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Sell your manufacturing company to a buyer who reads the shop floor.
RockHaven Capital buys light manufacturing and fabrication companies directly from their owners.
Your machines, your customer list, and your crew are the business. We look at all three before we talk price.
Who We Buy From
The manufacturing companies we buy
Light manufacturing covers shops that make real things for repeat customers. The pattern is the same in each one: equipment, skilled people, and orders that come back.
These businesses carry real assets alongside their cash flow. Lenders like that combination, and so do we.
CNC machining and machine shops
Shops running production work for repeat industrial customers. A mix of machines and a mix of customers both read well.
Metal fabrication
Cutting, bending, and welding shops serving builders and manufacturers. Job records show whether the work repeats or scatters.
Plastics fabrication and molding
Shops molding or forming parts for steady product lines. Long-running part numbers are a strong sign.
Packaging and contract assembly
Companies that package, kit, or assemble for other brands. Standing orders from several customers carry the value.
Wood and cabinet shops
Commercial casework and millwork shops with contractor relationships. Repeat builder accounts matter more than one large project.
Take our free five-minute assessment to get an estimate of what your business could sell for.
What's My Business Worth? Book a CallWhat We Look At
Five things we check first
A manufacturer proves its cash flow through its order book and its equipment list. These five checks show us whether the shop holds up without its owner.
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Revenue of $1M to $10M a year
Shops in this band are the ones we look for. A shop in that range has real capacity and more work than the owner can run alone.
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Cash flow of $300K and up
It has to appear in the tax returns. We read job margins against those returns rather than trusting a quote sheet.
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Customers spread across accounts
One customer should not be able to idle the shop by leaving. A list of repeat accounts prices higher than a single big relationship.
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Equipment owned and maintained
Machines should be listed with age, condition, and service history. Owned equipment gives a buyer and a lender something solid to stand on.
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A lead hand who runs the floor
Production should continue when you are away. A foreman or lead machinist who schedules the work carries real value.
What a RockHaven deal looks like
- Structure
- Majority buyouts
- Geography
- Anywhere in the continental United States
- Seller fees
- None. Sellers are charged no fees, ever, and the business is never listed.You keep the money a broker would take.
Take our free five-minute assessment to get an estimate of what your business could sell for.
What's My Business Worth? Book a CallThe Principals
A track record built in operating businesses
All three exits came from companies they co-founded from the idea up with a founding team, not from businesses they bought and flipped. One was acquired by a publicly traded company.
Companies founded or co-founded
Exits from companies we co-founded from the ground up
Sales driven by our teams
Capital raised for real estate and operating companies
Why Owners Talk To Us
A direct buyer changes the conversation
Manufacturing owners built something physical, and most want it to keep running. Here is what a direct sale changes.
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We are the buyer, not a broker
You talk to the firm that would own your shop. Your customer list and margins are not circulated during a long listing.
One conversation with the buyer, not a parade of strangers through your business. -
Your crew keeps making the product
Skilled machinists and fabricators are hard to replace. In most cases your team stays in place after a sale.
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Assets counted, not ignored
We read the equipment list as part of the value rather than an afterthought. Owned machines in good condition show up in our price.
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A straight number early
We show how the price was built from cash flow and equipment. You hear what would move it in either direction.
A straight number early, with the reason behind it.
The listed route, by the numbers
Listing a shop puts your margins in front of competitors and tire-kickers for months. These figures describe that route in numbers.
Median time to close for a business that sells through the market
Source: BizBuySell, 2025 Year in Review. Counts businesses that sold.
Of businesses that go to market ever sell at all
Source: Exit Planning Institute estimate. Based on owner readiness survey data, not a census of listings.
The broker success fee alone on a $1M sale, on the standard scale
Source: Double Lehman fee scale, published broker guides, 2026.
How It Works
Four steps from first call to close
Four steps, and you deal with us directly at each one.
A private conversation
We talk through your customers, your equipment, and your reasons for selling.
A straight valuation
We read your tax returns and your equipment list and come back with a value. If the number is not there, we will tell you that too.
A straight number early, with the reason behind it.A structure that fits
Cash is paid at close, and seller financing is used where it fits.
A clean close
The paperwork is short and written in plain language. Once terms are agreed, we aim to close in four to eight weeks.
A real close date in weeks, not a listing that sits while the market decides.Working with an advisor or broker? They hear back from us within two business days, and their fee is protected.
Contact
Start a conversation about your manufacturing company
Start with the free assessment. Or book a call and talk directly with a principal.