Dallas–Fort Worth · Texas
Colleyville business brokers and M&A advisors
Many owners who call Colleyville home run their companies elsewhere in Tarrant County or across the Metroplex, and they want a sale handled without the neighbors hearing about it. MDR & Associates serves as M&A advisors to Colleyville residents whose companies do $3 million to $100 million a year in sales: one firm for the valuation, the confidential buyer search and the negotiation. The city sits in northeast Tarrant County with State Highway 121 on its eastern edge and DFW International Airport close by, so a first meeting is easy to arrange.
A residential city whose owners run businesses all over North Texas
Colleyville grew out of small rural settlements along the Cotton Belt Route railroad. It was known as Bransford until 1914, when it took the name of Dr. Lilburn Howard Colley, a physician who had settled there in 1880. Today it is largely residential. The biggest employers listed for the city are the Grapevine-Colleyville school district, Market Street, Lifetime Fitness, the city government and grocers such as Whole Foods Market and Albertsons, and Colleyville Boulevard (State Highway 26) runs through the middle of it.
That profile matters when you sell. A Colleyville owner's company may be based in a neighboring city or in another part of Texas altogether, and buyers value it on its own terms: earnings, customers, staff and how well it runs once the owner steps back. Individual buyers, capital groups and private equity firms all weigh those same points.
Colleyville at a glance
- CountyTarrant County
- Metro areaDallas–Fort Worth
- Companies we sell$3M–$100M
- Typical transaction3–9 months
- Fee if we do not closeNone
Keeping a sale quiet in a city of 26,000
In a city of about 26,000 people, news that a company is for sale can reach employees and customers well before the owner is ready to tell them. We prevent that in the order we release information. The first thing any buyer sees is a blind profile, an anonymous summary with no name on it. Nothing more is shared until the buyer has registered, signed a confidentiality agreement and completed a financial profile showing they can pay for the company.
We contact buyers from our own database first and turn to blind advertising on the national marketplaces only if the right buyer has not appeared. If you want a rough number before any of this, the free valuation snapshot gives a quick range in a few minutes.
How we work with Colleyville owners
We work from a single office on Legacy Drive in Frisco, so meetings happen at your business, at our office or at a discreet place you choose. The process begins with a free discovery meeting and an opinion of value, a low-to-high range built from three years of your financials. If your company is a trade business such as HVAC, plumbing, roofing or landscaping, see how we sell home services companies; for the wider market, our Dallas page describes buyers across the Metroplex.
What we sell in and around Colleyville
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 Colleyville owners ask before they sell
Answered in full by the advisors who run the sales. Every Dallas–Fort Worth answer.
The process
How a Colleyville 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 Colleyville
Questions owners in Colleyville ask
My home is in Colleyville but my company is in Fort Worth. Which market am I selling in?
The buyer pool follows the company, not your home address. A company in Fort Worth, Grapevine or anywhere else in Texas is marketed to buyers who fit its industry and size, and your Colleyville address never appears in the blind profile. What counts is where the operations, customers and staff are, because that is what a buyer is paying for.
Can we meet near Colleyville without my staff noticing?
Yes. Many owners prefer a first conversation away from the business. We can meet at our Frisco office, at your home or at a quiet spot near State Highway 121 or the airport. The discovery meeting is free and confidential, and nothing goes to market until you sign an engagement letter.
Talk to an advisor about your Colleyville company
Four fields, a reply the same business day, and nothing shared with anyone. If you would rather talk, call (855) 637-2776.