A flooring company in Matteson is priced on adjusted seller’s discretionary earnings after a buyer compares this book to Park Forest — not on a statewide rumor multiple. CBS-1 (10 business days) plus Cook County’s 45-day local notice; Chicago’s 45-day city notice only if this business also operates in the city. The statewide flooring companies playbook is on the industry hub; this page is the Matteson file. Confidential sale. No upfront listing fee.
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Matteson market
Selling a flooring company in Matteson
A flooring company in Matteson is priced on adjusted seller’s discretionary earnings after a buyer compares this book to Park Forest — not on a statewide rumor multiple. CBS-1 (10 business days) plus Cook County’s 45-day local notice; Chicago’s 45-day city notice only if this business also operates in the city. The statewide flooring companies playbook is on the industry hub; this page is the Matteson file.
Matteson is an I-57 / Lincoln Highway Cook suburb — former Lincoln Mall land, auto and retail strips, and south-suburban rooftops, not Park Forest’s planned plaza.
Interchange and Lincoln Highway commercial leases are the distinctive product. Mall-era traffic is gone; underwrite what is actually there now. Home-services buyers treat this as south-Cook density. Do not borrow Orland Park’s household-income story wholesale.
Matteson has about 19,204 residents in Cook County, inside the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area. Nearby markets buyers already compare this book to include Park Forest, Tinley Park, Orland Park, Mokena. That comparison changes who shows up: a buyer who will drive from Park Forest is not the same buyer who will fly in from a coastal platform.
Planning facts
Typical multiple
2.5x–4x SDE
Typical timeline
4–9 months
SBA eligible
Often — confirm
County
Cook County
Population
19,204
Metro
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin
Nearby comps
Park Forest, Tinley Park, Orland Park, Mokena
Closing clock
CBS-1 (10 business days) plus Cook County’s 45-day local notice; Chicago’s 45-day city notice only if this business also operates in the city
Cook County and the City of Chicago add 45-day bulk-sale notices on top of Illinois Form CBS-1 (10 business days). That calendar is longer than most downstate businesses.
Buyer density is the highest in Illinois. Confidential outreach matters more here than a public ad on a recognizable storefront.
Matteson demand for flooring companies is the customer list and the license path — not the Census population figure. About 19,204 residents is context for who already lives in the trade area. It is not a sale price.
Flooring Company in Matteson
What a Matteson buyer will underwrite on this flooring company
Construction in Matteson is contracted backlog and whoever can pull the next municipal permit. Cook County and Matteson clerk registrations are the local file. Bonding and prequalification sit on a person. They reset.
Flooring Companies statewide typically plan around 2.5x–4x SDE and a 4–9 months process when books and the lease are ready. That is a planning range, not a price for this Matteson shop. Buyers here usually argue commercial vs residential mix, subcontractor vs employee model, showroom value, builder relationships.
Closing clock for this Matteson file: CBS-1 (10 business days) plus Cook County’s 45-day local notice; Chicago’s 45-day city notice only if this business also operates in the city. License path: No statewide flooring license. The industry hub teaches the statewide rule. This URL is the Matteson application of it.
In a suburb like Matteson, flooring professionals, construction pe groups, owner-operators are the names that usually appear on the NDA list. A buyer who will drive from Park Forest is not the same buyer who will fly in from a coastal platform.
Buyer pool
Who buys a flooring company in Matteson
Cook has the deepest Illinois buyer pool: SBA owner-operators, PE home-services and healthcare platforms, and strategics who already have a Chicago route. Density is an asset and a leak risk. Employees and landlords hear rumors faster here than in a downstate county. Confidential outreach is the default, not a listing-site photo of a recognizable storefront.
Illustration: a showroom-and-install flooring company in Naperville with two employed installers, a builder book, and a seller who still measures every house. Not a closed sale.
A flooring company whose customers already sit in Park Forest, Tinley Park, Orland Park, Mokena is a larger business than one that stops at the Matteson city limit. Tell the truth about the route. Buyers will map it.
SDE recast
How a buyer will read the books on this Matteson flooring company
Flooring recasts on installed-job gross after a market-rate salesperson, not a builder-spec year. Add back owner-estimator hours, then isolate a single apartment-turnover contract and any showroom that loses money. Material inventory is working capital. A 2.5x–4x SDE band assumes installer capacity that is not only 1099 friends of the seller.
Illustration only — not a quote for any Matteson shop. A flooring company whose tax return shows $181,000 of net profit is not worth $181,000 × a rumor multiple.
Add back the owner’s $107,000 W-2 and payroll tax, $10,000 of discretionary benefits, $9,000 of accepted one-time cost, and $5,000 of personal expenses that a buyer will not run. Then subtract $12,000 of replacement labor if the owner still diagnoses, sells, or closes the books.
Adjusted seller’s discretionary earnings are $300,000. At the planning range 2.5x–4.0x, enterprise value is $750,000 to $1,200,000. Mid-range 3.25x is $975,000 before debt, working capital, holdback, and tax. A Matteson buyer will argue the multiple after they ride with the staff and read the lease.
At 3.25 times $300,000 of seller’s discretionary earnings, enterprise value is $975,000 before debt, working capital, holdback, and tax. That is the planning conversation. It is not a listing-site guess.
SDE line items
Reported net profit (tax return, not the marketing P&L)
+ Interest expense
+ Income taxes (not payroll, sales, or property tax)
+ Depreciation and amortization
+ Owner W-2, bonuses, and payroll taxes on the owner
+ Discretionary owner benefits that a buyer will not keep (auto, personal travel, family on payroll with no role)
+ Accepted one-time or non-recurring expenses
− Market-rate replacement labor for owner work that will not transfer
= Seller’s Discretionary Earnings (SDE)
Illustration recast for a Matteson flooring company — not a quote
Net profit
$181,000
Owner W-2
$107,000
Benefits
$10,000
One-time
$9,000
Personal
$5,000
Replacement labor (subtract)
−$12,000
Recast SDE
$300,000
Planning EV at 3.25x
$975,000
Recast Seller’s Discretionary Earnings, then apply a planning multiple for flooring companies.
Replacement labor is subtracted. This is a planning tool, not an appraisal.
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Before debt, working-capital peg, holdback, and tax. Educational only.
Enter your annual Seller's Discretionary Earnings (SDE) — your net profit plus owner's salary and any personal expenses run through the business — to estimate a range.
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This is an estimate for planning purposes only. Actual value depends on lease terms, asset quality, customer concentration, and current market conditions. Request a professional valuation for a precise number.
Cook County adds a local bulk-sale notice on top of Illinois Form CBS-1. File the Cook County notice at least 45 days before transfer with the sales contract (revenuecompliance@cookcountyil.gov). City of Chicago businesses also file a Chicago Department of Finance bulk-sales notice at least 45 days out under Municipal Code 3-4-140, covering city taxes and Title 4 licenses. State CBS-1 is still due at least 10 business days before closing. Miss a local clock and the buyer can inherit tax or license debt.
No statewide flooring license. The Illinois Home Repair and Remodeling Act applies to residential jobs over the statutory threshold. Municipal contractor registrations and, in Chicago, general-contractor rules can apply when they act as GC. Commercial prevailing-wage jobs are a different file. Manufacturer certifications (LVP, hardwood, commercial) sit with people.
Labor and lease
What has to keep working on Monday after close in Matteson
For a flooring company in Matteson, the first labor question is: Installer capacity that stays.
Leases are the deal killer more often than the multiple. Loop, River North, and neighborhood retail have assignment clauses, kick-out rights, and renewal politics that collar-county industrial shops rarely see. CTA-adjacent and parking-constrained sites change buyer type. Labor is union-aware in several trades and hospitality crews turn over faster than downstate.
Cook is not one market. A bungalow-belt repair shop, a South Side contractor, and a Near North concept do not share a “Chicago premium.” O’Hare, the lakefront, and the expressway grid concentrate customers and also concentrate competing buyers. Price the business, not the skyline.
Diligence
What a serious flooring company buyer will open
Levers that move the multiple in this vertical: Installer capacity that stays; Diversified builder and retail mix; Showroom lease a buyer can afford; Manufacturer certifications on staying people; Clean warranty and Home Repair Act file.
Have these ready before anyone hears the name of the Matteson business: Residential retail vs builder vs commercial mix; Installer model: employed vs 1099 and who is staying; Showroom lease and inventory quality; Builder or property-manager concentration; Warranty reserves and manufacturer claims; Home Repair Act contracts and any complaint file.
Buyer tool
SBA payment sketch for a Matteson flooring company buyer
Most Illinois owner-operator acquisitions use SBA 7(a). This is a payment sketch, not an approval.
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Sale steps
How to prepare a Matteson flooring company for sale
Recast this Matteson flooring company. Start with the tax return. Add owner pay. Subtract replacement labor if the seller still does the work a Matteson buyer must hire. Do not treat a spike year as the new normal.
Name who can operate on Monday. List every credential that lets this flooring company pull a permit or see a patient in Matteson, and whether that person stays. Personal licenses do not transfer with the assets.
Tell the truth about the Matteson trade area. Map customers against neighboring towns. Buyers will. A book that already covers those towns is larger than a book that stops at the Matteson limit.
Open the lease and the labor file. Remaining term and assignment in Cook County. Whether the crew can run without the seller living eight minutes away.
Calendar the notices that apply here. CBS-1 (10 business days) plus Cook County’s 45-day local notice; Chicago’s 45-day city notice only if this business also operates in the city. Start them at letter of intent, not the week of funding.
Read the statewide playbook, then talk. The Illinois flooring companies hub is the statute and recast teaching. This page is the Matteson file. Confidential consult — no upfront listing fee.
Answers for owners and buyers in Cook County, including local closing steps.
Buyers start with seller’s discretionary earnings, then apply a planning range around 2.5x–4x SDE. That is a statewide starting point, not an appraisal. The lease, licenses, and how much of the book depends on the owner move the number more than a rumor multiple.
Most prepared Main Street sales take about six to twelve months. Clean books and an assignable lease help. License transfers and landlord consent are what add weeks.
No statewide flooring contractor license. Municipal permits and, on commercial jobs, insurance and prevailing-wage businesses matter. Manufacturer accounts do not always assign.
Show signed jobs versus verbal estimates. A spring backlog that is all unsold quotes is not earnings.
Yes. Buyers sign a non-disclosure agreement before they see the name. Your staff should not learn the sale from a listing photo. Key people may hear near a signed letter of intent.
Illinois Form CBS-1 is due at least 10 business days before an asset sale. Cook County and the City of Chicago each add a 45-day local notice when the sale meets their rules. Ask counsel which notices apply to this Matteson company.
Matteson sits in the deepest Illinois buyer pool: owner-operators, neighboring shops, and platforms that already cover Cook County. Density is why a public listing leaks. Start with confidential outreach.
No. The planning multiple for flooring companies is a statewide starting point, not a Matteson appraisal. Buyers in Cook County still adjust seller’s discretionary earnings, then argue the lease, licenses, labor, and owner dependency.
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