Strategic exits for founder-led companies.
We advise founders, family-owned businesses, and private equity sponsors on sell-side transactions in the $5M–$50M+ enterprise value range. Confidential. Process-led. Built around the outcome you actually want — not just the highest bid.
Founders. Family-owned businesses. PE portfolio companies.
For 25 years, Company Sellers has run confidential sell-side processes for privately-held businesses across every major sector. Our advisors are senior bankers, not gatekeepers — each engagement is led by someone whose name and track record stand behind the outcome.
Sector-informed M&A across the middle market.
A sample of the verticals we have advised on. Sector-specific buyer relationships, comparable transactions, and valuation patterns inform every engagement.
A boutique advisory practice with institutional rigor.
Selling a privately-held business is the most consequential financial transaction most founders will ever run. We bring 25 years of senior advisory experience to every engagement — with the resources to run a competitive process and the candor to tell you when not to.
Senior-banker coverage
Every engagement is led by a senior advisor — no analyst-driven handoffs, no junior bankers running point. The person you meet is the person at the closing table.
Active buyer relationships
An active network of strategic acquirers, private equity platforms, family offices, and search funds built over 25 years — not a static list you could compile yourself.
Confidential by default
No public listings. NDAs before disclosure. Information control through every phase of the process — so your employees, customers, and competitors do not find out until you choose to tell them.
A structured, confidential transaction process.
Every engagement runs through four phases — designed to maximize value and minimize disruption to the business.
Three ways founders work with us.
Wherever you are in the lifecycle — exploring, preparing, or running a process — we have a defined engagement to match.
Complimentary Opinion of Value
A confidential, no-obligation indicative valuation. We use your trailing financials, sector multiples, and current buyer demand to show you what your business is realistically worth today — in 30 minutes.
- ✓Indicative valuation range
- ✓Sector multiple analysis
- ✓Honest recommendation
M&A Readiness Toolkit
For founders 1–3 years out from a transaction. Our pre-process playbook covers the workstreams that move buyer-perceived value — addbacks, owner-dependency reduction, clean financials, sector positioning — before you ever talk to a buyer.
- ✓Quality-of-earnings frameworks
- ✓Sector multiple benchmarks
- ✓Pre-process diligence checklist
Full-Service M&A Advisory
End-to-end sell-side representation. We assume responsibility for preparation, marketing, buyer outreach, competitive process management, diligence, and close. Success-fee structure — nothing until the transaction closes.
- ✓Confidential competitive process
- ✓CIM, data room, management presentations
- ✓LOI, APA, diligence, close management
Perspectives from the middle market.
Sector reads, deal mechanics, and founder-focused notes from our practice.
Find out what your business is worth.
A confidential, 30-minute consultation with a senior member of our practice. We will prepare a complimentary Opinion of Value, walk you through what middle-market buyers are paying for businesses like yours, and recommend a path that fits your timeline.