Sun Acquisitions
Sun Acquisitions is a Chicago-headquartered M&A advisory firm focused on confidential sales, acquisitions, and valuations of privately held companies. It states that it serves clients nationwide across the United States, with a Midwest focus, and works with businesses ranging from $2 million to $75 million in enterprise value.
What stands out about Sun Acquisitions
Sun Acquisitions operates as an M&A advisor and business brokerage intermediary, offering sell-side and buy-side advisory, valuation, readiness, due-diligence, negotiation, and closing-related services. Its stated market is privately held businesses with enterprise values from $2 million to $75 million.[1][2][3][4]
What does Sun Acquisitions do?
Sun Acquisitions is a mergers and acquisitions advisory firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It specializes in the confidential sale, acquisition, and valuation of privately held companies. The firm states that it was founded in Chicago in 2000 and acquired by Managing Director Domenic Rinaldi and partner Scott Evert in 2005.[1]
Publicly stated services include sell-side advisory, buy-side advisory, market value analysis, due-diligence advisory, seller-readiness assessment, and buyer-readiness assessment.
Its Business Sale Solution includes market value analysis, buyer research, confidential marketing, offer negotiation, due-diligence coordination, and closing support. Its Business Acquisition Solution includes acquisition-strategy development, target research, proprietary deal sourcing, valuation, and transaction execution for individuals, corporations, and private-equity groups.[1]
Owners comparing advisory firms can also review Auxo’s M&A advisor vs. business broker vs. investment bank comparison, advisor-selection guide, and sell-side advisor evaluation framework.
What should a business owner evaluate before hiring Sun Acquisitions?
Owners evaluating Sun Acquisitions can clarify how the firm would apply its stated valuation, confidential marketing, buyer research, negotiation, due-diligence, and closing services to the proposed engagement. The firm’s stated enterprise-value range is $2 million to $75 million, and its stated sector coverage is broad.
Before engagement, owners should confirm the legal entity that signs the agreement and receives fees, the firm’s regulatory posture, the success fee and any retainer, minimum fee, expense reimbursement, tail, termination, and exclusivity provisions, and how prospective strategic buyers, private-equity groups, family offices, and individual buyers are screened. Owners should also clarify valuation methodology, comparable-transaction data, potential transition or consulting obligations, earnout or seller-financing terms, rollover equity, and the level of support associated with comparable transactions.[1][2][7]
Which legal entity signs engagement agreements and receives fees
Is the firm or any affiliate registered as a broker-dealer, investment adviser, or other regulated intermediary
What size transactions and clients does Sun Acquisitions focus on?
Sun Acquisitions states that it works across all industry sectors. It identifies particular depth in manufacturing; food production and distribution; healthcare and home care; transportation and logistics; HVAC and mechanical services; construction and engineering; technology and software; business services and staffing; hospitality; dental and medical supply; industrial products and distribution; printing and packaging; environmental services; and consumer products.[1]
On February 20, 2026, Sun Acquisitions announced the successful sale of Uhler Dental Supply, a Chicago-based dental-laboratory-products company, to a private investor. On January 20, 2026, it announced that its client The Will Group acquired The Upchurch Group; Sun stated that it provided target identification, introductions, market valuation, letters-of-intent support, and due-diligence coordination.
In January 2026, Sun Acquisitions announced the sale of Alliance Foods, Inc., an employee-owned food brokerage company, to Mueller Yurgae Associates. On September 16, 2025, it announced the sale of Wireless Concepts, a Schaumburg, Illinois-based wireless communications systems company, to Mobile Communications of America.
Sun Acquisitions states that it has completed more than 500 transactions across a broad cross-section of industries.[1][3][4][5][6]
The firm’s stated transaction work covers confidential business sales and acquisitions, valuation, buyer research, proprietary deal sourcing, offer negotiation, due-diligence coordination, transaction execution, and closing support. Sun Acquisitions states that it works with privately held businesses ranging from $2 million to $75 million in enterprise value.[1]
What does Sun Acquisitions publicly disclose about fees, process and engagement terms?
The About page does not state a broker-dealer or investment-adviser registration number or firm-level regulatory status.
The Uhler Dental Supply transaction announcement does not disclose transaction consideration, enterprise value, financing terms, or advisory-fee terms. The Upchurch Group transaction announcement likewise does not disclose transaction consideration, enterprise value, financing terms, or advisory-fee terms.[1][3][4]
The official About page identifies Sun Acquisitions as an M&A advisory firm and lists the International Business Brokers Association as a professional affiliation. The About page does not state a broker-dealer or investment-adviser registration number or firm-level regulatory status.[1]
Sun Acquisitions states that a typical full sales process takes between 6 and 18 months depending on transaction complexity. It also states that seller transitions commonly range from 90 days to one year, with some transactions involving longer consulting agreements or earnouts.[2][7]
Questions to ask before hiring Sun Acquisitions
Which legal entity signs engagement agreements and receives fees?
Is the firm or any affiliate registered as a broker-dealer, investment adviser, or other regulated intermediary?
What are the success fee, retainer, minimum fee, expense reimbursement, tail, termination, and exclusivity provisions?
How are strategic buyers, private-equity groups, family offices, and individual buyers screened?
What valuation methodology and comparable-transaction data support the proposed value range?
What owner transition, consulting, earnout, seller-financing, or rollover-equity terms are typically requested?
Which recent transactions should owners examine for similarities in industry, geography, enterprise value, and deal structure?
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