Internal Ref: LB0958HB
Summary
Essential, need-driven manufacturing business near Bunbury. Sales grew 180% to $1.1m with no sales team. 75% repeat trade, 73% margin, just 2 staff, national network backing.
Net Profit
$375,312 pa
Location Details
bunbury
Potential
Multiple identified growth avenues: deepen existing accounts (75% repeat trade), expand planned/preventative maintenance programs, grow mobile-service coverage, pursue installation and fit-out project work, broaden product range, develop OEM hose kits, and introduce structured marketing - sales have grown 180% with no sales team or ad budget, leaving a proven, largely untapped lever still to pull.
Skills
No prior industry experience required - full training provided. A purchaser with mechanical aptitude can learn the core operation in about 2 weeks; a new technician in around 4 weeks. People skills and a practical, hands-on approach matter most. An experienced long-term team member can run the workshop day-to-day, giving a new owner the choice to work in or manage the business.
Hours
Standard trading 7:30am-5pm Mon-Fri, plus a 24/7 mobile breakdown service. After-hours demand is light.
Lease
New 5-yr lease from settlement: $56,000pa + outgoings, two further 5-yr options, CPI reviews. Vendor remains landlord.
Employees
Lean team plus owner keeps wage overheads and management complexity to a minimum.
About the Business
A genuinely essential, need-driven business - a hydraulic hose, fittings and component manufacturer/assembler providing over-the-counter supply, workshop manufacture, mobile breakdown response and installation/project work to machinery-dependent industries across Bunbury and the wider South West.
When a hydraulic hose or fitting fails, the machinery it powers stops. For customers across civil construction, mining, transport, agriculture, forestry, marine, waste, utilities and equipment hire, that downtime is a real cost - so replacement is rarely discretionary, underpinning strong resilience through economic cycles.
FY2026 sales of $1,074,491 and net profit of $375,312, on a high 73% gross margin. Sales have grown approximately 180% over four financial years - from around $400,000 to over $1 million - achieved without a dedicated sales team, business-development program or meaningful ad spend (around 1.5% of sales). That points to a clear, largely untapped opportunity for a new owner prepared to invest in marketing and account development.
Around 75% of trade is repeat business, and no single customer exceeds approximately 8% of revenue. The business holds 3,000+ stock lines with a 95%+ local fill rate, supporting fast turnaround on urgent orders - a real point of difference over smaller local competitors.
Operationally lean: just two staff (a long-serving, cross-trained workshop/relief manager and casual admin support) alongside the working owner, keeping overheads low. Systems and training are established, and no prior industry experience is required - a purchaser with mechanical aptitude can learn the core operation in around two weeks.
The business trades from a well-configured workshop in Bunbury's established industrial area, with capacity for roughly double current turnover without relocating, and benefits from a large established national and international service network - brand recognition, product support, training and supply-chain infrastructure that would be costly for an independent operator to replicate.
Clear, identified growth avenues exist: deeper account development, expanded planned maintenance, increased mobile-service activity, installation/project work, broader product categories, OEM hose kits and structured digital marketing.
Located in one of WA's fastest-growing regional centres (the Bunbury-Geographe region is forecast to grow around 19% by 2036), only around two hours from Perth. A rare combination of essential demand, strong margins, low overheads and real upside.
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