Find & review every on-market deal in the US for free
Search tens of thousands of on- and off-market deals across the US for free. Build your buy box, create a buyer profile, and manage your search all in one place.
Business listings are usually scattered across broker emails, online marketplaces, direct broker sites, and private networks.
Acquisition Lab brings all those sources together so that you can search the entire market in one personalized feed.
We automatically monitor 500+ broker mailing lists and bring those deals into the feed.
Search deals from 320+ marketplaces, aggregators, and direct broker sites without checking each one separately.
Brokers and other deal sources send opportunities directly to Acquisition Lab for inclusion in our feed.
The Lab’s dedicated sourcing team finds businesses that aren’t publicly listed. (Some fees apply.)
Tools like the Lab’s feed can cost $149/month or more. Access to our feed and our searcher tools are free for all users.
Lab membership is not required to access the feed.
We’re always looking for new sources.
Submit your broker list or listing site using the form below. If it belongs in the feed, we’ll work to add it.
Some businesses aren’t listed through marketplaces or brokers. These off-market listings are harder to find and have much lower visibility.
Our sourcing team finds and approaches these owners directly and brings viable off-market opportunities into your deal feed.
By design, our sourcing team works against Lab member criteria.
Members whose buy boxes fit get early access to the resulting deals, while free users get access after 30 days.
Finding a viable off-market business takes people, technology, outreach, and outside relationships long before a member ever sees the opportunity. The success fee pays for that sourcing operation.
We use the standard Lehman model in most cases, which means the percentage declines as the purchase price increases. The exact fee is disclosed in writing before you see the deal. If you don't want to pursue opportunities with a success fee, you can stay entirely on the on-market side of the platform.
The Lab’s feed helps you define what you want to buy and build a credible buyer profile for a better, leaner search.
You can also prepare the financial information lenders will want to know before you find a deal and start working against a live timeline.
Create a private and shareable professional profile that shows brokers, lenders, and sellers who you are, what you’re looking for, and whether you’re ready to buy.
Set the industries, geography, size, and other criteria that you care about. The buy box filters your feed around businesses you actually want to see.
The same opportunity can show up on multiple broker sites, marketplaces, and mailing lists. The Lab consolidates those duplicates so you only need to review a deal once.
Every SBA lender will ask for a personal financial statement. The feed toolkit walks you through the process so that you'll have a completed version ready when you need it.
Connect with loan brokers through the feed to get a clear view of what you can finance before a real opportunity materializes.
Every user can see every on-market deal as it enters the feed. Full details and off-market opportunities become available after 30 days.
Members inside the Lab see full listing details immediately.
Other platforms sell access to the deal flow. We don’t.
Lab members get earlier access, and the Lab makes money later through optional capital and post-close finance services when members become owners.
Our feed can help you find a business worth looking at, but membership with the Lab provides access to experts who can help you work through an opportunity before you make a bet on the biggest deal of your life.
If you’re serious about buying a business, get support from seasoned Advisors and peers who understand the acquisition journey.
Learn about Lab membership →Create your account to search the Lab’s deal feed, define your buy box, and start building your buyer profile.
Yes. Create a free account and you can use the deal feed and searcher tools without paying a subscription.
Lab members see full deal details earlier, but you don’t need to join the Lab to search.
Deals come from 500+ broker mailing lists, 320+ listing sources, direct submissions to the Lab, and the off-market businesses our sourcing team finds.
Free accounts see deal listings as soon as they enter the feed, so anyone can follow the market in real time.
Full opportunity details are available immediately to Lab members and open to free accounts at 30 days.
The sourcing team absorbs the work and cost of finding off-market businesses before you ever see them. If you buy one, a success fee applies, typically using the standard Lehman model.
You will know the exact fee in writing before seeing the opportunity.
Your profile is not public. Brokers, lenders, and sellers only see it when you choose to send it to them.
We may already monitor your site or mailing list. If we don’t, send it through the source request form and we’ll review it for inclusion.
Individual opportunities can also be sent directly to the Lab.
No. You can create a free account to search the feed and use our free searcher tools without joining the Lab.
Membership adds earlier deal access, sourcing against your buy box, and the broader support available through the Lab.
