Business Listings

This is a highly successful grocery and healthcare products distributor with primarily Tier 1 retail chain store clients. The business was founded over 20 years ago. It is based in Eastern Canada and ships product / provides coverage to customers who are both Regional and National retailers. Expansion opportunities exist to support a number of these customers completely across Canada. Some Tier 1 suppliers have already appointed this firm as their national distributor.  Many use existing company representatives to support in-store product management and customer relationships. Others simply take product into their own Distribution Centres for retail location allocation.  The products are generally non-perishable. 

The company Vendors are very supportive of the business and depend on it to get their items into the retail channel in a cost-effective, efficient and timely basis, every day. Suppliers count on this company to provide the support needed to ensure proper presentation and representation at the retail level while managing product availability and logistics for the distribution channel. 

The business is growing rapidly with consolidated EBITDA margins above 20% 

Included in the listing for the business, is a medium sized HQ / Distribution Centre facility.  
A significant VTB is available to qualified buyers paying the listing price for this business.

Distribution / Dist-Food Service Products

This successful Canadian Furniture Design / Manufacturing / Assembly company was founded in 1995 and remains family owned and operated. It has succeeded by building a reputation for high quality, custom products that are built to order with minimal lead times using a significant component inventory. The business has two separate legal entities which operate under one roof and share certain operating expenses. The customer profile for each is quite unique without any significant dependence on any one customer sector. These include institutional clients, hotels, restaurants, health care facilities and many more.

A significant amount of  land and production facilities valued at $40 Million are  also available but priced separately with his listing. The operating companies are valued and listed at $15 Million excluding  all Inventory and surplus Net Working Capital. The business is being sold on a cash free / debt free basis. 

Products are assembled and customized from components purchased in Europe or produced in the factory. The consolidated business has historically imported over 4 containers a month from 6 different suppliers. The businesses use top quality materials, state-of-the-art hydraulic presses and proprietary paint and stain processes with multiple ovens to complete production. A variety of fabrics are also utilized by the highly skilled work force to produce high quality, environmentally friendly, custom furniture.

One business unit has migrated from producing furniture for Canada’s largest casual restaurant chains to supplying furniture for large healthcare chains and other commercial clients. It offers a wide variety of custom solutions utilizing a variety of fabrics and finishes. The other business produces custom furniture for high end hotels and private restaurants as well as end-users.

In the current fiscal year, the consolidated business is anticipated to return to pre-pandemic sales volumes and exceed $17 Million in revenue generating more than $2.5 Million in normalized cash flow. Gross Profit Margins will continue to increase as they did in FY2020 due to freight cost recovery and  targeting and evolution of a more profitable institutional customer base and higher end products. Production equipment with a replacement cost of over $2 Million is included with the sale.

The businesses will be led by 2 family members who will stay on for a prolonged transition to the successful purchaser. This will ensure that the critical success factors of Quality, Service and Price are retained while the success and growth continues.

Manufacturing / Mfg-Furniture Office

This multi-generational business continues to perform very well with an extensive customer base. Included in the sale are fixed assets with an original cost of over $2.1 Million and a current market value approaching $1.5 Million.  Roughly one third of the annual revenue comes from repeat contractor clients that need wells for their new projects each year. A small amount of commercial business also occurs each year. The business drills and completes over 150 water wells each year and turns away over 100 wells that it cannot complete due to capacity limitations This demonstrates a solid potential for growth in the region.

Water Related / Pump Service; Construction / Well Drilling

Automotive / Truck Trailer Sales

This very well-established and highly profitable paving company has been in business for 14 years. Recognized for its quality of work, the company is a leader in the market servicing commercial, residential, and municipal customers.

With is its strong financial performance and customer loyalty, this is an excellent buying opportunity for an owner/operator or a strategic investor.

Construction / Contractor Paving

The company operates well established provincially funded residential care facilities in the province of Nova Scotia.  

Healthcare/Medical / Assisted Living Facilities

This is a very successful mid-size senior's residence in Ontario with an excellent reputation. It provides meals and lodging but not health care services on site. Total square footage exceeds 14,000 square feet. Common areas include a dining room, sunroom, library TV / Exercise room, a hair salon plus landscaped garden areas and paved sidewalks. There is an opportunity to increase room rates as tenant turnover occurs, since current rents are below market rates.

Monthly rental is all inclusive including accommodation, utilities, food, laundry, housekeeping, and TV. Residents enjoy three meals a day in the fully renovated dining room. A full schedule of activities including crafts, games, and exercise classes, is offered each month.

The business is being sold with the Real Estate - land and buildings that are valued at $1.7 Million within the total listing price based upon a 2021 appraisal. This is an increase to the book value of land and real estate of $983,783, as at YE FY2021.

Lodging / Hotels; Medical Related Biz / Retirement Home

A unique and varied inventory of used, hard to find, out-of-print, and generally scarce books. Over 60,000 books catalogued online and over 3 million books in total stock. Categories include art, travel, general history, Nautical & Marine history, theology, philosophy, science, cooking, gardening, children's, natural history, and many more. For the antiquarian in you, and a collection many years in the making.

Cards/Gifts/Books / Book Store; Retail Miscellaneous / Retail Specialties

Private early learning and care facility located in Nova Scotia, Canada, offering preschool, school age and day camp programs within a multi-level, multi-age, hands-on, play-based approach. The business includes commercial and residential properties with an estimated fair market value over $1.75 million. Programs are licensed under the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development with 100 spaces.

Educational/School / Private School

This e-commerce business sells to both individual and business owners. The company specializes in a specific line of products that have become extremely popular in the last few years. The owner has taken full advantage of online marketing techniques such as SEO to create a very prominent online presence which is a driving factor to growth and present sales. The company is one of the major resellers in Canada for its specific product line. They resell other brands and have their own (trademarked) popular brand. The business is home-based with leased warehouse space for the storage of inventory. The company sells its products via its own Shopify-based website and Amazon.

The company has seen tremendous growth with solid margins in the last couple of years but there is still a lot of room for expansion and future growth. The owner is willing to explain all the different ways that a buyer could grow the business. 

The distribution warehouse is in Calgary but could be anywhere in Canada. Future plans could include a second location for distribution in Eastern Canada and/or the US. Although this is not an absentee-owner business at this point, it would not take a lot of planning and execution to bring it to that point.

Potential buyers will be asked to fill out a buyer's profile and sign a Non-disclosure agreement. After which more detailed information will be provided.

Internet Related / E-commerce/Internet Shopping; Retail Miscellaneous / Retail Specialties