PE.deals

Know what you
want to own.

Operating businesses.
Considered acquisitions.
A thesis that is distinctly yours.

Build your acquisition brief

Look beyond
the balance sheet.

Every business is a collection of relationships.
Which ones belong in your next chapter?

What expertise needs to stay when ownership changes?

Bring your point of view

The best fit starts
with better definition.

A sector is a starting point.
Your criteria tell the rest of the story.

Platform or add-on. Regional depth or a national footprint. Revenue scale, earnings profile, and the kind of business you understand.

PE.deals helps private equity investors and acquisition buyers bring those decisions into one coherent brief. Keep what you know. Leave room for what you’re still exploring.

Make your criteria concrete

Where do you
see possibility?

Explore the landscape. Select a sector to give your brief a first direction.

Business lens

The expertise
behind the
everyday.

Recurring workCustomer concentrationOwner dependence

The expertise behind everyday operations. Think about customer concentration, recurring work, and the role of the owner.

Your next chapter.
In your own terms.

Build a working acquisition brief. Every field is optional until you choose to introduce yourself.

Define the investment

Changes appear in your memo
Sectors of interest
The size of the opportunity

Whole US dollars. Leave unknown values blank.

Choose your geography

US states, arranged alphabetically. Select a region or individual states.

No states specified

Make the
introduction.

A useful conversation starts
with a considered brief.

Share your criteria and contact details for human review. Submitting an inquiry does not create a search engagement, confirm available opportunities, or guarantee an introduction.

Prefer to keep thinking? Your memo can be saved or downloaded without submitting.

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A few things
worth knowing.

Is this a marketplace of businesses for sale?

No. This site helps you prepare and submit acquisition criteria. It does not display live business inventory or provide automated deal matching.

Do I need to know every detail of my criteria?

No. Leave unknown values blank and use your notes to explain what is flexible. A useful brief can include questions as well as firm requirements.

What happens when I submit?

Your criteria and contact details are sent for human review. Any search scope, engagement terms, or next steps would need to be discussed and confirmed separately.

Can I keep my brief without sending it?

Yes. Save it on this device, download a plain-text copy, or print it. Saving stores acquisition criteria in your browser only, never your contact details. You can remove that saved brief here at any time.

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