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Lago Vista business brokers and M&A advisors
MDR & Associates serves as M&A advisors for owners in Lago Vista who are thinking about selling the company they built. The city lies on the northern shore of Lake Travis, less than 20 miles from downtown Austin, and our advisors will come out along RM 1431 to meet you wherever you are comfortable talking.
A lakeside Hill Country city inside the Austin market
Much of Lago Vista sits on a peninsula covering about 15.5 square miles of Texas Hill Country, reached mainly by RM 1431, with the single-runway Rusty Allen Airport on the city's northern edge. It incorporated in 1984, after the City of Austin tried to annex the area in the early 1980s, and it counted 8,896 residents in 2020. The city's population and economic growth are tied to ongoing in-migration into Travis County.
Owners here often run companies whose customers are spread across the Austin metro rather than in Lago Vista alone. If yours is a consulting firm, insurance agency, staffing company or similar, business services buyers will focus on contracts, recurring revenue and how much of the client relationship depends on you.
Lago Vista at a glance
- CountyTravis County
- Metro areaGreater Austin
- Companies we sell$3M–$100M
- Typical transaction3–9 months
- Fee if we do not closeNone
Getting a real number before you decide
Many owners in a place like this are not in a hurry. They want to know what the company is worth and what would make it worth more. A formal business valuation gives an independent figure, and the free opinion we provide after studying three years of your financials sets out a low and a high number. Either can be the start of a plan: a sale now, or a year or two of preparation first. Our pre-exit consulting is built for that second path, covering the 12 to 24 months before a sale.
When you decide to sell, we take the company quietly to the individual buyers, investor groups and private equity firms in our own database, and to blind marketplace listings only if needed. Buyers prove they can fund the purchase before seeing your name. For more on the metro around you, see our Austin page.
Showing a buyer a company they cannot visit yet
Early on, buyers cannot tour your business without tipping off employees, so we bring the business to them. Every company we represent goes to market with a confidential marketing package, a financial recast and an HD video produced by our own video team, led by Tom LoChiatto. A buyer in another state can understand what you have built in Lago Vista before a single visit is arranged.
What we sell in and around Lago Vista
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 Lago Vista owners ask before they sell
Answered in full by the advisors who run the sales. Every Austin answer.
The process
How a Lago Vista 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 Lago Vista
Questions owners in Lago Vista ask
Is a company based in Lago Vista valued as an Austin-area business?
Buyers look at where your customers are and how the business operates, not only the address. Lago Vista sits within Greater Austin, and a company serving that market is judged against it. We explain your customer reach clearly so buyers credit the whole market you serve.
Can I sell my Lago Vista business and keep living here without awkwardness?
Yes. The sale stays confidential until you decide to announce it, and the purchase agreement sets out your transition role, any consulting period and any non-compete terms. Your own attorney reviews those terms, and we negotiate them alongside price so life after closing is settled before you sign.
Talk to an advisor about your Lago Vista company
Four fields, a reply the same business day, and nothing shared with anyone. If you would rather talk, call (855) 637-2776.