Cranston, RI Liquor Store For Sale
Business Description
Rare opportunity to acquire a liquor store in Cranston, RI featuring the only transferable liquor license currently available in the market. This is a highly attractive entry point into a tightly controlled licensing environment with significant barriers to entry.
The business is an established, operating store with improving sales across liquor, CBD/cannabis products, lottery, and tobacco. While current revenue is modest due to the store’s smaller footprint and recency of upgrades, a clear value-add opportunity exists for the next owner.
Buyer may continue operations at the existing leased location or relocate the license to a larger site within Cranston, providing substantial upside through expansion, improved layout, and increased product assortment.
Ideal for:
Owner-operator to continue increasing sales to increase NOI;
Entrepreneurs entering a restricted market;
Investors targeting repositioning and growth opportunities.
This is a unique chance to acquire not just a business, but a strategic, scarce licensed asset with meaningful upside potential.
The business is an established, operating store with improving sales across liquor, CBD/cannabis products, lottery, and tobacco. While current revenue is modest due to the store’s smaller footprint and recency of upgrades, a clear value-add opportunity exists for the next owner.
Buyer may continue operations at the existing leased location or relocate the license to a larger site within Cranston, providing substantial upside through expansion, improved layout, and increased product assortment.
Ideal for:
Owner-operator to continue increasing sales to increase NOI;
Entrepreneurs entering a restricted market;
Investors targeting repositioning and growth opportunities.
This is a unique chance to acquire not just a business, but a strategic, scarce licensed asset with meaningful upside potential.
About the Business
- Years in Operation
- 8
- Employees
- 3 (1 Full-time, 2 Part-time)
- Currently Relocatable
- Yes
- Opportunities for Growth
- Acquired store in 2025 with sagging sales due to poor layout, inferior FF&E, and very limited inventory. Substantially improved layout, displays, and inventory, resulting in improved revenue over past 12 months, with $30,000 in NOI (excluding labor). Fantastic opportunity for hands-on operator to continue increasing sales and NOI at current location, or to relocate to a larger facility for substantial growth in sales and NOI.
Real Estate
- Owned or Leased
- Leased
- Building Sq. Ft.
- 1,200
About the Sale
- Seller Motivation
- Seller operates several other businesses; growth opportunity for focused owner.
Listing Info
- ID
- 2510176
- Listing Views
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