Business Description
Financing: SBA Preapproved with Huntington Bank
Overview: This is a rare opportunity to acquire a dominant, 40-year-old outdoor design-build firm serving the affluent luxury residential market in one of the fastest-growing corridors in Texas. The company designs, engineers, and constructs comprehensive outdoor environments under a single contract — custom pools, hardscape, landscape, outdoor kitchens, lighting, irrigation, fencing, and more — for high-net-worth clients who want one firm, one point of accountability, and a finished result that competitors simply can’t replicate.
Revenue has grown from $3.3M to $4.3M to $5.7M over the past three fiscal years, and the business is currently tracking an annualized run rate in excess of $6.6M with a signed backlog of $1.56M already on the books. Margins are exceptional — FY2025 SDE of $1.88M on $5.65M in revenue — driven by a proprietary estimating system built over four decades and a captive subcontractor network of 25–30 long-tenured firms that eliminates fixed labor costs and allows rapid scaling. The asking price of $2.5M represents approximately 1.3x SDE, and the deal is SBA 7(a) eligible.
What makes this business genuinely difficult to replicate is the combination of licensed architecture credentials, a deeply embedded subcontractor network, and a 95% design-to-construction conversion rate — all fueled entirely by word-of-mouth with zero paid digital marketing. A new owner with even a modest marketing effort is stepping into a business with a structural competitive moat and significant untapped upside in a market that keeps sending more affluent buyers its way.
The seller is retiring after founding the business and is prepared to provide thorough transition support, including assisting in recruiting a licensed landscape architect to carry the firm’s architecture-of-record designation.
There are no W2 employees besides owners; the subcontractors do the work and the owners oversee.
FY2025 Revenue: $5,652,851
FY2026 YTD Revenue (through Mar 17, 2026): $3,579,647