For Sale: Established C-28 Licensed Locksmith Business — El Dorado County, CA

This is the kind of business most buyers never get a chance to see. A fully operational, C-28 licensed locksmith company with over four decades of community trust, active institutional contracts, and three straight years of accelerating cash flow — now available for the first time in a generation.

Founded in 1978, this business has built an unmatched reputation across residential, commercial, and automotive locksmith services in one of Northern California's most stable and growing counties. The C-28 Locksmith Contractor license is the cornerstone of this business's value — enabling high-margin work with municipalities, school districts, and commercial accounts that unlicensed competitors cannot legally perform.

The numbers speak for themselves:

Gross revenue: $563,000 (2025)
Seller's Discretionary Earnings: $191,000 (2025)
SDE growth: $144K → $164K → $191K over three years
Net income nearly tripled from 2023 to 2025

Included in the sale: a fully equipped fleet of service vehicles, professional locksmith machinery, key duplication equipment, and a safe inventory valued at over $30,000 retail. One experienced full-time employee is in place, and the seller has committed to a 90-day transition to ensure a smooth handoff of customer relationships, contracts, and operational knowledge.

Significant growth upside exists for a buyer willing to introduce digital marketing, extend service hours, or expand into access control and smart security systems — none of which the current owner has actively pursued.

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