Dallas–Fort Worth · Texas
Hurst business brokers and M&A advisors
MDR & Associates works as business brokers for owners in Hurst, a Mid-Cities town of 40,413 people (2020 census) in Tarrant County whose largest employer is Bell Helicopter Textron. If you own a profitable company here and are weighing a sale, we price it, find the buyers and run the negotiation, and you pay nothing unless it closes.
Helicopters, a regional mall and the companies around them
Hurst is hemmed in by neighbors: Bedford, Euless, Fort Worth, Richland Hills, North Richland Hills, Grapevine and Colleyville all touch it, and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is 13 miles away. According to the city's 2021 financial report, Bell Helicopter Textron employs about 3,800 people here, followed by the businesses of North East Mall, the Hurst-Euless-Bedford school district and Tarrant County College's Northeast Campus. North East Mall opened in March 1972 and is described as the third largest mall in Texas.
If your company machines parts, maintains equipment or provides services to a large manufacturer, buyers will look hard at customer concentration. A supplier whose revenue leans on one big customer needs that relationship documented, with contract terms and order history, before the first buyer asks. Our manufacturing practice deals with that question often.
Hurst at a glance
- CountyTarrant County
- Metro areaDallas–Fort Worth
- Companies we sell$3M–$100M
- Typical transaction3–9 months
- Fee if we do not closeNone
Selling a Hurst company without alarming your crew
News of a sale can unsettle employees and customers long before a deal is signed, so we keep your name out of the market. Buyers read a blind profile with no name or address. Only those who sign a confidentiality agreement and complete a financial profile showing they can pay learn who you are. We start with our own database of individual buyers, capital groups and private equity firms, and place blind listings on the major marketplaces only when needed. Every company also goes out with a financial recast and a professionally produced HD video.
From Hurst to a closing table
MDR & Associates is based in the Metroplex; our corporate office is in Frisco, and advisors come to you, at your business or somewhere discreet. The first meeting is free and confidential, and the quickest way to see a rough range before then is the online valuation snapshot. The firm has more than 250 closed deals behind it since 2008, all for sellers. Companies across Tarrant and Dallas counties are covered on our Dallas–Fort Worth region page.
What we sell in and around Hurst
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 Hurst owners ask before they sell
Answered in full by the advisors who run the sales. Every Dallas–Fort Worth answer.
The process
How a Hurst 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 Hurst
Questions owners in Hurst ask
Will a buyer discount my Hurst company because most of its work comes from one aerospace customer?
Heavy reliance on one customer is a risk buyers price in, but it does not rule out a good sale. What helps is evidence: contract length, years of history, how orders are won and whether other customers could be added. We present that openly and let competing buyers weigh it, rather than hoping nobody asks.
Does it matter that my company sits in Hurst rather than in Fort Worth or Dallas?
Not much. Buyers pay for earnings, customers, people and systems, and a Hurst address 13 miles from the international airport puts you inside the same Metroplex market they already search. What matters more is three years of records that reconcile and a business that can run without you at the center of every decision.
Talk to an advisor about your Hurst company
Four fields, a reply the same business day, and nothing shared with anyone. If you would rather talk, call (855) 637-2776.