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Teague business brokers and M&A advisors
To sell a business in Teague without the whole town knowing, hire MDR & Associates to find and negotiate with qualified buyers while you keep running the company. Teague is a Freestone County railroad town on U.S. Route 84, between Fairfield and Mexia, and we come to you here instead of asking you to travel.
The Trinity and Brazos Valley shops and what came after
The settlement was first called Brewer. It took the name Teague in 1906, the year the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway arrived and built its machine and car shops in town, which set off rapid growth. By 1914 Teague had cotton gins, a cottonseed oil mill and a cotton compress. The Great Depression and later economic setbacks cut into the number of businesses and residents, and in recent decades natural gas production has become an important industry.
The city had 3,384 residents in 2020. Route 84 leads 10 miles northeast to Fairfield, the county seat, and 13 miles northwest to Mexia; State Highway 179 runs 9 miles east to Dew. A small airport on the edge of town is used mostly for recreation.
Teague at a glance
- CountyFreestone County
- RegionCentral Texas
- Companies we sell$3M–$100M
- Typical transaction3–9 months
- Fee if we do not closeNone
What makes a Teague company sellable
For a small-town company, buyers focus on three questions: are the earnings real, will the customers stay, and can the business run without the owner. Clean books that reconcile with tax returns answer the first. A spread of customers answers the second. A manager or foreman who already runs daily work answers the third.
If a good share of your revenue comes from work in the gas fields, a buyer will ask how it held up in slower years. We lay out that history plainly so the buyer does not have to guess, because a guessing buyer lowers the offer. A business valuation can put a documented number on the company before you decide anything.
Owners in small towns also tend to mix personal and company spending. Buyers expect that, and a proper recast adds those items back so the true earning power shows. Leaving them buried makes the business look less profitable than it is.
Ten steps, run from the seller's side
Since 2008 the firm has closed more than 250 transactions, always on the seller's side. Our process has ten steps, from the first discovery meeting to money in your account, and we carry the marketing, buyer screening and negotiation while you keep the company on course. Owners across Central Texas work with us the same way: face to face, on their premises or somewhere private.
What we sell in and around Teague
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 Teague owners ask before they sell
Answered in full by the advisors who run the sales. Every Austin answer.
The process
How a Teague 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 Teague
Questions owners in Teague ask
Will buyers look at a company in a town the size of Teague?
If the company is profitable and earns $3 million or more in revenue with clean records, yes. Buyers from across Texas and beyond buy businesses for their cash flow. We present the company without naming it until each buyer has signed a confidentiality agreement.
My company serves natural gas producers. Does that hurt the price?
Not by itself. Buyers want to see how revenue behaved through slow and busy years and whether you depend on one producer. Several years of results and a varied customer list make an energy-related company much easier to sell at a fair multiple.
Talk to an advisor about your Teague company
Four fields, a reply the same business day, and nothing shared with anyone. If you would rather talk, call (855) 637-2776.