PK Advisors LLC
PK Advisors LLC is identified with Jacob Petersen in Pine Island, Minnesota, and is associated with his Murphy Business franchise operation. Publicly stated services include selling, buying, and valuing businesses, with article content addressing valuation risk, customer concentration, contract transferability, and seller transition planning.
What stands out about PK Advisors LLC
Publicly available information describes PK Advisors LLC as a brokerage operation associated with Jacob Petersen and Murphy Business in Southeast Minnesota. It establishes business-sale, business-purchase, and valuation services, but does not establish a universal size threshold, standardized fee schedule, completed transaction record, or firm-level regulatory status.[1][2][3][4]
What does PK Advisors LLC do?
The M&A Source advisor directory lists Jacob Petersen with PK Advisors LLC in Pine Island, Minnesota 55963 and provides telephone number 507-262-6000. Murphy Business’s broker page identifies Petersen as a Franchise Owner and lists the same telephone number.
The public information therefore connects PK Advisors LLC with Petersen’s current Murphy Business brokerage operation. Public materials describe services for business sellers, buyers, and valuation clients.[1][2]
The official broker page offers consultation interests for selling a business, buying a business, and valuing a business. It states that Petersen helps entrepreneurs find their next business or sell the business they currently own.
The same page states that Petersen earned a Certified Valuation Analyst credential in 2015 and can perform business valuations. An official article also discusses reviewing customer agreements, documenting transferable contract terms, reducing owner dependence in customer relationships, and structuring seller transition support.
The article gives a possible example of a seller remaining as a consultant for 6 to 12 months after closing. That example should be treated as an available scenario described in the article, not as a standard term.[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.
What should a business owner evaluate before hiring PK Advisors LLC?
An owner evaluating PK Advisors LLC can confirm which legal entity would sign the engagement and receive fees, particularly given the public association among PK Advisors LLC, Jacob Petersen, and Murphy Business. The owner can also request the complete fee, exclusivity, termination, tail, and expense provisions because the official broker page does not publish those terms.
The public materials describe valuation work and address customer concentration, contract transferability, confidentiality, buyer risk, and transition planning. Before engagement, an owner may wish to request the firm’s valuation methodology, buyer-marketing process, approach to confidentiality, and examples of completed transactions in the owner’s sector and geography. The broker page’s textual Successes section does not provide identifiable completed transaction names, dates, values, or buyer identities.[1][2][3][4]
Which entity signs the engagement and receives fees: PK Advisors LLC, Murphy Business, or another entity
What are the success fee, minimum fee, retainer, tail, exclusivity, termination, and expense terms
What completed transactions has the firm closed in the owner's sector and geography, and what were the approximate transaction sizes and dates
What size transactions does PK Advisors LLC handle?
The M&A Source directory identifies Jacob Petersen with PK Advisors LLC in Pine Island, Minnesota and provides a telephone number that matches the number on Murphy Business’s broker page. Murphy identifies Petersen as a Franchise Owner and presents consultation options for selling, buying, and valuing a business.
The official Southeast Minnesota article provides additional context on customer concentration, buyer risk, valuation, contract transferability, and transition planning. The broker page also displays three current listings with asking prices ranging from $2,800,000 to $9,000,000.[1][2][3]
The public service description covers business sales, business purchases, and valuations. The official article addresses customer concentration, buyer-perceived risk, valuation multiples or deal structure, contract transferability, and seller transition support.
The broker page displays three current business opportunities: Truck and Trailer Service/Trailer Sales & Leasing at an asking price of $9,000,000; Specialty Construction / Roofing / Insulation at an asking price of $4,200,000; and PRICE REDUCED-Transportation – Refrigerated & Dry at an asking price of $2,800,000. These are listings, not completed transactions.[2][3]
An official Southeast Minnesota article discusses manufacturing plants, distribution facilities, and B2B service companies. It also gives examples involving regional healthcare providers, agricultural suppliers, and national manufacturers with local footprints.
These are discussed business types rather than an exclusive sector mandate.[3]
What does PK Advisors LLC publicly disclose about fees and engagement terms?
The M&A Source directory entry identifies Jacob Petersen with PK Advisors LLC but does not disclose a standalone PK Advisors LLC website, legal-entity registration number, fee schedule, engagement terms, or completed transaction details.
The official broker page does not publish a standardized success-fee percentage, minimum fee, retainer, tail period, exclusivity term, termination schedule, or expense schedule. It also does not state a universal revenue, EBITDA, enterprise-value, or minimum-size threshold for engagements.
The textual Successes section on that broker page does not disclose identifiable completed transaction names, dates, transaction values, or buyer identities.[1][2]
Murphy Business’s official broker page identifies Jacob Petersen as a Murphy Business Franchise Owner. An authoritative professional-directory record identifies him as a Business Broker for Murphy Business of Southeast Minnesota and lists Minnesota license number 40295639.
The professional-directory record does not establish firm-level regulatory status for PK Advisors LLC. The individual license evidence should therefore not be treated as evidence of licensing or registration for the firm.[2][4]
The official broker page presents a consultation process in which an owner can indicate interest in selling, buying, or valuing a business. The sources cited for this profile do not establish further process details such as buyer-qualification procedures, engagement duration, or marketing steps.[2]
Questions to ask before hiring PK Advisors LLC
Which entity signs the engagement and receives fees: PK Advisors LLC, Murphy Business, or another entity?
What are the success fee, minimum fee, retainer, tail, exclusivity, termination, and expense terms?
What completed transactions has the firm closed in the owner's sector and geography, and what were the approximate transaction sizes and dates?
How are buyer qualification, confidentiality, valuation, marketing, and seller-transition obligations handled?
What revenue, EBITDA, enterprise-value, or minimum-size criteria apply to an engagement?
Sources & research notes
- Official website / firm overview
- Identity / organization record
- Geography / market coverage
- Structure / regulatory context
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