Specialist Chemical Supply Business For Sale

Business description

This established chemical supply business specialises in the sales and support of high end cleaning chemicals and equipment. The business is neat, well run, and has a number of external & internal sales reps focused on ensuring sales growth. They have strong, longstanding agencies with several leading chemical manufacturers, and regularly over achieve on their budgets with these manufacturers.

The business is competently staffed with minimal owner input at this stage, and is easy to run.

This is a solid business, and new contracts that are coming on line have the potential to literally double the size of this business!

Property information

Real Estate:

Lease

Location:

This business is centrally located in a good, safe area, and provides good access to customers as well as staff.

Premises details:

Old residence converted into business premises with business rights.

Other information

Expansion potential:

Certain large clients that have been approached over the last 18 months have started to award supply contracts to the business. The first few of these will add 25% to the current sales turnover, and very real potential exists to double the size of this business in the meduim term.

Expansion potential into the industrial chemical market exists, and opportunity exists to start manufacturing basic cleaning chemicals to be marketed under an in house brand.

This market is huge, and there is significant potential to utilise the existing strong base of products (agencies) to aggressively grow sales.

Support & training:

Handover with current owner as required.

Reasons for selling:

Owner has other business interest that he wants to aggressively pursue.

Trading hours:

Monday to Friday, office hours

Financing available:

The owner is prepared to retain a minority stake in the business (up to 20%) for a period of time.

Inventory / Stock value:

R400,000