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Eden business brokers and M&A advisors
If you want to sell a company in Eden, MDR & Associates offers a confidential way to do it: we value it, bring qualified buyers to the table and negotiate the deal on your behalf. Eden is a small Concho County town that grew as a trading center for ranches and farms, and when you are ready to talk, we drive out to you.
Eden's ranch-country trade
Frederick Ede donated land for the town in 1882, and Eden was incorporated in 1911, the same year a railroad line to Lometa was completed. It became a rural trading center for the large ranches and farms of West Texas. After 1925, as sheep ranching spread, Eden became a trading point for mohair and wool, and local ranchers also raised cattle, goats and polo ponies for eastern markets.
The Eden Detention Center, operated for the Federal Bureau of Prisons by Corrections Corporation of America, has a capacity of 1,558 and employs 285 staff. The 2020 census counted 1,100 residents. For an owner, the takeaway is that Eden has long made its living as a trading center for a wide rural area, and buyers will want to see how your company fits that pattern.
Eden at a glance
- CountyConcho County
- RegionCentral Texas
- Companies we sell$3M–$100M
- Typical transaction3–9 months
- Fee if we do not closeNone
Can you really sell a company from a town of 1,100?
Yes, if the company itself meets the bar. We take on businesses whose yearly sales fall between $3 million and $100 million, that make a steady profit and keep books a buyer can verify. A company of that size in a town this small draws its revenue from a wide area, whether ranches across several counties, contractors or institutional customers, and that wider base is what buyers are paying for.
We will be direct at the first meeting. Should we doubt that your company can be sold for full value, we will tell you and turn the engagement down rather than list it and hope.
What the process looks like from Concho County
Our corporate office is in Frisco, so every key meeting happens where you are. Buyers see an unnamed company profile first, and only those who have signed a confidentiality agreement and proven their funding learn who you are. We go to our own buyer database before any public marketplace. Offers come in as letters of intent that we negotiate in parallel, and a principal of the firm leads every negotiation. See the process in ten steps, or begin with the online valuation snapshot. Buyers of distribution and supply companies are a group we know well.
What we sell in and around Eden
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 Eden owners ask before they sell
Answered in full by the advisors who run the sales. Every Austin answer.
The process
How an Eden 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 Eden
Questions owners in Eden ask
If my company supplies ranches around Eden, what will buyers want to see?
Buyers will want a customer list showing how many ranches you serve, how long they have bought from you and how much each accounts for. They will also look at inventory, vehicles and seasonal cash flow. A broad group of long-time customers is the strongest point you can show, so we put it front and center.
Should I sell my Eden company to a large ranching operation I already supply?
Maybe, but not without testing the market. A customer that buys from you already has an obvious reason to want the company, which can mean a good price or a lowball offer. Bringing other qualified buyers into the process shows whether that customer's offer is really the best one available.
Talk to an advisor about your Eden company
Four fields, a reply the same business day, and nothing shared with anyone. If you would rather talk, call (855) 637-2776.