Northeast US automotive service and tire business with three retail locations. Multi-decade operating history, sole owner exploring strategic options for the first time. Confidentiality is a high priority for the seller. Pre-NDA detail will be sparse by design. The basics: Revenue: above $5M in 2025, tracking above $6M in 2026 EBITDA: approximately $800K (clean) to $1M (with owner add-backs) Locations: three retail service shops Service mix: mechanical and tire. Service-focused rather than major repair. Transmissions and engines sublet Team: roughly twenty W2 employees Leases: long-term, locked into the 2030s No outstanding business debt All equipment and inventory owned outright The good: Multi-decade operating history with a stable customer base Three locations provide diversification within market Revenue growing year over year through 2025 and into 2026 Clean balance sheet: no debt, all assets owned Long lease tail, no near-term real estate uncertainty Owner is not in distress. Purely opportunistic exploration The honest bad: Process will be slower than typical, with seller wanting to control flow of identifying information until late in diligence Owner is "curious" more than committed. Will explore at a multiple he considers fair. Reference range is 4x to 6x EBITDA depending on transaction structure (asset-only vs full inclusive of inventory) Owner has paid himself well historically (mid-six-figure mix of salary and distributions). True after-owner-comp net income needs verification Three locations means three sets of operational dependencies (techs, leases, local relationships) Sole owner, no co-owners or partners to share continuity Right buyer profile: a searcher or funded buyer who can move discretely, signs an NDA before any specific identifying detail moves, and is comfortable with a slower-than-average process driven by the seller's confidentiality requirements. CT Strategic Partners runs success-fee-only buy-side mandates. Standard modified Lehman 5/4/3/2% paid by buyer at close. 18-month tail. We do not represent the seller. Anonymized teaser only until partner-signed NDA. Reply or email redacted