Dallas–Fort Worth · Texas
DeSoto business brokers and M&A advisors
MDR & Associates helps owners sell a business in DeSoto on terms they set: confidential marketing, qualified buyers and several offers negotiated at once. DeSoto is a Dallas County suburb of 56,145 people on Interstate 35E, one of the Best Southwest cities along with Cedar Hill, Duncanville and Lancaster. We work for the seller only, with businesses billing $3 million to $100 million per year.
From a cotton gin to a rebuilt town center
In 1885 DeSoto's economy amounted to a cotton gin and a general store. The town incorporated in 1949, when it covered less than a square mile, and it counted 298 residents in 1950. Growth came after the Second World War, and industrial, commercial and residential construction all picked up through the 1970s and 1980s. In the 1990s the city turned an abandoned strip center into a Town Center that now holds city hall, the public library and the civic center. The DeSoto school district runs 12 schools for about 8,000 students, and in April 2026 the city opened a $53 million aquatic and recreation center at McCowan Park.
A suburb that grew this way tends to support contractors, trade firms, professional practices and suppliers serving the neighborhoods around it, and those are the kinds of companies we sell.
DeSoto at a glance
- CountyDallas County
- Metro areaDallas–Fort Worth
- Companies we sell$3M–$100M
- Typical transaction3–9 months
- Fee if we do not closeNone
What a home services buyer wants from a DeSoto company
Buyers of HVAC, plumbing, roofing and landscaping companies pay for work that repeats: service agreements, customers who call back every season and crews who stay after the owner leaves. Before a DeSoto company goes to market, we look at how much revenue recurs, how dispatch and pricing work without the owner, and whether trucks and equipment are properly recorded. Our home services page explains what we prepare, and the firm has sold companies such as Apple Garage Doors and Blooms Landcare.
Much of that preparation is plain bookkeeping. A buyer who can match job records to invoices, and invoices to bank deposits, trusts the earnings and pays for them. Owners also ask what happens to their people. Most buyers of a trade company want the crews and the office staff, and if continuity for them matters to you, it becomes one of the ways we rank the offers.
Meeting an advisor without anyone in DeSoto noticing
We are based in Frisco, in the Metroplex, and we meet DeSoto owners after hours at their office, or at a spot they pick. Buyers see only a blind profile until they sign a confidentiality agreement. You pay a success fee only if the company sells; see how our fees work. The wider Dallas market is on our Dallas page.
What we sell in and around DeSoto
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 DeSoto owners ask before they sell
Answered in full by the advisors who run the sales. Every Dallas–Fort Worth answer.
The process
How a DeSoto 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 DeSoto
Questions owners in DeSoto ask
Does being in the Best Southwest area change who will buy my DeSoto company?
Buyers look at where your customers and crews are. A company that serves DeSoto, Cedar Hill, Duncanville and Lancaster from one base, with I-35E close by, can interest both a nearby competitor and a larger platform that wants a foothold south of Dallas. We invite both, carefully, so they compete.
I own my building in DeSoto. Do I have to sell it with the company?
No. Many owners keep the real estate and lease it to the buyer, which can provide income after the sale. Others sell it separately or include it in the deal. We lay out the options, and your CPA and attorney help decide which suits your taxes and plans.
Talk to an advisor about your DeSoto company
Four fields, a reply the same business day, and nothing shared with anyone. If you would rather talk, call (855) 637-2776.