Dallas–Fort Worth · Texas
Granbury business brokers and M&A advisors
For Hood County owners, MDR & Associates provides M&A advisors who come to Granbury, value the company and run a confidential sale with several buyers competing. Granbury is the county seat and principal city of the Granbury micropolitan area, on U.S. Route 377 about 30 miles southwest of Fort Worth, where the Brazos River widens into Lake Granbury. Our clients' companies bring in anywhere from $3 million to $100 million annually, and we act for them alone.
A courthouse square, an opera house and a lake
Granbury began as a courthouse town, with a log cabin for its first courthouse, and was named for Confederate General Hiram B. Granbury. The Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway reached it in 1887, and a dam on the Brazos in 1969 created Lake Granbury. The city counted 10,958 residents in 2020.
Tourism is the economic thread in the city's story: visitors come for the historic downtown and the Granbury Opera House, which stages Broadway productions. Granbury Regional Airport serves the area.
Granbury at a glance
- CountyHood County (county seat)
- Metro areaGranbury micropolitan area
- Companies we sell$3M–$100M
- Typical transaction3–9 months
- Fee if we do not closeNone
What sells in a lake-and-tourism economy
For a trade company in Hood County, whether HVAC, plumbing, roofing, landscaping or pest control, buyers pay for repeat customers, service agreements and crews who stay. For a hospitality or tourism-related company, they look at how seasonal revenue is, how bookings come in and whether the brand depends on the owner. Our home services page describes how we prepare trade companies for sale.
We present both kinds of company honestly, with a financial recast and marketing package that show the good months and the slow ones, so the price a buyer offers holds through due diligence.
Location questions come up too. A company on U.S. 377 that serves Hood County and the southwestern edge of the Metroplex should show buyers where its customers are and how its crews or deliveries reach them, because that reach is part of what the buyer is paying for.
How Granbury owners work with MDR & Associates
Our advisors drive down from Frisco to meet Granbury owners at their business or somewhere discreet. If the company is not ready, we will say what to fix first; if it is, the sale typically takes three to nine months, though some close much faster and a few take longer. Start with our free valuation snapshot or ask for a confidential discovery meeting, where a principal of the firm reviews your numbers with you. For the area around Fort Worth and beyond, see our Dallas–Fort Worth region page.
What we sell in and around Granbury
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 Granbury owners ask before they sell
Answered in full by the advisors who run the sales. Every Dallas–Fort Worth answer.
The process
How a Granbury 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 Granbury
Questions owners in Granbury ask
My Granbury business is seasonal. Will that lower its value?
Seasonality alone does not, if it is predictable. Buyers want several years of monthly numbers showing the pattern repeats and that cash covers the slow months. We present the full cycle in the recast and the marketing package, so the buyer prices the whole year rather than the worst quarter.
Do Fort Worth buyers look at companies in Granbury?
Granbury is about 30 miles from Fort Worth on U.S. 377, close enough that buyers in the western Metroplex may see a company here as within reach. We include them, along with individual buyers and private equity groups, in one confidential process.
Talk to an advisor about your Granbury company
Four fields, a reply the same business day, and nothing shared with anyone. If you would rather talk, call (855) 637-2776.