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Established auto repair and tire business for sale in Jefferson Parish, LA


Duran Advisors presents this established auto repair and tire business for sale in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

Operating on a high-traffic arterial that has served as a neighborhood service station since the 1930s, the business provides general automotive repair and maintenance, tire repair and new tire sales, battery replacement, oil changes, tire rotations, brake work, and diagnostics and repair of air conditioning, struts, and radiators. It also operates with differentiated products and services no competitor in the immediate trade area offers.

The customer base spans several generations of local families and reaches well beyond the immediate neighborhood, drawing from both banks of Jefferson Parish, New Orleans, Kenner, Destrehan, and points as far as Hammond. Customers who move out of the area continue to return for service. The business has been built entirely on relationship and referral, with a strong organic online reputation, community advertising, no website, and no paid digital program.

Five full-time employees run the operation: a lead mechanic who came from a manufacturer diagnostic role, an apprentice mechanic, and two tire technicians, supported by a bookkeeper. All four shop staff have confirmed they intend to stay with the business. Written procedures are issued to every new employee, monthly staff meetings are held, and the books are maintained daily with weekly profit and loss reporting.

The leased facility, ~2,049 sq. ft. of gross floor area, includes four vehicle lifts, tire mounting and wheel balancing equipment, OBD and TPMS diagnostics, a digital thermal imager, an A/C recovery and recycling machine, two air compressors, battery and alternator testers, and full shop tooling, all included in the sale. The site's underground storage tanks are registered with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality through June 2027 and enrolled in the state Motor Fuels Trust Fund, with release detection performed monthly and records on file. Canopy and lighting were recently upgraded to LED and repainted, and the lifts carry current annual safety inspections.

Reported revenue was $1,041,242 for the year ended December 31, 2025, with $497,610 recorded for the January through June 2026 interim period. Two revenue lines contracted recently, both for reasons outside the shop's operating performance. The islands, pumps, and tanks remain in place and operable. Repair traffic itself has been steady to increasing, and gross margin rose from 44.2 percent in 2025 to 62.4 percent in the 2026 interim period as low-margin fuel volume came out of the mix.

This is an operator's opportunity with a defined upside. Opportunities include pump upgrades, enhanced marketing, automated service reminders, building a website and a local search program against an already strong organic review base, integrating a point-of-sale system, and tightening scheduling and overtime. 

The owners are selling to retire. This is a structured sale with the following schedule:

9/25 Question Submission Deadline
10/02 LOI Submission Deadline

A Matterport 3-D Virtual Reality scan of the entire premises is available to fully disclosed buyers. A Confidential Information Memorandum is available as well. Financial statements and the equipment schedule are released after a confidentiality agreement, a completed financial and qualification statement, and an interview with a Duran Advisors broker.

Meet the owner, visit the site, and see this turnkey opportunity. For serious inquiries, please contact the listing broker, Joel F. Duran, CM&AA, M&AMI, CM&AP, CEPA, CAIM, CMSBB, at (504) 321-0196.



Listed By: Joel Duran, CM&AA, M&AMI, CM&AP, CEPA, CAIM, CMSBB

Background information

Reference:

NOLA-0135

Year established:

2005

Reason selling:

Retirement

Operations

Operating hours:

Monday through Friday 7AM - 6PM; Saturday 8AM - 3PM

Employees:

Fulltime: 5; Parttime: 0

Inventory:

$6,440

Furniture fixtures and equipment:

$100,000

Premises

Facility:

Leased service station and repair shop of ~2,049 sq. ft. of gross floor area, on a high-traffic arterial, in continuous service-station use since the 1930s. Four vehicle lifts, full-service and self-service fuel islands, and a customer lobby remodeled after 2024. Canopy and lighting recently upgraded to LED arrays and repainted. Indoor and outdoor restroom facilities are new. The premises are fully utilized.

Square footage:

~2,049 sq. ft. gross floor area

Rent and lease terms:

$4,000 a month plus city and parish property taxes. Landlord maintains the exterior; tenant maintains the interior and grounds. Landlord must approve tenant.

Location:

High-visibility position on a principal east-west arterial in Jefferson Parish, with a wide driveway that allows vehicles to pull directly off the highway and ample parking. The site draws from both banks of Jefferson Parish, New Orleans, Kenner, Destrehan, and as far as Hammond. Customers who move out of the area continue to return for service.

Opportunities

Market:

Independent automotive repair in the New Orleans metropolitan area. The sector is highly fragmented and dominated by owner-operated single-location shops competing against franchised chains, tire retailers, and dealership service departments. Demand is largely non-discretionary and tracks vehicle count, vehicle age, and miles driven within the local trade area rather than broad economic cycles, which gives the sector a defensive character. Technician scarcity is the principal structural constraint, and ownership's own read is that the shortage of qualified automotive technicians should support revenue across the industry.

Price and terms

Financing:

The seller will entertain all reasonable offers. Buyer financing options to be discussed with the listing broker.

Training:

Two weeks