Industry Research Sources for Small Businesses: IBIS Reports vs BRG

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May 17, 2022

by a searcher from University of Cincinnati - Carl H. Lindner College of Business in Bear, DE, USA

I am a self-funded searchers and targeting businesses with ARV below 7 million (EBITDA - 750k to 2 million). I am not doing any industry focused search and planning to do research on the respective industry when an interesting deal comes in the pipeline. Could anybody suggest some resources to do industry research in an efficient way?

Also, what are your thoughts on relevance of BRG (business reference guide) vs IBIS reports for industry research in context of small businesses?

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from New York University in Los Angeles, CA, USA
I don't have any specific suggestions for efficient industry research, but your broader search approach of being industry-agnostic may benefit from a deal aggregator like Kumo. We built withkumo.com, which aggregates and de-dupes deals from all major brokerages & marketplaces.

On Kumo, I currently see 3,635 de-duped listings in the 750k-2M EBITDA range. Searchfunder folks actually get a $300 discount (code: SEARCHFUNDER300) if you want to try it out!
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