Smithville business brokers and M&A advisors

Selling where every customer knows your name

In a town this size, the biggest risk in a sale is often not price but gossip. If staff or customers hear too early, good people may leave and customers may hesitate. That is why no buyer learns your company's name until they have signed a confidentiality agreement and shown they can pay for it.

The second issue is you. When an owner is the face of a small-town business, a buyer will want to know which relationships stay once you step back. We help you document how the company runs, who handles key accounts and how long you are willing to stay on during a transition. A buyer who sees that plan tends to offer more and worry less.

Some owners also need a number they can defend to a partner, a family member or a lender before they decide anything. For that, a formal business valuation can be ordered as its own service, separate from any sale.

What a sale with us looks like from Smithville

We meet at your place of business or somewhere private, go through three years of books and give you a no-cost opinion of value. If we take the engagement, you follow our ten-step process, from marketing package and buyer screening to negotiated letters of intent, due diligence and closing. One of the firm's principals is at the table whenever terms are discussed. Owners who want a sense of the bigger market can read about our work around Austin.