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Alamo business brokers and M&A advisors
MDR & Associates works for owners who plan to sell a business in Alamo, the Hidalgo County city between San Juan and Donna where U.S. Route 281 heads south toward Nuevo Progreso, Tamaulipas. We prepare the company, find qualified buyers and negotiate on your behalf, and an advisor comes to you in the Valley.
Citrus groves, winter residents and a road to Mexico
Alamo was laid out in 1909, named after the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, and incorporated on May 12, 1924. It sits in the Rio Grande Valley among vegetable farms and citrus groves, and it is a noted winter resort and retirement town. Visitors also pass through on their way to the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge. The city is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission metropolitan area, and the 2020 census counted 19,493 residents.
Those facts suggest the companies a buyer might meet here: produce packers and haulers, businesses that serve seasonal residents, and firms that move goods across the border. Each has a pattern a buyer will ask about, whether a harvest calendar, a winter peak or the flow of cross-border freight.
Alamo at a glance
- CountyHidalgo County
- Metro areaMcAllen–Edinburg–Mission
- Companies we sell$3M–$100M
- Typical transaction3–9 months
- Fee if we do not closeNone
Letting competition set the price
A single interested buyer sets the terms. Several buyers bidding at once set a price. We aim for more than one letter of intent, a written offer covering price and main terms, arriving in the same window. Then we sit down with you to go through each one, and the decision to accept, push back or turn it down stays with you.
To reach that point, we build a confidential sales document, restate the financials to show true owner earnings, and film an HD video so a buyer from outside Texas can see the operation before visiting. Our sale process describes the full sequence, and the South Texas page covers the wider market.
Meeting in Alamo
An advisor travels to the Valley and meets you wherever you prefer, at the business or away from it. Most owners want two answers before going further: roughly what the company is worth, and whether now is a sensible time. The conversation is free, and after three years of your statements have been reviewed, you will hear the bottom and top of a realistic price range.
What we sell in and around Alamo
Industry decides the buyer, the multiple and the diligence. These are the four sectors we work in most.
Manufacturing
Equipment, real estate, backlog and customer concentration decide what a manufacturer is worth.
How buyers value itHome Services
Plumbing, HVAC, roofing, landscaping and other home service companies — where repeat customers, crews and technicians decide the price.
How buyers value itDistribution & Wholesale
Inventory, working capital and supplier agreements decide what a distributor is worth.
How buyers value itBusiness Services
Recurring revenue and owner dependence separate a two-times business from a six-times business.
How buyers value itStraight answers
Questions Alamo owners ask before they sell
Answered in full by the advisors who run the sales. Every San Antonio answer.
The process
How an Alamo sale runs
Ten steps in four stages, typically three to nine months. Click any step to see it in full.
- Prepare
- Go to market
- Negotiate
- Close
Questions owners in Alamo ask
My Alamo business is busiest when winter residents are in town. How do buyers value seasonal revenue?
They look at full years, not the best months. We lay out three years month by month so a buyer sees that the peak repeats and the slow season is covered. Predictable seasonality is acceptable to most buyers; what worries them is a drop they cannot explain.
Does trade through Nuevo Progreso make an Alamo company more attractive?
It can, when the company's revenue actually depends on it and the records show it. A buyer will ask about customs paperwork, customer spread on both sides of the border and how exposed the business is to changes in crossings. We document those points before any buyer sees the company.
Talk to an advisor about your Alamo company
Four fields, a reply the same business day, and nothing shared with anyone. If you would rather talk, call (855) 637-2776.