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Buying a Parking Lot Striping & Maintenance business
Published · Reviewed by The Diligence Standard Team · Updated
a Parking Lot Striping & Maintenance business can look attractive on a summary P&L while the operating details underneath it change the cash flow, transferability and capital a buyer will actually own. Diligence should connect the reported earnings to the business-specific drivers that create them.
How the business works
Commercial account relationships, route/project density, equipment, seasonality and crew productivity determine value.
Risks to test
- Seasonality/weather
- Owner commercial relationships
- Equipment CapEx
- Crew dependence
- Project pricing
- Customer concentration
Evidence to request and reconcile
- Job history
- Customer revenue
- Equipment
- Crew payroll
- Backlog
- Bid/margin data
Decision questions
- How much work repeats annually?
- Who owns property-manager relationships?
- What equipment replacement is due?
- Which services carry margin?
- How seasonal is demand?