Keeping the Faith: Established Religious Goods Retailer

Asking Price: $350,000 Inventory: ~$200,000 Included in Price
Revenue: $1,176,125 3 Yr Avg Real Estate: Leased (Purchase Available)
SDE: $101,607 3 Yr Avg

An established retailer of religious goods and church supplies serving the Southeast is available for acquisition. The business has operated for more than three decades. Over that time it has built a loyal, diversified customer base of parishes, clergy, and individual shoppers who come back for every liturgical season, sacrament, and special occasion. Its reputation for knowledgeable, real-person service and a deep in-stock selection took decades to build and transfers directly to a new owner.

The business sells through four channels: a well-established e-commerce site, phone and mail orders, a retail showroom, and hundreds of parish and clergy house accounts. Many of those accounts place standing orders for candles, altar bread, liturgical calendars, and palms, which gives the business recurring institutional revenue. No single customer is more than about 5% of revenue. Revenue over the last three years has averaged $1,176,125, with seller’s discretionary earnings averaging $101,607 and gross margins in the mid-40% range.

The business carries a broad product line: church and liturgical supplies, candles, books and Bibles, rosaries, statues, crucifixes, religious jewelry, and gifts. It also offers memorial cards, book imprinting, gift wrapping, and special orders. The point-of-sale system is integrated with the online store and syncs prices, inventory, and orders automatically, so retail and web sales run from one database. Long-standing relationships with major suppliers and publishers support a large inventory on hand and same-day fulfillment.

An experienced team of full-time and seasonal staff, several of whom have been with the business for many years, handles day-to-day shipping, receiving, and customer service. The business is set up for a single owner-operator. A new owner has several clear ways to grow:

• Expand parish outreach and local delivery.
• Pursue institutional and military chaplaincy accounts.
• Scale digital and AI-driven marketing that has been tested on a small budget.
• Start selling through social media.
• Reach the broader Christian market, where the closure of other faith-based bookstores has already brought in new customers.

This is a turnkey asset sale for a buyer who wants an established, mission-driven business with recurring institutional revenue, strong online and retail channels, and clear room to grow. The business can be relocated. A buyer can lease the current facility, buy the real estate separately, or move the business. The seller will stay on part-time after closing to support website and church sales during the transition.