This established specialized freight carrier provides nationwide commodity transportation services primarily serving agricultural and industrial end markets. Through the most prolonged freight downturn on record, a period that forced widespread carrier failures industry-wide, the company maintained profitability, held its customer base, and preserved stable earnings across the entire cycle. That durability is structural: long-tenured customer relationships in essential, non-discretionary freight, a service-based market position that holds rates rather than competing on price, and a flexible hybrid capacity model combining company-owned assets, owner-operator partnerships, and freight brokerage that reduces fixed-cost exposure in downturns. Established over two decades ago and grown from a single-truck operation into a sophisticated multi-entity platform, the operation maintains a strong reputation for reliability, on-time performance, and specialized handling that commands premium rates relative to general freight carriers. The company enters the freight market recovery from a position of strength, with capacity expanding through its capital-light owner-operator model.
- Asking Price:
- $9,500,000 Furniture / Fixtures included
- Sales Revenue:
- $13,818,481
- Cash Flow:
- $1,705,604
Property Information
- Real Estate:
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Lease
- Premises Details:
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Leased facility in the Midwest including office space, full-service maintenance facility, and truck parking. Strategic Midwest location provides efficient access to major processing and distribution hubs while serving customers nationwide across all 48 contiguous states. The facility supports both company-owned equipment maintenance and owner-operator coordination.
Business Operation
- Management type:
- This business is owner operated.
- Expansion Potential:
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Geographic expansion into underserved regions, capacity additions through dispatcher and broker scaling, equipment diversification, strategic carrier acquisitions, technology implementation for route and load optimization, and brokerage margin expansion through increased volume leverage.
- Competition / Market:
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Specialized bulk transportation industry remains highly fragmented with 50,000+ small carriers exiting 2022-2024. Company differentiates through custom-specified fleet, nationwide operating capability, diversified capacity model, and 20+ year customer relationships with low driver turnover.
- Reasons for selling:
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Owner seeking retirement transition.
- Trading hours:
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Monday-Friday 8am-5pm
- Employees:
- 12 FT/3 PT
- Years established:
- 31
Other Information
- Support & training:
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Will train for 4 weeks @ $0 cost.
- Furniture / Fixtures value:
- $3,939,381 - included in the asking price
