CGK Business Sales
CGK Business Sales publicly describes sell-side business brokerage and M&A advisory services for privately held businesses. Its stated practice covers companies with $1.5M to $100M in annual revenue and $300K to $10M in SDE or EBITDA, across multiple sectors and an eleven-office platform.
What stands out about CGK Business Sales
CGK Business Sales states that it serves privately held businesses with $1.5M to $100M in annual revenue and $300K to $10M in SDE or EBITDA. Its public sell-side process includes valuation, confidential marketing, qualified-buyer outreach, LOI negotiation, staged diligence, and closing coordination. The CGK homepage does not publish a universal success-fee percentage, minimum fee, or detailed fee schedule, and the seller guide does not provide identifiable named transaction counterparties or verifiable named completed-deal examples.[1][2][3][4]
What does CGK Business Sales do?
CGK Business Sales identifies itself as a business brokerage and M&A advisory firm for owners of privately held businesses. The official website identifies Greg Knox as Managing Principal.
CGK states that it serves privately held businesses within published revenue and SDE or EBITDA ranges. Its public materials describe a structured sell-side process and separate buyer-side and seller-side engagements.[1][2][3]
CGK publicly describes sell-side services including business valuation, confidential marketing, buyer outreach, LOI negotiation, staged diligence, and closing coordination.
The firm also states that buyer-side and seller-side engagements are separate and that it never represents both sides of the same transaction.[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.
What should a business owner evaluate before hiring CGK Business Sales?
Owners evaluating CGK can compare their revenue and SDE or EBITDA against the firm’s published criteria, including its stated floor of $1.5M in revenue or $300K in SDE. The public process emphasizes confidential information release, structured buyer outreach, staged diligence, and continuity from a named senior principal.
Because the CGK homepage does not publish a universal success-fee percentage, minimum fee, or detailed fee schedule, the engagement should be evaluated with the exact percentage and related economics documented. Owners may also wish to verify the contracting entity, current regulatory or licensing requirements where relevant, personnel responsibilities, conflicts procedures, and whether non-confidential or referenceable completed-deal examples are available.[1][2][3][4]
Which legal entity will sign the engagement letter and receive the success fee
What exact success-fee percentage, minimum fee, expense treatment, tail period, and termination rights apply
Can CGK provide anonymized or referenceable completed transaction examples relevant to the owner's sector and size
What size transactions does CGK Business Sales handle?
CGK states that one named senior principal remains with the seller from the initial valuation through buyer outreach, LOI, diligence, and closing. It also describes a seller-side compensation model consisting of a success fee at closing, with no retainer, monthly fee, or upfront payment.
CGK states that typical seller engagements run six to twelve months from signed engagement to wire transfer, with some closing in three to six months.[2][3]
The firm’s public materials emphasize sell-side business brokerage and M&A advisory. The described process includes valuation, a blind teaser, a Confidential Information Memorandum, a structured data room, NDA-gated outreach, LOI negotiation, staged diligence, and closing coordination.
CGK states that buyer-side and seller-side engagements are separate and that it does not represent both sides of the same transaction.[2][3]
CGK publicly lists experience across healthcare; professional services; construction and trades; manufacturing, distribution, and logistics; retail, restaurants, hospitality, and transportation; education and childcare; technology-enabled services; federal and state contracting; and specialty operators.[1]
What does CGK Business Sales publicly disclose about fees and engagement terms?
The CGK homepage does not publish a universal success-fee percentage, minimum fee, or detailed fee schedule; it states that exact terms are discussed during the first conversation.
The CGK seller guide does not provide identifiable named transaction counterparties or verifiable named completed-deal examples because the featured seller stories are expressly composite.
The SEC Form ADV is dated May 9, 2018 and does not by itself establish CGK Business Sales LLC’s current firm-level regulatory registration or licensing status.[2][3][4]
A SEC-hosted Form ADV for Financial Advisor Austin Wealth Management, LLC, dated May 9, 2018, describes the primary non-investment business as the sale of small businesses and names CGK Business Sales, LLC for that business.
That filing is historical and does not by itself establish CGK Business Sales LLC’s current firm-level regulatory registration or licensing status as of the research date.[4]
CGK describes an investment-banking-style structured competitive process using a blind teaser, Confidential Information Memorandum, structured data room, qualified-buyer outreach, NDA-gated information release, LOI negotiation, staged diligence, and closing coordination.
The firm states that a named senior principal remains with the seller from initial valuation through closing. It also states that typical seller engagements run six to twelve months from signed engagement to wire transfer, with some closing in three to six months.[2][3]
Questions to ask before hiring CGK Business Sales
Which legal entity will sign the engagement letter and receive the success fee?
What exact success-fee percentage, minimum fee, expense treatment, tail period, and termination rights apply?
Can CGK provide anonymized or referenceable completed transaction examples relevant to the owner's sector and size?
Which personnel will perform valuation, buyer outreach, diligence coordination, and closing support?
How are conflicts handled across the firm's buyer-side and seller-side engagements?
What current licenses, registrations, memberships, or state-specific requirements apply to the proposed engagement?
Sources & research notes
- Official website / firm overview
- Official website / firm overview
- Services / capabilities
- SEC filing / regulatory record
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