The Weekly Prospect

🔍 Outposts

Listings found only on small regional brokers. Not on any aggregator.

Deal Outpost 01

Gulf South Specialty Commercial Construction Contractor, Sellers Retiring

The owners are nearly 70, the company has run for close to 40 years, and it is licensed in 7 states in a commercial construction niche the broker says nobody else in the Gulf South covers. Reported EBITDA is $1,675,660 on $3,394,791 of revenue, a 49% margin that is high for any contractor. Long-tenured key employees run operations, and the sellers will consult for as long as needed. Watch-outs: the $4,615,400 ask appears to include a $2,000,000 building the page also lists separately, so the business alone may be $2,615,400. Get that split in writing, then tie the margin to tax returns. If both hold, this is cheap.

Deal Outpost 02

Remote DTC Retention Marketing Agency, 95% Retainer Revenue

€671,123 of EBITDA on €1,927,021 of revenue, with 95% of it on retainer, is a profile buyers usually only see in software. This remote agency runs email, SMS, loyalty, and subscription programs for DTC e-commerce brands, and 71.6% of revenue comes from U.S. clients. Revenue grew 139% from 2024 to 2025, and the €2,250,000 ask works out to 3.4x. Watch-outs: all 27 team members are contractors, the owner still handles sales, finance, and strategy, and the transition offered is one month. Confirm which contractors hold the biggest client relationships and how many retainers renewed over the last twelve months. The figures are in euros, so price accordingly.

Deal Outpost 03

Full-Arch Implant Dental Practice, South Austin Corridor

One producing doctor generates roughly $2,000,000 in collections here, so the deal is really a question of whether the buyer can be, or can hire, that doctor. The founder opened a purpose-built 3,000 square foot implant facility south of Austin in 2020, with an in-house lab, CBCT, 3D printing, and IV sedation plus general anesthesia capability. That infrastructure is the moat; most general practices cannot do full-arch cases in house. The founder will stay through a meaningful transition. Watch-outs: the broker publishes no ask or earnings, and full-arch revenue is lumpy and referral-driven. Get three years of production by provider and case-acceptance data before putting a number on it.

💎 Diamonds

The best deals in the country this week. Every source, every state.

Deal Diamond 01

High-Margin Retainer CPA Firm, Southwest Chicago Suburbs

$555,819 of SDE on $950,000 of revenue is a 58.5% margin, and in a CPA practice where 30 to 40% is typical, that usually means fixed monthly retainers instead of hourly billing. That is the case here: retainers invoiced at month-end, clean monthly financials since inception, and individual tax clients who rarely need a face-to-face visit. The owner is retiring, long-term staff are staying, and the broker says lenders have pre-qualified it with up to 90% financing. Watch-outs: no asking price is published, and CPA books often trade on revenue with a retention clawback. Ask for client retention across three tax seasons and whether Illinois requires a licensed CPA owner.

Deal Diamond 02

Subscription Exterior Home-Care Business, Pacific Northwest

Founded in 2018 near Seattle, this business took three chores nobody wants (exterior home care, holiday lighting, and trash bin service) and sold them as subscriptions. It now has 283+ active subscribers, 95.5% retention, and roughly $850,000 of recurring revenue inside $1,494,000 of FY25 revenue. Adjusted SDE is $706,000, a 47% margin, on an 11-person team. The moat is the acquisition engine: 200+ keyword-targeted web properties and 800+ five-star reviews. Watch-outs: no ask is published, and holiday lighting is seasonal by definition. Confirm how much of the recurring revenue renews automatically versus rebooking each year, and whether those web properties and their rankings transfer cleanly at close.

Deal Diamond 03

Certified Synthetic Turf and Running Track Specialist

The seller has nearly 40 years in this trade and personally carries the relationships and credentials, which makes the offer to stay up to 3 years the most important line in the listing. The company builds, maintains, and repairs synthetic turf fields and running tracks for schools, universities, and parks across North America, certified to athletic governing body standards. $590,448 of SDE on $1,219,867 of revenue is a 48% margin, possible because union crews are hired per project rather than carried on payroll. The ask is $1,650,000, about 2.8x. Watch-outs: confirm which licenses and manufacturer installer partnerships sit with the seller personally, and how lumpy project revenue has been year to year.