Post-Pandemic Normalization in Small Business M&A Volumes
Mega-deals rebounded while small business M&A stayed flat, reshaping who can sell and how.
Renata Voss
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8 stories in M&A Market Trends.
Mega-deals rebounded while small business M&A stayed flat, reshaping who can sell and how.
Search funds now match private equity on price but demand more creative deal structures to close.
Timing a sale means weighing recession odds against a nine-to-eighteen-month sales process.
Where your business sells matters more than sector averages in determining what buyers will pay.
Most Canadian PE deals are small, founder-led businesses being acquired for existing platforms.
Higher borrowing costs are compressing what buyers can actually pay.
Two businesses in the same sector can sell for vastly different multiples.
Record PE dollars masked a narrower recovery in Canada's mid-market dealmaking.