Profitable NW Ohio Trucking, Owner Retiring

Business Overview:

Transworld Business Advisors of Northwest Ohio is please to represent a long-established local general freight trucking company located in the Northwest Ohio region, providing dedicated, same-day round-trip and drop-and-hook service to a long-tenured customer. The Company operates a small, well-maintained fleet on a recurring weekly schedule within a regional radius, with no overnight runs, no less-than-truckload, and no brokered freight. The operating model is intentionally simple: predictable lanes, drivers home every night, near-zero turnover, low overhead, and a clean balance sheet. 

Financial performance has been consistent and high-margin across the trailing three years, with Seller’s Discretionary Earnings (SDE) margins materially above the published profit benchmarks for local general freight trucking. The Company is a turnkey operation for a CDL-qualified buyer; minimal owner involvement is required to maintain the existing customer schedule, and the owner is willing to remain available for transition support and post-closing consultation.

​Revenue
FY 2025: $1,016,875
FY 2024: $1,078,077
FY 2023: $829,617
3Yr Avg: $975,161

​SDE
FY 2025: $307,403
FY 2024: $406,134
FY 2023: $273,134
3Yr Avg: $328,585​

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Property Features and Assets:

The Company was founded in the early 1990s and has operated under continuous, sole ownership for more than three decades. Growth has been deliberate and customer-focused: rather than chasing spot freight, the founder built the Company around a dedicated lane for local run focused business and has run on a steady weekly schedule for approximately 25 years, including through the recent multi-year softness in the broader local freight market. Over that period, the Company has scaled to its current fleet size and built a long-tenured CDL driver team. The current owner is selling as part of his retirement and is willing to remain available for transition after closing.

Market Competition and Expansion:

The Company sits in the most resilient niche of that industry: dedicated, contract-style service to a stable manufacturer, insulated from the spot-rate cycle that has weighed on the broader local freight market for the last several years. Within its service area, the Company competes primarily against regional small-fleet operators and owner-operators rather than national LTL carriers, and differentiates on three points buyers and customers consistently cite: (i) reliability and on-time performance, (ii) fair, stable rates, and (iii) dedicated, focused service that effectively functions as an extension of the customer’s own logistics operation. The combination of long tenure, low turnover, low overhead, and a multi-decade reputation as a trusted vendor creates a competitive position that is difficult and expensive for new entrants to replicate.

The current owner has openly turned away incremental volume and has not pursued additional customers as he winds down toward retirement. For a new owner with the energy and inclination to expand, the runway is substantial:

-Replicate the existing dedicated-lane model with additional like customers in the same regional footprint.
-Accept incremental volume from existing business; the relationships has historically supported more than the Company has elected to take on.
• Lean into modest digital marketing and a basic web presence; current annual advertising spend is under $1,000 and the Company has no online presence, leaving the operation essentially under-marketed relative to its operational capacity.

Reason for Selling:

Retirement. Kindly ask the seller for more information.

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