Profitable Independent Bookstore in Montana

Description

Confidential opportunity to acquire the only bookstore serving a year-round mountain resort community in Montana, with no bookstore within about an hour. The store is profitable, growing, and fully systematized, with documented procedures and a roughly three-week ramp for a new bookseller, and it holds the strongest retail position on a walking Main Street. Trailing-twelve-month revenue is $656,478 with seller's discretionary earnings of $146,215, a gross margin near 49 percent, and no debt. It runs with two working owners plus one full-time and one part-time employee and about 8,000 curated titles, roughly 98 percent of the books returnable to publishers for credit. A curated backlist of 250 proven titles, each selling more than 15 copies a year, transfers already identified. Beyond the numbers, the store is a welcoming anchor in its community and a new owner inherits that goodwill. Asking price is $425,000 for the business, plus inventory at documented cost of about $70,000, all cash