Owners retire. Partners split. A consolidator makes an offer too large to wave off. However it begins, nearly every member of your group will one day weigh a sale, and that day arrives more often now, as private-equity roll-ups work their way through fragmented distribution.
When it comes, most members reach for a generalist advisor whose instinct is to shop the business to a familiar list of outside acquirers. It's the fastest route to a check, and the fastest route out of your group. The volume, the rebate contribution, the supplier leverage: gone, to a buyer who may never have valued the network at all.
There's a better path, for the member first, and for the group as a result.
Representing a seller well means running a real, competitive process, not just dialing the usual consolidators. We organize that search in two concentric circles, and we work them in order.
Fellow members and multi-unit operators already understand the model. They read the rebate and supplier economics, underwrite them accurately, and pay for what an outsider would discount. They tend to close faster, transition more smoothly, and keep the business, and its membership, inside the network. For many sellers, that is simply the strongest deal on the table.
When the right buyer isn't inside the group, or when wider competition serves the seller's outcome, we extend to strategics, family offices, and private-equity platforms across the market. The seller sees the complete buyer universe and a true market-clearing price, never a deal limited by who happened to be in the room.
What makes the inner circle reachable: we work only inside captive networks and maintain relationships across buying groups and their members. In-network buyers are real and contactable, not a hopeful footnote.
A confidential conversation about the member's goals, timing, and what their business is worth. No obligation, and no word traveling through the group.
We assess value and prepare the business, accurately reflecting the rebate, supplier, and membership economics a buyer must understand.
We approach qualified buyers inside the group first, then extend to the broader market, running a discreet and genuinely competitive process.
We carry the deal through diligence, structure, and any transfer requirements to a transaction the member chooses to sign.
If you lead a buying group, the first step is a short, private call about how we'd work alongside your members, what we'd offer them, and how the buyer search would run.
If you're a member weighing a sale, the same call is about you: your timing, your options, and what your business is worth. Nothing is shared without your say-so.
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