Find companies exploring a sale of business.
The M&A Score and Deal-Maker Score are leading indicators that a company is exploring a sale, detected 6 to 24 months before announcement. Reach the owner before your competitors do.
Two ways a sale shows up early.
The target researches the M&A process
Management reads about sale of business, investment banks, M&A law firms, selling to private equity and valuation.
Sponsors and advisors research the target
Any of 7,500 PE firms, banks and M&A advisors researching the company by name, with the firms named so you can see who’s already involved.
How deal teams put it to work.
Middle-market investment banks
Find founder-owned companies exploring a sale, such as small software companies, and pitch before an advisor is hired.
Middle-market private equity
Proprietary origination and add-ons: find actionable companies and see which advisors are already involved.
Large investment banks
Find upper-middle-market companies looking for an exit, and prioritize coverage by signal.
Corporate development
Track a target list from your CRM or a trade show, and know when a company starts preparing to sell.
We ask Claude who’s showing M&A intent in our sectors, how those signals have trended over the past year and which names belong on our screeners. The answers come back right where we already work, without opening another app.
Senior Associate, Business DevelopmentIndustrials-focused PE firmBuyouts and strategic deals, flagged early.
| Company | Sub-sector | Buyer | Flagged → announced | Lead time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Consultants | Environmental consulting | Veritas Capital | Aug 2024 → Aug 2026 | 24 mo |
| Hulcher Services | Rail services | Turnspire Capital Partners | Jan 2025 → Aug 2026 | 19 mo |
| Command Alkon | Construction software | Francisco Partners | Feb 2025 → Aug 2026 | 18 mo |
| RRC Companies | Engineering services | New Mountain Capital | Jan 2025 → Jun 2026 | 17 mo |
| Delta Star | Transformer manufacturing | MacLean Power Systems | Jul 2024 → Sep 2026 | 26 mo |
| Fabick CAT | Equipment dealer | Caterpillar | Dec 2024 → Sep 2026 | 21 mo |
Scores are produced weekly, every Monday, for 2M+ US companies with a middle-market focus.
- Sector Trends to find the sub-sectors preparing to sell
- Company Search to define the universe from 7M US companies
- M&A and Deal-Maker Scores, tiered weekly against your criteria
- Owner and management contacts with verified email and direct dial
- Delivery in the platform, Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, DealCloud, Salesforce, HubSpot, Affinity or the API
Get into deals earlier and miss fewer deals.
A 20-minute call with your own sectors loaded. Leave with a shortlist of companies flagged this week.