Sell a Roofing Company in Tinley Park, Cook County
A roofing company in Tinley Park is priced on adjusted seller’s discretionary earnings after a buyer compares this book to Orland Park — 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 roofing companies playbook is on the industry hub; this page is the Tinley Park file. Confidential sale. No upfront listing fee.
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Tinley Park market
Selling a roofing company in Tinley Park
A roofing company in Tinley Park is priced on adjusted seller’s discretionary earnings after a buyer compares this book to Orland Park — 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 roofing companies playbook is on the industry hub; this page is the Tinley Park file.
Tinley Park is a southwest Cook/Will-edge suburb known for the Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Hollywood Casino, and a Metra downtown — entertainment plus households.
Concert- and casino-driven hospitality is seasonal and landlord-controlled in a way a 191st Street service route is not. Do not blend those books. Orland Park shoppers are next door; they are not this village’s event calendar.
Tinley Park has about 56,083 residents in Cook County, inside the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area. Nearby markets buyers already compare this book to include Orland Park, Mokena, Matteson, Frankfort. That comparison changes who shows up: a buyer who will drive from Orland Park is not the same buyer who will fly in from a coastal platform.
Planning facts
Typical multiple
2.5x–4x SDE
Typical timeline
5–10 months
SBA eligible
Often — confirm
County
Cook County
Population
56,083
Metro
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin
Nearby comps
Orland Park, Mokena, Matteson, Frankfort
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.
Tinley Park demand for roofing companies is the customer list and the license path — not the Census population figure. About 56,083 residents is context for who already lives in the trade area. It is not a sale price.
Roofing Company in Tinley Park
What a Tinley Park buyer will underwrite on this roofing company
Home-service density in Tinley Park helps the route — and it is why a public asking price on a recognizable roofing company van is a leak. Municipal permit desks here are not the same as Orland Park, Mokena, Matteson. Winter no-heat or storm response time is local. The statewide license rules live on the roofing companies hub; this page is who pulls the next Tinley Park permit.
Roofing Companies statewide typically plan around 2.5x–4x SDE and a 5–10 months process when books and the lease are ready. That is a planning range, not a price for this Tinley Park shop. Buyers here usually argue storm-restoration revenue, crew size and experience, equipment and vehicles, insurance relationships.
Closing clock for this Tinley Park 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: The Illinois Roofing Industry Licensing Act (IDFPR) requires a roofing contractor license statewide. The industry hub teaches the statewide rule. This URL is the Tinley Park application of it.
In a suburb like Tinley Park, private equity, strategic acquirers, owner-operators are the names that usually appear on the NDA list. A buyer who will drive from Orland Park is not the same buyer who will fly in from a coastal platform.
Buyer pool
Who buys a roofing company in Tinley Park
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 Joliet-area roofing contractor with an IDFPR unlimited license, two install crews, a retail reroof book, and a storm year that the seller wants treated as the new normal. Not a closed sale.
A roofing company whose customers already sit in Orland Park, Mokena, Matteson, Frankfort is a larger business than one that stops at the Tinley Park city limit. Tell the truth about the route. Buyers will map it.
SDE recast
How a buyer will read the books on this Tinley Park roofing company
Roofing recasts have to survive a year without a hail event. Add back owner compensation, then isolate storm-restoration revenue, manufacturer-warranty callbacks, and any unlicensed crew-boss coded as production. A 2.5x–4x SDE band is planning language for a crew that can sell and install without the next supercell; storm-only books get a haircut.
Illustration only — not a quote for any Tinley Park shop. A roofing company whose tax return shows $141,000 of net profit is not worth $141,000 × a rumor multiple.
Add back the owner’s $71,000 W-2 and payroll tax, $27,000 of discretionary benefits, $10,000 of accepted one-time cost, and $5,500 of personal expenses that a buyer will not run. Then subtract $34,000 of replacement labor if the owner still diagnoses, sells, or closes the books.
Adjusted seller’s discretionary earnings are $220,000. At the planning range 2.5x–4.0x, enterprise value is $550,000 to $880,000. Mid-range 3.25x is $715,000 before debt, working capital, holdback, and tax. A Tinley Park buyer will argue the multiple after they ride with the staff and read the lease.
At 3.25 times $220,000 of seller’s discretionary earnings, enterprise value is $715,000 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 Tinley Park roofing company — not a quote
Net profit
$141,000
Owner W-2
$71,000
Benefits
$27,000
One-time
$10,000
Personal
$5,500
Replacement labor (subtract)
−$34,000
Recast SDE
$220,000
Planning EV at 3.25x
$715,000
Recast Seller’s Discretionary Earnings, then apply a planning multiple for roofing 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.
The Illinois Roofing Industry Licensing Act (IDFPR) requires a roofing contractor license statewide. It is not a municipal courtesy card. Unlimited and limited classifications matter. The license does not automatically follow the assets; the buyer needs their own IDFPR roofing license or a qualifying party who stays.
Labor and lease
What has to keep working on Monday after close in Tinley Park
For a roofing company in Tinley Park, the first labor question is: Retail and commercial work that exists in a non-storm year.
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 roofing company buyer will open
Levers that move the multiple in this vertical: Retail and commercial work that exists in a non-storm year; Staying qualifying party on the IDFPR license; Experience-mod and safety record a carrier will renew; Manufacturer certifications the buyer can keep; Crew continuity versus a seller who still runs every tear-off.
Have these ready before anyone hears the name of the Tinley Park business: IDFPR roofing license class, qualifying party, and any disciplinary file; Storm vs retail vs commercial-reroof mix over at least two seasons; Insurance-carrier and public-adjuster dependency; Workers-comp experience mod, height-work training, and OSHA log; Dump trucks, tear-off equipment, and warehouse lease; Manufacturer certifications (GAF, Owens Corning, CertainTeed) and warranty reserves.
Buyer tool
SBA payment sketch for a Tinley Park roofing company buyer
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Sale steps
How to prepare a Tinley Park roofing company for sale
Recast this Tinley Park roofing company. Start with the tax return. Add owner pay. Subtract replacement labor if the seller still does the work a Tinley Park 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 roofing company pull a permit or see a patient in Tinley Park, and whether that person stays. Personal licenses do not transfer with the assets.
Tell the truth about the Tinley Park 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 Tinley Park 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 roofing companies hub is the statute and recast teaching. This page is the Tinley Park file. Confidential consult — no upfront listing fee.
Answers for owners and buyers in Cook County, including local closing steps.
Plan on 2.5x–4x adjusted seller’s discretionary earnings after you isolate the hail year. Retail replacement and commercial work that exist in a quiet season support the range. A storm spike does not become base earnings.
Yes, if storm restoration is most of the book. Buyers will recast a quiet year. Keep the insurance-restoration story honest and show the retail and commercial floor underneath it.
No. The company holds the license. A qualifying party who passed the exam must stay or be replaced. Notify IDFPR within 30 business days when that person leaves. Limited vs unlimited class has to match the work the buyer wants to keep.
Plan on 5–10 months when the recast, the qualifying party, the $10,000 or $25,000 bond, and the yard lease are ready. License replacement and landlord consent add weeks.
Often. Many owner-operator buyers use SBA 7(a), which has a $5 million statutory maximum. A storm year dressed up as SDE is how underwriting stops.
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 Tinley Park company.
Tinley Park 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 roofing companies is a statewide starting point, not a Tinley Park appraisal. Buyers in Cook County still adjust seller’s discretionary earnings, then argue the lease, licenses, labor, and owner dependency.
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