The exit. Engineered.
We design and run sell-side processes that create real competition, protect leverage, and deliver full price discovery.
We design and run sell-side processes that create real competition, protect leverage, and deliver full price discovery.
You only sell once. This is your moment. Our disciplined process makes sure your sale is done right.
Proof points
We know your worth & how to protect it
Most founders exit once. A handful of times if they’re lucky. Buyers do it every day. Asymmetry is a given. We level the field with education and senior judgment up front, then run a disciplined process so you’re not learning in real time, with your life’s work on the table.
Proof points
$1B+ in deals every year
Potomac advises on $1 to $1.5 billion in transaction value annually and handles more than 80% of advisor-led pest control deals worldwide. The work and the buyers we work with speak for themselves.
What we do
What a disciplined process actually delivers
The job isn’t finding a buyer. The job is to structure a process where the right buyers show up, the real value is seen, and your leverage holds from the first call to the closing table.
We identify and engage buyers who have the strategic fit, capacity, and motivation to pay. Not just interest, but intent.
industries
Matching motivated buyers with founder-led businesses
Potomac built its reputation as the dominant sell-side advisor in residential and commercial service businesses, the route-based and recurring-revenue platforms that make up the firm’s specialty. The same operating principles now serve founders in adjacent industries with similar conditions: founder-led businesses, fragmented markets, and buyers actively deploying capital.
Business & Professional Services
Founder-led firms in accounting, bookkeeping, insurance, staffing, business process outsourcing, and adjacent professional services. Recurring revenue and active consolidation make these markets attractive to disciplined buyers. Professional services firms share the structural traits that have defined Potomac’s specialty for twenty years: recurring or contractual revenue, fragmented competitive landscapes, and active consolidation by buyers who know exactly what they’re paying for.…
Consumer Health & Wellness Services
Multi-location and recurring-revenue consumer health and wellness service platforms. Med spas, fitness, aesthetic services, recurring wellness, and adjacent multi-location consumer health businesses are where consolidation is reshaping the market. Consumer health and wellness service businesses share the structural traits that have defined Potomac’s specialty for twenty years: recurring or membership revenue, fragmented landscapes, multi-location operating models, and active consolidation by…
Education & Training
Multi-location and recurring-revenue education and training platforms. Tutoring and learning centers, childcare, career and skills training, and corporate training services. Where consolidation is active. Founder-led firms across multi-location and recurring-revenue education and training platforms, where active consolidation is reshaping each category. Childcare and Early Childhood Tutoring and Learning Centers Career and Skills Training Corporate Training and L&D Services Test Prep…
Healthcare Services
Founder-led healthcare service businesses in dental, veterinary, behavioral health, home health, dermatology, and adjacent multi-location and route-based platforms. Recurring patient demand and active consolidation define the market. Healthcare services share the structural traits that have defined Potomac’s specialty for twenty years: recurring or contractual revenue, fragmented landscapes, multi-location or route-based delivery models, and active consolidation by buyers who know exactly…
Residential Services
Route-based, recurring-revenue service businesses are the foundation of the firm. Potomac advises on more sell-side transactions in this category than any other firm in the world, across pest control, HVAC, lawn care, fire and safety, propane, and access control. Pest control, HVAC and plumbing, lawn and landscape, fire and safety, and propane are five distinct industries on the surface. Underneath,…
Technology & Software
Founder-led software and tech-enabled service businesses where product differentiation, recurring revenue, and strategic fit drive premium outcomes. Potomac brings the analytical framework of a bulge-bracket tech bank to the founder mid-market. Founder-led technology businesses face a structural gap in the M&A market. Bulge-bracket banks chase the largest transactions. Specialist tech-only boutiques crowd the same set of buyers. The founder running…
TESTIMONIALS
What founders say
After the close, when it counts.
RESOURCES
Potomac resources
How the best exits actually get done
Insights on valuation, leverage, and process.
