Beaverton Area Landscaping Business

Asking Price: $77,000    Net Profit: $52,000

This landscaping business is located in Beaverton, Oregon and provides lawn care service to 70 accounts.  Most accounts are residential although a few of them are commercial accounts. Current service consists of only lawn mowing and other basic maintenance. There is a good opportunity to expand the business by offering additional services to the current accounts…or by simply adding more accounts to the business.

Business has been established for 10+ years and is BBB registered. Owner can provide quarterly financial records for the business. Sales for 2015 totaled $152,000. This resulted in a net of approximately $52,000. The $52,000 profit is owner compensation + business profit.

The seller is a full-time sales manager. There are three (3) employees that will stay on with the business. They handle the day-to-day lawn maintenance services. This currently operates as a normal Monday through Friday 8am-5pm business. This is flexible however and the owner is often out of the office.

Purchase will include all equipment necessary to keep the business running. Several vehicles, mowers and other lawn maintenance equipment. This would be a turnkey sale and allow the new owner to start making money immediately.  Equipment is listed below:

88 Chevy Silverado

96 Toyota Tacoma

92 GMC truck

3 utility trailers

5 lawnmowers

2 blowers

5 trimmers

Gold Medal Bakery Bread Route in Queens, NY

Price: $80,000    Net Income:  $56,000

Gold Medal bakery bread route located in the Astoria/Long Island City area of Queens, NY.  Warehouse is in Brooklyn, 3rd Avenue exit off of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway.

The current route has 38 total accounts. There are 12 grocery stores and 26 deli’s/bodegas. There are plans to add seven (7) Trade Fair stores to this route in the next few months. 12 of the stores on the route are open 24 hours which adds flexibility to the route schedule. 35 out of 38 stores pay cash on delivery (COD).  There are only 3 credit accounts.  This means that you get paid cash immediately and do not have to wait for the bakery to pay you.  Panera brand breads were just added to this route which will increase sales as well.

Route is currently averaging $3,500 per week in sales. Commission rate on this route is approximately 34%.  Right now this route is only doing bread sales…a new owner can add cake products to their accounts at no cost. Current owner grosses approximately $1,200 per week and has $125 per week in expenses. Expenses include $50 for gas, $30 for handheld/printer rental, and $45 for insurance/maintenance. Owner can provide two years of settlement reports to confirm the sales volume.

The current schedule is three (3) days per week and an estimated 28 hours per week. This could easily be spread to four or even five days if the new owner wants to work shorter days. The schedule is extremely flexible since many of the stores can receive deliveries very early.

Purchase will also include the box truck used for the route and full training. Turnkey route and a new owner would start making money on day one.