SEEKING BUYER
$731K EBITDA Branded Area Rug Business - Wholesale + DTC
Retail · Northeast, US
revenue: $3,905,000
ebitda: $730,869
Exclusivity:
Non-Exclusive Deal
SBA Eligiblity:
Eligible
Revenue:
$3,905,000
EBITDA:
$730,869
Offering for sale a 30-year-old branded area rug business in the Northeast US. The Company designs, imports, and sells premium handmade rugs in its own exclusive patterns through two channels: a B2B wholesale business of 1,000+ active accounts — interior designers, independent retailers, and national catalog/ecommerce partners — averaging over ten years of tenure with no account above roughly 10% of cumulative B2B sales since 2020, and a DTC storefront at a $613 average order value and ~32% repeat rateredactednet sales were $3.90M (+15.1%) at a 68.4% gross margin, the highest in company history, on Clean Adjusted EBITDA of $731K (18.7%); reported EBITDA tripled from $131K to $501K before any add-back, and 2022 delivered $572K on $4.46M of sales, so 2025 is a return to form rather than a one-year peak. Between 2022 and 2025 the owners deliberately simplified the business — retail store closed, peripheral categories discontinued, overhead right-sized — leaving a debt-free operation of roughly 10 FTEs on documented ERP, ecommerce and BI systems. Most functions outside warehousing are location-independent and the facility lease runs only through 12/31/2027, so a buyer has a near-term choice about where the operation sits. Paid media is under $200K/yr against 6.9x ROAS on Google Ads, and a 36,000-subscriber owned list already generates over $300K a year from broadcast sends alone; lifecycle automation, RFM segmentation, SEO, organic social and influencer channels remain nascent. The growth opportunity is marketing execution, not operational repair. Offered as a 100% owner-held asset sale with ~$1.05M inventory at cost; SBA 7(a) financeable. Founders retiring after three decades, structured transition available. Seller-directed process, no brokerage engagement in place — I'm advising on it and handling inquiries myself. DM me for a blind summary; CIM and financials follow a mutual NDA that I run directly. Walter Chapin · Lightfast Advisory · redacted