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Quality over quantity

Find the Right Businesses. Analyse. Value. Build the Right Deal. Secure Completion.

Whether you are looking for your first acquisition, expanding an existing company, building a portfolio or searching for your next strategic opportunity, Dealogy helps you focus on the businesses that genuinely fit, so you can save time, reduce wasted cost and effort, and make better-informed acquisition decisions. Create your Buyer Profile, tell us what you are looking for, and let Dealogy filter, rank and explain the opportunities most worth your time.

FindA focused set of listed, broker, strategic and approved off-market opportunities that match your criteria
AnalyseFinancials, commercial factors, strategic fit, risk, people and culture in one place
ValueValuation tools, comparables and deal assumptions before you commit further time and money
Build the dealPrice, funding, consideration, risk, transition and Heads of Terms considered together
Secure completionDiligence, finance, legal work and conditions tracked, with what could delay it visible

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Search less. Focus better.

Your next acquisition may not be the one you are searching for

Most buyers do not need hundreds of businesses to review. They need a smaller number of credible opportunities that fit their strategy, budget and ability to execute. Tell Dealogy the following and it can start identifying and ranking what is genuinely relevant.

What you want to own

The shape of business you are looking for, before any single listing is considered.

  • Target industries
  • Business types
  • Geography

The financial envelope

The size of business you are working to, and what you are prepared to commit.

  • Revenue
  • EBITDA or profitability
  • Investment range

How the deal would work

How you would structure and fund it, and what you are trying to achieve by doing it.

  • Acquisition structure
  • Strategic objectives
  • Funding position

What you bring, and when

The experience you would apply to the business, how you approach people, and your timetable.

  • Experience and skills
  • Culture and people preferences
  • Acquisition timetable
The acquisition journey

Find. Analyse. Value. Build the Deal. Secure Completion.

Six stages, each one reusing the work done in the last. You can join at whichever one you are actually at.

1

Find

Define what a good acquisition looks like, then see a focused set of listed, broker, strategic and approved off-market opportunities that match it.

2

Analyse

Business information, financial performance, commercial factors, strategic fit, risks, people and culture together, so you can tell quickly whether something deserves deeper attention.

3

Value

Valuation tools, financial analysis, comparable information, deal assumptions and professional input, to form an informed view of value before committing further time and money.

4

Build the deal

Price, funding, consideration, risk allocation, seller transition, conditions, Heads of Terms, advisers and due diligence, with value and structure considered together.

5

Secure completion

Diligence, finance, legal work, documents, tasks, advisers, negotiations, conditions and milestones coordinated, with clear sight of what could delay or derail it.

6

Build value

Integration, growth, value creation, further acquisitions, portfolio development and eventual exit planning after completion.

The buyer profile

Build your profile once. Use it to filter noise for good.

The Buyer Profile is the engine behind Dealogy's filtering. Every criterion you complete removes unsuitable businesses and concentrates attention on the ones most likely to fit, which is why it is worth the twenty minutes.

What you are looking for

The businesses that could ever be right, expressed as criteria rather than as a search you have to keep rerunning.

  • Industries of interest
  • Business types
  • Target locations
  • Preferred company characteristics

Size and money

The financial envelope, so nothing outside it takes up your attention.

  • Turnover range
  • Profit or EBITDA range
  • Investment range
  • Available capital

Structure and funding

How a transaction would actually be done, which sellers and brokers assess before they engage.

  • Preferred deal structures
  • Funding requirements
  • Acquisition timescale

What you bring to it

The experience and intentions that decide whether you are the right owner, not just a capable one.

  • Acquisition experience
  • Professional experience
  • Skills
  • Strategic objectives
  • Culture and people considerations
From deal flow to a pipeline

One profile that keeps working while you do not

Instead of searching several websites, inboxes and broker networks over and over, you maintain one acquisition profile and Dealogy continuously filters, ranks and organises what is relevant. The goal is not maximum deal volume. It is a better-quality acquisition pipeline.

New listings

Businesses entering the market that fit your criteria, surfaced as they arrive rather than when you next look.

Potential matches

Businesses aligned to your stated acquisition preferences, with the reasoning shown.

Broker opportunities

Relevant mandates represented by brokers within the Dealogy ecosystem.

Off-market targets

Businesses that may fit your strategy without being publicly advertised.

Strategic opportunities

Companies that complement assets or businesses you already own.

Similar businesses

Related to opportunities you have already viewed or considered.

Future opportunities

Businesses that become relevant as your strategy evolves, rather than only as it stands today.

Two ways to find something

Search when you want. Let Dealogy filter for quality when you are not searching.

Both matter, and they do different jobs. One answers a question you have today; the other keeps answering the question you will have in six months.

Active search

Browse actively marketed businesses by industry, business type, location, price, revenue, profitability and other characteristics. Open to everyone, no account needed.

Intelligent discovery

Complete your profile and criteria and Dealogy filters and ranks opportunities without you rerunning searches, prioritising relevance and explaining why each business was surfaced.

Deal alignment

Financial criteria matter. So do the people.

Successful transactions also involve expectations, beliefs, values and relationships. Dealogy captures both sides on the dimensions below and shows where you are aligned and where you differ, early enough for the conversation to be useful. This is intelligent deal alignment, not a guarantee of compatibility.

Objectives and ambition

Business objectives and growth ambitions on both sides, which is where two credible parties most often turn out to want different things.

Leadership and people

Leadership expectations, culture, people and employee considerations, described rather than scored.

Values

What each side will not compromise on, surfaced before it is discovered in a negotiation.

Priorities and intentions

Seller priorities alongside buyer intentions, so a founder can see the kind of owner you intend to be.

Guidance, not a guarantee

Alignment is one signal among several. Human judgement, direct conversation, due diligence and professional advice remain essential.

Manage acquisitions like a pipeline, not an inbox

One workspace per acquisition, from first contact to completion

Businesses you are following, opportunities under consideration, broker introductions, NDAs, documents, conversations, tasks, offers, due diligence, finance, advisers, stages, dates, notes and next actions in one record. Less time administering a deal, more time making the decisions that matter.

ILLUSTRATIVE · Active deal

Boutique Marketing Agency

London, UK · Services · Ref: DLG-1247

87
Deal healthStrong
1Intro
2LOI
3Due diligence
4Offer
5Closing

Tasks

12 / 18 complete
Financial statements, three years
Customer contracts
Tax returns
Employee agreements
IP and trademarks

Documents

24 uploaded · 6 pending
Management accounts 2021–23Uploaded
Customer contract, ABC LtdUploaded
Lease agreementUploaded
Tax return 2023Pending
Employee handbookPending

Risks and issues

Customer concentrationHigh, 38% of revenue from one client
Key person dependencyMedium, two key staff hold core relationships
Lease expiry in 14 monthsLow, renewal option appears available

Dealogy

Latest insight

Margin improvement is consistent across the last six quarters. Highlight the operational changes behind it during the next call with the seller.

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The acquisition pipeline

Watching, through to completion

Watching · Potential Match · Initial Review · NDA · Information Received · Assessment · Management Meeting · Offer · Heads of Terms · Due Diligence · Finance · Legal · Completion. Every opportunity sits at one of them, and you can see the whole desk at once.

AI and agentic support

Your strategy. Your decisions. Less noise around both.

Dealogy presents AI as support for judgement, efficiency and decision quality, not a replacement for them. You remain responsible for strategy and decisions; the platform reduces repetitive work, prioritises the strongest opportunities and keeps the right deals moving.

Find and research

Surfacing what is relevant and telling you what is already known about it before you spend an evening on it.

  • Discover relevant businesses
  • Research target companies
  • Compare opportunities

Read and summarise

Turning a document pack into the three things that actually decide whether to continue.

  • Analyse information
  • Summarise documents
  • Identify missing information
  • Prepare questions

Organise and progress

The administration around a live deal, which is where weeks are lost.

  • Monitor deal progress
  • Create task lists
  • Prepare communications
  • Organise due diligence

Flag and route

What needs attention, and who to bring in for it.

  • Identify potential risks
  • Highlight next actions
  • Find appropriate professionals
Professional acquisition support

Find a broker who knows your market

Some buyers self-manage; others want professional support through the search. Brokers and M&A professionals are matched on what they have actually done, not on who paid for a listing.

Fewer distractions. Better opportunities. Better-informed decisions.

What quality over quantity is actually worth

Acquisition search is expensive in time, adviser cost, management attention and opportunity cost. Success here is measured by the quality of the opportunities you progress, not the number you are shown.

Save time

Weak-fit businesses filtered out earlier, so your attention goes to the few worth it.

Save money

Less unnecessary diligence, advisory and financing work on opportunities that were never going to complete.

Improve decision quality

Opportunities compared against consistent acquisition criteria rather than against whichever one you saw most recently.

Protect value

Asking price, underlying business value and deal value kept distinct, because they are not the same number.

Complete with confidence

Gaps, risks, dependencies and next actions identified earlier, when they are still cheap to fix.

Where Dealogy is today

Real numbers, counted this second

We have not been running long enough to quote completion statistics, so we do not quote any. These are counted live from the platform as this page loaded, and the deal figures belong to the partner firms who declare them.

FAQ

Buying a business: common questions

Do I need to register to see what is for sale?
No. The marketplace is open, and every listing shows a teaser with the sector, region and headline financial shape. Registering lets you save criteria, be told when something fits, and enquire with your funding position attached.
What does 'quality over quantity' actually mean here?
That we measure ourselves on the opportunities you progress, not the number we display. A conventional business-for-sale website is rewarded for showing you more; the more listings you scroll, the better it has done. Dealogy is built the other way round: your profile exists to remove businesses from your view, so the ones left are the ones worth your time and adviser spend.
Why does Dealogy ask how I intend to run what I buy?
Because sellers ask. Two buyers with identical financial criteria can have completely different plans for the same business, and that difference decides more transactions than price does. Your answers are used as another matching signal and to explain your approach to a seller. They are descriptive, not a judgement, and alignment is guidance rather than a guarantee of compatibility.
What do I have to evidence before a seller will engage?
Identity, funding position and acquisition intent, typically before any confidential information is released. You provide it once and it travels with each approach, so you are not assembling the same pack for every deal.
What is an off-market target, and how does Dealogy find one?
A business that fits your strategy without being publicly advertised. Dealogy works from your stated criteria rather than from a list of sellers, so it can identify companies that match and that have not decided to sell. Any approach to them is a decision you make, not one the platform makes for you.
Can I bring my own solicitor, accountant or lender in?
Yes, with the access level you choose. They see the transaction as it stands rather than a folder of email attachments, which usually reduces what you are billed for assembling it.
Does Dealogy tell me what a business is worth?
It shows an indicative range from published sector multiples and the seller's adjusted earnings, with the arithmetic on screen so you can disagree with it. It is analysis to argue with, not a valuation, and it does not tell you what to offer.
What does the AI do on my side of the deal?
It reads the information released to you, summarises it, identifies what is missing, explains documents in plain English and tracks outstanding requests. It does not send communications, make offers or accept terms. Those need your confirmation, and material actions are logged.
What does it cost?
Searching and enquiring are free. Pricing for the buyer tools is being finalised and will be published before anything is charged.

Search less. Focus better. Progress the right opportunities.

Create your Buyer Profile and Dealogy starts filtering, ranking and explaining the businesses that genuinely fit, from those actively for sale to potential targets that match your strategy.

Dealogy provides intelligent deal alignment rather than a guarantee of compatibility. Human judgement, direct conversation, due diligence and professional advice remain essential to any acquisition.