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https://emerge-ma.com/wp-content/uploads/Industry-Report-Selling-an-Engineering-Firm.pdf Jump on an industry consolidation. It usually only happens once in a lifetime.   INDUSTRY INCLUSION SIC Code 8711, Engineering Firms, fall into what is known as the A&E (Architectural and Engineering) and sometimes AE&P line of business of the professional services sector. This information is limited only to Engineering firms and does not include Architecture firms.  ...

https://emerge-ma.com/wp-content/uploads/Industry-Report-Selling-an-HVAC-Company.pdf The HVAC industry is highly fragmented and has over 75,000 companies in the US alone.  ABOUT THIS INDUSTRY Most HVAC Companies are less than $5M in revenue with the breakout as follows: ...

https://emerge-ma.com/wp-content/uploads/Industry-Report-Selling-an-Advertising-Digital-Agency.pdf The advertising agency industry is highly fragmented, with the top three advertising agencies accounting for less than 30.0% of industry revenue.  However, more than 80.0% of agencies have fewer than 10 employees ...

https://emerge-ma.com/wp-content/uploads/Industry-Report-Selling-an-Architecture-Firm.pdf An estimated 78% of firms plan on selling within the next 5 years which will flood the market. Industry Inclusion Architectural firms fall into what’s known as the A&E (Architectural and Engineering) and sometimes AE&P line of business of the professional services sector. This information is limited only to Architectural firms and does not include Engineering firms.  ...

This is a highly fragmented market, ripe with opportunity. Large multi-national companies and private label programs (i.e. GNC, Wal-Mart) dominate traditional brick and mortar distribution. Internet sales are disrupting the industry creating opportunity for smaller players. ...

‘Tis the Season … to Get Ready! Buyers want to buy your company; they do not have to buy it. There are certain times of the year that buying activity slows down. Transactions close during these times but buyers are hesitant to look at new opportunities. In order to get velocity in the market place, and the subsequent interest, it is best to enter the market at the proper seasonal time ...

The sale of a privately-held company is usually a once in a life time event. Many factors must be considered including timing, markets, performance of the business and risk associated with an owner having too much of their net worth invested in one “stock”; their company. As much as the business is a part of the owner and their daily lives, the time eventually comes when the business must be transitioned ...

November 2016 … right now we are in the best market for selling private companies that we have seen in years.  In fact, October 2016 was a record month for M&A. It’s truly a seller’s market - but it won’t last. Why … ??? ...

SIC series 20 represents Food and Kindred Products, encompassing many industries such as dairy, meat, grain, drinks, processed, frozen, and snack foods ...

December 16th, 2015 brought this hardest of realities. The warning that interest rates, the single biggest determinant as to what your private business is worth,have begun their path upward as long predicted. Quantifying the financial pain this first of many increaseswill bring should be a wake-up call.  This Fed Funds increase is both compelling and actionable as it is probable that you disregard this event at your considerable financial peril ...

The European Union (EU) has 28 member states who have developed an internal single market through a standardized system of laws that apply in all member states.  EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital within the internal market.  Economically, the EU, to some degree, operates like its own count ...

Companies that operate a horizontal acquisition strategy acquire companies in a similar market sector typically selling a complimentary product into the same market. The aim is to acquire additional products or services to offer their customers or to increase market share. This is the overwhelming majority of acquisitions ...

A Management Buyout ("MBO") is a type of transaction whereby the management team of a company buys the company from the owners."Management"may be one or more of the company's existing managers or even family members involved in the business ...

The only thing consistent in life is change. Most owners start out when founding a company by working in it. At some point in time, an owner must graduate to working on their company rather than in it. Once the owner has reached that level, the next step is planning and preparing for an eventual sale of their company ...

This is a continuing series of suggestions to owners of privately-held companies to increase the marketability and value of their companies. Here are the Top 10 ways to increase your company’s market value: ...