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Commercial & Residential Window Treatment Business, St. Louis, Illinois For Sale

St. Louis, Illinois, US
Freehold Price:
$1,500,000 Furniture / Fixtures and Inventory / Stock included
Lease Asking Price:
Available on request Furniture / Fixtures and Inventory / Stock included
Sales Revenue:
$1,750,000
Cash Flow:
$366,000

Our established company has been helping clients transform their homes and businesses with custom drapery, blinds, shades, shutters and soft furnishings since 2005.

We serve residential and commercial clients throughout the Metropolitan St. Louis region.

Our 1,500 square foot Hunter Douglas showroom is one of the larger ones in the area and was remodeled in 2022 with the latest Hunter Douglas window treatments in modern displays.

We enhance our window covering offerings through partnerships with 3 additional high-quality window covering manufacturers.

As distributors for multiple fabric and hardware suppliers with 5 different custom workroom partnerships, we have been designing, fabricating and installing beautiful, custom, high-quality soft treatment work both commercially and residentially since our inception.

We have been profitable since our first year of business and 2023 is looking to bring us close to 1.75 million in sales at the current rate, following a 2022 close with 1.5+ million in sales.

We maintain a Database of all past and current clients that details contact info, projects sold, and all repairs performed over the years. Our marketing contact list in Constant Contact includes 1800+ subscribed clients.

Approximately 65% of our business has historically been repeat and referral. All business management and accounting procedures are currently run in-house. We use a marketing company to create graphics and facilitate the use of co-op money for advertising.

Property Information

Real Estate:

Available as lease or with real property included

Location:

Prime location on Main Street in a vibrant downtown district.

Premises Details:

The historic building that houses the business is self-owned and included in the price of the business. Large front gallery, offices, kitchen, accessible bathroom and several workspace areas are currently utilized to operate the business.

There is space to convert some areas for rental if desired and one area is currently leased to an Interior designer who we partner with.

All gallery and office space has been remodeled within the last 18 months with installation of a completely new roof and 1 HVAC unit scheduled to begin in June of 2023. The second HVAC unit was replaced in 2019. A fleet of 3 mini vans and a large variety of tools and supplies is included in the sale of the business.

Size in square feet:
5,000

Business Operation

Expansion Potential:

The market in Metropolitan St Louis is strong and growing. The business could easily be expanded with additional locations.

Competition / Market:

Currently, in our perception, our business is one of 4-6 established window treatment providers in the St Louis Metropolitan arena. Some of these do not offer soft furnishings/custom drapery and/or 30 years of commercial expertise and product offerings specific to the commercial market.

Recent price checks show us to be highly competitive with service ratings higher than others in this small group.

Reasons for selling:

Retirement

Trading hours:

Monday through Friday 8:30 to 5.

Employees:
7
Years established:
18yrs

Other Information

Support & training:

We are willing and able to remain as employees of the business for a to-be-determined length of time. We will freely share our expertise and knowledge to help ensure a successful transfer of ownership.

Owner financing:
Owner financing is available. Please contact the seller for more information.
Financing available:

We are open to a small amount of seller financing for qualified buyers.

Furniture / Fixtures value:
$75,000 - included in the asking price
Inventory / Stock value:
$25,000 - included in the asking price
Lease asking price:
Undisclosed - Furniture / Fixtures and Inventory / Stock included