Commercial Construction Businesses for Sale in Florida.
The backlog and equipment are easy to see, but what makes a commercial contractor genuinely transferable is repeat clients who send work because of the team's reputation, not a single relationship with the owner.
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Cabinet Stone Countertop Specialists
Nearly 50 years of cabinet, countertop, and stone fabrication with SDE margins that grew from 5% to over 20% in two years on a $3.3M revenue base.
Price$2.3M
Revenue$2.7M
EBITDA$603.1K
Metal Fabrication / Welding Company
Nine-year-old metal fabrication and welding operation in South Florida covering structural steel, fencing, railings, and custom metalwork with recurring general contractor relationships and a fully equipped workshop ready for an operator to step in.
Price$450K
Revenue$746K
EBITDA$97.5K
Engineering Design & Construction Management Firm
Multidisciplinary MEP engineering firm with over forty years of operation serving government agencies and municipalities across the US and Caribbean, generating $1.1M in 2025 revenue with a tenured team that operates with minimal owner involvement.
Price$1.4M
Revenue$1.1M
SDE$376.5K
Construction Management Company
A 35-year commercial construction firm with $65M active backlog and $60M unsecured bonding capacity, generating revenue through negotiated fee-based contracts with repeat clients rather than competitive bidding.
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Revenue$24.4M
SDE$1.1M
Roofing Contractor
Over 40 years of continuing contracts with school boards, airport authorities, and institutional clients in Florida have produced $2.5M in revenue and $700k in EBITDA on a trajectory toward $3M and beyond.
Price$3.3M
Revenue$2.5M
EBITDA$697.2K
Commercial and Residential Roofing Business
Roofing contractor with over twenty-five years of continuous operation, generating $2.3M to $2.9M in annual revenue with positive EBITDA across all years from 2022 through 2025.
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Revenue$2.3M
SDE$250K
Professional Construction Building Services
Home remodeling and roofing contractor in South Florida with over $1M in 2025 revenue, over forty years in operation, and consistent six-figure SDE.
Price$940K
Revenue$1M
SDE$319.2K
Full-Service Construction Firm
Full-service design-to-build construction company with revenue doubling to $2.4M in 2025, an asset-light subcontracted model, and a $3.5M projected pipeline for 2026.
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Revenue$2.4M
SDE$500.1K
Commercial General Contracting & Design-Build Company
Licensed commercial construction firm with dual construction and architecture divisions, 97% contract win rate, and over thirty-five years of operation in North Florida.
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Revenue$10M
SDE$2.7M
Painting / Drywall Business
A drywall and painting operation in Central Florida generating $400k in owner earnings on $1.1M in revenue, with margins above 35% and a fully subcontracted labor model.
Price$1.2M
Revenue$800K
SDE$300K
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Due diligence
What to Look For
Practical guidance from hundreds of real acquisition conversations.
Backlog and Pipeline Visibility
- Ask for a detailed backlog: projects awarded, expected start dates, contract values, and a rough sense of margin on each.
- A healthy backlog gives you meaningful visibility into near-term revenue and tells you a lot about the company's reputation in its market.
- Outstanding bids are worth reviewing too, since win rates on negotiated work versus competitive bids tell you something real about how clients feel about the relationship.
Client Relationship Ownership
- Find out whether the owner is the primary relationship holder with major clients, or whether the project managers and estimators have built their own standing with those accounts over time.
- Commercial construction businesses where clients come back because of the team and the reputation rather than a single person are far more transferable.
- Ask specifically: have any key clients met and worked directly with the project managers, and do any clients call the PMs first rather than the owner?
Licensing, Bonding, and Insurance
- Understand who holds the qualifying contractor license and whether that person intends to stay after the sale.
- Licensing is tied to a person in most states, so this question shapes the entire transition plan.
- Bonding capacity also matters, since it determines how large a project backlog the business can carry at any given time — getting this clear early prevents the most common late-stage complications.
Cash Management Discipline
- Construction cash flow can be challenging: long project timelines, front-loaded costs, and payment terms that don't always align.
- Ask how the business manages draws, billing milestones, and receivables across active projects.
- Contractors who have run multi-year projects without relying on debt or running short on cash have demonstrated something genuinely valuable.
Valuation
What Should You Expect to Pay?
2x-4x
SDE
Owner-operated with strong backlog
4x-7x
EBITDA
With independent project management team
In commercial construction, the spread between 2x and 7x reflects backlog strength, how many clients come back without competitive bidding, and how independently the project management and superintendent team operates.
What drives a premium
Repeat clients accounting for 80%+ of revenue with multi-year relationship history
Project managers and superintendents who run jobs, win relationships, and make field decisions independently
12+ months of backlog with known scopes, awarded contracts, and clear margin visibility
Strong cash management with no reliance on credit lines to fund active project costs
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