Specialty Trade Contractors Businesses for Sale in Virginia.
Whether you're looking at HVAC, plumbing, electrical, or any other trade, the businesses worth getting excited about have a foreman or operations manager who runs the crews when the owner isn't there.
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Granite Countertop Fabricator & Installer
Over twenty years of consistent $11M revenue in stone countertop fabrication and installation, serving major national retailers, custom home builders, and commercial projects through a 60-person workforce.
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Revenue$11M
EBITDA$1.5M
Home Technology & Lighting Integration Company
Design-led smart home integrator with over thirty years of client relationships, a three-to-five-year project backlog, and $250k-$350k in annual repeat revenue from established clients without competitive bidding.
Price$850K
Revenue$700K
SDE$310K
Patio / Outdoor Space Contractor
Custom outdoor living contractor with nearly doubled revenue growth, generating $3.5M in topline and $1M in SDE, backed by over forty years of industry tenure.
Price$5M
Revenue$3.5M
SDE$1M
Pool Construction / Service Business
Pool service business with 400 residential accounts, consistent year-over-year growth, and 40% plus margins on chemicals and parts, operating across southeastern Virginia and expanding into adjacent markets.
Price$750K
Revenue$640K
SDE$250K
Foundation Repairs and Waterproofing Business
Foundation repair and basement waterproofing specialist with over 40% EBITDA margins, proprietary structural restoration methods, and engineering firm referrals driving repeat demand.
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Revenue$600K
SDE$250K
Exterior Remodeling Company
Debt-free residential exterior contractor generating $1.49M in revenue with over 30% margins and minimal owner involvement.
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Revenue$1.5M
SDE$451.5K
Industrial Steel Fabrication Contractor
Industrial contractor specializing in design-build, fabrication, erection, and installation of structural steel, process piping, HVAC, and sheet metal with over forty years of operations and $1.5M in annual earnings.
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Revenue$12.5M
SDE$1.5M
Residential Insulation Efficiency Contractor
Residential insulation contractor operating for nearly twenty years with SDE rising from $167k to $310k over three years and top-rated platform status.
Price$1M
Revenue$1.1M
SDE$309.7K
Commercial Cabinetry and Architectural Woodwork Manufacturing
Custom architectural woodwork manufacturer and installer generating $8M in revenue with zero advertising spend and more inbound work requests than capacity to fulfill.
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Revenue$8M
SDE$950K
Facility Painting Specialists
Specialized storage facility painting operation generating $2M in annual revenue at 30-40% profit margins with owner involvement of 10-15 hours per week.
Price$4M
Revenue$2M
SDE$600K
Commercial Masonry Contractor
Masonry general contractor with a $12M to $14M backlog, limited regional competition, and over sixty years of operating history.
Price$4.3M
Revenue$6.2M
EBITDA$1.2M
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Due diligence
What to Look For
Practical guidance from hundreds of real acquisition conversations.
A real second-in-command
- Ask who runs field operations when the owner is not on site and what their day actually looks like.
- A foreman or ops manager with five or more years of tenure who estimates, schedules, and handles quality issues is the clearest sign you're buying a business, not a job.
- A second-in-command who's been there for years is the single thing that most separates a transferable trade business from one that walks out the door with the seller.
- Find out whether that person plans to stay after a sale, and what it would take to keep them.
Backlog and signed contracts
- Ask how many months of work are currently scheduled and how much of it is under signed contract.
- A solid backlog with verified job-level margins tells you the first few months of your ownership are not starting from zero.
- Recurring service agreements with commercial buildings or school districts are especially valuable because they provide baseline revenue that doesn't depend on winning new bids.
- Ask about the mix between backlog from existing relationships and one-time project wins.
Job costing records
- Clean job costing documentation lets you verify that the profits the seller is reporting are actually coming from the work.
- Ask for job cost reports going back two to three years and look for whether estimated margins match actual margins across different project types.
- Consistent margins across project types signal that the estimating process is disciplined, not just lucky.
- If margins vary widely job to job, it's worth understanding why before you close.
Workforce stability
- Ask about average crew tenure and how many workers left in the last year.
- A crew that's been together for several years with low replacement costs is a genuine asset that took time to build.
- High turnover in skilled trades is expensive and often signals a management or culture problem worth understanding.
- Ask how the company handles recruiting when it needs to add capacity, because that process tells you a lot about how organized the operation really is.
Licenses, bonds, and insurance
- Ask what licenses the company holds and whether they're tied to the entity or held personally by the owner.
- Find out what the bonding capacity is and whether any jobs were turned down because of bonding limits.
- Confirming that licenses and insurance transfer cleanly early in diligence prevents the most common surprises close to closing.
- Insurance claim history over the past three years is also worth reviewing to understand any recurring safety or quality issues.
Valuation
What Should You Expect to Pay?
2x-4x
SDE
Owner-operated with project-based revenue and moderate backlog
3x-6x
EBITDA
With management team, recurring service contracts, and strong backlog
Businesses where the owner isn't needed in the field and the backlog is verified and documented consistently get higher offers than those where the earnings depend on the owner's personal presence.
What drives a premium
Signed backlog of 3+ months of work with verified job-level margins
Foreman or operations manager with 5+ years of tenure running crews independently
Recurring service agreements representing 30%+ of annual revenue
Multiple lead sources with no single customer representing more than 20% of revenue
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