Amazon brandNov 5
Professional Cleaning Tools Brand
A universal pole with swap-on heads anchors about 105 professional-grade cleaning tools, and the brand holds the top spot in its Amazon US category.
- Ask
- $8.7M
- Profit
- $2.16M
- Multiple
- 4.0x
- Ask
- $8.7M
- Revenue
- $11.1M
- Profit
- $2.16M
- Margin
- 19%
- Multiple
- 4.0x
- Age
- 4 yrs (Jan 2022)
How it rates
ValuationHigh
Other Amazon brands we've tracked mostly ask 2.2–2.9x profit, or 2.2–3.9x adjusted for its size; this one asks 4.0x.
Durability
4 years old and growing 44%, but about 88% of sales come through Amazon.
Hands-off
An in-house team runs listings, ads, supply chain and product development; the owner gives about 10 hours a week.
Why it's interesting
- No single product brings in more than 8% of revenue, spread across about 105 products in eight lines.
- It holds about 24.5% of its Amazon US category and has more than 22,000 reviews.
- Suppliers are dual-sourced, and the attachments all fit one pole, which suggests owners come back to add heads.
What to watch
- The figures don't line up: the listing card shows $11.1M revenue and a 19% margin, while the text gives about $10.5M of net revenue over the last 12 months and about a 20.5% margin.
- Amazon US alone accounts for about 82% of sales, so a listing suspension or fee change there would reach most of the business.
- With profit under a fifth of revenue, a rise in Amazon fees or advertising costs would cut into profit quickly.
Ask the seller
- Which revenue figure for the last 12 months is right, $11.1M or $10.5M, and what does the monthly breakdown show?
- Which members of the in-house team stay after the sale, and are any on retention agreements?
- How much of the 44% growth came from new products, and what share of sales goes to Amazon advertising?
Growth plays
- Sell the pole-and-attachment system through janitorial supply distributors and to facilities managers, buyers the professional-grade range already suits.
- Offer replacement heads on a reorder schedule through the Shopify store, which brings in only 12% of sales today.
Nov 5Added to Acumen Wire