Who Buys Businesses in Austin?

Most small businesses here sell on a multiple of Seller's Discretionary Earnings, typically 2x to 4x. Larger businesses shift to an EBITDA multiple, and the multiple rises because private equity and strategic acquirers start competing.

Beyond the growth question above, two things move the number in Austin specifically. Margin durability — costs rose sharply here, and a buyer will want to see that you passed them through rather than absorbed them. Owner dependency — Austin's labour market is tight enough that a business which still runs through the owner personally is a harder business to hand over, and buyers price that risk.

We'll give you a written valuation with the reasoning shown, at no cost and with no obligation to list with us.

Austin Business Brokers — Sell Your Business Confidentially

Graymarc is based in Austin. We represent business owners across Travis, Williamson, and Hays counties who are ready to sell — and we represent sellers only. No retainer, no long-term exclusivity, and our fee is due only when your sale closes.

Being here means we can sit down with you this week. It also means we know what's actually happening in this market, which matters more than you'd think when someone is putting a number on what you've built.

What Is My Business Worth?

The Businesses That Change Hands in Austin

Austin has an unusually deep pool of individual buyers, and that's a real advantage for sellers here.

Individual buyers with capital. Tech professionals with equity who want to own an operating business rather than work for one. Austin produces more of these than almost any market its size, and they're serious, funded, and often willing to pay for a business with a real management team because they don't want to swing a hammer.

Search funds and independent sponsors. Central Texas has a strong entrepreneurship-through-acquisition culture. These buyers move quickly and diligence hard.

Local strategic acquirers. Competitors and adjacent operators consolidating a fragmented service market. Usually the strongest price, and the buyer you most need protecting from until an NDA is signed.

Private equity and add-ons. Increasingly active in Central Texas trades, home services, and healthcare practices.

SBA-financed buyers. Real buyers at the smaller end, provided your cash flow comfortably covers the loan's debt service.

We also run one buyer list across Austin and San Antonio, so an Austin business gets seen by acquirers looking down the I-35 corridor as well as here.

Commercial and specialty contracting is the most active category — mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and the trades serving construction and data centre buildout. Commercial services, landscaping and facilities, and residential services businesses transact steadily. So do healthcare and dental practices, professional and technical services firms, IT and managed services companies, distribution businesses, and multi-location consumer service brands.

That's a description of the market, not a limit on what we take on. We work with privately held, owner-operated businesses across a wide range of industries, generally between $200,000 and $6,000,000 in annual profit, with enterprise values from $500,000 to $30,000,000.