Selling a $1M-$25M EBITDA business in Oregon in 2026 clears very different multiples by industry. Oregon’s 9.9% top capital gains rate, Portland-metro tech-corridor client density, and outdoor-recreation/agriculture industry mix all shape both the buyer set and after-tax proceeds. Named PE-backed and family-office buyers active in OR span technology services, healthcare services, manufacturing, and home services. The buyer-paid model closes deals in 60-120 days without seller commission.
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A Oregon business sale in 2026 typically takes 60-120 days through a buy-side advisor, compared to 9-12 months through a traditional broker. The buyer (not the seller) pays advisor fees at closing, eliminating the standard 6-12% broker commission. Oregon’s state-specific tax environment, regulatory bodies, industry mix, and SBA lending dynamics all materially affect deal structure, timing, and net proceeds — the sections below walk through each.
Oregon recorded over 100 announced M&A transactions in 2025 spanning tech, advanced manufacturing, natural resources, healthcare, financial services, and consumer sectors. Headline deals: the $4.25B sale of the Portland Trail Blazers, the $2.5B acquisition of NAVEX Global, and Toyota Tsusho America’s $913M purchase of Radius Recycling. In the mid-market, food and beverage activity is strong — Moberi LLC of Portland acquired The Whole Bowl, and BADEN CAPITAL acquired Junction City-based ORCAL. Outdoor recreation M&A surged 47.7% nationally in 2025 (164 deals); Oregon is a disproportionate beneficiary given its outdoor brand cluster. Strategic buyers drove ~88% of food / beverage deals and ~83.5% of outdoor recreation deals.
Oregon’s tax structure is unique and requires careful modeling on every transaction. Oregon has NO state sales tax — one of only five U.S. states — which significantly simplifies asset purchases and inventory transfers. However, Oregon imposes the Corporate Activity Tax (CAT): $250 plus 0.57% of taxable Oregon commercial activity above the $1M threshold, with a 35% subtraction for certain business expenses. The CAT is a gross-receipts tax — it applies regardless of profitability and is one of the most distinctive features of Oregon’s tax landscape. Personal income tax is steep: top marginal rate is 9.9%, hitting at relatively modest income levels. Corporate income tax runs up to 7.6%. Capital gains are taxed as ordinary income, so business-sale proceeds for residents face the full 9.9% rate. Property taxes are moderate at ~0.93% effective due to Measure 50 constraints.
Recurring-services vertical in Oregon: commercial snow-removal and ice-management has been one of the most actively consolidated service sub-sectors in Oregon over the 2024-2026 window, with the BrightView Holdings narrative (still NYSE: BV — the widely-repeated Goldman Sachs Asset Management take-private DID NOT HAPPEN; KKR exiting via secondary offerings; One Rock Capital Partners $500M convertible preferred since Aug 27 2023) anchoring the public strategic tier. PE-backed mega-platforms with active deal posture in Oregon: Heartland under Pritzker Private Capital since Dec 14 2023 (27 acquisitions); Schill Grounds Management under TruArc Partners since Jan 13 2026 (31 branches OH/KY/PA/IL/IN/MI + Ontario); Yellowstone Landscape under Harvest Partners majority since Nov 2019 + Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions minority since Dec 2024 (NOT CIVC + Riverside — common attribution error); Mariani Premier Group under CI Capital Partners (25+ partner companies); Monarch Landscape Companies under Audax Private Equity since Apr 1 2022; Outworx Group under Mill Point Capital (largest snow-melter fleet in North America via Tovar Snow Professionals Elgin IL since March 2020); Powerhouse under Lincolnshire Management since 2019; Caliber Service Management under Alpine Investors since July 6 2023; Senske Services under GTCR since Dec 15 2022; Case Facilities Management Solutions under Halifax Group since Jan 2022 (merged with Landscape Effects Property Management early 2024 = 21,000+ sites US + Canada). Mainscape is INDEPENDENT family/management owned ($204.9M 2026 revenue, NOT Bow River Capital). If you operate a commercial snow-removal or landscape+snow integrated business in Oregon, the valuation framework, multi-year contract structure, slip-and-fall litigation indemnity, state DOT prequalification, and the named PE / strategic buyer pool are covered in our dedicated guide: sell your snow removal business in Oregon.
Biggest healthcare PE roll-up vertical in Oregon: Medicare-certified home-health, non-medical home-care, and Medicare hospice has been one of the most aggressively consolidated service sub-sectors in Oregon over the 2024-2026 window, with the UnitedHealth Optum acquisition of Amedisys closing August 7-14 2025 ($3.3B after DOJ settlement requiring 164 location divestitures to Pennant Group $146.5M + BrightSpring $239M), the Enhabit / Kinderhook Industries take-private closing May 18 2026 at $1.1B / 10.2x EBITDA, General Atlantic acquiring TEAM Services Group at $3B / 10x EBITDA in April 2026, and Bristol Hospice (Webster Equity) running an active March 2026 auction marketed on $140M EBITDA with $1B+ sponsor bids. Public strategics (Optum, CenterWell, Pennant Group, Aveanna, Addus, VITAS / Chemed) plus PE-backed platforms (Help at Home under Centerbridge + Vistria exploring $3B+ exit, AccentCare under Advent International, Compassus under TowerBrook + Ascension Health 50/50, Gentiva under CD&R 60% + Humana 40%, Three Oaks Hospice under Martis Capital since October 2024, Synergy HomeCare franchisor under Levine Leichtman since January 21 2025, HomeWell Care Services under Main Post Partners since January 21 2026, Comfort Keepers under Halifax Group since September 2023, Senior Helpers under Advocate Aurora Enterprises since April 1 2021) all compete for Oregon bolt-ons. BAYADA Home Health Care is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) foundation since January 2019 and is NOT PE-owned. If you operate a Medicare-certified home-health, non-medical home-care, or hospice business in Oregon, the valuation framework, CMS 855A Change of Ownership timeline, DOJ False Claims Act tail liability, hospice cap recoupment risk, and the named PE / strategic buyer pool are covered in our dedicated guide: sell your home health agency in Oregon.
High PE-activity vertical in Oregon: commercial waste-hauling and solid-waste-services (commercial front-load dumpster, roll-off / C&D, municipal residential subscription, industrial, medical waste, hazmat, recycling, and vertically-integrated landfill ownership) has been one of the most actively consolidated service sub-sectors in Oregon over the 2024-2026 window, driven by Waste Management ($22B revenue post-Stericycle close November 4 2024 at $7.2B), Republic Services ($1.1B 2025 strategic deal volume, $1B 2026 guide), Waste Connections (24 deals + $750M annualized acquired revenue in 2024), GFL Environmental ($900M Frontier Waste close April 1 2026), Casella Waste Systems ($500M pipeline), Clean Harbors, and PE-backed platforms including Interstate Waste Services (Littlejohn & Co. + Ares Management since October 2023), Coastal Waste & Recycling (Macquarie since June 2023 $900M), Meridian Waste (Warren Equity since April 2018), Ecowaste Solutions (Kinderhook since January 2026 $1B continuation vehicle), TXP Environmental (NMS Capital since April 2023), WIN Waste Innovations (Macquarie since early 2019), and Apex Waste Solutions (Kinderhook since November 2023). If you operate a commercial waste-hauling or solid-waste-services business in Oregon, the valuation framework, state DEP permit transferability mechanics, CERCLA successor liability bucket, fleet sale-leaseback structures, and the named PE / strategic buyer pool are covered in our dedicated guide: sell your waste hauling business in Oregon.
High PE-activity vertical in Oregon: commercial janitorial and building-services contracting (commercial office cleaning, healthcare environmental services, K-12 with bonding, GMP cleanroom for life sciences or semiconductors, federal cleared facilities, monthly recurring contracts) has been one of the most actively consolidated service sub-sectors in Oregon over the 2024-2026 window, driven by ABM Industries, Aramark, Compass Group / Crothall Healthcare, Healthcare Services Group, and PE-backed platforms including KBS (KKR + Ares + BlackRock CIA consortium since March 25 2024), Pritchard Industries (Littlejohn & Co. since December 2024), 4M Building Solutions (O2 Investment Partners), Allied Universal (which acquired Diversified Maintenance Systems March 1 2025), Marsden Holding (Encore One family trust portfolio with 35+ cumulative add-ons), Vixxo Facility Solutions (Braemont Capital), Xanitos (Bessemer Investors since January 1 2026), and GDI Integrated Facility Services (Birch Hill take-private March 2 2026). If you operate a commercial janitorial or building-services-contractor business in Oregon, the valuation framework, workers comp EMR transfer mechanics, SEIU successor liability considerations, and the named PE / strategic buyer pool are covered in our dedicated guide: sell your janitorial business in Oregon.
High PE-activity vertical in Oregon: commercial security integration (access control, IP video surveillance, intrusion alarm, monitored RMR) has been one of the most actively consolidated sub-sectors in Oregon over the 2024-2026 window, driven by Pye-Barker, Convergint, Everon (ADT Commercial), Allied Universal Technology Services, and several PE-backed regional platforms. If you operate a security-integration business in Oregon, the valuation framework, qualifying-agent transfer mechanics, and the named PE / strategic buyer pool are covered in our dedicated guide: sell your security integration business in Oregon.
The Oregon Secretary of State (Corporation Division) maintains the Oregon Business Registry — entity formation, dissolution, UCC, and annual report filings. The Oregon Department of Revenue administers the CAT, corporate income, and personal income taxes. The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) is critical for any deal touching alcohol, hemp, or cannabis — Oregon’s mature cannabis market makes OLCC license transfers a routine M&A workstream. The Oregon Department of Forestry regulates forest-product operations (a meaningful sector given Oregon’s timber economy). The Department of Environmental Quality and Department of Land Conservation and Development frequently appear in industrial transactions. Business Oregon is the state’s economic-development agency.
Oregon’s flagship industries for mid-market M&A are technology and semiconductors — Intel is the state’s largest industrial employer at 19,300 workers (Hillsboro), anchoring the Silicon Forest cluster, with software and IT employment up 59% over the past decade; athletic footwear and apparel — Nike (Beaverton, 8,700 employees), Columbia Sportswear, Adidas North America; food and beverage — Tillamook, Bob’s Red Mill, the world’s densest brewery cluster in Portland; outdoor recreation gear; forest products and wood manufacturing; advanced manufacturing including aluminum and electronics; and healthcare services (Providence, OHSU).
Oregon’s population reached approximately 4,270,000 in 2025 with annual growth of ~0.44% — a sharp deceleration from the 2010s, when Oregon led the U.S. in in-migration ratio for several years. Median household income was about $88,740 in recent ACS data, well above the U.S. median. The intra-state divergence is dramatic: Multnomah County (Portland, ~780K) has declined 4.5% since 2020 as residents leave for suburbs and Central Oregon, while Deschutes County (Bend) has grown 6.6% and Crook County 12.7%. The Portland decline is one of the most-watched M&A signals: it has compressed urban valuations while suburban and Central Oregon multiples have held firm.
Oregon’s SBA market is one of the most active per-capita on the West Coast. SBA 7(a) approvals totaled $505.5M across 1,120 loans in 2025, with an average loan size of $451K and 10.54% average rate. Umpqua Bank leads with ~$9.92M across 189 loans, followed by U.S. Bank (125 loans, $12.93M), KeyBank, Wells Fargo, Summit Bank (Eugene-based), Columbia State Bank, OnPoint Community Credit Union, First Interstate Bank, and Pacific West Bank — these top 10 funded 1,200 businesses for $1.3B combined. Summit Bank in particular has built a national-scale SBA practice from a regional Oregon base.
Deal activity in Oregon concentrates in a small number of regional corridors. Here are the metros and regions where we are most active:
Largest metro, Silicon Forest, Nike / Columbia / Adidas footprint, brewery capital, but losing population and seeing compressed urban valuations.
Central Oregon boomtown — Deschutes County grew 6.6% since 2020 — outdoor recreation, craft beverage, tech, and remote-worker influx.
University of Oregon anchor, Summit Bank HQ, growing tech and clean-energy presence.
State capital, government services, food processing, and agriculture in the Willamette Valley.
The buyer pool acquiring $1M-$25M EBITDA businesses in Oregon splits into four primary categories:
Often the right fit for a 2-3 DVM medical practice, a 5-10 employee MSP, or an owner-operator services business. Search funders are typically MBA-trained operators backed by committed equity pools who acquire a single business and become the CEO. Independent sponsors raise deal-by-deal capital. Both pay competitive multiples for the right asset.
Single-family and multi-family offices in Oregon and the surrounding region are active acquirers of recurring-revenue, low-CapEx businesses. They tend to hold longer (10+ years vs 4-6 for PE), value seller-friendly structures, and often retain founders post-close.
Lower middle-market PE platforms with $25M-$300M of committed capital are the most common buyer for $2M-$10M EBITDA targets. Oregon-active platforms typically source from the surrounding region and pay 5-9x EBITDA for clean recurring-revenue assets.
Industry consolidators (often themselves PE-backed) acquire competitors and tuck-ins. Strategics frequently pay the highest multiples because they can extract synergies that financial buyers cannot, particularly for businesses with strong customer overlap or technical capabilities.
Valuation in Oregon follows the same EBITDA-tier framework that applies nationally, adjusted for Oregon-specific tax environment and industry mix. Owner-operator businesses under $1M EBITDA typically clear 3-5x SDE. Growing $1M-$3M EBITDA businesses with documented recurring revenue and a real management bench clear 5-7x EBITDA. Platform-quality $3M-$10M EBITDA assets with low customer concentration, growing markets, and clean financials clear 7-10x EBITDA. Top-of-band specialty assets (specialty B2B services, recurring-revenue SaaS, healthcare-adjacent professional practices) can clear 10-15x EBITDA. Oregon’s state-specific tax environment affects the seller’s net proceeds materially — particularly when the business is structured as a pass-through and the proceeds flow as ordinary or capital-gain income to a resident.
Our free three-minute valuation survey generates a directional range based on your revenue, EBITDA, customer mix, growth profile, and industry — calibrated to current 2026 Oregon comparables.
A typical confidential Oregon sale through CT Acquisitions runs 60-120 days from first call to close:
The buyer pays our fee at close as part of their cost of acquisition. The seller pays no commission, no retainer, no success fee — nothing — and signs no exclusivity contract.
The traditional path for selling a $1M-$25M EBITDA Oregon business is to hire a state-licensed business broker who charges 6-12% of the sale price as commission, plus typically a $5K-$25K retainer. On a $5M deal that’s $300K-$600K out of the seller’s proceeds. A buy-side advisor like CT Acquisitions offers the same buyer pool, the same documentation quality, the same negotiation discipline — but charges the buyer instead of the seller. The economics work because qualified institutional buyers value access to off-market, advisor-vetted deal flow, and they pay our fee as part of their cost of acquisition. The result for a Oregon seller: full sale proceeds, no commission, no retainer, no contract.
The strongest 2024-2026 buyer demand for Oregon businesses concentrates in recurring-revenue and tech-enabled services: managed IT services (MSP), commercial HVAC, insurance agencies, CPA and accounting firms, wealth management and RIAs, veterinary practices, fire and life-safety protection, pool service, and paving and asphalt. These verticals all have active PE-backed platform consolidators paying 5-12x EBITDA depending on size and quality, and most platforms acquire across all 50 states, so Oregon-headquartered targets in these verticals see a competitive bidder pool. Each sub-guide above walks through the named PE buyers, current valuation multiples, and Oregon-specific deal mechanics for that vertical.
If you operate in one of these verticals, our state-specific sub-guides walk through the named PE buyers actively acquiring in Oregon, current valuation multiples, and deal mechanics specific to that vertical. Each guide is research-backed with verified 2024-2026 platform deals and Oregon-specific regulatory factors:
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What is your Oregon business actually worth in 2026?
CT Acquisitions runs a confidential, buy-side process. No broker commission, no retainer, no exclusivity contract — the buyer pays our fee.
It depends on size, industry, recurring revenue, growth, and customer concentration. Owner-operator businesses under $1M EBITDA typically clear 3-5x SDE in Oregon. $1M-$3M EBITDA businesses clear 5-7x EBITDA. $3M-$10M EBITDA platform-quality assets clear 7-10x EBITDA. Top-of-band specialty assets reach 10-15x. Our free three-minute valuation survey generates a directional range calibrated to current 2026 Oregon comparables. Oregon’s state-specific tax environment also materially affects what the seller actually nets — see the tax section above for the rate detail.
A confidential Oregon business sale through a buy-side advisor typically runs 60-120 days from first call to close. A traditional broker process usually runs 9-12 months. The 60-120 day window includes 1-2 weeks of materials prep, 2-4 weeks of confidential buyer outreach, 4-8 weeks to indications of interest and letter of intent, and 8-16 weeks of diligence and closing — including any state-specific premise permit, license transfer, or regulatory body notification that Oregon requires.
No. The traditional path is to hire a state-licensed business broker who charges 6-12% of the sale price as commission, plus typically a $5K-$25K retainer. A buy-side advisor like CT Acquisitions offers the same buyer pool, the same documentation quality, the same negotiation discipline — but charges the buyer instead of the seller. The seller pays no commission, no retainer, no success fee, and signs no exclusivity contract.
Not until you want them to. The CT Acquisitions process is confidential by default: no public listing, no broker network, no email blast, no auction process. We approach a curated, qualified buyer pool quietly and only share the company name after the buyer has signed an NDA and confirmed serious interest. Particularly important for tighter Oregon markets where word travels fast.
$0. The buyer pays our advisor fee at closing as part of their cost of acquisition. We don’t charge Oregon sellers a retainer, success fee, or any other fee at any stage. If a deal doesn’t close, you owe us nothing.
Our network is most active for businesses with $1M to $25M of EBITDA, which translates roughly to $3M to $100M+ in revenue depending on margins. If your business is smaller, we may still have qualified search-fund or family-office buyers for it, but the alternative is also good: many smaller Oregon businesses do well selling directly to a key employee or competitor with a transactional attorney handling the paperwork. Start a 15-minute conversation and we’ll tell you honestly which path fits your situation best.