Regional Expedited Trucking & Dedicated Logistics, 2005-Founded Kentucky Carrier with Property

$3.1M

Revenue

$725K

SDE

7.6x

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N1BB is proud to offer this EXCLUSIVE sale this regional expedited trucking and dedicated logistics company specializing in time-sensitive freight throughout the United States. ASKING PRICE INCLUDES... Businesses Franchises Brokers Loading... Regional Expedited Trucking & Dedicated Logistics Company w/ Property Jefferson County, KY Asking Price:$5,500,000 Cash Flow (SDE):$724,680 EBITDA:$662,344 Gross Revenue:$3,141,660 Real Estate:$2,500,000 Established:2005 Regional Expedited Trucking & Dedicated Logistics Company w/ Property Business Description Profitable Transporation Co with Full Fleet and Management N1BB is proud to offer this EXCLUSIVE sale this regional expedited trucking and dedicated logistics company specializing in time-sensitive freight throughout the United States. ASKING PRICE INCLUDES BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY VALUED AT OVER $2 MILLION AS WELL AS $2.5 MILLION IN FIXED ASSETS. The company operates a fleet of company-owned tractors and trailers while also utilizing owner-operators to service major manufacturing, automotive, and commercial customers. Long-standing customer relationships and transferable contracts provide a stable operating foundation.PRICE INCLUDES!! Semi tractors, dry van trailers, service trucks, forklifts, utility vehicles, tractors, loaders, office equipment, shop equipment, building improvements, and related operating assets.Owner Responsibilities: Oversees strategic direction, customer relationships, financial management, fleet acquisitions, and overall business performance. Day-to-day operations are largely handled by an experienced management team.Key Employees:President / OwnerDispatch Manager / OperationsAccounting / Financial OfficerDispatcherSafety / Shop Manager / MechanicMechanic AssistantContracts: Long-standing customer relationships including transferable contracts associated with the business entity.Licenses: Standard DOT/FMCSA operating authority, CDL drivers, and applicable federal and state transportation registrations.Business comes with everything!Semi tractors, dry van trailers, service trucks, forklifts, utility vehicles, tractors, loaders, office equipment, shop equipment, building improvements, and related operating assets.PROPERTY: Two adjoining properties. Real estate owned by owner's holding co.Approx. 7,000 SF office/shop over two floors and approx. 7,500 SF warehouse with three loading docks on adjoining properties.Direct Competitors: Regional and national expedited trucking and dedicated freight carriers.Growth & Expansion: Increase fleet utilization, expand dedicated contract freight, grow existing customer relationships, pursue additional manufacturing and automotive accounts, and continue expanding higher-margin brokerage opportunities.Inventory: Minimal operating supplies and maintenance inventory.Transition & Support: Owner will provide a reasonable transition period of approximately 2–3 months and remain available afterward on a consulting basis as needed.FILL OUT CONTACT FORM TODAY FOR NDA AND FULL DATA ROOM Ad#:2529102 Detailed Information Furniture, Fixtures, & Equipment (FF&E): $2,500,000 Included in asking price Employees: 18 Full-time Facilities: ASSETS: Semi tractors, dry van trailers, service trucks, forklifts, utility vehicles, tractors, loaders, office equipment, shop equipment, building improvements, and related operating assets.PROPERTY: Two adjoining properties. Real estate owned by owner's holding co and available for sale with the business.Approx. 7,000 SF office/shop over two floors and approx. 7,500 SF warehouse with three loading docks on adjoining properties. Support & Training: Owner will provide a reasonable transition period of approximately 2–3 months and remain available afterward on a consulting basis as needed. Business Location Location: Jefferson County, KY Real Estate: Owned Included in asking price Building SF: 15,000 Financial Benchmarks for Kentucky Trucking Companies Gross Revenue Benchmarks Cash Flow (SDE) Benchmarks EBITDA Benchmarks BizBuySell EDGE Demographic Information for Jefferson 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 by a real management team, not the owner grinding a truck. The owner describes his role as strategy, customer relationships, and fleet acquisition while dispatch, operations, safety, shop, and accounting are staffed, which means the SDE reflects a business that runs rather than a job that pays.
The moat is contracts and iron. Transferable dedicated freight contracts with manufacturing and automotive accounts create switching friction, and the company-owned fleet plus owner-operator mix lets the business scale capacity up or down without full fixed cost on every load.
Expedited and dedicated freight for manufacturing and automotive is essential, non-discretionary logistics. When production lines need time-sensitive parts, they pay, and that keeps this business relevant through cycles far more than spot-market van freight would.
The asset backing is a genuine downside floor. With roughly $2.5M of real estate and $2.5M of fixed assets inside a $5.5M price, a buyer is heavily collateralized, which makes SBA or conventional financing far easier and limits how far you can fall if earnings compress.

How to improve it

Separate the real estate from the operating company and structure it as a leaseback. Buy the property in a holding entity, charge the operating business fair market rent, and you clarify true operating economics while capturing depreciation and building a second cash-flowing asset.
Push the brokerage and asset-light freight mix the listing already flags as higher margin. Growing brokered loads lets you serve overflow demand and new lanes without buying more tractors, lifting margin without proportional capex.
Audit fleet utilization truck by truck in the first 90 days. Expedited carriers bleed money on idle or underutilized assets, so identify low-utilization units to reassign, sell, or convert to owner-operator coverage.
Formalize and extend the dedicated contracts before close and immediately after. Get multi-year commitments with fuel surcharge and rate escalators from the top manufacturing and automotive accounts to lock in the revenue base and de-risk the customer concentration.
Build a lightweight sales function to add dedicated accounts. Growth here has historically depended on the owner's relationships, so hiring or assigning a dedicated business development person reduces reliance on the seller and opens new manufacturing and automotive logos.
Tighten maintenance and safety data into a real dashboard. With an in-house shop and mechanics, tracking cost-per-mile, CSA scores, and downtime lets you control the single largest variable cost and protect the operating authority that makes this business valuable.
Model fuel surcharge pass-through discipline across every lane. Diesel volatility can quietly erode margin, so verify that surcharge mechanisms are contractual and enforced rather than absorbed on legacy relationship accounts.

Diligence notes

Verify the real estate valuation independently. The $2.5M property figure drives the entire deal thesis, so order an appraisal on both adjoining parcels and confirm the holding company can transfer clean title, because an inflated property mark makes the operating multiple look far worse.
Scrutinize customer concentration inside the $3.1M revenue. Expedited carriers serving automotive and manufacturing often lean on a handful of accounts, so pull revenue by customer for three years and confirm the transferable contracts actually survive a change of control.
Reconcile the fixed asset value against actual fleet condition and age. $2.5M in equipment is a large claim, so get a unit-level list with model years, mileage, and hours, and confirm whether tractors and trailers are owned free and clear or carry hidden financing.
Test whether SDE holds without the owner. The listing calls the business management-run but the owner still handles customer relationships and financial management, so quantify what a market-rate replacement for those functions costs and whether earnings survive it.
Examine the owner-operator dependency and classification. Reliance on owner-operators exposes you to capacity risk and potential worker-classification liability, so review contracts, insurance, and whether those drivers could be reclassified as employees.

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