Charlie's Auto Repair & Gas Station, Harahan LA

Business Overview:

Duran Advisors presents Charlie's Auto Repair, an established full-service gas station and auto repair and tire business at 6515 Jefferson Highway in Harahan, Louisiana.

Founded in 2005 on a site that has served as a neighborhood service station since the 1930s, Charlie's is a traditional full-service station of a kind that has nearly disappeared from the market. Attendants pump the fuel, check the fluids and tire pressure, and replace wiper blades. The shop provides general automotive repair and maintenance, tire repair and new tire sales, battery replacement, oil changes, tire rotations, brake work, and diagnostics and repair of air conditioning, struts, and radiators. It also offers products and services no competitor in the immediate trade area carries.

The customer base spans several generations of local families and reaches well beyond Harahan, drawing from both banks of Jefferson Parish, New Orleans, Kenner, Destrehan, and points as far as Hammond. Customers who move out of the area continue to return for service. Charlie's has been built entirely on relationship and referral and holds a 4.7-star rating on 168 Google reviews, with no website and no paid digital program.

Five full-time employees run the operation: a lead mechanic who came from a manufacturer diagnostic role, an apprentice mechanic, and two tire technicians, supported by a bookkeeper. All four shop staff have confirmed they intend to stay with the business. Written procedures are issued to every new employee, monthly staff meetings are held, and the books are maintained daily with weekly profit and loss reporting.

The leased facility, ~2,049 sq. ft. of gross floor area on Jefferson Highway with a wide drive-on apron and ample parking, includes four vehicle lifts, tire mounting and wheel balancing equipment, OBD and TPMS diagnostics, a digital thermal imager, an A/C recovery and recycling machine, two air compressors, battery and alternator testers, and full shop tooling, all included in the sale. The site's underground storage tanks are registered with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality through June 2027 and enrolled in the state Motor Fuels Trust Fund, with release detection performed monthly and records on file. Canopy and lighting were recently upgraded to LED and repainted, and the lifts carry current annual safety inspections.

Reported revenue was $1,041,242 for the year ended December 31, 2025, with $497,610 recorded for the January through June 2026 interim period. Two revenue lines contracted recently, both for reasons outside the shop's operating performance. The islands, pumps, and tanks remain in place and operable. Repair traffic itself has been steady to increasing, and gross margin rose from 44.2 percent in 2025 to 62.4 percent in the 2026 interim period as low-margin fuel volume came out of the mix.

This is an operator's opportunity with a defined upside. Opportunities include pump upgrades, enhanced marketing, automated service reminders, building a website and a local search program against an already strong review base, integrating a point-of-sale system, and tightening scheduling and overtime.

The owners are selling to retire. This is a structured sale with the following schedule:

10/14 Question Submission Deadline
10/16 IOI Submission Deadline

A Matterport 3-D Virtual Reality scan of the entire premises is available to fully disclosed buyers. A Confidential Information Memorandum is available as well. Financial statements and the equipment schedule are released after a confidentiality agreement, a completed financial and qualification statement, and an interview with a Duran Advisors broker.

Meet the owner, visit the site, and see this turnkey opportunity. For serious inquiries, please contact the listing broker, Joel F. Duran, CM&AA, M&AMI, CM&AP, CEPA, CAIM, CMSBB.

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Property Features and Assets:

Leased service station and repair shop of ~2,049 sq. ft. on Jefferson Highway in Harahan, in service-station use since the 1930s, with a wide drive-on apron and ample parking. Four vehicle lifts, full-service and self-service fuel islands, tire mounting and wheel balancing, OBD and TPMS diagnostics, a digital thermal imager, A/C recovery and recycling, two air compressors, and full shop tooling, all included. Canopy and lighting recently upgraded to LED. Underground storage tanks registered with LDEQ through June 2027 and enrolled in the Motor Fuels Trust Fund, with monthly release detection.

Market Competition and Expansion:

Independent automotive repair in the New Orleans metropolitan area is highly fragmented and dominated by owner-operated single-location shops competing against franchised chains, tire retailers, and dealership service departments. Demand is largely non-discretionary and tracks vehicle count, vehicle age, and miles driven within the local trade area rather than broad economic cycles, which gives the sector a defensive character. Technician scarcity is the principal structural constraint, and the shortage of qualified automotive technicians should support revenue across the industry.

Reason for Selling:

Retirement. Kindly ask the seller for more information.

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