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Business Description
This well-known and successful mobile brake repair company has little to no direct competition in Northern VA. This family-run company has disrupted the auto repair industry by offering the convenience of brake repair service done on the spot at the customer's home or office.
After serving thousands of customers the company continues to maintain a 5-star rating on Google, Yelp, Facebook, and Angie's List. Currently operating in Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince Williams counties; offering high quality brake repair including new brake pads, rotors, calipers, brake hoses, and brake flushes. The company has averaged 794 completed jobs per year over the past six years. Average revenue per job in 2023 was $822.36 with 26% repeat customers year over year.
The company is fully staffed with talented, non-family member ASE Certified technicians and a customer service/scheduling team member. The technicians are provided with a fully upfitted and stocked work van that includes hand tools, power tools, jacks, storage and shelving, uniforms, cell phone, webapp with pricing, shop supplies, an expense card, access to parts distributors, and more. The customer service member works from home with a company-provided laptop, cell phone, and other office tools. Together they run the day-to-day operations of the business with little oversight. The equipment listed above plus three fully outfitted and wrapped Ford Transit Connect Vans are included in the sale of the company.
The differentiator for the success of this company is a custom software system that was envisioned and built by the owners to meet the very specific needs of this mobile brake repair business. The founders and a third-party software developer created this custom software system. This webapp automates many business processes including the CRM, scheduling process, quoting process, tracking of prospects, on-the-spot price calculation, receipt generation, reminders, automated emails, and more. The third part developer continues to support and update the software at minimal ongoing expense.
The owners also prepared the business to be franchised and built tools, assets, and resources as part of that process. These tools will be helpful to the new owners whether they choose to franchise or grow the business in other ways. These assets include - Operations Manual, Employee Training and Onboarding Manual, Van Upfitting Guide, Jump Start Manual, Franchise Disclosure Document, Trademarks, Website, Call Scripts, Marketing Guides, Brand Style Guide, and more.
To support a seamless and profitable handoff to new owners, the current owners will provide introductions and handoffs to key vendors and help facilitate new relationships. These vendors and agreements include negotiated rates for parts purchases, a successful and experienced web marketing team, credit card processing, bookkeeping, CPA, branding and printing, uniform embroidery and more.
There is a significant opportunity for the new owners to grow this exciting business by increasing market share locally, expanding the service area, tapping into new markets, or all of the above.
After serving thousands of customers the company continues to maintain a 5-star rating on Google, Yelp, Facebook, and Angie's List. Currently operating in Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince Williams counties; offering high quality brake repair including new brake pads, rotors, calipers, brake hoses, and brake flushes. The company has averaged 794 completed jobs per year over the past six years. Average revenue per job in 2023 was $822.36 with 26% repeat customers year over year.
The company is fully staffed with talented, non-family member ASE Certified technicians and a customer service/scheduling team member. The technicians are provided with a fully upfitted and stocked work van that includes hand tools, power tools, jacks, storage and shelving, uniforms, cell phone, webapp with pricing, shop supplies, an expense card, access to parts distributors, and more. The customer service member works from home with a company-provided laptop, cell phone, and other office tools. Together they run the day-to-day operations of the business with little oversight. The equipment listed above plus three fully outfitted and wrapped Ford Transit Connect Vans are included in the sale of the company.
The differentiator for the success of this company is a custom software system that was envisioned and built by the owners to meet the very specific needs of this mobile brake repair business. The founders and a third-party software developer created this custom software system. This webapp automates many business processes including the CRM, scheduling process, quoting process, tracking of prospects, on-the-spot price calculation, receipt generation, reminders, automated emails, and more. The third part developer continues to support and update the software at minimal ongoing expense.
The owners also prepared the business to be franchised and built tools, assets, and resources as part of that process. These tools will be helpful to the new owners whether they choose to franchise or grow the business in other ways. These assets include - Operations Manual, Employee Training and Onboarding Manual, Van Upfitting Guide, Jump Start Manual, Franchise Disclosure Document, Trademarks, Website, Call Scripts, Marketing Guides, Brand Style Guide, and more.
To support a seamless and profitable handoff to new owners, the current owners will provide introductions and handoffs to key vendors and help facilitate new relationships. These vendors and agreements include negotiated rates for parts purchases, a successful and experienced web marketing team, credit card processing, bookkeeping, CPA, branding and printing, uniform embroidery and more.
There is a significant opportunity for the new owners to grow this exciting business by increasing market share locally, expanding the service area, tapping into new markets, or all of the above.
About the Business
- Years in Operation
- 13
- Currently Home Based
- Yes
- Facilities & Assets
- There are no leases or rental agreements for any real estate or company liabilities that must be assumed by the new owners. Assets included are: three fully upfit and wrapped Ford Transit Connect Vans, (each includes: hand tools, power tools, jacks, storage and shelving, shop supplies, credit card processing machine), uniforms, cell phones, one laptop and other office tools. Non-tangible assets include custom software, customer database, business website, online reviews, social media profiles, and the trademark for the business name.
- Market Outlook / Competition
- There is very little to no direct competition in the marketplace. The cultivated market is centered in Fairfax, Prince William and Loudoun Counties in Northern Virginia and covers a population of just over 2 million people.
- Opportunities for Growth
- There is an opportunity for the new owners to grow the business by increasing market share locally, expanding the service area and tapping into new markets. Expansion can be organic or through franchising as outlined above.
About the Sale
- Seller Motivation
- Owners are retiring.
- Transition Support
- New owners will receive 2 weeks of in-person training followed by 60 calendar days of phone-based support and consulting. Introductions and facilitation of new relationships with all business vendors and external support team members will be conducted by the outgoing owners.
Listing Info
- ID
- 2408016
- Listing Views
- 452
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