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United States M&A Advisory Firms

1,380

Active Firms

1,602

TTM Deal Flow

$3M-$16M

Core Revenue Range

$500K-$3M

Core EBITDA Range

Top Sectors by Activity

Industrials 37%
Technology 12%
Healthcare 11%
Business Services 11%
Consumer Goods 11%

Key Attributes

Best For: Owner-Led Companies | Typical Fee: Retainer & Success fee | Coverage: Sector Expertise With Hands-On Execution

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Exit Partners, LLC

2 Closed Deals via Axial 30 Total Closed Deals
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Exit Partners is an independent M&A Investment Banking firm with extensive experience in sales to strategic buyers, private equity buyers and buy-side advisory. We help you succeed by delivering uncommonly effective negotiation, strategic insight and transaction guidance.Our principals have maximized over 100 transactions involving buyers and sellers from across the U.S. as well as 15 other countries, representing $11 billion in deal value.

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  • Apr 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Jul 2023 Advised Three-Five Systems, Inc. in its sale to Advanced Video Technologies
  • Jul 2023 Advised Polytan in its sale to Turf Store
  • Jul 2023 Advised EDS in its sale to Government Computing Services

Exit Boston

2 Closed Deals via Axial 23 Total Closed Deals
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Our primary focus is representing the owner(s) of closely held businesses with EBITDA of $2.5-$18Million.Experience shows 76% of successful Lower Middle Market firms are not prepared to go to market. They were built to create a great Lifestyle, not built to sell. Our engagement focuses first on staging the business for a successful sale, then bring them to market utilizing our proven proprietary tools helping to identify weaknesses buyers will perceive, and thus where value will leak. We properly prepare our clients as we position and introduce them to the right buyer segment suitable to…

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  • Sep 2025 Advised Maher Water Services in its sale to Grey Wind Capital
  • Sep 2025 Acquired Internal Transfer
  • Sep 2025 Acquired Internal Transfer
  • Sep 2025 Acquired Internal Transfer

New Direction Partners

2 Closed Deals via Axial 22 Total Closed Deals
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New Direction Partners provides advisory services in investment banking, valuation, financial advisory and management consulting. Our partners have unparalleled experience, with involvement in over 200 sales and mergers since 1979. We specialize in providing services to the printing, packaging and allied graphic arts industries with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions.

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  • Jun 2026 Advised Print Management Group in its sale to Individual Investor
  • Mar 2026 Advised Sull Graphics in its sale to Walker 360
  • Oct 2025 Advised Leatherback Publishing in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Jun 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company

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Ardent Advisory Group

2 Closed Deals via Axial 22 Total Closed Deals
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Ardent Advisory Group is a privately-held, independent investment bank that provides strategic advice and execution on mergers and acquisitions.Our team’s diverse background as advisors, industry executives, and investors provides a unique and broad understanding of the industry’s financial, regulatory, and competitive landscape. We have deep sector-specific relationships and experience, making Ardent Advisory Group a trusted advisor of choice.Ardent Advisory Group believes in one hundred percent alignment with client success.Over the last few years, Ardent Advisory Group has grown into…

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  • Jul 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Jul 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Aug 2023 Advised Talus Development Corp in its sale to Future Infrastructure Holdings
  • Aug 2023 Advised ProWest on an investment from Oxbow Equity Partners and Peterson Partners

Eisen Fox & Company

2 Closed Deals via Axial 20 Total Closed Deals
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Eisen Fox is a Milwaukee-based investment bank devoted exclusively to providing expert M&A advisory services to clients engaged in business sales, divestitures and acquisitions. Our deals typically involve companies with $10 to $100 million in revenue.

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  • Aug 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • May 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Mar 2024 Advised PRG - POP Displays in its sale to Yunker Industries
  • Mar 2024 Advised Midwest Overhead Crane Corp in its sale to Confidential Company

The Vann Group

2 Closed Deals via Axial 18 Total Closed Deals
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The Vann Group provides strategic consulting and transactional advisory services to the owners of small/mid-size privately held businesses that are looking to create, maximize and realize the unlocked value in their companies.

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  • Oct 2025 Advised The Snell Group in its sale to Applied Technical Services
  • Aug 2025 Advised VSS in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Aug 2025 Advised Green Stamp in its sale to Confidential Company
  • May 2025 Advised Leipold in its sale to Confidential Company

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CEO Ally, Inc

2 Closed Deals via Axial 15 Total Closed Deals
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CEO ally is a boutique M&A advisory and strategy consutling firm focused on mid-market comapnies in the technology (IT, Business Process Outsourcing and Engineering Services) vertical.

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  • Jan 2024 Advised Infogen Labs, Inc. in its sale to Ciklum
  • Aug 2023 Advised Rhythmware Corp. in its sale to Wise Men
  • Aug 2023 Advised Codex Inc. in its sale to Stefanini IT Solutions
  • Aug 2023 Advised Catalytic Software in its sale to Prithvi Information Solutions Ltd

IBG / Fox & Fin

2 Closed Deals via Axial 15 Total Closed Deals
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Fox & Fin Financial Group dba IBG/Fox & Fin is a nationally respected, award winning leader in business sales and acquisitions of privately held middle-market companies. We assist business owners in valuing and selling their companies at the appropriate time, for maximum value.We exist to bring "best of the best" merger and acquisitions skills and knowledge to company owners when they are ready to sell a business, or make an acquisition. Our firm is of distinctive character and shared values, defined by commitments to deliver business owners excellence in M&A services. IBG serves business…

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  • Sep 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Aug 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Mar 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • May 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company

Alden Advisors

2 Closed Deals via Axial 14 Total Closed Deals
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Alden Advisors is a boutique, investment banking firm that recognizes the hidden value of all client assets, both tangible and intangible. By focusing on the Core IP Experience™, our team helps businesses break through the Entrepreneurial Plateau and extract maximum value. https://vimeo.com/168280049We work with shareholders, executives at all levels including C-Suite executives, corporate development professionals, and private equity firms in a range of services, including:Sale or divestitureAcquisition or investmentDue diligenceRestructuringScenario planningSpecial projects or committee…

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  • Dec 2025 Advised DataMaster, a Class Valuation Co in its sale to Deckspire
  • Jul 2024 Advised Sentient Science in its sale to Radical Possibilities
  • Aug 2023 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Buyer
  • Jul 2023 Advised Tritium Partners in its sale to TEZ

Founder M&A

2 Closed Deals via Axial 13 Total Closed Deals
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Recent Awards: Top Fiber Optic Sell-Side Advisors 2024 (#1)Top Investment banks in the USA 2024 (#2 of 400+)Top 50 Lower Middle Market Industrials Investors & M&A Advisors | 2024Top 25 Lower Middle Market Investment Banks | Q1 2024About Us: At Founder M&A we are a dynamic advisory firm specializing in sell-side transactions across diverse industry sectors. Backed by decades of transactional expertise, our seasoned team has orchestrated numerous successful deals in the lower-middle and middle markets.At Founder M&A, we're not just advisors; we're partners dedicated to…

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  • Feb 2026 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Feb 2026 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Feb 2026 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Jun 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company

ASA Ventures Group

2 Closed Deals via Axial 11 Total Closed Deals
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ASA Ventures Group supports business owners by reducing their ongoing equity risk and their burden of business ownership. We will take the burden off your shoulders by providing you with a dedicated and knowledgeable growth investment partner so that you may not have to worry about your business growth. Whether you wish to further grow your business or exit your existing business, you can count on our team.

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  • Jul 2026 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Sustainable Billing
  • Oct 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Boyne Capital
  • Apr 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Apr 2024 Advised Spectrum Behavioral Therapies in its sale to Optimal Investment Group

ICCG Capital

2 Closed Deals via Axial 5 Total Closed Deals
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Integrated Corporate Consulting Group, Inc. (ICCG) provides intermediary services for an individual purchasing or selling a business, whether it's the transaction to an owner's child, employee, or a general buyer. We know for a business owner the decision to sell a business is typically an emotional, life changing decision that is not to be taken lightly. Cash flow concerns, compliance issues, tax strategies, personal and financial liabilities, and responsibility for loyal and long term employees are all common concerns. ICCG assumes the role of “intermediary” between buyer and seller, so…

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  • Apr 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Dec 2021 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Nov 2021 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Jun 2021 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Buyer

Hedman M&A Advisors

2 Closed Deals via Axial 3 Total Closed Deals
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Hedman M&A professionals are skilled and experienced at working with business owners and corporate management who are considering merging, acquiring or selling their businesses. Our professionals help to define the goals of their exit or acquisition strategy, identify a value for the entity being transacted and then, when appropriate, secure competitive financing. Hedman M&A advisory services include: · Investment banking, including both sale and purchase transactions· Financing and loan brokering· Business valuations· Exit or Succession Planning Our unbiased in-depth knowledge and…

Recent Transactions

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  • Oct 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Feb 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Sep 2023 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Buyer

PivotPoint Company

2 Closed Deals via Axial 3 Total Closed Deals
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PivotPoint Company is a M&A Advisory firm. We work closely with business owners to execute business sales and acquisitions. Our focus is on businesses from over $2 million in sales to $100 million or more. We work are industry agnostic and work throughout the U.S.

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  • Jul 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • May 2022 Advised Homan Lumber on an investment from Great Lakes Forest Products
  • Nov 2021 Advised Paramount Plastics on an investment from Empowered Ventures

Exit Strategies 360

2 Closed Deals via Axial 2 Total Closed Deals
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Exit Strategies 360 has extraordinary enthusiasm for helping business owners nationwide successfully exit their companies!Dedicated to your success, we offer proven and specialized solutions for successfully transacting a business like yours.  Whether to independent 3rd party buyers (including equity groups), partners, employees or family members—we can help. Yes, it’s an emotional journey—we’re side-by-side every step of the way.  With uncompromising honesty and integrity, we have earned the trust and respect of our clients, as well as hundreds of…

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  • Aug 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Dec 2021 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Buyer

Apex Exit Advisors, LLC

2 Closed Deals via Axial 5 Total Closed Deals
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Apex Exit Advisors, LLC is an Atlanta boutique advisory firm that provides ownership transition services to lower middle market businesses. Since 1994, the firm has sold businesses across a broad range of industries including manufacturing, distribution, wholesale, and service. The firm’s M&A advisory services focuses on sell-side and buy-side industry engagements with revenues between $3 to $50MM. Many business owners seek out Apex for their client-centered transition planning services where they create a comprehensive exit plan driven solely by the owner's goals and objectives. …

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  • Sep 2025 Advised S&S ACE Hardward in its sale to CMG Companies / Bolster Hardware
  • Sep 2025 Advised Power Consulting Engineers (PCE) in its sale to Ampricial Engineering
  • Oct 2024 Advised Estex Manufacturing Company, Inc. in its sale to Shorehill Capital
  • Oct 2024 Advised Webclock.com in its sale to Abingdon Software Group Limited

ACT Capital Advisors

1 Closed Deal via Axial 99 Total Closed Deals
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We Sell Your Business to Empower Your Dreams. ACT Capital Advisors has been helping owners sell their businesses since 1986. Through hundreds of transactions, we’ve developed a strategic process that’s highly effective in closing deals. Unlike other M&A companies that hand you off to various specialists throughout the stages of a sale, you’ll work with one team at ACT, a group of hand-selected individuals familiar with your industry. They’ll be with you from start to finish, working toward your goals and looking out for your best interests.

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  • Feb 2026 Advised Green Clean Commercial in its sale to SoftBank Robotics America
  • Feb 2026 Advised J.E. McAmis, Inc. in its sale to Orion Group Holdings, Inc.
  • Dec 2025 Advised Key Trucking, Inc. in its sale to Estes Logistics
  • Aug 2025 Advised Derotic Emergency Equipment in its sale to Speedway, Inc. (dba Amerit Fleet Services)

Vertess Healthcare Advisors, LLC

1 Closed Deal via Axial 77 Total Closed Deals
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VERTESS is a healthcare-focused Mergers + Acquisitions (M+A) advisory firm that helps owners increase their company’s financial value and negotiate the best price when they decide to sell their own company or grow through acquisition. Our expertise spans diverse healthcare and human service verticals, ranging from behavioral health and intellectual/developmental disabilities to DME, pharmacies, home care/hospice, urgent care, dental practices, life sciences, and other specialized services and products. Each VERTESS Managing Director has had executive experience in either launching or…

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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
  • Apr 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Apr 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company

Meritage Partners, Inc.

1 Closed Deal via Axial 43 Total Closed Deals
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Meritage Partners ("Meritage") is a multifaceted advisory firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions, capital advisory, and strategic exit planning, with a focus on the low to mid markets. Our exceptional team boasts a wide range of expertise from entrepreneurs, investment banking, corporate finance, private equity, law, and accounting, collectively amassing over 130 years of experience. With deep-rooted backgrounds in private equity, encompassing roles as investors and trusted advisors, we have actively contributed to transactions exceeding $2 billion in enterprise value.This wealth of…

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  • Mar 2026 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Feb 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

Business Transition Strategies

1 Closed Deal via Axial 39 Total Closed Deals
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Business Transition Strategies is an M&A Advisory firm that focuses on helping owners and businesses into their next chapter. In most cases this means selling so the owner can retire or shift gears with a new enterprise. In other cases, it means growing through acquisition. In this case, owners expand their business and make it more attractive for a sale down the road. We offer both services.Privately owned businesses are a fundamental part of the economy and account for a vast majority of job creation. Their preservation is our passion. The focus of the BTS team is working with companies…

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  • Apr 2026 Advised B&A Company in its sale to Talon Precision
  • Feb 2025 Advised Highland Park Market of Coventry in its sale to DPM Retail, Inc.
  • Feb 2025 Advised Arcomm Communications Corp in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Jul 2024 Advised Aqua Tech in its sale to East Coast Outdoors

Frequently Asked Questions

How are M&A Advisory Firms in this directory ordered?

Firms in the United States M&A Advisory Firms directory are ordered based on recent deal activity on Axial. The default order reflects observed market signals rather than a subjective ranking of firm quality.

What information is included in each M&A Advisory Firm profile?

Each profile provides information about the firm’s areas of focus, transaction criteria, and relevant activity on Axial’s M&A platform. Together, these details provide a clearer view of where a firm is active and the types of companies and opportunities most relevant for it.

What company sizes are most common for United States M&A Advisory Firms?

Based on activity on Axial’s M&A platform, the core revenue range for United States M&A Advisory Firms is $3M-$16M, with a core EBITDA range of $500K-$3M. Company size can be an important indicator of fit, as firms often concentrate their experience, resources, and transaction activity within particular segments of the market.

How important is location when evaluating M&A Advisory Firms?

Location can be an important consideration, but it does not necessarily define where a firm is active. Firms based in United States may bring regional knowledge, local relationships, and experience with businesses in the area, while many also pursue opportunities across a broader geographic footprint. Geography is best considered alongside sector focus, company size, and relevant transaction activity.

Do all M&A Advisory Firms in this directory operate exclusively in United States?

Not necessarily. A firm’s location does not always define its geographic reach. Many M&A Advisory Firms based in United States are active across multiple regions, while firms based elsewhere may also participate in the United States market. Location can provide useful context, but it should not be interpreted as a firm’s geographic boundary.

How do I compare M&A Advisory Firms in United States?

When comparing M&A Advisory Firms in United States, consider factors such as sector focus, size range, and recent transaction activity. These characteristics vary across the 1,380 firms included in the directory and can help identify firms that align with your needs.

How do I connect with United States M&A Advisory Firms?

Axial can help you identify and connect with firms based on your objectives and what you are looking to accomplish. The process varies depending on your role and transaction needs. If you are interested in connecting with firms in the United States M&A Advisory Firms directory, you can request information here.

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