Find businesses worth acquiring in the UK and US.
and recover your sunk costs.
You probably review around 1,000 businesses a year. You will acquire a handful, keep maybe 100 warm, and pass on the rest. Most of those owners are still running good companies. They simply do not fit your particular thesis on size, geography, or structure.
Our referral programme gives you a clean way to hand those owners on. You introduce them to Joe and the DealFlowAgent sell-side team using a short template, we take it from there, and when a deal closes you receive 20% of the success fee. For most acquirers that more than covers the sunk due diligence cost on the deals that did not progress.
It also keeps you in good standing with the founders, advisors, and operators in your sector. The same people who tend to surface your next bolt-on.
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Latest valuation multiples by sector
Reference points for the sectors our buyers most often target. These guides are free to read and updated through 2026/7.
Backed by institutional investors behind global industry leaders.
We have raised substantial private capital to ensure our advisory platform, proprietary buyer intelligence and client execution team have permanent, long-term balance sheet stability.
Pre-empts how corporate acquirers and private equity analysts will test your working capital, gross margins and customer concentration.
Calculates defensible add-backs, from director compensation adjustments to non-recurring professional fees and personal motor costs, backed by source documentation.
Drafts anonymous teasers and full information memorandums to tier-one corporate finance standards.
A valuation that holds firm
You enter negotiations with an unvarnished, defensible valuation bridge. Buyers cannot exploit messy accounting to chip your price.
More time on buyers, less on spreadsheets
Duncan and our sector specialists do not spend 40 hours building models in spreadsheets. They spend that time qualifying buyer intent, rehearsing your management presentation and running competitive tension between bidders.
Checks statutory books, director filings and sector accreditations, including BAFE, NSI, WRAS and ISO, to ensure zero lapses.
Flags contractor IR35 exposures, intellectual property assignment gaps and key-person bottlenecks before a buyer uncovers them.
Monitors counterparty document engagement, flagging to the partners exactly which chapters and files a buyer\u2019s legal team is scrutinising.
No surprises once a buyer is in diligence
Diligence skeletons are resolved in private before go-to-market. When exclusivity begins, the buyer finds a clean, audit-ready data room, leaving zero room for renegotiation.
Partners focused on terms and cash at completion
Joe and our legal advisers are not chasing administrative paperwork. They focus exclusively on commercial deal structure, share purchase agreement warranties and securing maximum cash at completion.
A senior M&A bench, plus a sector specialist recruited for your industry on every deal.
Nine years in corporate finance. Formerly Associate Director, Corporate Finance at Quantuma, with earlier corporate finance and audit experience at BKL, joining DealFlowAgent from the largest M&A advisory firm in the UK, part of K3 Capital.
As an ex-Director he managed teams of M&A advisors, analysts and associates, working daily with business owners, buyers and stakeholders on live acquisition deals. Selected from 260 applicants alongside colleagues from investment banking backgrounds, he brings that experience and network to lead the advisory bench across Building Services, Facilities Management, and Healthcare.
Senior Building Services & FM Advisor
Martin is one of the most well-connected figures in UK fire, security, building services and FM. He is Chairman of both the Fire Industry Association and the British Security Industry Association, the only person in the UK to hold both roles simultaneously. Martin spent over a decade in senior leadership at Mitie, latterly as Industry Liaison Director for its fire and security division, helping scale the business past £500m in revenue and playing a role in the £366m acquisition of Marlowe plc, which created one of the UK's largest compliance, fire and security services groups. He joined DealFlowAgent because owners in these sectors deserve a genuine sector-specialist advisor across valuation, business optimisation and buyer access. In recognition of his industry roles, he acts in a personal, non-partisan capacity.
Industry Partner, Hiring and Leadership
Nick leads FM Talent Partners, the facilities management and real estate leadership search firm, and is a leading specialist in building services and FM management talent. He partners with DealFlowAgent on two-way referrals: helping business owners and acquirers fill the key roles that decide whether a business is sellable, and introducing owners who are thinking about their next chapter to a team that knows their industry and their market. Key-person dependency is one of the two most common reasons a sale collapses, and Nick fixes it at source.
For every engagement we add a sector specialist from your industry to the core team: a 15–25 year operator or advisor with direct relationships in your niche. Recruited per deal so you get the right fit, not a generalist.
Every mandate at DealFlowAgent is led directly by our senior partners (Joe Lewin, Duncan Moore, Martin Watson) and supported by dedicated sector specialists. We never hand your business off to junior associates.
Richard and Sally are our internal, always-on analytical infrastructure. They operate strictly behind the scenes, preparing materials, stress-testing numbers, and auditing documentation so our partners can spend their time where it matters most: strategic counsel, confidential conversations, and negotiating terms on your behalf.
Richard and Sally never contact clients, never message buyers, and never release documents.
13,000+ buyers registered on platform plus our advisor network and institutional data tools — your business reaches every relevant acquirer.
We take your acquisition criteria from the form and the calibration call, then surface the strongest matches across our network. Human judgement, intelligence-supported precision.
Why owners and acquirers choose
Industry publications and events where DealFlowAgent has either been featured in or exhibited at. It is often where we build relationships with business owners, business buyers, and team members.
UK and US Essential Services Coverage
Leading specialists across US and UK essential services markets.
We cover fire safety, security, HVAC, electrical, specialized clinics, and care homes for both business owners and acquirers.
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For Acquirers · UK & US
Curated, pre-qualified deal flow across building services, facilities management and healthcare, in pounds and dollars. A combination of mandates we run in-house, opportunities we source directly from owners, and mandates from advisory partners who work with us to reach qualified acquirers.
Two minutes to complete. Confidential. Free for acquirers.
Calibration call averages 8 minutes
13,000+ acquirers already in the network.
We calibrate and match', description:
Three steps, no signup wall, and no cost to acquirers.
Will the deal flow actually be relevant?
Every introduction is matched to the sector, size and geography you set out on the form. You do not receive a general list, and you are not added to a bulk mailing.
Where do the mandates come from?
Three routes. Mandates we run in-house for owners who have appointed us, opportunities that surface from our own direct sourcing in the market, and mandates from third-party advisory partners, including corporate finance firms, investment banks and brokerages who come to us because we hold a large acquirer network in these sectors. Some are off market, some are already in a managed process, and we tell you which is which before any introduction.
How quickly do I meet owners?
Introductions are made as matches surface, not on a batch cycle. There is no queue and no waiting list. Timing depends on mandate availability and how specific your criteria are.
Who is behind this?', answer:
What does it cost acquirers?
Nothing. We are paid by the seller side when a deal completes, so our incentive is to find you transactions that actually close.
What size businesses do you cover?
Revenue of £/$500K–100M across the UK and US. Most activity sits in the lower middle market, in building services, facilities management, fire and life safety, and healthcare.
Do you cover bolt-on acquisitions for existing platforms?
Yes. A large share of our acquirers are platforms and PE-backed groups looking for bolt-ons. Tell us your geographic gaps and service line targets on the form and we filter to those.
Both sides have to want the conversation. When we identify a match we share the profile with you, and only approach the owner once you confirm interest. That protects confidentiality on both sides.
What do I need to provide to get started?
The form takes about two minutes. Sectors, revenue range, geography and a short brief in your own words. A short calibration call, usually around eight minutes, sharpens the match quality after that.
In your own words, what are you looking for?
Fire and life safety sits within building services and FM. Tick both if that is your focus.
Tick any of these and their niche list opens underneath.
Almost there. These are still needed:
The optional questions can wait. We only need these to save your details.
That's the essentials saved. Four more questions takes about forty seconds and means we only send you businesses that genuinely fit.
Where is the funding coming from?
When are you looking to acquire?
Are you the person who signs off acquisitions?
Only if you're comfortable sharing. It helps us avoid sending you things that are priced outside your range.
Free, confidential, and no obligation. Your criteria help us surface the right opportunities.
New Path Fire & Security
Insights from real buyer mandates captured through business buyers who have either had a booked one-to-one conversation with Joe and the team at DealFlowAgent, and/or had a conversation with our AI deal origination manager, Sterling. They've shared their acquisition criteria, sectors, geography and revenue targets so we can match them with the right owners.
HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, pest control and more.
Dental, veterinary, pharmacy, clinics and care home opportunities.
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Fire alarm, sprinkler, suppression, doors and passive fire.
Specialist deal flow across the verticals we cover. Each page outlines what we source, the diligence themes that matter and how to engage Sterling.
Joe Lewin, founder of DealFlowAgent, explains how the firm helps owners of building services, facilities management and healthcare businesses run a confidential, competitive sale process with 13,000+ vetted acquirers.
A profitable UK specialist education software business serving schools.
An established B2B software business serving hospitality operators across South East Asia.
A profitable UK direct-to-consumer telecare business with a fully digital alarm estate.
Review selected opportunities currently represented by DealFlowAgent. Company identities and detailed materials are released only through the relevant confidential process.
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The founder, in his own words
Introduced through a founders’ network after the JamPot sale. Our sector specialist, Sidd, led the mandate and negotiated the cash element to double the amount first offered.
Over the past four years we have advised on 22 successfully completed transactions. Each entry states the target, the acquirer, the consideration basis and the process. DealFlowAgent acted as sell-side adviser on every mandate listed.
Referral-led mandate, introduced by a former client
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