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Roma business brokers and M&A advisors
MDR & Associates acts as business brokers for Roma owners, in a port-of-entry town on the Rio Grande linked by bridge to Ciudad Miguel Alemán. We represent the seller of a profitable company, and we travel to you to talk through what that border position means to a buyer.
Two centuries of river trade in Starr County
Roma was established in 1821 in what was then the Spanish province of Nuevo Santander and was once under the jurisdiction of Mier, across the river in Tamaulipas. Salt went overland from here to Monterrey, and during the Civil War the region grew wealthy moving cotton through Mexico to Europe. Steamboats reached Roma through the mid-1800s, until upstream development lowered the water and ended river shipping in the 1880s.
The trade left a built record. The Roma National Historic Landmark District holds more than 30 structures from before 1900, among them the Customs House and Our Lady of Refuge Church, built in 1853. The city incorporated in 1936, had 11,561 residents in 2020 and remains a port of entry through the Roma–Ciudad Miguel Alemán International Bridge. It is also a well-known birding site in the Rio Grande Valley.
Roma at a glance
- CountyStarr County
- RegionSouth Texas
- Companies we sell$3M–$100M
- Typical transaction3–9 months
- Fee if we do not closeNone
Getting a border-town company ready for due diligence
A buyer looking at a company near a port of entry will want to understand everything tied to the crossing: import and export paperwork, suppliers on the Mexican side, currency exposure and how the business handled slow periods at the bridge. Many owner-run companies also employ relatives, so buyers ask who works in the company, what they are paid and who will stay. Written answers, ready before marketing starts, keep a deal from stalling. Wholesale and trading companies fit our distribution practice.
Real estate is another early question. If the company operates from a building you own, a buyer may want to purchase it, lease it from you or neither. Settling that choice with your CPA before offers arrive gives you one less thing to negotiate under time pressure.
How we represent owners in Starr County
From Frisco, where the firm is based, our advisors make the trip to Roma to see you at the company or at a private location. We act for sellers alone, on companies whose yearly revenue runs from $3 million to $100 million, and earn nothing unless the sale closes. The sell your business page describes the full service, and our South Texas region page shows the wider market. A principal of the firm is present in every negotiation, and every offer that comes in is laid before you face to face.
What we sell in and around Roma
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 Roma owners ask before they sell
Answered in full by the advisors who run the sales. Every San Antonio answer.
The process
How a Roma 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
Questions owners in Roma ask
Can buyers from Mexico purchase my Roma company through your process?
Any buyer who can fund the purchase may take part, provided they complete the same steps as everyone else: registering, signing a confidentiality agreement and submitting financial information that proves the money exists. Your transaction attorney and CPA advise on the legal and tax questions a foreign buyer raises, and we work alongside them throughout.
Several family members work in my Roma business. How do buyers view that?
Buyers accept family employees when roles and pay are clear. They want to know who is essential, whether salaries are at market rates and who plans to stay after the sale. We adjust the financial recast for any above- or below-market family pay, which can change the earnings, and so the value, that buyers see.
Talk to an advisor about your Roma company
Four fields, a reply the same business day, and nothing shared with anyone. If you would rather talk, call (855) 637-2776.