Niche hardware product distribution, 30 years trading
About the business
A distribution business supplying a niche hardware product to industrial customers, in Melbourne, Victoria. Its customers are in emergency services, utilities, building and construction, mining and defence. It has exclusive distribution rights across Australia and New Zealand for its major product. It also runs a repairs and maintenance service, significantly expanded in the last 2 years through compliance auditing and servicing major customers on their premises. It operates from sites in Melbourne and Sydney. The broker reports experienced and stable staff and that it is the only operator in the industry to offer a repairs and maintenance service.
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Asking price$1,300,000
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Your cash$390,000
Secured loan, 7 years at 6.98%$910,000
Each month
Loan repayment$13,730
Repayments each month
$13,730
Over 7 years you repay $1,152,937, of which $242,937 is interest.
Secured on property: the RBA's average for small business new loans secured on residential property, August 2026. Lenders set their own rates and terms, and this leaves out stamp duty and fees. Source: Reserve Bank of Australia 2026.
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