Know what businesses are actually selling for — before you buy, sell, or refer.
Every quarter I break down the closed-deal data: median prices, multiples by industry, what's hot, who's buying, and what it means for you. No fluff. No listings spam. Just the numbers and what to do with them.
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The snapshot most owners never see until it's too late.
Only 14% of sellers have ever had a professional valuation. A third have no idea what they're worth. The Match Report closes that gap, one quarter at a time.
What sold, and for how much
Median sale prices, revenue, and cash flow across service, retail, manufacturing, and restaurants — with the year-over-year moves that matter.
Multiples by industry
Which categories are pulling the strongest cash-flow multiples right now — laundromats, HVAC, auto repair, ecommerce, dental, and more.
Who's buying, who's selling
Corporate refugees, search funds, retiring owners, SBA trends, and the seller-financing gap nobody wants to talk about.
What's popular
The recession-resistant, recurring-revenue businesses buyers are chasing — and the categories where buyers now have the leverage.
The big-money deals
What private equity is paying at the top of the market, and what that does (and doesn't) mean for a single-location business.
What it means for you
Plain-English takeaways for buyers, owners, and referral partners. What to do this quarter, not someday.
Q2 2026 at a glance
Fewer deals closed, but prices held. The slowdown is a shortage of quality listings — not a shortage of buyers.
The full breakdown — by category, by multiple, by buyer type — is in the report. Get it free →
I've bought, built, and sold businesses for 25+ years. Now I match them.
I'm Kacy Carlsen, The Business Matchmaker. I built a web-hosting company to seven figures and sold it, ran a roller rink through a recession, and have started and exited more businesses than I can fit on this page. I still operate businesses today.
That's why I read the market data differently. I'm not looking for the biggest check. I'm looking for the right fit — the business that fits the life a buyer wants, and the buyer who can carry on what an owner built.
The Match Report is how I share what I'm seeing. It's the same data I use with my own clients.
Buyers. Owners. And the agents who know them.
If you're buying
Know where you'll have leverage, where you'll face competition, and which categories are worth the search before you spend a dollar on due diligence.
If you own a business
See what businesses like yours are fetching, what buyers are demanding, and what to fix now so you're Match Ready™ when the time comes.
If you're a referral partner
Stay fluent in the business-sale market so when a client mentions retirement or burnout, you know exactly who to call.
The right business. The right buyer. The right time.
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