Link Business

$1.49m SDE, AI-Defensive Trade Business

Listing: #EL05252
Profit

$1,489,555

sales

$5,826,577

industry

Auckland City

Industry

Services


Alan Morpeth, CA, MBA

Broker | Auckland - Ellerslie

Alan Morpeth, CA, MBA

alan.morpeth@linkbusiness.co.nz

+64 9 579 9226

+64 21 655 920


About this Business for sale in Auckland City

$1.49m SDE, AI-Defensive Trade Business
  • $6M Revenue 
  • $1.49M SDE 
  • 20+ Years Established
  • AI Defensive

 

As artificial intelligence transforms industries, businesses that rely on skilled people, technical expertise and physical delivery are becoming increasingly attractive.

This exceptional Auckland-based commercial trade business is particularly well positioned. 

AI represents an opportunity to improve performance and accelerate growth, rather than a threat to its core services.

Established for more than 20 years, the business has developed an outstanding reputation, long-standing blue-chip customer relationships and genuine barriers to entry that would take years to replicate.

Investment Highlights:

  • Exceptional profitability: Approximately $6 million in annual revenue and maintainable SDE of $1.49 million.
  • AI-defensive: Essential, skilled, hands-on services that cannot readily be replaced by technology.
  • Established competitive advantages: Experienced staff, proven systems, trusted suppliers and long-standing commercial relationships.
  • Significant growth potential: No dedicated business development function, limited proactive marketing and a history of turning away work.
  • AI upside: Opportunities to improve sales, lead generation, estimating, scheduling and administration.
  • Proven performance: More than 20 years of successful trading and an established reputation for quality.

 

The owners have focused on delivering exceptional service rather than maximising growth. A motivated purchaser could build on this highly profitable platform without having to establish the infrastructure, relationships and reputation from scratch.
This is not a turnaround opportunity. It is an opportunity to acquire a highly profitable business with genuine growth potential and strong defensive characteristics in an AI-driven economy.

Offered for sale by Expressions of Interest.

Contact Alan or Neil at LINK Business Brokers for further information.
Alan Morpeth, 021 655 920, alan.morpeth@linkbusiness.co.nz
Neil Craigen, 029 222 0742, neil.craigen@linkbusiness.co.nz

*Refer to the LINK website for full disclaimers.

Auckland - Ellerslie
alan.morpeth@linkbusiness.co.nz
+64 9 579 9226
+64 21 655 920
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Auckland - Ellerslie
neil.craigen@linkbusiness.co.nz
+64 9 579 9226
+64 29 222 0742

Neil Craigen

*Profit: Sellers Discretionary Earnings, also known as EBPITD (Earnings Before Proprietors Compensation, Interest, Tax and Depreciation). This is the estimated total discretionary earnings (profit) for a business, usually based on historical trading.