Established 1959 Collision Repair With $465K Cash Flow

Location

Freestanding commercial property on a main road in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, with good visibility, ample on-site parking, and direct drive-in access for customer and tow-in vehicles. The surrounding area is a mixed commercial and light industrial corridor. The market sits within the greater Washington DC and Northern Virginia commuter corridor and is one of the faster-growing regions in West Virginia, with easy interstate access for both retail customers and commercial accounts.

Employees

6 Full Time Employees

Real Estate

Real Property Included

Trading Hours

Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Closed Saturday and Sunday. The business currently operates standard weekday hours only, with no evening or weekend shifts, leaving additional capacity available to a new owner.

Management Type

This business is owner operated.

Owner Financing

Owner financing is available. Please contact the seller for more information.

Premises Details

Owned real property, included in the asking price at a value of $800,000. The real estate must be purchased with the business. Purpose-built auto body and collision repair premises with multiple drive-in repair bays, two automotive paint booths, secure storage for vehicles in progress, and dedicated office and estimating space. The layout is optimized for workflow from intake through teardown, structural repair, refinishing, and final delivery. Approximately $150,000 in fixtures, fittings and equipment is included, comprising frame straightening systems, vehicle lifts, industrial air compressors, MIG/TIG welding equipment, paint mixing and refinishing systems, diagnostic scanners, and specialty body shop tooling.

Years Established

67

Support & Training

The seller is committed to a smooth transition and is willing to provide up to 6 months of training and handover support if necessary. The current owner works approximately 35 hours per week, and daily operations are already supported by a tenured team, including an office manager with approximately 20 years of tenure, a painter assistant with approximately 35 years of experience, a painter with approximately 15 years of experience, and body technicians with multiple years of service. Training and handover can cover estimating and shop management in CCC, accounting in QuickBooks, supplier and vendor relationships, customer and referral relationships, staff continuity, pricing and job costing, and workflow from intake through final delivery. The seller is also open to a post-sale consulting arrangement to assist with operations, customer relationships, DRP development, and long-term continuity beyond the initial transition period.

Expansion Potential

The business has grown organically on reputation alone, leaving clear levers for a new owner: - Direct Repair Programs (DRPs). Signing carrier agreements is identified by the seller as the largest near-term revenue opportunity. Expanding insurance referral relationships and adjuster contacts. Growing commercial and fleet accounts, currently only about 10% of revenue. Building digital marketing and social media presence, including before-and-after galleries of completed repair work. - Adding technicians and capacity to work down the six-week backlog and convert existing demand into revenue faster. - Capturing continued residential and commercial growth across the Eastern Panhandle and the wider Washington DC corridor. - Improving systems, scheduling, recruiting, and throughput. Existing equipment, including two paint booths and frame straightening systems, supports higher volume without significant additional capital investment.

Competition / Market

The business is one of only six major body shops serving its market and has traded continuously since 1959, giving it decades of community trust and word-of-mouth referral that newer entrants cannot easily replicate. Local collision repair capacity is constrained while the regional population continues to grow. Demand currently exceeds capacity, evidenced by a standing backlog of approximately six weeks. Revenue is diversified across roughly 90% retail and 10% commercial customers, with an approximate 50/50 split between recurring and one-time work, limiting concentration risk. The principal competitive consideration for a new owner is the national consolidator presence in the wider collision repair sector. The business mitigates this through its established local brand, tenured technical staff, and owned premises, which gives it long-term occupancy cost certainty that leased competitors do not have.

Reason for Selling

Retirement. The owner is retiring after decades of ownership and is committed to a smooth transition, offering up to 6 months of training and handover support, plus an optional post-sale consulting arrangement.