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HomeBusinesses for SaleBusiness descriptions and profiles are listed below. For detailed information about a business Request A Detailed Business Packet. |
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| Electronic Systems | Profile: 2294 | |||||||||
Location: Colorado The Company provides a broad array of electronic systems -- from engineering and design, to installation and service. Project capabilities include security systems, communication systems, fire systems and audio / visual systems. The Company works with electrical engineers, facility managers and electrical contractors on new projects and in renovations to help formulate and implement engineered designs, product specifications and recommendations. Projects and service contracts are located throughout the United States, but with a concentration within the state of Colorado. The Company has handled design and installation projects for a large number of international companies, private institutions, the US Department of Defense and Federal Aviation Administration.
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| Commercial Printer - National Accounts | Profile: 2295 | |||||||||
Location: Colorado The Company is a full-service commercial printer with a focus on national corporate accounts. In-house capabilities include 1, 2 & 4 color offset printing up to 13” x 19” sheet size. The Company also provides full-color and black & white digital printing to 14” x 22.5” and offers large format printing up to 50” wide. The Company has a talented in-house design department that allows it to capture printing jobs based largely on the design component. In addition to its in-house capabilities, the Company has numerous sub-contract relationships that allow it to successfully compete for larger format and higher-run printing jobs. The Company has over a dozen, well-entrenched, national corporate accounts and numerous regional / smaller company clients. A specialty has been developed in the area of national restaurant accounts, but its capabilities remain wide ranging – which allows the Company to compete in just about any sector. A majority of its clients have been with the Company for many years. Very little formal advertising, promotion or active sales efforts are conducted. Referrals are the prime source of new customers.
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| Auto Repair: NAPA Autocare Center | Profile: 2292 | |||||||||
Location: Pikes Peak Region This Company is a highly profitable and rapidly growing auto service center. As one of the few NAPA certified Auto Care centers in the region, the Company is able to command higher prices and thus far better margins than your average repair facility. The Company services are highly sought after and the shop is nearly always booked full. Still, the Company could continue to grow by raising prices, extending hours, adding staff or higher priced services. The Company serves a robust and expanding geographic market, and one that has proven to be much more economical resilient than most. Key Strengths / Acquisition Highlights include:
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| Historic Mountain Community Restaurant / Tavern - UNDER CONTRACT ! | Profile: 2292 | |||||||||
Location: Colorado
Located in an idyllic Colorado mountain community, this popular restaurant is considered to be one of the finest eating establishments in the region. In business over 50 years, the restaurant is considered an institution in the region. Its popularity is evidenced by numerous ‘Best of...” awards in local and regional publications. The restaurant has developed a reputation for high quality, moderately priced cuisine offered up in an authentic Colorado setting. The restaurant has a fiercely loyal repeat customer base, as well as a large number of word-of-mouth referral business. Business has been run absentee in recent years -- many ways to improve profitability.
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| Liquor Store -- Real Estate Available | Profile: 2284 | |||||||||
Location: Colorado This business is one of the Pikes Peak region’s premier liquor stores. In business in the same location for over 30 years, this store has a well-established, regular client base. The 2,400+ sq. ft. store has an excellent high-traffic location with relatively little nearby competition. The business is widely recognized in its market for reasonable prices and large selection of beer and liquor, as well as its knowledgeable and friendly staff. Key Strengths / Acquisition Highlights include:
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| Well-Established Dairy Queen Store | Profile: 2290 | |||||||||
Location: Colorado Springs Established for over 15 years and with a long track record of profitability and steady growth, this independently owned Dairy Queen represents an attractive, lower-risk investment. Priced well below the establishment cost of a new Dairy Queen, the business offers the advantages of a proven traffic patterns and a well-established customer base. Dairy Queen is one of the largest and most successful franchises in the world, with over 5,500 restaurants. Known initially for its soft serve ice cream and more recently for its popular ‘blizzard’ line of ice cream with candy bits and full line of lunch and premium ice cream offerings, ‘DQ’ has been a family favorite for over 60 years and still enjoys wide name recognition and a loyal following. This particular store offers its new owner a significant investment upside, as its immediate market area is experiencing many positive redevelopment efforts. A nearby military installation is undergoing aggressive capital and personnel expansion.
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| Packaging: Industrial & Commercial - UNDER CONTRACT! | Profile: 2291 | |||||||||
Location: Colorado This Company is a diversified commercial and industrial packaging firm. The Company provides a wide array of packaging products and supplies, from more standard items (such as bubble wrap, packing peanuts, etc.) to specially designed and engineered to the special needs of technology and defense related clients. The Company serves a robust and expanding geographic market, and one that has proven to be much more economical resilient than most. Projecting increases in sales and profits in 2008 - based on mid-year interim financials.
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| HVAC - Design / Contractor | Profile: 2289 | |||||||||
Location: Colorado This company is a diversified Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) design and contracting firm. The company handles ground-up construction of both residential and commercial HVAC projects, including some of the largest and most complex design / build jobs in its market territory. It also provides ongoing service maintenance work and has a rapidly growing service division. The company is located in one of the most robust construction economies in the country which makes it perfectly positioned for ongoing growth and success.
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| Commercial Glass / Glazing | Profile: 22743 | |||||||||
Location: Colorado This privately-held company is a leading regional provider of commercial glass and glazing services. It serves a rapidly growing regional building marketplace, and is gaining a progressively larger share of this market. The company has earned a reputation for delivering competitively-priced, high-quality work and is focused on the fabrication and installation of architectural glass and related products / services in single and multi-story commercial construction projects. The company has experienced very aggressive growth in recent years: with a doubling of EBITDA in 2006 and again in 2007. With a backlog in excess of $3.0 million in early 2008, the current year should prove to be another one of robust growth. Commercial and industrial building activity in this marketplace remains very strong, as are all other growth indicators for this company
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| Premium Ice Cream Franchise Store | Profile: 2287 | |||||||||
Location: Colorado Springs The Company was established several years ago as the first Colorado Springs store of a rapidly growing national ice cream / confectionery franchise. In addition to ice cream, sorbet, ice cream cakes and other dessert items. The stores feature seasonal specialty items, such as Valentine’s, Mother’s Day, Graduation cakes, etc. The store was initially outfitted with over $300,000 of new equipment and leasehold improvements, in addition to franchise start-up costs. The facility is modern, nicely decorated and very welcoming to customers. The store’s location is in a newer, very popular, retail center that continues to experience strong foot traffic growth. The business has been profitable since inception and has grown steadily. The owners had a second underperforming franchise unit that took a sizable amount of their time, attention and resources until it was closed late in 2006. Since they have been able to focus their attention more on this store there has been a notable improvement in this store’s performance – which should carry through to a new owner-operator. Sales and profits through June 30, 2008 are tracking better than same period in 2007.
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| Coin Laundry / Other Laundry Services | Profile: 2285 | |||||||||
Location: Colorado Springs Started in late 2003, and under current ownership since March of 2004, the Company initially offered only coin laundry services. Shortly after the current owners purchased the business, they added drop off laundry service, pickup and delivery services, dry cleaning and leather cleaning.
The Company provides a bright, clean and safe self-service laundry environment. With 20 lb., 30 lb., 55 lb. and 65 lb. washers, and 40 lb. stack, 50 lb. and 75 lb. dryers, customers can find equipment that meets their individual laundry needs. The facility offers a big screen and a game room for patrons to entertain themselves while waiting, and an attendant is always on duty for questions or concerns.
The Company offers a buyer a huge growth upside. The current owners have been unable to devote much attention to the business; a active owner-operator could better manage and control this mostly cash business. Further, the Company is located near two large military installations which are undergoing major expansions and expecting rapidly rising numbers of soldiers to be based there – and even further expanded if overseas deployments are reduced.
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| Dairy Queen Store - UNDER CONTRACT! | Profile: 2288 | |||||||||
Location: Pikes Peak Region Established for over eight years and with a long track record of steady growth, this independently owned Dairy Queen represents an attractive, lower-risk investment. Priced well below the establishment cost of a new Dairy Queen, the business offers the advantages of a proven traffic patterns and a well-established customer base. There exists a huge upside with the store in the possible relocation and establishment of a larger store with a drive in window – something the existing owners say would greatly enhance the business. Dairy Queen is one of the largest and most successful franchises in the world, with over 5,500 restaurants. Known initially for its soft serve ice cream and more recently for its popular ‘blizzard’ line of ice cream with candy bits and full line of lunch and premium ice cream offerings, ‘DQ’ has been a family favorite for over 60 years and still enjoys wide name recognition and a loyal following.
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| Auto Lube / Tire Center | Profile: 2300 | |||||||||
Location: Colorado Business: The store is divided into a lube shop and tire store. The lube shop includes 2,496 sf above ground, divided into three service bays, office space, and a customer waiting area. The lube shop also includes a 2,496 sf Real Estate: The site is an “L”-shaped tract totaling 1.19 acres. It fronts WCR 13 and is approx. ¼ mile south of the Safeway shopping center. The site is level with a detention pond is situated in the northwest corner. There is easy
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| Specialty Publication | Profile: 2282 | |||||||||
Location: Front Range Colorado The Company publishes two local monthly magazines: one a tabloid format, events-oriented magazine distributed with a seasonally adjusted demand-based controlled circulation of approximately 15,000; the other, a high-end glossy-stock, four-color arts and culture publication is direct-mailed to the city’s most affluent households (top 5%). Founded in the early 1980s, the Company is well established, and has a long track record of profitable operation. The acquisition of the arts and culture magazine in early 2007 has further enhanced the reputation and growth prospects for this publisher. The primary owner is not particularly active in the day-to-day sales of advertising and handles only a part of the general management and layout of the magazines. A more active, owner-operator might be able to enhance the success of the publications, growing advertising revenue and circulation.. For an active owner there would be many ways to expand this business and exploit the very successful and proven business concept that has been developed.
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| Retail Home Furnishings and Decor Products | Profile: 2276 | |||||||||
Location: Pikes Peak Region Established over 10 years ago, the Company has grown steadily in size and scope. Now occupying over 10,000 square feet of retail space (plus additional off-site storage), the business offerings have been expanded to include a unique selection of furniture and accessories. In recent years, upholstered items and leather furnishing have also become significant revenue contributors for the company. The uniqueness and quality of the Company’s furnishings tend to attract a more affluent clientele, which in turn, allows the company to enjoy better profit margins than the more competitive lower-end of the home furnishings industry. The current owners have been relatively passive in their operation of the business in recent years. There are numerous growth opportunities for a new owner to more rapidly expand this business including: 1) Further develop the designer area of the business; 2) Reactivate its on-line store (developed at cost of $10,000+); 3) Offer window treatments and the ability to coordinating entire rooms via company’s access to custom milled products; 4) Franchise company’s unique concept. This popular, well-established business provides a buyer a well-collateralized investment with a tremendous growth upside.
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| Recreational Outfitter / Tour Company | Profile: 2273 | |||||||||
Location: Colorado Mountain Region Established for over 20 years, the Company is one of the largest and most successful outdoor recreation companies in the Rocky Mountain region. The primary winter service offerings are guided snowmobile and Snowcat tours; warmer weather activities include whitewater river rafting; guided fishing and Jeep, ATV and mountain bike tours. In addition, the Company owns a large amount of recreational land with a number of custom-built cabins and recreational improvements.
The Company has a number of special permits that allow it to access certain BLM, National Forest Service, and other state and federal land. These permits are highly coveted by operators and are limited by the governing bodies in their number and usage. The permits allow the Company to provide its customers with a unique outdoor experience.
Located in one of Colorado’s most visited mountain regional, this organization has considerable brand recognition; both in the region and with tourist and adventure enthusiast throughout the country. As virtual pioneers in its field they have continually grown product offerings to become a “go to” organization for individuals and groups looking for well executed events. The Company is poised for further expansion in all aspects of its business. Multi-million dollar real estate component available, as well.
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| Striping Contractor: Parking Lots / Roadways - SOLD! | Profile: 2272 | |||||||||
Location: Southern Colorado The Company specializes in professional parking lot striping, marking and lettering. Services include new lot layout and re-striping of commercial parking lots, parks, schools and recreational facilities. The Company performs custom stenciling, thermo lining for roadway marking and interior building work, such as fork-lift lane marking. The Company performs work for various construction contractors and building owners throughout its rapidly growing geographic market. Although some jobs are acquired through a competitive bid process, much of its sales are the result of the Company’s outstanding reputation and/ or word-of-mouth referrals. There is a huge demand for these services in the region; expansion of this Company is only limited by the owners’ time constraints during the heightened warmer weather season. If desired, a new owner could greatly expand revenue and profits through additional work crews.
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| Sports Video Videographer / Production / Photography | Profile: 2255 | |||||||||
Location: Colorado (Relocatable to Anywhere in US) This sports video and photography firm was established in 1999. Its primary service involves providing professional-grade videotaping and/or photography services at various sporting events, then selling the tapes and/or photographs to participants at the conclusion of the event. The Company has developed a national reputation within the professional and amateur ice skating communities and considered the preeminent firm of its type by most governing bodies and event organizers. The Company covers numerous sanctioned national competitions, as well as many regional, sectional and junior national competitions. In addition to its ice competition specialty, the Company also handles videography and photography at horse shows, tennis tournaments, lacrosse games and dance recitals, among other events. Ownership of this Company requires frequent travel, either by the owner or employees. There are staff members, other than the owners, who handle some of the videography / photography. The owners are willing to provide the buyer with extended training and are open to a post-sale consulting relationship.
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