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Gonzales business brokers and M&A advisors
Owners in Gonzales who are ready to part with a company can hire MDR & Associates as their business brokers and M&A advisors: we find the buyer, keep the matter quiet and bargain for the best price the market will pay. The seat of Gonzales County sits on the Guadalupe River just east of where the San Marcos River joins it, and our advisors drive out to meet you there, at your office or anywhere discreet.
Cattle, poultry and the Eagle Ford: what buyers see in Gonzales
Gonzales is a town whose cattle and poultry base has been widened by oilfield services and light manufacturing, helped by a short rail connection to a major Union Pacific line and by lodging for crews working the nearby Eagle Ford Shale. U.S. Route 183 passes along the west side of the city and U.S. 90 Alternate along the north. That mix matters when a company goes to market. A shop that fabricates, services or supplies for the oilfield, or a light manufacturer with rail access, can interest strategic buyers from outside the county as well as private equity groups hunting for Texas operations.
Buyers also study how steady the revenue is. An agricultural supplier with decades of repeat customers reads very differently from an oilfield services company whose sales rise and fall with drilling activity, and a good sale explains either story honestly with numbers. Our manufacturing practice hears the same questions from buyers of Texas plants and fabricators.
Gonzales at a glance
- CountyGonzales County
- RegionCentral Texas
- Companies we sell$3M–$100M
- Typical transaction3–9 months
- Fee if we do not closeNone
Why a town founded in 1825 needs a quiet sale
Green DeWitt established Gonzales in 1825 as the capital of his colony, and the Battle of Gonzales in 1835 began the Texas Revolution here. Families and firms often go back generations, and in a city of 7,165 people (2020 census) news of a sale travels fast. We market your company through a blind profile. No buyer learns its name until they have signed a confidentiality agreement and shown, through a financial profile, that they can fund the purchase. Employees, lenders and competitors find out when you decide they should.
Starting the conversation from Gonzales
The first step is free: a confidential discovery meeting and an opinion of value, a low-to-high range built from three years of your financials. If you would like a rough figure before that, the valuation snapshot takes a few minutes online. We take on profitable companies earning between $3 million and $100 million a year, and we are paid only if the company changes hands. Buyers who need help funding a purchase can use SBA, conventional or seller-financed structures, which we arrange alongside your own attorney and CPA. You can see how Gonzales fits the wider Central Texas market on our region page.
What we sell in and around Gonzales
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 Gonzales owners ask before they sell
Answered in full by the advisors who run the sales. Every Austin answer.
The process
How a Gonzales 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 Gonzales
Questions owners in Gonzales ask
Will buyers pay less for my Gonzales company because its revenue follows Eagle Ford drilling?
Buyers price risk, so revenue that swings with drilling activity gets examined closely. It does not have to mean a low offer. We recast your financials to show normal earnings across the cycle, separate one-off jobs from repeat customers, and invite several buyers at once so the market, not a single bidder, decides the price.
Do I have to travel to Austin or Frisco to meet with MDR & Associates?
No. Our corporate office is in Frisco, and advisors come to Gonzales for owner meetings, either at your business or a quiet location you choose. Much of the early work, including the review of three years of financial statements, can happen through secure file sharing before we sit down together.
Talk to an advisor about your Gonzales company
Four fields, a reply the same business day, and nothing shared with anyone. If you would rather talk, call (855) 637-2776.