Residential Construction Businesses for Sale in California.
Whether you're looking at custom home builders, remodel contractors, or specialty trade work, the best opportunities have something in common: signed contracts with billing milestones already in place and project managers who run jobs without the owner on every site.
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West Coast Equipment Dealership
Full-service equipment dealership with exclusive manufacturer agreements, over 2,000 customers, 20% profitability margins, and $21.5M in revenue across agricultural, construction, and government sectors.
Price$15M
Revenue$21.5M
EBITDA$2.5M
Home Remodeling Contracting Business
Design-build remodeling firm with over ten years of operations, a 4,800-square-foot showroom, and a subcontractor model generating $5M to $9M in annual revenue on 15% to 18% net margins while running on remote management.
Price$4.5M
Revenue$5.1M
SDE$921.9K
Iron / Steel Product Fabricator
Steel fabrication and ornamental ironwork operation generating $7.4M in revenue with a 50-person workforce and diversified government and private-sector contracts across California.
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Revenue$7.4M
EBITDA$1.5M
Construction Company
Custom home builder and commercial renovation contractor generating $40M in revenue and $5M EBITDA, with an adjacent security division offering bulletproof doors, safe rooms, and monitoring systems.
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Revenue$40M
EBITDA$5M
Custom Woodworking Business
Cabinetry and custom residential woodworking operation with roots dating back to 1930, generating $4M in annual revenue and $600k SDE sustained across four consecutive years.
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Revenue$4M
SDE$600K
General Contractor
General contractor with over $3.2M in annual revenue and consistent six-figure discretionary earnings across residential remodels, additions, ADUs, and commercial construction.
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Revenue$3.2M
SDE$300K
Sustainable Building Materials Provider
Sustainable decking and siding distributor generating $5.8M in 2025 revenue with $2M in inventory and distribution partnerships driving repeat business.
Price$5M
Revenue$5.8M
SDE$356K
Residential Design-Build Company
Full-service design-build general contractor specializing in residential renovations, additions, and ADUs with revenue growing from $3.2M to $4.1M and steady $495k EBITDA.
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Revenue$4.1M
SDE$495K
Stucco & Plastering Contractor
Over 35 years operating in Southern California luxury custom homes, generating $4M in annual revenue with SDE projected at $888k in 2026 after nearly tripling from $347k in 2024.
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Revenue$4M
SDE$629.1K
Professional Construction Building Services
Residential and commercial general contractor with over twenty-five years of operating history, a lean three-person team, and subcontractor-based delivery model generating consistent margins on $750k in annual revenue.
Price$330K
Revenue$370K
SDE$110K
Residential ADU Construction Management
Construction management firm with a six-digit CSLB license established over thirty years ago, delivering 50% margins on $1M in revenue across design, drafting, permit assistance, and residential construction services in Southern California.
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Revenue$1M
SDE$500K
Restoration Business
Insurance-funded fire and water damage restoration firm with over 25 years of operations, 12 employees, and approximately 70% of revenue sourced directly from insurance carriers.
Price$5.5M
Revenue$7M
SDE$150.4K
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Due diligence
What to Look For
Practical guidance from hundreds of real acquisition conversations.
Signed Contract Backlog
- Ask for a current list of signed contracts with project values, expected start dates, deposit status, and billing schedules.
- Six to twelve months of signed work gives you meaningful revenue visibility from day one and tells you the business has real momentum.
- Verbal commitments and letters of intent are worth understanding but shouldn't be counted the same as signed agreements with deposits already received.
- Ask how the backlog has looked at this point in each of the past three years to understand whether current levels are typical or unusual.
Job-Level Profitability
- A company that tracks labor hours and material costs by project and can tell you which job types make money is significantly more valuable than one where all costs are pooled together.
- Ask for a breakdown of gross margin by project type over the past two or three years.
- Knowing that remodel work runs at 40 percent gross margin while spec builds run at 22 percent tells you where to focus your energy after you close.
Project Manager Independence
- Ask who handles estimating, scheduling, subcontractor coordination, and project closeout, and how much of that depends on the owner being involved.
- A project manager who takes a job from estimate to completion without calling the owner is one of the most valuable things you can find in a construction business.
- If the owner is still on every job site and in every client conversation, the transition becomes a much bigger part of the deal to plan for.
Referral Sources and Subcontractor Relationships
- Ask where work comes from — a company where nearly all projects come from builder referrals and repeat clients, with no paid advertising, has a reputation that is genuinely hard to replicate.
- Confirm whether those referral relationships belong to the owner personally or to the business and team more broadly.
- Long-standing subcontractor relationships with trusted subs are worth asking about because they affect both quality and scheduling on every job.
Valuation
What Should You Expect to Pay?
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SDE
Owner-operated, variable backlog
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EBITDA
Project manager team in place, strong backlog, tracked job margins
Signed backlog, whether project managers run jobs independently, job-level margin tracking, and the mix between new construction and remodel work are the main factors that push residential construction valuations higher.
What drives a premium
Signed contract backlog covering six or more months of projected revenue with deposit and billing milestones
Project managers who handle estimating, scheduling, and closeout without daily owner involvement
Tracked job-level profitability by project type going back at least two years
Revenue mix including remodel and renovation work that holds up when new construction slows
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