ENLIGN Advisors
ENLIGN Advisors publicly describes a business brokerage and M&A advisory model serving main-street and middle-market transactions. Its stated services include valuation, confidential marketing, buyer qualification, negotiation, and transaction-process management, with M&A services directed to mid-market firms with revenues over $5 million.
What stands out about ENLIGN Advisors
ENLIGN Advisors presents itself as an intermediary and advisor for business sales rather than as a disclosed investment fund or principal buyer. Owners evaluating the firm should examine the assigned advisor, valuation approach, buyer-qualification process, marketing plan, engagement economics, and transaction terms.[1][2][3][4][5][6][8]
What does ENLIGN Advisors do?
ENLIGN Advisors is a Raleigh, North Carolina-based business brokerage and M&A advisory firm operating through enlign.com. The firm states that it has operated since 2003 and has closed hundreds of main-street and middle-market business sales.
Its public offering combines seller and buyer services with professional negotiation, business value-maximization consulting, and appraisal or valuation services. ENLIGN presents itself as an intermediary and advisor rather than a disclosed investment fund or principal buyer.[1][2][3]
ENLIGN’s stated seller process includes advisor selection, business valuation, confidential marketing, buyer qualification, and transaction-process management. The firm also publicly offers buyer services, professional negotiation, business value-maximization consulting, and appraisal or valuation services.
For mid-market firms with revenues over $5 million, ENLIGN states that it provides traditional M&A and strategic advisory services, including valuation advice and confidential marketing. Its valuation services use a nationwide network of business appraisers, accountants, and analysts.[3][4][5][6]
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: ENLIGN’s M&A service page states that it serves mid-market firms with revenues over $5 million. Its homepage also reports 22 current listings, an average asking price of $1,468,794, and average EBITDA of $707,422.[1][5]
What should a business owner evaluate before hiring ENLIGN Advisors?
An owner evaluating ENLIGN can ask which advisor would lead the engagement, how the proposed valuation would be supported, how prospective buyers would be qualified, and what confidential-marketing plan would be used. ENLIGN’s public process specifically identifies valuation, confidential marketing, buyer qualification, and transaction-process management as seller-process elements.
The cited business-broker service page does not publish standardized fee, tail, or termination terms, so those terms should be obtained in the engagement agreement. Owners may also wish to clarify the intended buyer universe, information released under confidentiality protections, financing assumptions, seller-financing expectations, and any transition or other post-transaction obligations.[2][4]
Which legal entity and named advisor would sign and lead the engagement
What are the success fee, minimum fee, expenses, exclusivity, tail, and termination terms
What size transactions does ENLIGN Advisors handle?
ENLIGN states that it facilitated the purchase of US Fitness Products on November 21, 2024, from Clint Arms and Tom Flanagan to Richard and Sarah Roberts. It also states that ownership of six Stylist Studios locations transitioned from Brad and Jane Bofenkamp to Kyle Mallien on November 1, 2024.
These announcements provide examples of publicly described transaction activity, but they do not establish transaction values, consideration terms, financing terms, or fee arrangements.[1][8][9]
ENLIGN’s stated transaction role includes valuation, confidential marketing, buyer qualification, negotiation, and transaction-process management. The firm maintains a completed-transactions page showing examples across operating businesses and business models.
Publicly identified examples include an established roofing contractor with growth potential dated August 22, 2025; a multi-location independent retailer of commercial and high-end residential fitness equipment and service dated November 21, 2024; and a multi-location independent salon-suites rental with real estate dated November 1, 2024.[4][8]
ENLIGN’s homepage reports that the firm serves 51 industries. Public examples include roofing, fitness equipment and service, salon suites, workspace and storage, temporary employment transportation, restaurants, retail, and other business services.
The public materials describe a broader business-brokerage platform alongside an M&A service directed to mid-market firms with revenues over $5 million.[1][5]
What does ENLIGN Advisors publicly disclose about fees and engagement terms?
The cited ENLIGN business-broker service page does not publish a universal brokerage-fee percentage, minimum fee, transaction-fee schedule, tail period, or termination schedule.
The cited ENLIGN completed-transactions page provides transaction descriptions, advisor names, and dates but does not publish transaction values, consideration terms, buyer identities, seller identities, financing terms, or fee details for the displayed transactions.[2][8]
ENLIGN publicly describes its professionals as business brokers and M&A advisors. It states that its brokers are members of IBBA and/or M&A Source and hold or pursue CBI and/or M&AMI credentials.
The cited ENLIGN homepage does not identify the firm as a broker-dealer, investment adviser, securities dealer, or other specifically regulated financial-services entity; this page alone does not establish the firm’s complete legal or regulatory status.[1][10]
ENLIGN states that its seller process includes advisor selection, valuation, confidential marketing, buyer qualification, and transaction-process management. It also states that it seeks to maintain confidentiality throughout the business-sale engagement and uses buyer qualification so owners can remain focused on operating their businesses.[4]
Questions to ask before hiring ENLIGN Advisors
Which legal entity and named advisor would sign and lead the engagement?
What are the success fee, minimum fee, expenses, exclusivity, tail, and termination terms?
Which valuation methodology and comparable transactions support the proposed value?
How will prospective buyers be qualified, including proof of funds and lender or SBA readiness where applicable?
What buyer universe, industries, and geographic markets will be targeted?
What information will be disclosed to prospective buyers, and under what confidentiality process?
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