Equipped Restoration Franchise, Exclusive Territory

An established, infrastructure-rich content restoration business serving metro Atlanta and Central Georgia is offered as an asset sale. Operating within a nationally recognized restoration franchise, it specializes in the contents side of insurance-restoration work — inventorying, packing out, cleaning, deodorizing, storing, and returning homeowners' belongings after fire, water, and storm losses. Most restoration firms refer this labor-intensive work out, making a dedicated operator a natural partner to mitigation firms, adjusters, and insurance programs. Demand is non-discretionary and largely insurance-funded.
Offered as a turnaround and platform acquisition priced on its assets and potential, not trailing earnings. Included: a 10,000 SF facility (lease assignable), a full equipment package — ultrasonic contents-cleaning system, electric forklift, box truck, storage vaults, ozone treatment, and shelving — plus an exclusive franchise territory and established systems, all conveying well below replacement cost. Annual revenue has ranged from roughly $570,000 to $690,000.
The business is already credentialed on six insurance third-party-administrator and program panels — an institutional referral channel independent of the owners. A clear, owner-acknowledged path to profitability exists through dedicated business development, referral diversification, and idle capacity ready to absorb more volume.
Motivated sellers will provide training and an extended transition, and the franchisor supports qualified buyer transfers. Ideal for an owner-operator, a restoration/mitigation company, or an investor seeking a branded platform with upside. Qualified buyers sign an NDA; full details follow.

Down Payment: N/A

Total Sales: $571,000

Cash Flow: N/A

EBIT: N/A

EBITDA: N/A

Accounts Receivable: N/A

Accounts Receivable Included: No

FFE: $145,000

FFE Included: Yes

Inventory: $3,500

Inventory Included: Yes

Year Established: 2022

Year of last Acquisition: 2022

Days & Hours of Operation: Monday to Sunday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Non-Owner Payroll: N/A

Employees: 6 (4 Full-time, 2 Part-time)

Absentee Owner: No

Security on Lease: Yes

Real Estate: N/A

Real Estate Included: No

Monthly Rent: $7,369

Square Footage: 10000

Franchise: Yes

Facilities Information:

Operations run from a 10,000 SF warehouse-and-office facility with 20-ft ceilings (lease assignable to a qualified buyer). The asset sale conveys a complete equipment package: an ultrasonic contents-cleaning system, electric forklift, box truck, 65 storage vaults, ozone deodorization unit, industrial shelving, a Ford F-250, and contents-inventory systems, plus an exclusive franchise territory — all transferring at closing, well below replacement cost. A full equipment schedule is provided to qualified buyers.

Reason For Sale:

Changing Career

Training & Support:

The owners will remain in a paid capacity for a flexible, mutually agreed transition to ensure a smooth handover. Training covers daily operations, estimating and contents-inventory software, vendor and supplier relationships, job workflow, and back-office systems. Referral-source and insurance-panel relationships are transitioned in a phased, jointly planned manner, including support for re-credentialing the new owner on the panels. The franchisor provides established training, systems, technology, and ongoing support, and approves transfer to a qualified buyer. Restoration experience is helpful but not required — the combination of franchise training and an extended seller transition positions a motivated new owner to step in with confidence.

Historical Summary:

Founded in 2022, the business launched as a specialized contents operation within a nationally recognized restoration franchise and began taking jobs in 2023. It moved quickly to build the infrastructure of a full-scale operator — a 10,000-square-foot facility, a complete equipment package, an exclusive franchise territory, and established operating systems. Revenue grew from roughly $279,000 in its first partial year to about $690,000 in 2024, then eased to approximately $572,000 in 2025 in step with a sector-wide decline in claim volume rather than any loss of capability. Over the same period the company earned credentials on six insurance third-party-administrator and program panels, adding a durable institutional referral channel. Originally developed to complement an affiliated restoration operation, the business is now positioned to grow independently as a brand-neutral contents partner to the wider restoration market.

Owner Qualifications:

Ideal for a buyer with capital for the acquisition, the franchise transfer fee, and working capital to fund growth. No restoration experience required — franchise training and an extended seller transition are provided — but a sales- and relationship-driven owner is best positioned, since growth comes from building referral relationships with mitigation firms, adjusters, and agents. Fits an owner-operator, an existing restoration or mitigation company, or an investor who installs capable sales leadership. Buyer must qualify for franchisor approval.

Competition:

Property restoration is a large, resilient, insurance-funded industry driven by fire, water, and storm damage — non-discretionary demand that holds up through cycles and grows with severe weather and aging housing stock. The contents niche (pack-out, cleaning, and storage) is underserved: most mitigation firms refer this labor-intensive work out rather than staff for it, so a dedicated, neutral operator partners with restoration companies as often as it competes with them. Competitors are national franchises and independents handling some content in-house; a few specialize. The business differentiates through an exclusive franchise territory, six insurance program-panel credentials, a built-out facility and equipment base, and brand recognition — barriers a new entrant can't quickly replicate.

Potential Growth:

The platform is built for growth, and the path is clear. The most immediate lever is a dedicated business-development hire to expand referral relationships with mitigation firms, adjusters, and insurance agents — a function the current owners have not staffed. As an independent, brand-neutral operator, the business can win content work from the many restoration companies that won't refer to a competitor-affiliated provider, opening a far wider referral market. Additional upside includes maturing the six insurance program panels into steady, source-independent volume; bringing referred-out services, such as electronics and textile restoration, in-house; and using idle facility, equipment, and territory capacity to absorb more jobs without major new capital. A motivated owner with working capital can scale this on a built-out base.