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Mount Vernon business brokers and M&A advisors
For a Franklin County owner, the decision to sell a business in Mount Vernon deserves an advisor in your corner from the first price estimate to the wire of funds, and MDR & Associates fills that role. The county seat sits on Interstate 30 about 101 miles east of Dallas, and our advisors make that drive from Frisco to meet you where you choose.
From peach orchards and cane syrup to oil and light industry
Franklin County's economy has changed crops more than once. Corn and cotton came first. By the 1920s more than 500,000 peach trees were producing here, watermelons followed in the 1930s, and in the 1940s the county set the state's top record for cane syrup. The discovery of oil in 1936 broadened the base, and today oil production continues alongside light industry, manufacturing and a range of farming.
Mount Vernon itself is small, with 2,491 residents in 2020, but it is well placed. U.S. Route 67 runs through town as Main Street, reaching Mount Pleasant 16 miles east and Sulphur Springs 23 miles west. State Highway 37 connects Bogata to the north with Winnsboro to the south, and the Interstate 30 exits at 146 and 147 put Texarkana 78 miles away. A manufacturer or fabricator here can ship toward Dallas or toward Arkansas with equal ease, and buyers notice that.
Mount Vernon at a glance
- CountyFranklin County
- RegionEast Texas
- Companies we sell$3M–$100M
- Typical transaction3–9 months
- Fee if we do not closeNone
Why the size of the town does not decide the price
Owners in small county seats sometimes assume the right buyer will never find them. Acquirers shopping for companies with several million dollars or more in yearly sales search statewide, and what they study is the company, not the population sign at the city limits. They want steady earnings, a team that can run without the owner every day, and three years of records that match the tax returns. Our manufacturing page describes how acquirers judge a production or light industrial business, which is the kind of company Franklin County's economy has long produced.
The first people we call are buyers already known to us: qualified individuals, investor groups and private equity funds. Anonymous ads on the national sale marketplaces are a second step we take only if the first round falls short. Two or three letters of intent in hand at once give you bargaining power, and a principal of MDR handles each negotiation personally. The ten-step process shows the path from first meeting to closing, and neighboring towns are on the East Texas region page.
What we sell in and around Mount Vernon
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 Mount Vernon owners ask before they sell
Answered in full by the advisors who run the sales. Every Texas-wide answer.
The process
How a Mount Vernon 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 Mount Vernon
Questions owners in Mount Vernon ask
Does being right off Interstate 30 help a Mount Vernon company sell?
It can. Buyers who plan to grow a business look at how easily goods and crews can move. Access to I-30 between Dallas and Texarkana is a practical advantage we point out in the marketing package, but it only adds value when the company's earnings and records are already solid.
My company is tied to Franklin County oil production. Will buyers see that as a risk?
Expect questions about what share of sales depends on drilling and what your numbers looked like when activity slowed. We lay out three years of results, the spread of customers and any work outside oil and gas, so the buyer weighs the real history instead of guessing at the cycle.
Talk to an advisor about your Mount Vernon company
Four fields, a reply the same business day, and nothing shared with anyone. If you would rather talk, call (855) 637-2776.