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Rochelle Electrical Contractor for Sale

A electrical contractor in Rochelle is priced on adjusted seller’s discretionary earnings after a buyer compares this book to Dixon — not on a statewide rumor multiple. Illinois CBS-1 (10 business days). No Chicago 45-day city notice unless the business also operates in Chicago. The statewide electrical contractors playbook is on the industry hub; this page is the Rochelle file. Confidential sale. No upfront listing fee.

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Rochelle market

Selling a electrical contractor in Rochelle

A electrical contractor in Rochelle is priced on adjusted seller’s discretionary earnings after a buyer compares this book to Dixon — not on a statewide rumor multiple. Illinois CBS-1 (10 business days). No Chicago 45-day city notice unless the business also operates in Chicago. The statewide electrical contractors playbook is on the industry hub; this page is the Rochelle file.

Rochelle is Ogle County’s Hub City — I-88, I-39, and Union Pacific intermodal, a logistics town rather than a county-seat square (Oregon is the seat).

Trucking, warehousing, and driver retention are the value drivers. Rail-park covenants and landlord estoppels take longer than a Main Street assignment. Chicago PE is rare. Price the contracts, not the water tower or the “Hub City” slogan.

Rochelle has about 9,574 residents in Ogle County, inside the Rochelle area. Nearby markets buyers already compare this book to include Dixon, DeKalb, Sycamore. That comparison changes who shows up: a buyer who will drive from Dixon is not the same buyer who will fly in from a coastal platform.

Planning facts

Typical multiple
3x–4.5x SDE
Typical timeline
4–9 months
SBA eligible
Often — confirm
County
Ogle County
Population
9,574
Metro
Rochelle
Nearby comps
Dixon, DeKalb, Sycamore
Closing clock
Illinois CBS-1 (10 business days). No Chicago 45-day city notice unless the business also operates in Chicago
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Ogle County demand

Northern Illinois demand

Rockford, the I-90 industrial belt, and Wisconsin-line towns draw owner-operators and regional manufacturers more often than a Loop platform.

State CBS-1 still applies. Price the customer list and the license holder, not a Chicago multiple.

Rochelle demand for electrical contractors is the customer list and the license path — not the Census population figure. About 9,574 residents is context for who already lives in the trade area. It is not a sale price.

Electrical Contractor in Rochelle

What a Rochelle buyer will underwrite on this electrical contractor

Rochelle is not a collar-county density play. A electrical contractor here usually sells to an owner-operator who already covers Dixon, DeKalb, Sycamore, not a platform that needs a hired dispatcher and a second licensed person. Municipal registrations still reset on a new entity.

Electrical Contractors statewide typically plan around 3x–4.5x SDE and a 4–9 months process when books and the lease are ready. That is a planning range, not a price for this Rochelle shop. Buyers here usually argue licensed electrician count, commercial vs residential mix, backlog of contracts, fleet and equipment.

Closing clock for this Rochelle file: Illinois CBS-1 (10 business days). No Chicago 45-day city notice unless the business also operates in Chicago. License path: Illinois has no statewide electrician license. The industry hub teaches the statewide rule. This URL is the Rochelle application of it.

Rochelle is a small town market. The first serious call is often an owner-operator from Dixon, DeKalb, Sycamore, not a platform that needs $2 million of earnings to pay for diligence. SBA 7(a) and seller financing usually matter more here than a headline multiple.

Buyer pool

Who buys a electrical contractor in Rochelle

Logistics and owner-operator buyers. Chicago PE is rare.

Illustration: a Schaumburg-area electrical contractor with a Chicago supervising electrician on staff, a suburban service truck, and a backlog of tenant-improvement and service-call work. Not a closed sale.

A electrical contractor whose customers already sit in Dixon, DeKalb, Sycamore is a larger business than one that stops at the Rochelle city limit. Tell the truth about the route. Buyers will map it.

SDE recast

How a buyer will read the books on this Rochelle electrical contractor

Electrical buyers recast backlog quality, not last year’s data-center overtime. Add back owner W-2, then haircut bid jobs that will not transfer and any prevailing-wage spike. If the seller is the only person who can pull permits in Chicago or the home-rule suburb that feeds the book, subtract a supervising electrician before you apply 3x–4.5x SDE.

Illustration only — not a quote for any Rochelle shop. A electrical contractor whose tax return shows $145,000 of net profit is not worth $145,000 × a rumor multiple.

Add back the owner’s $71,000 W-2 and payroll tax, $15,500 of discretionary benefits, $17,000 of accepted one-time cost, and $15,500 of personal expenses that a buyer will not run. Then subtract $89,000 of replacement labor if the owner still diagnoses, sells, or closes the books.

Adjusted seller’s discretionary earnings are $175,000. At the planning range 3.0x–4.5x, enterprise value is $525,000 to $787,500. Mid-range 3.75x is $656,250 before debt, working capital, holdback, and tax. A Rochelle buyer will argue the multiple after they ride with the staff and read the lease.

At 3.75 times $175,000 of seller’s discretionary earnings, enterprise value is $656,250 before debt, working capital, holdback, and tax. That is the planning conversation. It is not a listing-site guess.

SDE line items

  1. Reported net profit (tax return, not the marketing P&L)
  2. + Interest expense
  3. + Income taxes (not payroll, sales, or property tax)
  4. + Depreciation and amortization
  5. + Owner W-2, bonuses, and payroll taxes on the owner
  6. + Discretionary owner benefits that a buyer will not keep (auto, personal travel, family on payroll with no role)
  7. + Accepted one-time or non-recurring expenses
  8. − Market-rate replacement labor for owner work that will not transfer
  9. = Seller’s Discretionary Earnings (SDE)
Illustration recast for a Rochelle electrical contractor — not a quote
Net profit$145,000
Owner W-2$71,000
Benefits$15,500
One-time$17,000
Personal$15,500
Replacement labor (subtract)−$89,000
Recast SDE$175,000
Planning EV at 3.75x$656,250

Recast Seller’s Discretionary Earnings, then apply a planning multiple for electrical contractors. Replacement labor is subtracted. This is a planning tool, not an appraisal.

Recast SDE—
Planning enterprise value—

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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Ogle County closing

Licenses and closing steps for a Rochelle sale

Ogle (Rochelle) uses state CBS-1. Rochelle’s rail and logistics parks can add landlord and covenant diligence.

Illinois has no statewide electrician license. Chicago requires a licensed supervising electrician; many suburbs register electrical contractors municipally. Those registrations are not automatic asset transfers. A buyer who cannot put a supervising electrician on the payroll loses the municipal work that justified the multiple.

Labor and lease

What has to keep working on Monday after close in Rochelle

For a electrical contractor in Rochelle, the first labor question is: A staying supervising electrician for the cities that matter.

I-88/I-39 junction and Union Pacific intermodal shape trucking and warehousing businesses. Driver retention is the value driver.

Rail town. Price the contracts, not the water tower.

Diligence

What a serious electrical contractor buyer will open

Levers that move the multiple in this vertical: A staying supervising electrician for the cities that matter; Service-call mix versus bid construction; Backlog that is contracted, not hoped; Union or open-shop alignment with the buyer’s model; Low GC concentration and transferable property-manager accounts.

Have these ready before anyone hears the name of the Rochelle business: Who can pull permits in each municipality the company actually works; Contract backlog, bid-vs-negotiated mix, and retainage aging; Licensed electrician count versus helpers and the seller’s own hours; Fleet, benders, testers, and whether tools are owned or on the truck as personal property; Union vs open-shop reality and any PLA exposure; Customer concentration among GCs, property managers, and municipalities.

Buyer tool

SBA payment sketch for a Rochelle electrical contractor 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 Rochelle electrical contractor for sale

  1. Recast this Rochelle electrical contractor. Start with the tax return. Add owner pay. Subtract replacement labor if the seller still does the work a Rochelle buyer must hire. Do not treat a spike year as the new normal.
  2. Name who can operate on Monday. List every credential that lets this electrical contractor pull a permit or see a patient in Rochelle, and whether that person stays. Personal licenses do not transfer with the assets.
  3. Tell the truth about the Rochelle 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 Rochelle limit.
  4. Open the lease and the labor file. Remaining term and assignment in Ogle County. Whether the crew can run without the seller living eight minutes away.
  5. Calendar the notices that apply here. Illinois CBS-1 (10 business days). No Chicago 45-day city notice unless the business also operates in Chicago. Start them at letter of intent, not the week of funding.
  6. Read the statewide playbook, then talk. The Illinois electrical contractors hub is the statute and recast teaching. This page is the Rochelle file. Confidential consult — no upfront listing fee.
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