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Selling a roofing business comes down to cash flow a buyer can underwrite, the people who already do the work, and a file they can diligence. For the overview of selling a business, use the seller page. Start with a valuation and the notes on how the sale is financed. The complete roofing business guide covers buyers, diligence, and the handoff.
What buyers typically underwrite
Project Pipeline Variability
Revenue depends on project availability and weather. We help document lead generation processes.
Crew Retention
Skilled roofers are competitive to recruit and retain. Transition plans are essential.
Insurance and Bonds
Proper licensing, insurance, and bonding are critical to valuation and continuity.
Warranty Claims
Outstanding warranties on completed projects transfer to buyer and impact valuation.
Retail reroof is SDE. A storm year is not the multiple.
Roofing companies that still depend on the owner to sell every job are priced on seller's discretionary earnings. After a real closer wage and a production lead, they often trade around 2x–3.5x SDE. A retail repair and reroof book a crew already runs often moves toward 2.5x–4.5x SDE. Storm, hail, and hurricane volume is context. Lenders and buyers haircut it. A managed exterior company priced near $10 million is more often read on adjusted EBITDA, commonly about 3x–6x. These ranges are directional, not a quote, and not legal, tax, or lending advice.
Roofing buyers and a $5 million SBA ceiling
The buyer is usually another roofer adding a market, or an exterior trade that wants the roof with siding or gutters. A first-time buyer can close when a production lead and a qualifying license stay. A storm-chaser year does not create a platform buyer. Private equity shows up, when it shows up, on a retail book with a manager, not on one season of supplements.
SBA 7(a) will look at the retail and repair book underneath a spike. The SBA 7(a) cap is $5 million. Warranty tails, unused deposits, and truck notes often bring a seller note. This is not lending advice.
Coastal Florida wind versus a hail market somewhere else
Use Florida as the coastal example: wind-mitigation and a hurricane season that must stay out of the run rate. A plains hail year is the same mistake in a different state. Manufacturer certifications and the state license do not automatically move with the company. Bridge Point works both files from Spring Hill and takes them to buyers who already buy roofing, wherever the decks are.
How roofing-company purchases get financed
Roofing finances on retail reroof and repair a licensed crew can run without you on every deck. SBA 7(a) will look at that book. A storm year gets a haircut — lenders will not annualize a hail or hurricane spike. Manufacturer certifications and warranty tails have to survive the buyer. Truck, hoist, and trailer notes belong in the use of proceeds.
Unused deposits on unstarted roofs are a liability. Owner-as-closer risk is the person who still sells every supplement. Seller notes and standby notes are common after a storm year, when crews need a season to prove, or when SBA needs equity. We split storm from retail before anyone models debt service. An earn-out tied only to next season’s weather is a bet we would rather not write.
Who typically buys a roofing company
Roofing contractors adding a market or a retail book, exterior trades (siding, gutter) that want the roof, and consolidators who will not underwrite a storm-only shop as if it were a route. First-time buyers can close if a production lead stays. They struggle if you are still the only closer and the only qualifier.
Complete industry guide
Storm vs retail mix, crews, and roofing company valuation.
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