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How a Small Electrical Contractor Hit 17x EBITDA with Annual Service Contracts
In this episode of The Buyer & Seller Podcast, Lucas and Luna break down the sale of a small electrical contracting business in suburban Ohio that closed at 17 times EBITDA — roughly 50 percent above the typical multiple for a trade-services firm. The owner had 14 employees, about $2.3 million in revenue, and what looked like a pretty standard commercial-residential mix. But a closer look at the books revealed that 68 percent of revenue came from annual preventative-maintenance contracts with commercial property managers — recurring, high-margin, sticky. Lucas walks through how those…
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