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Beeville business brokers and M&A advisors
At the crossing of U.S. 59 and U.S. 181, Beeville owners planning an exit can hire MDR & Associates, an M&A advisor that answers only to the seller. Beeville is the Bee County seat, about an hour from Corpus Christi and an hour and a half from San Antonio, and our advisors travel from Frisco to sit down with you at the business or away from it.
Prisons, a college and a former naval air station
Beeville had 13,669 residents at the 2020 census and sits in the South Texas Brush Country on flat to gently rolling ground. The first railroad arrived in 1886 and set off growth in both business and population, and Southern Pacific ran the lines until the early 1970s. For decades the largest outside influence was Naval Air Station Chase Field, which operated from 1943 to 1946 and again from 1952 to 1992.
Today the state corrections system is the defining employer. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice runs several facilities here, including the Garza East, Garza West and McConnell units and a distribution center, alongside the Chase Field Industrial Complex. Coastal Bend College, with more than 3,700 students, is the other anchor. Institutions like these buy food, maintenance, transport, supplies and professional services, and a local company that holds that kind of work has something a buyer values.
Beeville at a glance
- CountyBee County
- Metro areaBeeville micropolitan area
- Companies we sell$3M–$100M
- Typical transaction3–9 months
- Fee if we do not closeNone
When your biggest customer is a state agency
Government contracts appeal to buyers because they tend to renew and pay reliably, but buyers will read the terms closely: how long each contract runs, how it is awarded, and whether it can move to a new owner. We pull that together with your attorney before the company goes to market, because surprises in due diligence cost owners money. Records of on-time performance and past renewals help too.
From there, we present the company under a blind profile to buyers already in our database and bring in competing offers. If your exit is still a year or two off, spend that time putting contracts, records and a second layer of managers in order, because each of those shows up in the price. Our business services page shows the kinds of companies we sell in that sector, our San Antonio page covers the nearest large market, and nearby towns are on the South Texas region page.
What we sell in and around Beeville
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 Beeville owners ask before they sell
Answered in full by the advisors who run the sales. Every San Antonio answer.
The process
How a Beeville 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
We also work with owners near Beeville
Questions owners in Beeville ask
Is Beeville too far from San Antonio for a buyer to take seriously?
No. An hour and a half by car is a normal distance for buyers of a business this size. What matters is whether the business can run without you, whether the books are clean, and whether its customers stay. Those points, not the drive, set the offers.
I have contracts with a prison unit near Beeville. Will they transfer to a buyer?
That turns on the wording of each contract. Some allow assignment to a new owner with the agency's approval, others require rebidding, and the choice between a stock sale and an asset sale can change the answer. Your transaction attorney reviews the terms, and we plan the deal structure around that before any buyer is invited in.
Talk to an advisor about your Beeville company
Four fields, a reply the same business day, and nothing shared with anyone. If you would rather talk, call (855) 637-2776.