Buy a company: Skilled trades & construction

Buy a company: Trades & construction: compare listings on company.ch by location, guide price, revenue and handover. The category helps identify relevant offers and open the right detail pages faster.
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Buying a trades or construction business in Switzerland

A useful first comparison of a trades or construction business should connect the asking price with operating evidence, contractual rights and a workable transfer. Underquoted jobs, defect claims, loss of a technical manager and overdue fleet investment can turn a strong backlog into a cash burden.

Reprice the order book project by project

Compare signed orders, forecast and realised project margin, work in progress, billable hours, deposits and team capacity. Include all materials and completion costs still required.

Check warranties, qualifications, machinery and vehicles

Review project contracts, variations, defects, guarantees, technical licences, machinery, vehicles, leases and safety obligations, including responsibility for completed work.

Transfer live sites, deposits and technical responsibility

Document the status of every project, drawings, material orders, invoices, deposits, defects and customer contact, with named responsibility across completion.

Related acquisition routes for a trades or construction business

Keep the search broad enough to find adjacent opportunities, then compare the same evidence across each listing. Continue with Construction company or Real estate & administration, or return to all companies for sale.

Buyer questions about a trades or construction business

Is the signed order book still profitable after remaining project costs?

Compare signed orders, forecast and realised project margin, work in progress, billable hours, deposits and team capacity. Include all materials and completion costs still required.

Which defects, warranties, qualifications and machines require review?

Review project contracts, variations, defects, guarantees, technical licences, machinery, vehicles, leases and safety obligations, including responsibility for completed work.

Can operations continue without the current technical manager?

Underquoted jobs, defect claims, loss of a technical manager and overdue fleet investment can turn a strong backlog into a cash burden.

How will live projects, deposits and warranty cases be allocated?

Document the status of every project, drawings, material orders, invoices, deposits, defects and customer contact, with named responsibility across completion.