Special Reports
M&A Perspectives:
Your Firm Is Not a Platform. It Might Be an Excellent Tuck-In.
Why the founder who rules himself out as too small is opting out of three-quarters of the deal market.
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Platform Math: Why sponsors buy at 5.9x and sell at 10.0x, and where the honest platform floor sits.
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Where the Market Is: Add-ons were 72.9 percent of 2025 buyouts and roughly 75 percent of deals under $10 million.
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The Discount You Think You Are Taking: You get priced as a small firm. You do not get priced down for being a tuck-in.
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What Changes: Founder dependency, earnouts, rollover equity, and a completely different buyer list.
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The Lower Middle Market M&A Landscape for Professional Services:
H1 2026 Report
See what buyers paid for professional services firms in H1 2026 and what separated premium exits from discounted ones:
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Valuation Benchmarks: EBITDA multiples across IT services, accounting, wealth management, consulting, and agencies.
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Premium and Discount Triggers: What buyers reward and the risks that cost sellers full turns of EBITDA.
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Deal Structures: How earnouts, rollover equity, and QoE requirements shape what sellers actually keep.
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The 36-Month Playbook: The preparation sequence worth 0.5x to 1.5x in additional multiple.
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