Review Your Criteria
We consider your target categories, geography, company size, capital source and acquisition experience. Explain any firm exclusions and who will make the investment decision.
Distribution and Wholesale Acquisitions
Buy a Distribution Business
Tell us what you want to acquire, where you want to operate and how you plan to fund the purchase. We review buyer criteria for potential fit with seller engagements.
We represent sellers. Registration does not guarantee an opportunity or create buyer representation.
Register Your Acquisition Criteria
Share your target business, funding approach and operating background.
* Required fields. Other fields are optional. Share sensitive records only through an agreed process.
Qualification and Confidentiality
How Buyer Access Works
A registration starts the review. Access to a specific business depends on fit, readiness and the seller’s instructions.
Confirm Fit and Readiness
If a seller engagement may fit, the team may contact you to clarify your plans, financing and operating role. Financial evidence may be required before access progresses.
Release Information in Stages
Company identity and sensitive records are shared only through the transaction’s agreed process. A non-disclosure agreement does not by itself guarantee access; seller approval and qualification still apply.
Distribution Acquisition Diligence
What to Evaluate Before Buying
Reported earnings are one part of an acquisition. Review what must keep working after ownership changes.
Inventory and Working Capital
Review stock aging, obsolete and consigned goods, receivables, payables and seasonal cash needs. Agree how inventory and normal working capital are treated in the transaction; do not assume inventory is simply added to the price.
Customer and Supplier Continuity
Understand concentration, repeat orders, supplier agreements, rebates and territory rights. Identify required consents and whether important relationships depend on the current owner.
Warehouse Systems and Reporting
Test inventory accuracy, purchasing controls, gross-margin reporting, enterprise software and fulfillment processes. Assess the costs and disruption of any planned systems integration.
Management and Owner Transition
Clarify who runs purchasing, sales, pricing and key accounts. Identify the management and working capital your operating plan will require, along with the seller’s proposed transition role.
Public Summaries
Browse Distribution Business Listings
The Listings page provides the route to public opportunity summaries when available. Buyer registration is the separate route for sharing criteria for possible private opportunities.
Public inventory changes. Neither this page nor registration implies that a matching business is currently available.
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Distribution Buyer FAQs
What registration means, who can register and what happens next.
Who can register as a buyer?
Operating companies, private equity groups, family offices, search funds, individual operators and other acquisition groups can submit criteria. The review considers the specific target, capital source, decision process and ability to operate or support the business. A buyer label alone does not establish fit.
Do I need financing before I register?
You can register while arranging financing. Describe your current position accurately and distinguish committed capital from funding still being pursued. Proof of funds, lender support or other financial evidence may be required before sensitive information is released.
Will I receive opportunities after registering?
There is no guaranteed opportunity, introduction or notification schedule. Contact depends on seller engagements, your criteria, buyer qualification and process stage. The form lets you state your preference for relevant updates, direct-fit contact or no updates unless requested.
Does registration make you my buyer representative?
No. Distribution Business Broker represents sellers. Registration provides acquisition criteria for potential seller-side matching; it does not create a buy-side search mandate or advisory relationship.
Should I upload financial evidence with my criteria?
No uploads are requested here. Start with a description of your funding and acquisition plans. Bank statements, identity documents and other sensitive evidence should be shared only through an agreed process if requested for a specific opportunity.
Your Acquisition Profile
Share Your Buyer Criteria
Be specific about the business you want, the capital available and your role after closing.
Clear criteria help the team assess whether a seller engagement may be relevant.