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This does tell us that you have to increase you buyer search the larger the company. Results from the 2021 Q3 Market pulse survey and Executive summary.

No surprise there is still turmoil in the labor markets and employees are still looking for greener pastures. As outlined by Axios: What’s happening: A record number of people quit in November — more than 4.5 million — matching the highest rate in the two decades of government tracking, Axios’… Read More »Quit Rate by Industry, Nov 2021

The latest data from the Market Pulse survey reflects the growing premiums business owners get as the size of their company increases. Keep in mind that Sellers Discretionary Earnings are mostly used for smaller owner operator companies where as EBITDA is used for larger companies with complete management structure in… Read More »Median SDE Multiples Increase With Company Size

Figure 8 from the IBBA and M&A Source 2021 Q3 Marketpulse, this continues to show a strong market and the importance of pricing the business right.

In second part we the events that have happened later part of 2021. Thanks to Axios for putting this together, they have been doing it since 2017 and is a fun view to look at that is dominating peoples news interests. As outlined by Axios: This graphic is an annual Axios… Read More »Google News Trends for 2021 part 2

Thanks to Axios for putting this together, they have been doing it since 2017 and is a fun view to look at that is dominating peoples news interests. As outlined by Axios: This graphic is an annual Axios tradition that began back in 2017, when we were a tiny company in… Read More »Google News Trends for 2021 part 1

This year we saw Google get dethroned from the number one spot and replaced by TikTok. Let’s start with our Top Domains Ranking and 2021 brought us a very interesting duel for the Number 1 spot in our global ranking. Google.com (which includes Maps, Translate, Photos, Flights, Books, and News,… Read More »TikTok At The Top

As outlined by Statista: According to Statista’s GCS 2021 Holiday Special, Christmas music is topping the list of holiday must-haves. 49 percent of Americans consider the right tunes an essential part of the holiday season, the question of which Christmas songs are “the right ones” notwithstanding. Christmas movies, think “Home Alone”,… Read More »Associated With Christmas

Seller-market sentiment is back to levels reported before the pandemic. Market confidence is further reflected in the final sale prices sellers received in Q3. In fact, sellers in the $5 million to $50 million sector realized, on average, a sale price that was 106% of benchmark. Overall, across all sectors,… Read More »Seller Sentiment, Q4 2019 to Q3 2021

Deal activity continued strong in Q3, driven by the economic recovery, high levels of dry powder, and the favorable cost of debt. Multiples have returned to pre-pandemic levels in most market segments.In terms of new deal flow, advisors generally reported scores of 3.5 or better, on a 1-5 Likert scale.… Read More »Change In New Clients By Size In The Last 3 Months