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Installs, cleans, and maintains specialty Beer & Beverage equipment for the food, beverage, hospitality, gaming, and healthcare industries.
Built on a recurring B2B revenue model — every install generates a bi-weekly service contract opportunity, producing a sticky, predictable revenue stream that compounds with each new account. The company serves blue-chip national and regional accounts including breweries, hospitality systems, tribal gaming properties, national restaurant chains, and franchise coffee operators. ~$1M run-rate, grown entirely through word-of-mouth with zero advertising spent.
The owner holds a specialty manufacturer certification held by only ~15 operators nationally — delivering deep preferred pricing, a national referral pipeline, and access to a certified network. High barriers to entry (specialized skills, certification, regulated chemicals, liability insurance) keep competition limited. Cost structure is unusually stable, with only two manufacturer price increases in seven years. Revenue is non-seasonal, and the business is currently benefiting from a major 2025 regulatory tailwind opening new territory.
Owners are selling for health reasons and are open to a structured transition including earn-out, training support, and a royalty on a secondary brand asset.
Long-established commercial service business launched by its current owner to fill a regional gap in a specialty equipment service category. The business has scaled to a ~$1M annual revenue run-rate operating across multiple states — entirely through word-of-mouth and referral, with no advertising spent in the company's history. The owner has built deep relationships at the executive level with the primary equipment manufacturer and is one of the very small number of certified operators nationally. The business runs from two strategically placed locations under stable, long-tenured lease arrangements.
Multiple identified growth levels, each with documented execution paths:
Two strategically located leased facilities provide warehouse, service, and operational coverage across the multi-state territory. Primary facilities include heated storage. Both leases are year-to-year with stable lease rates over the last 10–12 years; landlords are aware of the ownership transition timeline. No real estate is included in the transaction — the deal is for the operating business only.
Monday–Friday standard business hours, with 24/7 emergency service available for key accounts. Field operations are scheduled in advance via the proprietary GPS-tracked field application.
Independent Contractor Technicians: 4
Total (excluding owner): 4
Approximately 45–55 hours per week. Owner handles sales, key account management, scheduling, manufacturer relationships, and select install supervision. Field technician work is dispatched and managed through the proprietary scheduling/GPS application.
Authorized distributor of multiple major equipment and component brands within the draft beverage category. Inventory includes towers, faucets, regulators, FOB detectors, line components, glycol systems, CO2 components, cleaning chemicals, and ancillary equipment.
Owner plus 3 Certified Draught Beverage Dispense Specialist independent contractor technicians, and one noncertified technician.
Owner serves as president, head of sales, key account manager, scheduler, and primary manufacturer relationship-holder. Working 45–55 hours per week. Owner is willing to stay through the transition — including extended consulting, training of replacement key personnel, and continued manufacturer relationship support.
The business is not a franchise. The owner has explored franchising the concept and believes the model is franchisable; he is open to staying involved in a development capacity to support a buyer who wants to pursue that path.
Two facilities, both leased. Year-to-year lease terms at both locations. Stable lease rates over the last 10–12 years. Landlords are aware of the owner's exit intent, and the leases are expected to be transferable or renewable on substantially similar terms.
S-Corporation, sole shareholder. Clean cap table — no partners, no minority owners, no buy-sell complications.
The commercial draft beverage equipment service category is growing across multiple dimensions: continued expansion of craft brewing, the mainstream emergence of wine, kombucha, cold brew coffee, cocktails on tap, and non-alcoholic beverages served via draft systems, and the rapid growth of the "dirty soda" category. Regulatory attention on chemical handling, CO2 safety, and proper line maintenance is increasing, creating additional service demand. The category is structurally favorable for certified, multi-state operators with established blue-chip account relationships, while remaining difficult for new entrants to penetrate due to certification, training, and insurance barriers.
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