Trade-Only Custom Cabinetry Manufacturer – Melbourne

An established manufacturer of made-to-order cabinetry for kitchen retailers, interior designers and builders is available for acquisition. Its trade-only model combines a configured factory, experienced production and detailing personnel, and a developed CAD/CAM production system. The business does not rely on a consumer showroom.

The opportunity

• Approximately 3,400 m² purpose-configured factory with machining, edge processing, assembly, staging and dispatch areas.
• Three flatbed CNC routers, two panel saws and three edge-processing machines, with duplicate extraction and compressor capacity.
• Leading CAD/CAM software with extensive cabinet library and an in-house costing program
• An established trade customer base and management team.
• Steady growth over recent years with FY2026 revenue of $7.65 million
• Estimated replacement cost of over $3.5 million in plant, equipment and fitout approx. ($2m) and software & intangibles ($1.5 million)

Buyer considerations

The business has spare capacity with room to take on more work.

The current owner has set up the current production facility to handle sales of over $10m per year. While the business has grown steadily over recent years in terms of revenue, the annual losses have reduced as the business trades closer to breakeven by end of FY2026. Management estimates that the business can reach breakeven and start trading profitably with further growth in revenue.

Ideal Buyer

This business is not suitable for parties seeking a steady investment return or first-time owner-operators. It will create the most value for a buyer who brings their own volume or can remove duplicated overhead:

• A retailer, designer, builder or developer that currently outsources cabinetry manufacture and wants to bring it in-house, thereby capturing the manufacturing margin and securing supply, lead times and quality.
• A complementary trade business – for example a benchtop, wardrobe, shopfitting or commercial fit-out operation – that can co-locate, load the shared floor and cross-sell into an established trade base.
• Another contract/trade cabinetry manufacturer seeking instant scale, equipment redundancy, a skilled team and embedded production IP as a second site to absorb overflow and rationalise fixed costs.

Reasons for Sale

The owner has made major reinvestment in premises and plant to increase its production capacity. While the business continues to grow, there is capacity to take on more workload. So he would like to explore his strategic options through a sale process. He is seeking a purchaser with the volume, sales reach, or complementary operations to make full use of the platform’s available capacity, and will support a structured handover.

Sale process

The owner is seeking expressions of interest above $1.5 million. An information memorandum and further discussions are available to qualified parties following a confidentiality agreement.

Asking Price: $1.5 million+ by Expression of Interest