M&A Advisory Firms: How to Choose the Right One for Your Sale (2026 Guide)
Home / Guides / Current article M&A Advisory Firms: How to Choose the Right One for Your Sale M&A advisory firms run sell-side and buy-side processes for business owners who need more than a listing service. The right M&A advisory firm matches your deal size, industry, and exit timeline, runs a competitive process, and earns […]
Business Brokerage Services: What They Cost, What They Deliver, and When to Use One (2026)
Home / Guides / Current article Business Brokerage Services: What They Cost, What They Deliver, and When to Use One Business brokerage services help private business owners sell their company by marketing the business to qualified buyers, screening prospects, managing due diligence, and negotiating the purchase agreement to close. This guide explains what business brokerage […]
Boutique Investment Banks: How They Differ From Bulge Bracket and When to Hire One (2026)
Home / Guides / Current article Boutique Investment Banks: How They Differ From Bulge Bracket and When to Hire One Boutique investment banks are smaller, specialized advisory firms that compete with bulge-bracket Wall Street giants on a different axis: deeper sector expertise, senior-banker attention on every deal, and a sell-side process built for lower-middle-market and […]
Supply Chain Acquisitions: 2026 Strategic Buyers, Synergies, and Recent Deals
Home / Guides / Current article Supply Chain Acquisitions: Strategic Buyers, Synergies, and Recent Deals in 2026 Supply chain acquisitions in 2026 are driven by three forces: post-pandemic reshoring of critical inputs back to North America, vertical integration as corporations protect themselves from another 2020-2022 disruption cycle, and consolidation among industrial distributors, contract manufacturers, and […]
Logistics M&A: 2026 Freight, 3PL, and Last-Mile Deal Activity
Home / Guides / Current article Logistics M&A: Freight, 3PL, and Last-Mile Deal Activity in 2026 Logistics M&A in 2026 is being shaped by post-pandemic freight rate normalization, persistent supply chain reshoring, and a wave of family-owned trucking and warehousing exits as Gen-1 founders age out. Private equity and strategic acquirers are most active in […]
Ecommerce M&A: 2026 Deal Activity, Aggregators, and Multiples
Home / Guides / Current article Ecommerce M&A: Aggregators, Strategic Buyers, and Multiples in 2026 Ecommerce M&A in 2026 looks nothing like the 2020-2021 aggregator gold rush. The Thrasio collapse, Perch downsizing, and Razor restructuring rewrote the buyer playbook, and the active capital today is concentrated among strategic acquirers (Amazon adjacent platforms, vertically integrated DTC […]
Restaurant M&A: How Restaurant Deals Get Done in 2026
Home / Guides / Current article Restaurant M&A: How Restaurant Deals Get Done in 2026 Restaurant M&A in 2026 sits at the intersection of two stories: chain consolidation as franchisees roll up multi-unit territories, and independent operator exits as a wave of post-pandemic recovery and labor cost pressure push owners toward sale. Deal activity has […]
Food Sector M&A: 2026 Deal Activity, Strategic Buyers, and Valuation Multiples
Home / Guides / Current article Food Sector M&A: Deal Activity, Strategic Buyers, and Valuations in 2026 Food sector M&A activity in 2026 is being driven by three macro forces: private equity dry powder targeting recession-resilient consumer staples, strategic consolidation among CPG conglomerates protecting shelf space, and Gen-1 founder retirement across regional bakeries, specialty food […]
How to Price a Business for Sale: The Owner’s 2026 Pricing Playbook
Home / Guides / Current article How to Price a Business for Sale: The Owner’s Pricing Playbook How to price a business for sale comes down to three things: which valuation method matches your business profile (SDE multiple for sub-$1M earnings, EBITDA multiple for $1M+, DCF for high-growth), what the comparable transactions in your industry […]