Non-Medical Home Care Agency, 24-Year Private-Pay Operator in Ocean County NJ

$3.0M

Revenue

$500K

SDE

4.0x

Multiple

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This is an established non-medical home care agency based in Ocean County, New Jersey, operating since 2001 and generating roughly $3 million in gross revenue with $500k of EBITDA. The company provides private-pay in-home care to seniors, the services that let older people age in place rather than move to assisted living or a nursing home. It currently supports around 40 clients through a workforce of roughly 45 to 50 caregivers.

The private-pay model is the most attractive part of this story. Unlike Medicaid or insurance-reimbursed care, private pay means the agency collects directly from families at market rates, avoiding the reimbursement-rate compression, billing complexity, and payment delays that crush margins at government-funded providers. With New Jersey's aging demographics and a strong preference among seniors to stay home, the underlying demand curve points up.

At a 4x EBITDA multiple ($2M ask on $500k EBITDA), this is priced in a reasonable band for a profitable, two-decade-old home care operation. The business is small and fragmented-market positioned, which is both the risk (client concentration across only 40 accounts) and the opportunity (clear runway to add referral relationships and expand into neighboring NJ counties using existing infrastructure).

Why we like it

Earnings quality is solid for a services business of this size: $500k EBITDA on $3M revenue is a healthy ~17% margin, and private-pay collections mean cash comes straight from families rather than slow government reimbursement. This avoids the margin compression and billing drag that plague Medicaid-dependent home care agencies.
The moat is in longevity and licensing. A 24-year operating history (founded 2001) carries real referral goodwill and a trained caregiver network of 45 to 50 people, both of which are hard to rebuild from scratch in a market where staffing is the primary bottleneck.
Demographics are a genuine tailwind, not a pitch deck line. New Jersey's aging population and the strong senior preference to age in place drive durable, growing demand, and non-medical home care is something families keep paying for even in a downturn because it is a necessity not a luxury.
Revenue recurs by nature of the service. Home care clients receive weekly recurring hours under ongoing care arrangements, so an acquirer inherits a predictable base rather than having to re-win every sale, and client lifetime value compounds as care needs increase with age.

How to improve it

Attack caregiver recruitment and retention immediately, since staffing is the single constraint on growth in this industry. Build a referral bonus program, improve scheduling technology, and track fill rates so you can accept more client hours without turning business away.
Formalize referral relationships with hospitals, discharge planners, senior living communities, and geriatric care managers within the first 90 days. These B2B referral channels are the lowest-cost, highest-intent client acquisition source and the listing admits they are underdeveloped.
Raise rates and audit billed hours per client. With only 40 clients, there is likely pricing power that has not been exercised; a modest private-pay rate increase flows almost entirely to EBITDA given the labor pass-through structure.
Expand geographically into neighboring NJ counties using the existing license, back office, and brand. The infrastructure is already paid for, so incremental clients in adjacent markets carry high contribution margins.
Reduce client concentration risk by growing the active client count. Forty clients is thin; doubling to 80 both de-risks the revenue base and directly increases enterprise value at exit under the same multiple.
Modernize digital marketing and online reputation. A clean website, Google Business Profile optimization, and review generation will capture the growing share of families who research home care online before calling.

Diligence notes

Reconcile the revenue discrepancy. The listing headline and Gross Revenue field say $3M, but the body text twice references approximately $2.5M in annual revenue. Confirm actual trailing-twelve-month revenue against bank statements and tax returns before accepting the 4x multiple.
Verify the client and caregiver counts, which also conflict in the listing (40 vs 30 clients, 45 vs 50 caregivers). Pull the active client roster, hours billed per client, and caregiver roster to confirm the operating base you are actually buying.
Scrutinize caregiver classification. Confirm whether caregivers are W-2 employees or 1099 contractors, since misclassification in home care carries significant back-tax, overtime, and liability exposure that could surface post-close.
Confirm all NJ Department of Health / Division of Consumer Affairs home care licensing and whether it transfers cleanly in a sale. Licensing continuity is critical and a lapse or non-transferable license would gut the value of the deal.
Assess client concentration and churn. With roughly 40 clients, map revenue by client and understand attrition drivers (death, move to facility, recovery) to model realistic ongoing revenue and the true cost of client replacement.
Clarify the owner's day-to-day role and the depth of the management layer below them. The reason for sale is retirement, so confirm whether a scheduler/administrator can run operations or whether the owner is the de facto operator you must replace.

Source

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