Business Overview:
Established in 2024, this commercial kitchen cleaning franchise serves restaurants, hotels, hospitals, and other commercial kitchens within an established service area. Services include degreasing floors, walls, and equipment, hood and filter cleaning, and pressure washing.
Approximately two-thirds of revenue is generated from recurring customers under signed service agreements, while the remaining revenue comes from non-recurring projects. The business has built a loyal customer base with recurring clients typically staying for one to two years.
Business Highlights:
- Established commercial kitchen cleaning operation
- Approximately two-thirds of revenue is recurring
- Diverse customer base across restaurants and commercial kitchens
- Four employees, including an experienced supervisor
- Owner works approximately 10–15 hours per week
- No facility, warehouse, or commercial lease required
- Equipment is stored in the service vehicle
- Includes paid-off 2023 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 High Roof van
- Strong existing customer retention
- Established relationships with property management and restaurant groups
- Significant unused capacity for additional customers and routes
Financial Overview:
- Asking Price: $295,000
- 2026 YTD Revenue: $175,561
- 2026 YTD SDE: $104,696
- 2026 YTD EBITDA: $101,684
- 2025 Revenue: $155,774
- 2025 SDE: $37,860
- 2025 EBITDA: $32,375
Operations
The business operates with a lean structure and requires no dedicated facility. A supervisor who has been with the company since inception manages the crew and day-to-day service operations. The owner primarily handles estimates and sales calls remotely, requiring approximately 10–15 hours per week.
The sale includes the service vehicle and cleaning equipment necessary to continue operations.
Growth Opportunities
- Expand marketing beyond the current reliance on Google search
- Increase pricing, as no price increase has been implemented since launch
- Utilize the existing vehicle, crew, and equipment more extensively
- Add customers and routes within the existing service area
- Develop additional relationships with property management companies
- Expand relationships with restaurant groups and commercial accounts
- Increase recurring service agreements
Competition
Competition primarily comes from restaurants handling kitchen cleaning internally and general cleaning companies. The business specializes specifically in commercial kitchen cleaning, providing a focused service offering.
Reason for Sale
The owner is returning to the corporate world.
Training & Transition
The owner will provide approximately three months of training and transition support following the sale and is available afterward as a paid consultant.
Financing & Sale Terms
The asking price includes the vehicle and cleaning equipment. Seller financing is not currently offered but may be negotiable. The transaction is structured as a stock sale, and the closing timeline is flexible.
There is significant room for growth through additional marketing channels, pricing adjustments, increased utilization of the existing vehicle and crew, and expansion of relationships with property management and restaurant groups. The business currently relies primarily on Google search for new customer acquisition, leaving additional marketing opportunities largely untapped.
The owner is selling to return to the corporate world and will provide approximately three months of training and transition support after closing, with additional paid consulting available afterward.
The asking price includes the vehicle and equipment. Seller financing is not currently offered but may be negotiable.
