Absentee-Operated Bar & Lounge In Columbus, GA!

Business Overview:

Asking price with a 6-year COAM contract is only $139,000 plus inventory, which is LESS THAN ONE YEAR of net profit! 

Prefer to keep the COAM open? The seller is also offering the business with NO COAM contract at $229,000 plus inventory!

Excellent opportunity to acquire an established, independently operated bar and lounge in busy shopping center, at an exit right off of Interstate 185, with multiple income streams, a manager and experienced staff in place, and a loyal neighborhood following!

Absentee-Operated Business! The current owner has management and employees in place, allowing the business to run without the owner’s full-time presence!

Open COAM Contract! The seller is offering two purchase options so buyers can choose the COAM structure that best fits their plans: take over a 6-year COAM contract already in place, or buy with NO contract and negotiate your own master license agreement!

Key Financials:

Monthly sales average approximately $25,000 at a strong 70% margin, generating $17,500 in gross profit from the bar and kitchen alone!

Game Machine commission averages $8,000 per month ONE-SIDE! Lottery commission adds another $1,000 per month and the ATM adds $250 per month!

Total gross profit is approximately $26,750 per month, or over $321,000 per year!

Net Profit is over $12,100 per month AFTER paying $4,500 in payroll (including a $3,000 manager’s salary), rent, insurance, utilities, credit card fees, and ALL other expenses! That is over $145,000 per year!

Rent is only $3,600 per month NNN plus CAM, budgeted at $4,500 per month all-in for rent, taxes, and CAM, with over 4 years remaining on the lease!

Operating hours are Monday 10 AM to 11 PM, Tuesday through Saturday 10 AM to midnight, and CLOSED on Sundays! Immediate opportunity to add a seventh day of sales!

Business Highlights:

The business benefits from a key employee who has worked at this location for approximately 15 to 20 years! An established management structure is already in place, making this a turnkey acquisition for an investor or a first-time bar owner!

Live Music Once a Week! Jazz nights, DJs, and game nights create an inviting atmosphere, drive repeat visits, and support drink sales!

Full kitchen with a food following of its own! Customers consistently praise the catfish, the drink specials, and the friendly bartenders! The lounge holds a 4.3-star Google rating with over 60 reviews!

Pool tables, TVs, and a relaxed “grown and sexy” vibe that regulars describe as a place where you can actually hear the person you came with!

Approximately 2,592 square feet in Unit F of Starmount Shopping Center, a 64,000 square foot established retail center on 5.77 acres with ample parking in front and back!

Lease Details:

5-year lease commenced February 2026 and runs through January 31, 2031! Base rent of $3,600 per month with 3% annual increases, plus the tenant’s 4.05% proportionate share of taxes and CAM! Security deposit is $3,000.

Demographic and Geographic Details:

Extremely high traffic count of 30,600 vehicles per day!

Located just off Exit 4 of Interstate 185 at the newly rebuilt $47 million Buena Vista Road diverging diamond interchange, the first of its kind in Columbus! The center sits on a signalized intersection with excellent visibility from Buena Vista Road!

Co-tenants and immediate neighbors include Dollar Tree, Thomas Drugs, Rent-A-Center, Waffle House, and a Walmart Neighborhood Market less than a mile away!

Minutes up I-185 from Fort Benning, the largest single-site employer in Georgia with approximately 45,000 military, civilian, and contractor personnel and an annual economic impact estimated at $4.75 billion! Roughly 70% of the post’s population lives off post, feeding the neighborhoods surrounding this location!

Columbus is Georgia’s second-largest city with over 200,000 residents and a metro population approaching 330,000! ZIP code 31907 alone is home to over 55,000 residents!

Columbus is on a run of major job announcements! Pratt & Whitney announced a $200 million expansion in February 2026 on top of a prior expansion that added nearly 400 jobs! A proposed $5 billion data center campus was announced the same month with 195 jobs paying $80,000 to $120,000! Choose Columbus reported over $408 million in investment and more than 1,230 projected jobs from 2025 announcements alone, and UGA’s Selig Center expects Columbus to see significant job growth in 2026, outperforming the state and national averages!

Limited direct competition in the immediate trade area! The only other full-service bar on this stretch of Buena Vista Road is about a mile east, and the nearest nightlife clusters are in Midtown and north Columbus, several miles away, making this the go-to neighborhood spot for south and east Columbus!

About 1.5 hours from Atlanta and 45 minutes from Auburn, AL!

Option 1: $139,000 plus inventory, With a 6-Year COAM Contract!

Option 2: $229,000 plus inventory, Without a COAM Contract (OPEN COAM)!

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