- Size
- Market leader
- Staff
- 36
- Established
- 11 years
Before market
Pool service
Fort Myers, Florida
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~$10.5M
est. revenue
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Dental practices
Tampa, Florida · Found in one record so far
- Level
- 4 · Market leader
- Revenue
- ~$14.8M
- People
- 85
- Years
- 39
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This is the desk. The name and the owner's details open the day you join.
Apply for the betaMost searchers see a business once a broker lists it. Our members see it first.
One desk that originates, diligences, and opens the conversation, so your week goes to owners worth meeting.
Deal origination
Boring, cash-flowing, owner-led businesses whose founders are nearing an exit. The desk originates them from the public record against your thesis, before a broker lists them.
Due diligence, first pass
Every target arrives scored for fit and sellability, with a confidence level, the risks worth pricing in, and the questions to ask on the first call. Years in business, licence tenure, loan history, headcount: the record, not the pitch.
Evidence, not guesses
Each signal is labelled verified or inferred, with its source. Inferred signals stay questions. Nothing unproven reaches an owner as fact.
From the whole state to a shortlist
Every business, then the ones worth your week.
The desk starts with every owner-led business the public record can find, Florida first, sizes them, keeps the ones two records confirm, and hands you the handful that fit your thesis.
173,328
Every owner-led business the public record can find
on the desk, Florida first, refreshed weekly
Time to a deal
A third of the time.
A search on your own runs about twenty months from first call to closing, most of it spent finding owners who will talk. The owners are already on the desk, with their details and the first-call questions, so the finding is done before you start.
A search on your own20 months
Median time from the start of a search to a completed acquisition. Stanford GSB, 2024 Search Fund Study.
With Before Market7 months
What we work to with members: a third of the time, because the owners are on the desk before anyone lists them.
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Pricing
One membership. Every desk is tuned and reviewed by a person, not only a model.
Private beta
A few buyers, working with our team, to make this great.
The desk, the owner contact details, the CRM and the weekly pipeline review, with our team on the other end of each email. Membership opens at the price below when the beta ends.
Membership
Founding$750a month
$9,000 billed once a year. Six months free against monthly.
- A desk tuned to your thesis on an onboarding call
- Every owner-led business the public record can find, refreshed weekly. Florida first, more states as members ask
- Owner contact details, with where each came from
- AI due diligence, first pass, on every company: fit, sellability, confidence, risks
- Deal flow dashboard and a CRM built for owner conversations
- Warm introductions: our team speaks with the owner first
- A weekly pipeline review and the first-call playbook
Opens when the beta ends
Shown so there are no surprises. Beta members apply above.
- 1
Apply for the beta
Your thesis and your timeline. Two minutes. No card until you are accepted.
- 2
A short call
If it's a fit, we tune the desk to your deal box together.
- 3
Your first shortlist
Originated and diligenced within 72 hours of the call.
Own a business and thinking of selling?
See what buyers would pay today, what is holding the number back, and how to fix it before you go to market. Free and private, for owners.
Get your free valuationOwners who want to hear from buyers tick one box at the end of their valuation and are shown to members without their name, on their say-so.
Your questions, answered
Who is Before Market Club for?
Self-funded searchers buying a founder-led business. The desk covers Florida first, with more states as members ask. Roll-up operators come later. A small founding group, so each desk gets real attention.
How do I get access?
Apply with your thesis. Our team reads each application and replies within two business days. If it's a fit, you get a sign-in link, a short call tunes the desk to your thesis, and your first diligenced shortlist follows within 72 hours. The beta is free while it runs; membership opens at the price below when it ends.
What does the AI actually do?
Deal origination and due diligence. It originates businesses that match your thesis, industry, and metro from the public record, then scores each one for fit and for sellability, rates its own confidence, flags risks, and drafts an owner-direct first touch. Every signal is labelled verified or inferred, with its source.
Does this replace formal due diligence?
No. The desk does first-pass diligence: it tells you which targets deserve a call, what's known, what's assumed, and what to ask. Quality of earnings, legal, and confirmatory diligence still happen once you're engaged with an owner.
How do you find businesses before they're listed?
We start from your thesis, not a listing site or a banker's book. Nothing is scraped from broker listings. Each target is assessed against your deal box before it reaches you.
What does membership cost?
One membership: $1,500 a month, or $9,000 a year with six months free. Applying is free and takes no card; you pay once accepted, and you can cancel from your billing page any time.
Can I reach the owners on the owner side?
Yes. Owners who get their free valuation can tick a box to be shown to members without their name. Each one agrees to that before they appear, and our team speaks with them before any introduction, so when you are introduced the owner is expecting you.