Acquisition Experts LLC
Acquisition Experts LLC presents a Florida-focused brokerage and M&A intermediary offering for business sales, valuations, targeted acquisition searches, investor-visa support, and transaction coordination. Its published service lanes include Florida businesses with annual revenues up to $5 million for business brokerage, while its M&A materials cite common revenue bands of $5 million to $25 million and, on a separate middle-market page, $5M-$50M.
What stands out about Acquisition Experts LLC
Acquisition Experts LLC publicly describes a confidential Florida business-sale and M&A process that includes valuation, sale-readiness preparation, confidential marketing, buyer screening, negotiation, due diligence, and closing coordination. The firm identifies experience across multiple industries and publishes selected transaction examples, but the cited M&A page does not provide closing dates or transaction values for those examples.[1][2][3][4][7]
What does Acquisition Experts LLC do?
Acquisition Experts LLC identifies itself as a Florida business broker and M&A intermediary headquartered at 50 SE Ocean Blvd., Suite 205, in Stuart, Florida. ACQUISITION EXPERTS, LLC is listed as an active Florida limited liability company filed on February 7, 2005.
The firm publicly presents services spanning business brokerage, middle-market M&A intermediary work, business valuations, investor-visa support, and commercial-real-estate assistance connected to business sales.[1][2]
Publicly stated services include full-service business brokerage, middle-market M&A intermediary services, business valuations and opinions of value, E-2/E-1 and L-1 investor-visa business search and transaction support, and commercial-real-estate assistance connected to a business sale.
The firm’s middle-market sales process includes valuation, sale-readiness preparation, confidential marketing, buyer screening and management, negotiation, due diligence, and closing coordination. Its valuation page states that opinions of value consider assets, inventory at seller’s cost, owner’s benefit or discretionary cash flow, and goodwill.[1][3][7]
Owners comparing intermediaries can also review Auxo’s business broker, M&A advisor and investment bank comparison, advisor-selection guide, and M&A advisor fee guide.
Published criteria: The firm states that its business brokerage services cover Florida businesses with annual revenues up to $5 million. Its M&A division states that it most often handles businesses with annual revenues from $5 Million to $25 Million, while a separate middle-market page states that the division is best suited for businesses with annual revenues of $5M-$50M. The firm also states that M&A intermediary services may apply to any size business when the purchaser is a strategic corporate acquirer or financial buyer.[3][4]
What should a business owner evaluate before hiring Acquisition Experts LLC?
An owner evaluating the firm can compare its stated Florida coverage, sector experience, revenue bands, valuation work, confidential marketing, buyer screening, negotiation, diligence, and closing coordination against the needs of the proposed assignment.
The cited middle-market sales page does not publish a universal success-fee percentage, minimum fee, tail period, termination schedule, or standardized engagement terms. An owner should therefore request the proposed fee schedule and engagement terms, including exclusivity, expenses, termination provisions, and any tail provisions. The cited M&A page also does not publish closing dates or transaction values for its named examples, so comparable completed transactions should be requested with dates, values or valuation ranges, and relevant owner-transition terms.[3][4]
What exact retainer, success-fee basis, minimum fee, expense reimbursement, exclusivity period, tail period, and termination provisions would apply to the engagement
Which recent comparable transactions, if any, have closed, on what dates, and at what transaction values or valuation ranges
Which team member will lead the assignment, and what role will that person have in valuation, buyer outreach, negotiation, diligence, and closing coordination
What size transactions does Acquisition Experts LLC handle?
The firm’s official M&A page identifies Dolphin Landscape, Dr. Joe Bugs, Inc., Superior Auto Detail Group, Inc., Sparkle Plenty Car Wash, Ameri-Companies Management, Inc., Hennessy Dental Lab, and an Undisclosed Family Office as transaction examples for which Acquisition Experts LLC provided M&A intermediary services.
The M&A page states that the firm’s M&A team has completed over $280M in combined transactions. The official contact page separately reports $300M+ in businesses sold.[4][6]
The firm describes a confidential business-sale and M&A process involving valuation, preparation, confidential marketing, buyer qualification or screening, negotiation and deal structuring, due diligence, and closing support.
For targeted M&A searches, Acquisition Experts states that it typically asks for a small retainer sufficient to cover hard marketing costs and demonstrate client commitment, followed by contingency compensation requiring a successful close.[3][4]
Acquisition Experts states that it serves businesses throughout Florida, with particular emphasis on South Florida and the Treasure Coast.
The firm publicly identifies experience or targeted expertise across manufacturing, pest control, construction, medical and professional practices, service businesses, vehicle dealerships, lawn care and landscaping, distribution, healthcare, retail, restaurants, e-commerce, industrial businesses, and hospitality.[4][5]
What does Acquisition Experts LLC publicly disclose about fees and engagement terms?
The cited M&A page identifies transaction examples but does not publish transaction values or closing dates for those examples and uses an undisclosed designation for at least one buyer.
The cited middle-market sales page describes success-fee compensation generally but does not publish a universal success-fee percentage, minimum fee, tail period, termination schedule, or standardized engagement terms.[3][4]
The Florida Division of Corporations lists ACQUISITION EXPERTS, LLC as an active Florida limited liability company, document number L05000012462, filed February 7, 2005. The record lists William D. Armor as registered agent and William D. Armor and Kenneth C. Elkin as managers.[2]
For buyers proceeding in the sale process, the firm states that a confidentiality agreement is required, along with representations regarding personal financial resources and a summary of professional background.
For targeted M&A searches, the firm describes a retainer for hard marketing costs followed by contingency compensation requiring a successful close.[1][4]
Questions to ask before hiring Acquisition Experts LLC
What exact retainer, success-fee basis, minimum fee, expense reimbursement, exclusivity period, tail period, and termination provisions would apply to the engagement?
Which recent comparable transactions, if any, have closed, on what dates, and at what transaction values or valuation ranges?
Which team member will lead the assignment, and what role will that person have in valuation, buyer outreach, negotiation, diligence, and closing coordination?
How will confidentiality and buyer qualification be handled before a buyer proceeds in the sale process?
Which revenue band and service lane would apply to the business, given the firm's published thresholds of up to $5 million for business brokerage, $5 Million to $25 Million most often for M&A, and $5M-$50M on its middle-market page?
For a targeted acquisition search, what target criteria, geographic scope, industry filters, and financing assumptions would be used?
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