Plumbing Multiples (Atlanta)

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by a searcher from Kennesaw State University - Coles College of Business
in Atlanta, GA, USA

2yrs ago

Plumbing Multiples (Atlanta)

What EBITDA multiples are you seeing for plumbing? We've been in conversations with a local plumbing shop here in GA. 50/50 commercial/resi. They do ~$5.5M in revs. I see that industry average Net Margins are 15% - 20% (correct me if that's wrong). Their margins are lower due to how they like to run the business (they have some bloat).

I pulled some comps and see EBITDA multiples fromredacted25x. Is that what others are seeing?

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reply by an investor 2yrs ago
from Ivey Business School at Western University in Boca Raton, FL, USA

I've seen a few that have generally been in theredacted50x EBITDA range with ~$1M of EBITDA. Please keep me in mind if you are looking for investors in the preferred equity.

reply by a searcher 2yrs ago
from Kennesaw State University in Atlanta, GA, USA

Thanks for the responses everyone, super helpful! We connected with the owner and worked through the value we'd be at. Fingers crossed as we wait to hear back.