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College Station business brokers and M&A advisors
Owners looking for M&A advisors in College Station can work with MDR & Associates, a Texas sell-side firm for owners of companies doing $3 million to $100 million a year. College Station is home to Texas A&M University, and with 120,511 residents in 2020 it anchors the Bryan-College Station metro, 83 miles northwest of Houston.
A university city with a regional economy behind it
College Station exists because of the Houston and Texas Central Railway, which began building through the area in 1860, and because of Texas A&M, which opened in 1876 as the state's first public institution of higher education. The city incorporated in 1938, and in 1940 it had 2,184 residents. By 2020 it had grown to 120,511, and it sits in the Brazos Valley of Brazos County, 87 miles east-northeast of Austin.
The Texas A&M University System is by far the largest employer, with 16,248 people. Behind it come Bryan ISD, St. Joseph Regional Health Center and Sanderson Farms, each with more than 1,500 workers. The metro area's GDP reached $15.8 billion in 2023, and Texas A&M holds land-grant, Sea Grant and Space Grant designations, a sign of how much research runs through the city.
College Station at a glance
- CountyBrazos County
- Metro areaBryan–College Station metropolitan area
- Companies we sell$3M–$100M
- Typical transaction3–9 months
- Fee if we do not closeNone
Selling a company in College Station: who pays the most
Companies that grow up around a large university tend to fall into two groups. Some serve the institution directly, through contracts for facilities, technical work, staffing, food or supplies. Others serve the large population around it: home services, property services, healthcare support and professional firms. Buyers value both, but they ask different questions. For institutional contractors, they want contract terms, renewal history and how much revenue depends on one customer. For consumer-facing firms, they want repeat customers and managers who stay.
Our work with Texas business services companies covers many of these. The buyers include individuals who want to live in a university town, Houston and Austin operators expanding into the Brazos Valley and private equity groups building regional platforms. We invite them to compete for your company at the same time, because competition sets the price and the terms.
Meeting Brazos Valley owners
Our advisors come to College Station and meet you at your office or somewhere discreet, with a free first meeting and opinion of value. Our pages on Houston and on Central Texas show how we reach buyers for companies between the two metros.
What we sell in and around College Station
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 College Station owners ask before they sell
Answered in full by the advisors who run the sales. Every Austin answer.
The process
How a College Station 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 College Station
Questions owners in College Station ask
Most of my revenue comes from Texas A&M contracts. Will buyers see that as a problem?
They will see it as concentration, so they will look closely at the contracts: length, renewal history, how they were won and whether they transfer to a new owner. A long record of renewals can make that revenue very attractive. We present the contract history clearly so buyers weigh its strength as well as the risk.
Do buyers treat a College Station company as part of the Houston market?
Some do. The Brazos Valley draws interest from Houston and Austin buyers as well as local ones. What decides value is earnings, customer spread and a management team that stays. We market the company to buyers across Texas so the widest group competes for it.
Talk to an advisor about your College Station company
Four fields, a reply the same business day, and nothing shared with anyone. If you would rather talk, call (855) 637-2776.