Nashville Framing & Mirror Studio - 25 Yrs, Designer Clientele
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Nashville Framing & Mirror Studio - 25 Yrs, Designer Clientele
This 25-year-old Nashville custom framing and artisan mirror studio has built a loyal base of high-end interior designers, architects, and collectors — entirely through word of mouth, with zero advertising spend.
The business generates strong revenue with a 66% gross margin, two trained full-time employees in place, and no direct competitor in Nashville for its handmade mirror product line.
For the right buyer, the growth opportunity is straightforward: this business has never sold online. Every dollar of revenue has come through referrals and walk-in traffic alone — meaning a buyer with any digital presence steps into an established, profitable operation with an entirely open e-commerce channel and a product that ships.
Owner is retiring after 25 years and is committed to a careful transition, including personal introductions to key client relationships.
This 25-year-old Nashville custom framing and artisan mirror studio has built a loyal base of high-end interior designers, architects, and collectors — entirely through word of mouth, with zero advertising spend.
The business generates strong revenue with a 66% gross margin, two trained full-time employees in place, and no direct competitor in Nashville for its handmade mirror product line.
For the right buyer, the growth opportunity is straightforward: this business has never sold online. Every dollar of revenue has come through referrals and walk-in traffic alone — meaning a buyer with any digital presence steps into an established, profitable operation with an entirely open e-commerce channel and a product that ships.
Owner is retiring after 25 years and is committed to a careful transition, including personal introductions to key client relationships.
About the Business
- Years in Operation
- 23
- Employees
- 2
- Facilities & Assets
- Founded approximately 25 years ago, this Nashville studio began as a one-person custom framing operation and grew steadily into a full-service framing and handmade mirror business serving some of the region's most prominent interior designers and architects. The owner discovered a passion for mirror fabrication in 2008 after specialized training, and mirrors have since become the studio's primary revenue driver and most distinctive offering. Every client relationship in the business's history has been earned through referral — the business has never advertised. Today it operates from a 4,000 sq ft Nashville studio with two trained full-time employees and a client roster that extends beyond Nashville into Atlanta, Asheville, and beyond.
- Market Outlook / Competition
- In the custom framing category, the business competes locally with several established Nashville framing studios, differentiating itself through its high-end designer relationships and reputation for handling large, complex, and unusual commissions. In the mirror category, competition is effectively nonexistent at the local level — no other Nashville studio produces handmade antique mirrors at this scale or with this range of materials. The closest regional competitors operate in other markets. This combination of an established framing business and a defensible, one-of-a-kind mirror product line is what makes this listing unusual.
- Opportunities for Growth
- The most immediate opportunity is e-commerce — the business has never sold online despite having national demand for its mirror product line. A buyer with basic digital skills could open this channel with minimal overhead. Beyond that, the business has attended only one trade show in its history, which generated substantial new business from a single event. Regional and national trade shows represent a largely untouched channel. Additional upside exists in more proactive outreach to the local and regional design community, which the current owner has not had capacity to pursue in recent years.
Real Estate
- Owned or Leased
- Leased
- Building Sq. Ft.
- 4,000
- Rent
- $2,200 per month
About the Sale
- Seller Motivation
- Retirement
- Transition Support
- 24 weeks
- Financing Options
- Financing Interest 8% Terms Months 36
Listing Info
- ID
- 2530318
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