Has anyone put together a list of brokers by industry?

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March 05, 2025

by a searcher from IESE Business School in Long Island, New York, USA

Hi -

Reaching out here to see if anyone has put together a list of brokers by industry that they are willing to share? I've seen multiple generic broker lists or lists by geographies, but nothing with the brokers who are very specific to one industry (e.g. marinas, dealerships, home services, home care, etc.).

Would be open to hear thoughts on this and if anyone has recommendations for a industry specific broker (so that I can begin to create our own list if no one has one already). Historically our team has found these firms to be much higher quality than the average broker.
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Reply by an intermediary
from Naval Postgraduate School in Bellevue, WA, USA
For brokers of smaller companies (<$10M), most brokers cannot afford to specialize. in our case we are generalist that define what will NOT support than specialize (retail, professional services, software, etc). We think that our speciality is selling companies that one of our principals would feel comfortable managing.. If no one feels comfortable this aspect, it is a "no go" for us.
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Reply by a searcher
from University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA, USA
By no means comprehensive: but have a a few pretty niche brokers here: https://businessbuyers.co/categories/niche-broker/
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