Top United States M&A Advisory Firms

Generational Group

14 Closed Deals via Axial 768 Total Closed Deals

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About Generational Equity Generational Equity, Generational Capital Markets (member FINRA/SIPC), Generational Wealth Advisors, Generational Consulting Group, and DealForce are part of the Generational Group, which is headquartered in Dallas and is one of the leading M&A advisory firms in North America. With over 250 professionals located throughout North America, the companies help business owners release the wealth of their business by providing growth consulting, merger, acquisition, and wealth management services. Their six-step approach features strategic and tactical growth…

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• Apr 2026 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Jan 2026 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Jan 2026 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Dec 2025 Advised Kepco, Inc. in its sale to High Performance Metal Finishing

Benchmark International - US

5 Closed Deals via Axial 474 Total Closed Deals

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Benchmark International is a global M&A firm that provides business owners with creative, value-maximizing solutions for growing and exiting their businesses. Benchmark International has handled over $11 billion in transaction value across various industries from offices across the world. With decades of M&A experience, Benchmark International’s transaction teams have assisted business owners with achieving their objectives and ensuring the continued growth of their businesses. The firm has also been named the Investment Banking Firm of the Year by The M&A Advisor and the Global…

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• Jul 2025 Advised Affordable Garage Door, LLC in its sale to ASAP Garage Door Repair
• Jun 2025 Advised MTG Services, LLC in its sale to High Net-Worth Individual
• Jun 2025 Advised GSM Wings, LLC in its sale to GPC Investments
• Jun 2025 Advised Capital City Printing in its sale to Infinite legacy Partners

Vista Business Group

4 Closed Deals via Axial 47 Total Closed Deals

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Vista Business Group is a leading mergers and acquisitions firm that specializes in connecting buyers and sellers of businesses in a confidential manner. Based in Kansas, we operate nationally, leveraging our extensive banking experience and in-depth knowledge of financing to provide a seamless transaction process for both parties involved. We are proud to have been ranked #16 on Axial's "Top 25 Investment Banks of 2022" list, further demonstrating our commitment to excellence in the industry.

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• Dec 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Aug 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Jun 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Apr 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company

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  Revenue

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  EBITDA

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  Scaled Public-Sector HVAC Contracting Platform
  NDA Available CIM Available Middle Atlantic

  Revenue

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  EBITDA

  $7.2M

  Margin

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• Energy & Renewables
  Clean Energy Services Platform With EBITDA
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  Revenue

  $14.7M

  EBITDA

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  Recurring Managed IT Services Provider
  NDA Available CIM Available West South Central

  Revenue

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  EBITDA

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  Margin

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  Human Performance And Safety Consulting Provider
  NDA Available CIM Available West South Central

  Revenue

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  EBITDA

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  Margin

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IT ExchangeNet

4 Closed Deals via Axial 44 Total Closed Deals

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We represent and unlock the value of MSPs, ISVs, VARs, cloud service providers, and digital marketing firms.Founded in 1998 by technology CEOs and M&A professionals, IT ExchangeNet has the most comprehensive network of buyers for lower-middle-market IT businesses in the industry. We follow a disciplined and highly targeted process, connecting sellers with buyers to close deals.​We are at our best when representing founders and owners who seek to unlock the value they've created in their firms, and we pride ourselves on completing transactions professionally and ethically.

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• Jul 2026 Advised TrellisPoint in its sale to Confidential Company
• Apr 2026 Advised Atlantic Business Systems, Inc. (ABS) in its sale to HBx
• Apr 2026 Advised SynergisticIT in its sale to LanceSoft
• Mar 2026 Advised Vive Communications in its sale to BCM One

WhiteHorse Partners, LLC

4 Closed Deals via Axial 15 Total Closed Deals

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WhiteHorse Partners offers M&A services to the middle-market, specializing in sell-side engagements for owners of privately held companies. We work with only a select number of clients at any given time, which allows us to concentrate all of our creativity and talent on a small number of clients to whom we bring great value. We personally research, negotiate, and manage all aspects of every engagement, and pride ourselves on building long-term, mutually rewarding relationships.

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• Jul 2025 Advised All American Glass in its sale to Confidential Company
• Aug 2023 Advised Tidewater Seed in its sale to Private Investment Group
• Aug 2023 Advised Drakes Creek Marine in its sale to Safe Harbor Marinas
• Aug 2023 Advised RMS (Refrigerated Mechanical Solutions) in its sale to Saw Mill Capital

Marsh Creek Advisors

4 Closed Deals via Axial 5 Total Closed Deals

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John Marsh is the Founder and Managing Partner of Marsh Creek Advisors, a boutique M&A advisory firm that helps business owners navigate the sale of their companies with confidence and clarity. Since founding the firm, John has closed hundreds of millions in transactions and earned national recognition as Top Global Producer by the International Business Brokers Association and part of the Firm of the Year by M&A Source — the highest honors in the industry.Before launching Marsh Creek, John served as CFO and later General Manager of a high-growth medical device company, where he led…

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• Jun 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Jun 2025 Advised Garrhs in its sale to American Dream Home Services
• Dec 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Mar 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company

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A Neumann Associates, LLC

3 Closed Deals via Axial 44 Total Closed Deals

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A Neumann & Associates, LLC - Middle Market M&A ProfessionalsA Neumann & Associates, LLC is a professional mergers & acquisitions advisory firm headquartered in New Jersey that has assisted business owners and buyers in the business valuation and business transfer process nationwide through its affiliation for the past 30 years. With an A+ Better Business Bureau Rating for 18+ years in a row, and over 5,000 business valuations performed through its affiliations, the company maintains its corporate offices in Atlantic Highlands, NJ approximately 45 minutes south of New York…

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• Jul 2026 Advised Heavy Construction Company (Paving/Concrete) in its sale to Private Investor
• Jul 2026 Advised Drug Testing Services Company in its sale to Private Investor
• Jul 2026 Advised Home Remodeling Contractor in its sale to Focal Point Global LLC
• Jun 2026 Advised Heavy Civil Construction Company in its sale to Essential Holdings LLC

Kratos Capital

3 Closed Deals via Axial 34 Total Closed Deals

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After a decade, we’re proud to say that Kratos Capital. — ensuring that the same values, character and commitment to our clients still guide everything we do. Because we only answer to our clients, we’re free to focus on building long-term relationships and long-term value. Our investment bankers draw on the Kratos Capital way of nurturing enduring relationships, providing unvarnished advice and leveraging our principal mentality. We work with clients of all sizes in many industries in all parts of the country including South America and Canada. For middle market companies who wish to…

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• Sep 2024 Advised Weldon Contractors in its sale to Broadwing Capital
• Sep 2024 Advised MDS Global IT in its sale to HIG Capital / GDT
• May 2024 Advised Palmetto Plumbing Co of Hialeah inc in its sale to Ascension Property Services
• Aug 2023 Advised Premium in its sale to Emerson

TREP Advisors

3 Closed Deals via Axial 31 Total Closed Deals

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TREP Advisors is an sell-side advisory firm focused on succession solutions for business owners worldwide.We know that owners want to understand the future options for their business. We believe the owner succession plan is the single most important business decision an owner will make to achieve the freedom they deserve, which is why we helped owners liquidate more than $140 million in equity from their businesses in 2024.TREP gets 95% of its business via referrals. We are a team of 20 professionals, many of whom have owned their businesses and walked in the owner's shoes. We are…

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• Jan 2026 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Jan 2026 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Aug 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Jun 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company

The Hatteras Group

3 Closed Deals via Axial 23 Total Closed Deals

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Successful transactions require experience, quality advisors and parties with integrity.Advising Business Owners and Entrepreneurs since 1998, with valuing, buying and selling small to middle market companies. We follow a proven, comprehensive process to expose your business to a wide universe of possible buyers while maintaining your privacy and confidentiality of the transaction. Applying over 20 years of experience of working with business owners to successfully exit their business, we provide professional services tailored to the clients specific needs with the personal attention that is…

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• Jul 2026 Advised Engineering Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Oct 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Jul 2024 Advised DRI Electrical in its sale to Private Investor
• May 2024 Advised MAC Heating and Air in its sale to Air Conditioning Specialists

Tsalach Corporate Finance

3 Closed Deals via Axial 18 Total Closed Deals

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Tsalach Corporate Finance was formed by Paul Nelsen with the aim of becoming the leading broker of privately held businesses in the UK and North America. The word Tsalach - pronounced zalak – means prosperity, success and to go forward in power. This seemed to us an ideal name that sums up our ethos and intent. Paul Nelsen began his career in Wall Street with legendary investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette; “the house that research built” and then with the Chicago Private Equity pioneer GTCR - Golder Thoma Cressey Rauner. Since 1995 Mr. Nelsen has become a leader in selling…

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• Apr 2026 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Sopris Partners
• Mar 2026 Advised DCJet Services in its sale to West Star Aviation
• Feb 2025 Advised Superior Fruit Equipment in its sale to Bochi Investments
• Jul 2024 Advised A & A Refuse Services, Inc. in its sale to Casella

Murphy McCormack Capital Advisors

3 Closed Deals via Axial 17 Total Closed Deals

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Murphy McCormack Capital Advisors is a regional investment banking firm offering unparalleled expertise, advice and experience in the transfer of ownership within middle market privately-held companies. With offices and a team of professionals in Lewisburg, Harrisburg and Sayre, we are widely regarded as central and southeastern Pennsylvania’s leading investment banking and strategic consulting firm for mid-size companies.

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• Dec 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• May 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Jul 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Apr 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company

Corporate Finance Associates - Houston

3 Closed Deals via Axial 14 Total Closed Deals

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Corporate Finance Associates is an independent international investment banking firm serving lower middle-market businesses. For over 65 years Corporate Finance Associates has been advocating on behalf of business owners who are restructuring a company, either through divestiture, merger, acquisition or recapitalization. Combining the knowledge and leverage of a larger bank with the customer focused detail of a boutique firm, from inception to completion, our senior principals provide hands-on expertise to clients buying, selling or recapitalizing a business.

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• Apr 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Jul 2023 Advised Guardian Packaging in its sale to Conner Industries
• Jul 2023 Advised it's a rep in its sale to tyto
• Jul 2023 Advised PPI in its sale to Van Gorp

BCC Advisers

3 Closed Deals via Axial 10 Total Closed Deals

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BCC Advisers specializes in merger & acquisition consulting, business valuation and litigation support services, providing personalized solutions to privately-held businesses. For nearly three decades we have provided consultation to thousands of clients in a broad range of industries. We are a valued adviser in ESOP and merger and acquisition transactions, and provide independent analyses for business valuation and litigation support assignments.

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• Nov 2023 Advised Armor Equipment in its sale to MH Equipment Company
• Nov 2023 Advised Armor Equipment in its sale to MH Equipment
• Oct 2023 Advised Mid iowa Solid waste equipment Co in its sale to MH Equipment
• Aug 2023 Advised Centro Incorporated in its sale to Tank Holding Corp

Purpose Equity

3 Closed Deals via Axial 4 Total Closed Deals

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Purpose Equity is a lower middle market M&A advisory firm that works with family and founder-owned businesses throughout the Southeast and beyond. We often work with commercial, industrial, and residential service providers, manufacturers, and construction subcontractors - the companies that are building America. Purpose Equity provides sophisticated advice to lower middle market business owners in industries where it is typically unavailable. We solve hard problems, take on difficult deals, and make sure our clients achieve their purpose in undertaking a business transaction. We love…

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• Oct 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Buyer
• Mar 2024 Advised Amped Electric in its sale to Evolution Strategy Partners
• Dec 2022 Advised Palmetto Adhesives in its sale to Sidereal Capital
• Sep 2020 Advised Carolina Refrigeration in its sale to CoolSys

Jack Farris

3 Closed Deals via Axial 4 Total Closed Deals

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Twenty five years of M&A work for both Buy and Sell Side includes several founder/owner and principle partner/owner exits to Private Equity personally in addition to the primary work done for others. Precision Manufacturing, Packaging, SaaS Software, Environmental and Business Services, and Wholesale Distribution are our specialty with transaction values typically starting at $1MM and going to $250MM as our forte.

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• Aug 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Feb 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Nov 2020 Advised Undisclosed Packaging Company in its sale to Confidential
• Oct 2019 Advised Unnamed Packaging Manufacturer in its sale to KLH Capital Partners, LP

Corum Group

2 Closed Deals via Axial 212 Total Closed Deals

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Corum Group Ltd. is the global leader in merger and acquisition services, specializing in serving software and information technology companies worldwide.For 37 years, Corum has created the standard for success. With offices across the globe, Corum has completed over 500 transactions with over $20 billion in wealth created. Corum is also the leading industry educator with its popular conferences and publishes the most widely distributed software M&A research.Corum’s principals are highly experienced former tech CEOs, who are supported by the industry’s leading researchers, writers, and…

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• Jul 2026 Advised retailmediatools in its sale to Zeta Display
• Apr 2026 Advised Tamarack in its sale to Liventus
• Mar 2026 Advised RealEstateAPI in its sale to Beacon Software
• Feb 2026 Advised Twikey in its sale to Smile Sail

Flatirons Capital Advisors

2 Closed Deals via Axial 77 Total Closed Deals

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Flatirons is a premier lower middle-market M&A advisory firm with offices in Denver, Dallas, Chicago and Miami.With decades of transaction advisory experience, our founders identified a growing need in the middle-market to bring together a more comprehensive suite of professional resources.The deal process is 100% managed by a senior team member and not pushed down to a junior analyst. This hands-on approach by senior team members ensures a strategic and robust process for our clients.

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• Mar 2026 Advised The Fire Group in its sale to FSS Technologies
• Jan 2026 Advised World Resources Distribution in its sale to Lochland Partners
• Dec 2025 Advised Precision Pool and Spa in its sale to O2 Investment Partners
• Nov 2025 Advised 5th Gear Auto in its sale to O2 Investments / Straightaway Tire & Auto

eMerge M&A, Inc.

2 Closed Deals via Axial 75 Total Closed Deals

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Founded in 1989, eMerge M&A has spent over three decades delivering expertise, insight, and execution that privately-held middle market companies rarely have access to elsewhere.We start by understanding what ownership wants, not just from the transaction, but from what comes after it. Then we immerse ourselves in the business itself, building a deep working knowledge of its operations, financials, and market position.Trust is what gets deals closed. We present a company's financials, operations, and risks candidly, and we keep sellers informed at every step, so there are no late…

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• Jul 2026 Advised Pardoes Perky Peanuts in its sale to American Operator
• Dec 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Dec 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Dec 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company

BMI Mergers & Acquisitions

2 Closed Deals via Axial 32 Total Closed Deals

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For over thirty years, our professionals have successfully engaged in the practice of buying, selling, and managing the business acquisition process. We have completed multi-million-dollar deals in many industries and successfully integrated businesses post-merger. Whether your business is worth $3 million or $100 million, this experience is put to work to achieve your desired result. Mr. Kerchner, Mr. Clark, Mr. Fay, Ms. Marlowe, and Mr. Tortora hold securities licenses Series 79 and 63. 

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• Aug 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Jan 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Nov 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Sep 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company