Dallas–Fort Worth · Texas
Denton business brokers and M&A advisors
Denton owners who are ready to sell a company can hire MDR & Associates as their M&A advisors, a Metroplex firm that represents sellers only and runs a confidential, competitive sale. Denton is the Denton County seat, a city of 139,869 where I-35E and I-35W rejoin to form Interstate 35, and Peterbilt Motors builds trucks here with about 2,000 employees.
Two universities, a truck maker and the I-35 split
The railroad arrived in 1881, the University of North Texas opened in 1890 and Texas Woman's University followed in 1901. UNT, with more than 42,000 students, is the city's largest employer, and TWU has the second-largest nursing program in Texas. Peterbilt, Sally Beauty and Jostens all have operations in the city, and education, health care, manufacturing, retail, wholesale trade and hospitality all carry weight in the local economy.
Denton sits on the northern edge of the Metroplex as part of the Golden Triangle of North Texas, with Loop 288 partly circling the city, and its growth picked up after DFW International Airport opened in 1974.
Denton at a glance
- CountyDenton County (county seat)
- Metro areaDallas–Fort Worth
- Companies we sell$3M–$100M
- Typical transaction3–9 months
- Fee if we do not closeNone
What buyers look for in a Denton supplier or service company
A company that supplies a large manufacturer faces a specific question from buyers: how much revenue rides on one customer, and how secure is that relationship? We answer it before a buyer asks, with customer-by-customer revenue history, contract terms and a plan for how the relationship moves to a new owner. The same care applies to a distributor along the I-35 corridor or a trade company serving Denton's homes and campuses.
We then bring several qualified buyers to the table together, because multiple letters of intent give an owner real choices on price, terms and the future of the staff. See how we sell distribution companies and manufacturers.
A city with this mix of education, health care, manufacturing and retail can also support service companies such as staffing, facilities maintenance and IT support firms, whose value sits in contracts that renew. Buyers of those companies read the contracts first. We line up the term, renewal and cancellation clauses for each major account, so the buyer's first data request is already answered.
Working with MDR & Associates in Denton
Our corporate office is in Frisco, and we come to Denton to meet owners at their business or somewhere discreet. While buyers are being contacted, you hear from our VP of Client Engagement, and a principal of the firm leads the negotiations. Engagements typically take three to nine months from signing to funds wired, following ten defined steps from the discovery meeting to closing. The Dallas side of the market is covered on our Dallas page.
What we sell in and around Denton
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 Denton owners ask before they sell
Answered in full by the advisors who run the sales. Every Dallas–Fort Worth answer.
The process
How a Denton 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 Denton
Questions owners in Denton ask
My Denton company's biggest customer is a large manufacturer. Will that lower my price?
It can, if that customer is a large share of revenue and the relationship rests on you personally. A long history, written agreements and more than one contact on each side all help. We present concentration honestly and, where needed, tie part of the price to keeping the account, so it does not sink the sale.
Do UNT and TWU matter to someone buying a Denton company?
They can. If your company recruits graduates or part-time staff from either university, show that pipeline, because buyers care about who will fill jobs after the sale. For businesses that sell to students, faculty or the universities themselves, buyers will study how dependent revenue is on the academic calendar and on any single campus contract.
Talk to an advisor about your Denton company
Four fields, a reply the same business day, and nothing shared with anyone. If you would rather talk, call (855) 637-2776.