Specialty Commercial Millwork Company, Metro-Atlanta Custom Fabricator

$3.5M

Revenue

$1.1M

SDE

2.3x

Multiple

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This is a full-service architectural millwork and custom fabrication shop based in Villa Rica, Georgia, serving general contractors, developers, architects, and property owners across Georgia and the broader Southeast. The company does more than cut wood: it delivers coordinated architectural millwork, cabinetry, countertops, metalwork, upholstery, custom furniture, and drafting under one roof, which lets it take on turnkey projects across multifamily, corporate offices, restaurants, stadiums and arenas, healthcare, education, government, hospitality, and data centers. Ten cross-trained employees run production out of a 24,000 SF leased facility that the seller says can absorb roughly 30% more revenue with no meaningful capex.

The customer roster is the standout asset. The company counts large national general contractors, several Fortune 100 companies, and local professional sports teams among its clients, and roughly 90% of new bid invitations come from existing relationships. It wins about 35% of the jobs it bids, carries over $1.2M in landed backlog, and reports more than $9.6M in weighted pipeline with a better than 50% close probability. A strategy shift in 2024 reportedly drove accelerating growth into 2025 and 2026.

On $3.45M of revenue the business throws off $1.1M of owner cash flow, a genuinely strong 32% margin for a project-based fabrication shop. At a $2.55M ask, the 2.32x multiple looks reasonable on paper, but the real question is how much of that margin depends on the owner personally winning and pricing work versus a repeatable, relationship-driven bid engine that survives the transition.

Why we like it

Earnings quality is unusually strong for a custom fabrication shop, with $1.1M of cash flow on $3.45M of revenue, a 32% margin that most millwork competitors cannot touch. That margin plus a landed backlog over $1.2M gives a buyer near-term visibility that pure job shops rarely offer.
The moat is the relationship base and breadth of capability. About 90% of bid invitations come from existing customers and the shop offers wood, metal, stone, and upholstery under one roof, letting it win turnkey scopes competitors have to subcontract out. That combination is why it is often the preferred supplier on named accounts.
The customer list is a real asset: national GCs, Fortune 100 companies, and professional sports teams. These are demanding, repeat buyers who value reliability over lowest price, which supports both pricing power and durability of the relationships if the transition is handled well.
There is a clear operational runway with almost no capital required. The facility runs at roughly 70% capacity and can support an estimated 30% more revenue without significant capex, so an operator can grow the top line before ever needing to buy a building or a second plant.
The multiple is grounded. At 2.32x cash flow on a business with backlog, diversified end markets, and a team that stays post-close, the entry price leaves room for return even if you underwrite a haircut to the recent growth spike.

How to improve it

Convert the pipeline discipline into a formal sales system in the first 90 days. Document the bid, follow-up, and award-rate process so the 35% win rate does not walk out the door with the owner, and assign a named person to own each key GC relationship.
Add project management and installation capacity as the listing suggests. The constraint on growth is throughput, not demand, so hiring a strong PM and a second install crew directly converts the $9.6M weighted pipeline into revenue against the existing 30% headroom.
Make selective automation investments once volume justifies it. A large-bed CNC and a full-service edge bander would lift production well past the current 70% utilization, and the payback math is clean because you are feeding an already-full pipeline rather than speculating on new demand.
Diversify beyond a single owner-driven sales channel by opening a sales presence outside the Southeast. The capabilities travel, and named national GC and Fortune 100 accounts often have work in multiple regions the shop is not currently bidding.
Lock in the lease and plan the facility. The lease expires June 2028, so renegotiate early or evaluate a purchase, because a specialized 24,000 SF fabrication footprint with installed machinery is expensive to relocate and lease uncertainty is a real value risk.
Tighten job-level costing and margin tracking. On project work with mixed materials, small estimating errors compound, so implement per-job profitability reporting to protect the 32% margin as volume scales and new PMs price work.

Diligence notes

Interrogate the 2024 strategy shift and the growth it drove. The listing leans heavily on accelerating 2025 and 2026 momentum, so verify how much of the $3.45M revenue and $1.1M cash flow is sustainable run-rate versus a recent spike that may not repeat under a new owner.
Stress-test the pipeline claims. Ask for the actual bid log behind the $9.6M pipeline and greater than 50% close assumption, the $1.2M landed backlog with signed contracts, and historical win rates by year to confirm the 35% award rate is real and stable.
Assess owner dependence in sales and estimating. In a relationship-driven millwork business, the owner often personally holds the GC relationships and prices the jobs, so map exactly which accounts and functions depend on the seller and how the cross-trained team backfills that.
Confirm customer concentration and payment terms. Large GCs and named accounts can mean lumpy revenue and slow, retention-heavy payment cycles, so review the top-customer revenue mix, aging receivables, and any exposure to project delays or disputes.
Verify the facility and lease economics. Confirm the $5,000 monthly rent, the June 2028 expiration, the subtenant arrangement that shares occupancy cost, and whether the machinery and $195,000 FF&E are owned free and clear and adequate for the stated 30% capacity headroom.
Normalize the cash flow figure. Since this is a construction-adjacent project business, confirm the SDE add-backs, working capital needs to fund work-in-process, and whether any nonrecurring 2024 to 2025 items inflate the reported $1.1M.

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