BBD uses its own proprietary database of business buyers, along with granular industry, sector, and vertical criteria.  We don’t do web-scraping.  Instead, we communicate directly with each firm to understand their target industries.  Finally, we validate and supplement our proprietary database with other 3rd party datasets.  

We use a mix of publicly available and proprietary sources to find businesses for sale.  Business owners and sellers can submit their business for sale for free at any time.

Two methods:

• Success-only Buyer Fees: If a business buyer has an interest in a specific business, we ask the buyer to sign an industry standard referral fee agreement with us (usually 1% of the transaction value).  Once the buyer agrees to that, we send them more information on the company of interest and connect them to the company’s broker/advisor. 
• Customized Buyer Lists: BBD sells customized buyer lists to help sellers close faster.  Sellers value BBD’s proprietary, granular coverage of private equity and family office industries of interest.