Acquisition Services Group
Acquisition Services Group, Inc. represents business sellers and describes services including valuation, confidential marketing, buyer identification, negotiation, due diligence, financing coordination, and closing support. Its stated focus includes Southern California businesses in distribution, e-commerce, manufacturing, service, professional, software, and related sectors.
What stands out about Acquisition Services Group
Acquisition Services Group publicly describes a seller-only model focused principally on established, profitable businesses in Southern California. The firm states that approximately 80% of its transactions have market values between $1 million and $10 million, while also reporting transactions below and above that range.[1][2][3][4][5]
What does Acquisition Services Group do?
Acquisition Services Group, Inc. is identified on its official contact page as the operating entity, with a headquarters in San Diego and offices listed in Irvine, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino.
The firm states that it only represents sellers and is compensated through success fees paid when a sale is successfully completed.[1][2]
Publicly described services include free valuation ranges, preparation of confidential business-review materials, customized marketing, qualified-buyer identification, negotiation support, multiple-offer management, due-diligence coordination, financing assistance, legal-document coordination, and closing support.[2][3]
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 it does not handle startups or businesses without an established history of profitability. It reports that approximately 80% of transactions have market values between $1 million and $10 million, approximately 10% are below $1 million, approximately 10% are above $10 million, and its largest transaction in recent years was over $30 million.[4]
What should a business owner evaluate before hiring Acquisition Services Group?
An owner evaluating the firm should confirm the current success-fee formula, minimum fee, expense policy, tail period, and termination provisions because the official About ASG page does not publish those universal terms.
The owner should also request named transactions closed during the last three years, seller references, the currently active buyer categories and financing sources relevant to the business, the legal entity signing the engagement agreement, applicable licensing requirements, and any proposed transition, consulting, indemnity, or non-compete obligations.[1][2]
What is the current success-fee formula, minimum fee, expense policy, tail period, and termination provision
Which named transactions have closed during the last three years, and can the firm provide seller references
What size transactions does Acquisition Services Group handle?
The official Clients page identifies representative businesses sold by the firm, including a jewelry manufacturing company, computer forensics company, theater equipment manufacturer, air charter company, contractor equipment rental business, regional publisher, oyster grower and distributor, major food distributor, dental supply distributor, and meat packaging distributor.
The official Case History page describes an anonymized transaction that closed in early 2012 at $31.0 million after a prior $16.1 million term sheet was withdrawn by the prospective buyer.[5][6]
The firm presents its work as seller representation for business sales. It reports that approximately 80% of transactions have market values between $1 million and $10 million, approximately 10% are below $1 million, and approximately 10% are above $10 million. It also states that its largest transaction in recent years was over $30 million.[2][4]
Acquisition Services Group states that it assists with distribution, e-commerce, manufacturing, service, and professional companies and describes experience involving software businesses as well.
Its stated principal geography comprises Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San Bernardino, and Riverside Counties. The firm reports that 85% of clients are in Southern California and that it has also closed transactions in Northern California, the Pacific Northwest, Arizona, and Nevada.[4]
What does Acquisition Services Group publicly disclose about fees and engagement terms?
The official Clients page lists representative businesses by descriptive title but does not identify the buyers, closing dates, or transaction consideration for each listed example.
The official About ASG page states that compensation is based on success fees but does not publish a universal fee percentage, minimum fee, tail period, or termination schedule.
The official Contact Us page does not state a firm-level broker-dealer, investment-adviser, securities, or other regulatory registration.[1][2][5]
Acquisition Services Group, Inc. is the entity identified on the official Contact Us page, which also lists its Southern California operating offices.
That Contact Us page does not state a firm-level broker-dealer, investment-adviser, securities, or other regulatory registration.[1]
The firm’s stated process provides detailed business information to prospective buyers after a confidentiality agreement is executed. It describes coordination of buyer due diligence, legal-document preparation, and closing.[7]
Questions to ask before hiring Acquisition Services Group
What is the current success-fee formula, minimum fee, expense policy, tail period, and termination provision?
Which named transactions have closed during the last three years, and can the firm provide seller references?
What buyer categories and financing sources are currently active for the relevant sector?
What legal entity signs the engagement agreement, and what broker, business-broker, or other licensing requirements apply to the proposed engagement?
What post-closing transition, consulting, indemnity, or non-compete obligations are typically requested?
Sources & research notes
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