers, business owners, and business buyers will typically rely on valuation multiples to gauge business value relative to similar businesses in the market. Revenue multiples of service businesses range from 0.43 to 1.08, with the median at 0.72. Earnings multiples range from 1.50 to 3.44, with the median at 2.43. These values indicate that a typical service business may sell for around 0.72 times its annual revenue, and 2.43 times its annual owner’s earnings.
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