Thriving Entertainment Destination - Pottery Painting Art Studio

Cook County, IL
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Asking Price:$215,000
Established Year:2016
Inventory:$5,000
BUSINESS DESCRIPTION

Established Studio with loyal customer base (Non-Franchise)

Are you looking for a unique and profitable business opportunity? Look no further! We are offering a highly popular entertainment destination in our community that combines the fun of walk in pottery painting with the versatility of offering parties in a comfortable studio venue.

Business Highlights...

Engaging Activities: The business offers pottery painting for all ages, making it a hit for birthday parties, wedding parties, team-building parties, scout events, and family or parent-child bonding activities.

Multiple Touch-Points: Guests pick a pottery piece and paint it using our glazes. The finished piece is fired in a kiln and ready for pick up one-week later. Often, guests stay to paint more project(s).

Neighborhood Location: The business attracts immediate attention from drive by traffic and is nestled within a densely populated family-oriented area.

Parking and Accessibility: The business has ample parking directly adjacent to the business, the ability to drive up along the front door (dropping kids off, picking up projects) and handicap accessible parking and a ramp directly in front of the store.

Art Mediums: Enjoy the versatility that offering multiple streams of project options offers. Pottery painting, clay hand-building, canvas painting, and more are offered, have been offered, or can be added for additional attraction and revenue.

Stable Sourcing: The business purchases most of its inventory (pottery projects) from stable, national companies that have been in business over thirty years.

Strong Word-Of-Mouth Presence: The business has built itself into a self-generating repeat business machine. Customers return multiple times, bring friends and family with them, and recommend the business to others. Customers openly compare our studio to other alternatives, repeatedly explaining why they visit our business versus another business.

Comfortable Studio: The business presents a mixture of ultra-comfortable fabric chairs, suitable for all sizes of adults, for walk-in guests, coupled with typical wood back chairs, suitable for larger groups and events.

Color Neutral Studio: Based upon advice from an expert color consultant, the business chose a gender-neutral, calming, relaxing color scheme for walls and floors, etc.

Party Space: Large enough to accommodate most parties and flexible enough to accommodate multiple ongoing groups or parties, the party space includes a kitchenette area as well.

Strong Branding: All social media usernames for the brand match exactly, providing a cohesive marketing platform to further grow the businesses' engaged online community.

Consistent Sales/Growth:
The studio has been profitable every year since opening with the exception of one year during the pandemic, showcasing the business's popularity. The business went from having open hours of 40+ hours per week before the pandemic to 20 hours a week (by choice) after the pandemic - there has been no decrease in sales yearly but with an increase in profit.

Expansion Opportunities:
*Expand hours: Business currently operates only 4 days (22 hours a week). By extending hours and opening on additional days, there is significant potential to increase revenue, particularly with the walk-in ceramics and hosting adult painting parties during evening hours.
*Offer camps: Customers regularly ask about after school, holiday, and summer camps for kids.
*Expand space: There is a vacant space behind the studio with can possibly be rented and used for dedicated party rooms.
*Enhance promotion: Word of mouth is the driver of new business. Huge potential by developing marketing, advertising and Social Media.

This is a competitive opportunity for a profitable and growing business with substantial room for growth. Don't miss your chance to own a beloved community hot-spot with a proven track record of success.

Contact us today for more details and to arrange a viewing!


DETAILED INFORMATION
Location
Cook County, IL
Inventory
Not Included in asking price
Facilities
1700 sf retail facility (triple net lease) in an excellent highly-visible neighborhood location. Landlord is easy to work with, and maintains the building and parking lot. Plenty of parking adjacent to the studio. Equipment included in sale: large kiln(s) (well maintained), tables, chairs, shelving and point of sale. Customer list (opted in) included in sale: includes names, email addresses, and phone numbers.
Competition
Upper income market, very popular in the community, decent following with over 1000 likes on Facebook and no competitive competition. There is one franchise PYOP studio in the area. That studio is small, cramped and in a large commercial mall.
Growth & Expansion
Excellent growth potential... *Expand hours: Current hours are much shorter than industry standards (by choice). *Offer camps: Additional business can be had by offering after school, holiday and summer camps. *Expand space: There is also a vacant space behind the studio with can possibly be rented and used for dedicated party rooms. *Enhance promotion: Huge potential by developing marketing, advertising and social media.
Support & Training
Owners are offering 2 weeks of training, specifics are negotiable, and additional is negotiable. Ongoing technical and digital support is available, specifics are negotiable.
Reason for Selling
Owners desire to relocate.
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