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BizBuySell Insight Report

Quarterly transaction data for the small-business M&A market. Covers 70+ US markets and 65+ industries with median sale prices, SDE multiples, revenue multiples, and closed transaction counts. The only freely published dataset tracking lower-middle-market deal activity at scale.

bizbuysell.com quarterly Updated May 21, 2026

Latest snapshot

Rows in latest snapshot

204

Last refreshed

May 21, 2026

Cadence

quarterly

Coverage

70+ markets, 65+ industries; 2007–present

Total records

~5,000–8,000 closed transactions per quarter

Key fields

  • Industry
  • Market (MSA)
  • Median Sale Price
  • Median Revenue
  • Median SDE
  • Revenue Multiple
  • SDE Multiple
  • Closed Transactions
  • Days on Market

Use cases

  • SDE multiples for small business valuation
  • Revenue multiples by industry vertical
  • Market activity by geography (city / MSA)
  • Quarterly deal volume trend (bull/bear indicator)
  • Days-on-market as a liquidity proxy

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