Gainz Growth Partners is an Ogden, Utah business brokerage founded by owners who have sold their own companies. We give you a written opinion of value in 5 business days, tell you honestly if we would not take the listing, and get paid only when your deal closes.
Free, confidential, and no obligation. Most owners have their number within a week.
The number that matters
The rest sit on a marketplace at a price no buyer will finance, until the owner gives up. Every business we have taken to market has sold, within 12 months. That is not luck. It is preparation before listing, a price we can defend to a lender, and buyers who were qualified before they ever saw your name.
Market sell-through from the Exit Planning Institute. Industry close rate as published by national brokerage firms. Our figures cover every engagement since founding.
Every brokerage promises to maximize value and keep it confidential. Owners have stopped hearing that. Here is what you are actually worried about, and what we do about each one.
The worry
Only 20–30% of businesses that go to market ever sell. Most sit on a marketplace until the owner gives up.
Our answer
Every business we have taken to market has sold within 12 months. We prepare a company before it lists, price it on real earnings, and take it to buyers we have already qualified.
See how a sale worksThe worry
Brokers win listings by telling owners what they want to hear, then let the price drift down once the listing is signed.
Our answer
You get a written opinion of value within 5 business days, with the method and the comparables shown. If we would not take the listing at a price we can defend, we tell you that too.
How we value a businessThe worry
Retainers, "marketing packages", and fees that only appear in the fine print of the engagement letter.
Our answer
One success fee, paid at closing, quoted in writing before you sign. No retainer, no valuation charge, no monthly fees. The engagement term and the way to end it are published.
See what selling costsThe worry
Employees, customers, and competitors learning a business is for sale before the owner is ready to tell them.
Our answer
Buyers see a blind profile first. Your name is disclosed only after a signed NDA, proof of funds, and your approval of that specific buyer. Site visits happen after hours.
How confidentiality worksThe worry
A buyer who guts the team, and an owner who wakes up a year after closing without a plan for what comes next.
Our answer
We ask about your people before we ask about your multiple. Retention and transition terms go in the letter of intent when they matter to you, and the first conversation includes what the year after closing looks like.
Meet the owners behind the firm
A consultation is a meeting. A valuation is an answer. Within 5 business days of our first conversation you will have a document that shows:
There is no charge for it and no listing agreement attached. If we would not take your business to market at a price we can defend, the opinion says so.
Most Main Street sales close in six to ten months and lower middle market deals in eleven to twelve, according to the International Business Brokers Association. Here is what happens in each stage, and what you have to do.
Every broker says confidential. Here is the process. A buyer moves up one step at a time, and you approve every buyer by name before they learn yours.
The buyer sees
Industry, region, revenue and earnings range, and the reason for sale. No company name, no city, no customer names.
To get here
Available to qualified buyers in our network and to strategic acquirers we select.
The buyer sees
Nothing more yet.
To get here
The buyer signs a non-disclosure agreement and shows they can fund a deal of this size. You approve each buyer by name before we go further.
The buyer sees
The full picture: company name, financials, operations, team structure, and growth opportunities.
To get here
Only buyers you have approved. Every document is watermarked and logged.
The buyer sees
You, the facility, and the questions that decide whether they make an offer.
To get here
After hours or off site, no signage, scheduled around your staff. Employees hear the news from you, when you choose.
One success fee, calculated as a percentage of the final sale price and paid at closing. The exact percentage is quoted in writing before you sign anything, and it does not change after.
See the Full Fee TermsNone. We are paid when you are.
None. The written opinion of value is free.
None. Preparing and marketing your business is our job, not a line item.
None.
None. If it does not close, we are not paid.
The engagement term, how you end it, and exactly when a fee is owed after. All of it is on the fees page and in the engagement letter.
Before founding Gainz Growth Partners, our partners built and sold their own companies. We saw how the industry works from the owner's chair: inflate the number to win the listing, post it, and wait. When the deal stalls in diligence, the owner is the one who pays.
So we do the opposite. A defensible number before you commit to anything. Preparation before the first buyer call. Buyers we have already qualified. And a few commitments that no one made to us when we sold.
Read Our StoryThe first conversation covers who runs what, who needs to stay, and what you owe the people who built the business with you.
When your team matters to the deal, it is written into the offer, not left to a handshake at closing.
Proof of funds gets a buyer through the door. What they plan to do with your team and your customers decides whether we bring them to you.
Three in four owners report regret within a year of selling. We ask what that year looks like before we talk about price, because a sale that leaves you adrift was not a good sale.
Most owners engage us to sell the whole company. Some need one piece of the process. Every service below runs on the same valuation, the same timeline, and the same fee terms.
From business owners who have been through the process with us.
After 25 years building my company, I was nervous about the exit process. Gainz Growth Partners walked me through every step, from valuation to closing. They found a buyer who paid more than I expecte...
Manufacturing Business Sale
What impressed me most was their honesty. They didn't inflate my valuation to win my business — they told me the truth about what my company was worth and then delivered exactly what they promised. Th...
Professional Services Exit
I initially thought I was ready to sell, but after our assessment, Gainz showed me specific changes that would significantly increase my value. We spent 18 months implementing their recommendations, a...
Exit Planning Engagement
We meet Wasatch Front owners in person, from Ogden to Provo. For companies elsewhere in the Western United States and nationwide, we combine video with travel for site visits, buyer meetings, and closings. The best buyer for a Utah business is often not in Utah, and our network reflects that.
Straight answers on value, timing, fees, and confidentiality. If yours is not here, ask us directly.
All of them, so far, and each within 12 months of going to market. The industry closes roughly 22 percent of its listings, and only 20 to 30 percent of businesses that go to market ever sell. The difference is preparation before listing, a price a lender will finance, and buyers who were qualified before they saw your name. We track this from deal one and will keep publishing it.
Most owner-operated businesses sell for 2 to 4 times Seller's Discretionary Earnings (SDE). Larger companies with a management team in place are valued on EBITDA and can command higher multiples. Profitability, customer concentration, and how dependent the business is on you move the number up or down. We give you a written opinion of value within five business days that shows the earnings figure, the comparables, and the adjustments, and it says plainly whether we think the business will sell at that price.
The International Business Brokers Association reports six to ten months from listing to close for Main Street businesses and eleven to twelve for the lower middle market. Every business we have taken to market has sold within 12 months. Clean books, an owner who is not in every customer relationship, and a price a lender will finance are what shorten the calendar. Our How It Works page walks through each month.
One success fee, calculated as a percentage of the sale price and paid at closing. It is tiered, so the percentage steps down as the price steps up, and it is quoted in writing before you sign anything. There is no retainer, no valuation charge, and no monthly fee. The engagement runs twelve months, you can end it on thirty days notice, and our fee applies afterward only to buyers we introduced. All of it is published on our Fees page.
Disclosure happens in four stages. Buyers first see a blind profile with the industry, region, and earnings range but no name. To go further they sign an NDA, show proof of funds, and you approve them by name. Only then do they receive the confidential information memorandum, and site visits happen after hours with no signage. Your company is never listed on a public marketplace under its own name, and your employees, customers, and competitors hear about the sale from you.
We work with owner-operated businesses across a wide range of industries, typically with valuations between $1 million and $50 million. If you have a profitable business where you're actively involved in operations and you're considering an exit within the next 0-36 months, we'd like to learn more about your situation.
Three things. First, the number comes before the listing agreement: a written opinion of value in five business days that shows its work and tells you if we would not take the business to market. Second, the fee, the engagement term, and the exit clause are published, not negotiated in a side conversation. Third, we ask about your employees and your own year after closing before we talk about multiples, because our partners have sold their own companies and know which questions nobody asked them.
Yes. While we're headquartered in Utah, we serve business owners throughout the United States. We combine virtual consultation capabilities with strategic travel for key meetings and business visits. Many of the best buyers for your business may not be local, and our national network gives you exposure to qualified buyers wherever they are.
The best time to start exit planning is 3-5 years before you want to sell, though improvements can be made at any timeline. Even if you're not sure when you want to exit, understanding your options now gives you more control later. The businesses that command the highest prices are the ones that are properly prepared.
Tell Gainz Growth Partners about your business. Within 5 business days you will have a written opinion of value, and an honest answer on whether it will sell. Free, confidential, and no listing agreement attached.
