NorCal Specialty Infrastructure Contractor, 50-Year Gas & Underground Utility Builder

$8.9M

Revenue

$1.6M

SDE

4.5x

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Pacifica Advisors is pleased to present the opportunity to acquire a leading Northern California specialty infrastructure contractor specializing in gas utility, fuel systems, and complex underground... Businesses Franchises Brokers a6301374279843840.cdn.optimizely.com a6301374279843840.cdn.optimizely.com is blocked This page has been blocked by an extension Try disabling your extensions. ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT Reload This page has been blocked by an extension Loading... Established NorCal Specialty Infrastructure Contractor Santa Clara County, CA Previous Next Asking Price:$7,150,000 Cash Flow (SDE):Not Disclosed EBITDA:$1,587,000 Gross Revenue:$8,942,000 Established:1974 Established NorCal Specialty Infrastructure Contractor Business Description Motivated Owners | Retiring Pacifica Advisors is pleased to present the opportunity to acquire a leading Northern California specialty infrastructure contractor specializing in gas utility, fuel systems, and complex underground infrastructure. For more than four decades, the Company has built a reputation for technical excellence, safety, and regulatory compliance while serving major utilities, Fortune 500 companies, municipalities, and institutional clients throughout California. The Company provides turnkey services including permitting, demolition, excavation, underground utility construction, fuel system installation and removal, vapor extraction, groundwater treatment, and site restoration. Its specialized contractor licenses, experienced workforce, and self-perform capabilities create meaningful barriers to entry in California's highly regulated construction market. Supported by longstanding customer relationships, high repeats and referral rate, the Company has diversified into utility infrastructure, public works, commercial facilities, and data center projects. A strong management team and disciplined operating culture position the Company for continued growth. Ad#:2535838 Attached Documents NorCal Specialty Infrast... Detailed Information Furniture, Fixtures, & Equipment (FF&E): $1,900,000 Included in asking price Employees: 21 Full-time Facilities: 5000 sf building on 1.5-acre yard with fuel station Financing: Pre-qualified for SBA Financing Support & Training: Owner will stay and train for up to 2 years Business Location Location: Santa Clara County, CA Real Estate: Leased Building SF: 5,000 Lease Expiration: 12/31/2031 Rent: $7,500 per month Financial Benchmarks for California Heavy Construction Businesses Gross Revenue Benchmarks Cash Flow (SDE) Benchmarks EBITDA Benchmarks BizBuySell EDGE Demographic Information for Santa Clara County Area Household Income Population Age Population Trend Population by Race/Ethnicity BizBuySell EDGE Listing Statistics Saved This Listing Listing Last Updated Appeared in Search Listing Detail Views BizBuySell EDGE Know the True Market Value Before You Make an Offer Get valuation data to negotiate with confidence. 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Why we like it

Earnings quality is anchored in non-discretionary work: gas utility, fuel systems, and underground infrastructure that utilities, municipalities, and Fortune 500 clients must maintain regardless of the economy. The $1.587M EBITDA on $8.94M revenue is a healthy 17.7% margin for heavy construction, and high repeat and referral rates suggest the revenue is relationship-driven rather than one-off bid work.
The moat is regulatory and operational, not marketing. Specialized California contractor licenses, a trained self-perform workforce, and a 50-year safety and compliance record are genuine barriers in one of the most permit-heavy construction markets in the US. Environmental fuel work (vapor extraction, groundwater treatment) is exactly the kind of scope generalist contractors avoid.
Market tailwinds are real and diversified. The company has expanded from core gas utility work into public works, commercial facilities, and data center projects, riding both aging California infrastructure spend and the current data center buildout. That diversification reduces dependence on any single end market while keeping the specialized skill set as the through-line.
The operator setup lowers execution risk. A strong management team is already in place, the seller will train for up to 2 years, and the business is SBA pre-qualified, meaning a financially literate buyer can close with leverage and inherit a running organization rather than rebuild it. FF&E of $1.9M is included in the ask, so you are not immediately re-capitalizing the equipment base.

How to improve it

Audit backlog and bid margin by project type in the first 90 days to identify where the specialized fuel and environmental work earns premium margins versus commoditized excavation. Reallocate estimating and crew capacity toward the highest-margin, hardest-to-replicate scopes to lift the blended 17.7% EBITDA margin.
Formalize a recurring maintenance and compliance revenue line. Given the fuel system and gas utility client base, structured inspection, monitoring, and site-restoration contracts can convert episodic project work into predictable annual revenue, which raises both stability and exit multiple.
Lean hard into the data center vertical while it is hot. Underground utility and fuel system work for hyperscale and colocation sites is a growth pocket the company already touches, and dedicating a named business development effort here could add high-value projects without new licensing hurdles.
Systematize the knowledge transfer during the 2-year owner runway. Document estimating standards, key customer relationships, and the regulatory playbook so institutional knowledge does not walk out with the retiring owners. This is the single biggest risk mitigant in a licensed, relationship-driven contractor.
Tighten working capital and receivables management. Heavy construction ties up cash in progress billings and retainage, so implementing disciplined billing cadence and collections against municipal and utility payers can free meaningful cash to service SBA debt.
Invest in workforce pipeline and licensing depth. The specialized crews and contractor licenses are the moat, so a structured apprenticeship and cross-training program protects against key-man attrition and lets you take on more concurrent projects without margin erosion.
Evaluate a modest equipment and fleet refresh plan. With $1.9M of FF&E included, assess utilization and remaining useful life to avoid a surprise capex wall, and standardize maintenance to keep utilization high across the crews.

Diligence notes

Verify customer concentration and contract structure. High repeat and referral rates are positive, but you need to see revenue by client to confirm no single utility or Fortune 500 account represents a dangerous share of the $8.94M, and whether relationships are contractual or handshake-based tied to the retiring owners.
Scrutinize the licenses and their transferability. The entire moat rests on specialized California contractor licenses and the qualifying individual behind them. Confirm which licenses convey with the sale, whether the qualifier is an owner who is leaving, and what re-qualification would require post-close.
Reconcile EBITDA to actual cash flow and normalize add-backs. SDE was not disclosed and only EBITDA is given, so confirm the $1.587M is clean of owner compensation assumptions, one-time projects, and any environmental remediation liabilities that could surface in fuel system and groundwater work.
Review backlog, bonding capacity, and pipeline durability. For a project-based contractor, current signed backlog and bonding capacity determine near-term revenue certainty. Confirm the data center and public works diversification is backed by real awarded contracts, not aspirational pipeline.
Investigate environmental liability exposure. Fuel system removal, vapor extraction, and groundwater treatment carry latent contamination and regulatory risk. Order a review of past project liability, insurance coverage, and any pending or historical environmental claims that could transfer with the business.
Confirm the lease and facility economics. The 5,000 sf building on a 1.5-acre yard with a fuel station is leased at $7,500 per month through 2031. Assess renewal terms and whether the yard and fuel station are operationally essential, since a post-2031 relocation would be costly for a heavy contractor.

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