Sell-side M&A advisory · Founder-owned businesses, $5M–$50M revenue

Honoring What You've Built.

We help founder-owned businesses maximize enterprise value, prepare for transition, and find the right investor, successor, or buyer — whether the goal is retirement, growth capital, family succession, or a complete exit.

Joe Lamour, Founder of Lamour Legacy Partners
Joe LamourFounder
  • 15+Years in M&A
  • 30+Transactions completed
  • $5M–$50MRevenue range served

The difference

Most brokers sell businesses.Most investment bankers sell transactions.

We sell something different.

The Lamour Legacy Process

All seven steps
  1. 01Discover the founder's goals
  2. 02Assess enterprise value
  3. 03Increase value before sale
  4. 04Prepare the company for market
  5. 05Identify strategic and financial buyers
  6. 06Negotiate optimal terms
  7. 07Protect legacy after closing

Notice that the focus is not merely getting a deal done. It is:

  • Family
  • Employees
  • Customers
  • Community
  • Wealth creation
  • Legacy preservation

Industries we serve

These are industries where owners often view the business as their life's work.

Selected engagements

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Illustrative case study · Healthcare

Building the Right Exit for a Founder-Owned Healthcare Business

Annual revenue
~$9M
Adjusted EBITDA
$1.8M
Adjusted EBITDA multiple
8.0x
Enterprise value
~$14.4M

Partnered with a private equity-backed healthcare platform at 8.0x adjusted EBITDA, with 20% rolled over into the larger platform.

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Illustrative case study · Landscaping

Turning a Great Landscaping Company Into an Institutional-Quality Business

Annual revenue
~$7M
Adjusted EBITDA
$1.2M
Adjusted EBITDA multiple
6.5x
Enterprise value
~$7.8M

Sold to a lower-middle-market private equity group at 6.5x adjusted EBITDA, with 15% rolled into the new platform.

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Confidentiality

Nobody learns your company is for sale until you say so.

Every conversation begins under a mutual non-disclosure agreement. Buyers see a blind profile first and receive identifying information only after they are qualified and you have approved them by name.

You decide who is told, and when. That includes your management team.

A low-commitment starting point

Not ready to share financial information?

You don't need to be selling — or anywhere close to selling — to start understanding what your business is worth and what would increase it. Most of the owners we talk to are two or three years out.

Making contact does not put your company on the market.

Confidential value review

A written view of where your enterprise value sits today, what a buyer would question, and what would move the number. No obligation, no listing agreement.

561-603-0659 · jl@lamourlegacypartners.com