Acquisitions.com · Seed raise
Today it runs our advisors. Next, any small business. Then we merge them.
Moran Pober, Founder · [Month 2026] · Confidential
One OS, three steps
Today · live
Our AI runs each Acquisitions.com advisor's small business: finds deals, signs NDAs, reads the numbers, follows up.
Next
The same OS runs the businesses our clients buy: sales, follow-up, numbers, every day.
Then
Businesses on one OS are easy to combine. We put them together into bigger companies and own a piece.
What we do
1
Every listing, every marketplace
2
NDAs signed, files collected
3
AI reads the numbers, writes the offer
4
Buyer cash, lenders, investors
5
Fee paid to us at closing
★
The joker card: combine them
Steps 1–3 are live today. Advisors run steps 4–5 with clients. Step ★ is the upside.
The problem
Every advisor rebuilds sourcing, NDAs, analysis and buyer relationships alone. Most never close enough deals to make a living.
Market size
Total market
$14T
US small-business value changing hands by 2034, about 4.5M businesses
Fees on the deals
≈$70B
a year, if ~5% of ~$1.4T a year goes to advisers, lenders, lawyers and checks [estimate]
Visible today
$1.0B
US business-broker revenue; 3,237 firms. Plus $8.3B of SBA loans for 7,003 acquisitions
Sources: Exit Planning Institute 2023; IBISWorld 2025; SBA FY2025 via CT Acquisitions; middle figure is our estimate
The model we are copying
$10k
Chick-fil-A pays for the land, building and equipment.
15%
Paid to the company first, before any costs.
50%
Pre-tax profit is split 50/50. The operator owns no equity and cannot sell.
Sources: Chick-fil-A FDD as reported by Think Insights, Food Republic
How it was built
| Year | What happened | Who paid |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Dwarf Grill diner, Hapeville GA | $4,000 of their own (Truett sold his car) + $6,600 bank loan |
| 1967 | First Chick-fil-A, Greenbriar Mall, 384 sq ft | Company leased the space; operator Doris Williams paid $5,000 |
| 1967–74 | 7 stores by 1971, about 21 by 1974 | Company profits; cheap mall leases, no land to buy |
| 1986 | First freestanding store, Atlanta | Company funds land and building from profits |
| 1993–96 | 500th store; 722 stores, $570M sales | Same: operator $5k–$10k, company pays the rest |
| 2024 | About $22.7B system sales | Operator still pays $10,000 |
Sources: Funding Universe company history; Wikipedia; QSR Magazine
Why it works
$22.7B
System sales, 2024
$9.06B
Chick-fil-A Inc. revenue, 2024
$9.2M
Average sales, freestanding store
Applicants accepted: about 0.5%. A cheap seat lets you pick the best people instead of the richest.
Sources: QSR Magazine; 2025 FDD via Think Insights; Franchise Investor Data
Who makes what, per store
| Average freestanding store, $9.16M sales | Operator | Chick-fil-A |
|---|---|---|
| 15% of sales, off the top | — | $1.37M |
| 50% of pre-tax profit (5–7% of sales) | $460k–$640k | $460k–$640k |
| Total per year | $460k–$640k | $1.8M–$2.0M |
| Mall store, $4.5M sales | $225k–$315k | ≈ $0.9M–$1.0M |
The company also carries the cost of the building and equipment, often $1M–$2M+ per store.
Operator range: Food Republic estimate (5–7% of sales); company column is our arithmetic, not a reported figure
How Chick-fil-A gets paid
| When | What happens |
|---|---|
| Every night | Operator deposits all takings and reports the amount. Chick-fil-A moves it into its own account |
| All month | Chick-fil-A keeps the books as the operator's agent and pays the bills from that money |
| 1st–15th | Chick-fil-A works out the month: 15% of sales, then 50% of what is left |
| Operator's pay | $1,000 a month, plus up to $1,500 in advance; the rest of their half after the month closes |
| Can't run off | Company owns the building and equipment, can end the deal on 30 days' notice, operator must work full time and owns nothing to sell |
Source: Chick-fil-A Operator Program disclosure document (issued 31 March 2022), Items 6 and 17
Our version
| Chick-fil-A | Acquisitions.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Who they are | Franchise operator | Advisor working under Acquisitions.com |
| Company provides | Land, building, equipment, brand | Platform, deal flow, buyers with money, brand |
| Operator provides | Full-time leadership on site | Full-time client and seller relationships |
| Split | 15% of sales + 50% of profit | Share of every fee, set per advisor |
| Who owns it | The company | The company: clients, contracts, money |
Economics per advisor (illustration)
| Per advisor, per year | A: Chick-fil-A split | B: straight 50/50 |
|---|---|---|
| Fees collected by Acquisitions.com | $300k | $300k |
| 15% to HQ off the top | $45k | — |
| Advisor's running costs [assumed] | $60k | $60k (advisor pays) |
| Advisor takes home | $97.5k | $90k |
| Acquisitions.com keeps | $142.5k | $150k |
| × 100 advisors | $14.3M / yr | $15.0M / yr |
Illustration only: deal count, fee size and costs are assumptions to replace with our real numbers.
How we get paid
Every engagement letter is with Acquisitions.com, never with the advisor personally.
The success fee is on the closing statement and wired from escrow to our account.
Their share goes out once the money has cleared, from one set of books we run.
CRM, mailboxes, deal history and the platform stay with the company.
The joker card
We merge small businesses in the same field into bigger ones. We earn a fee for putting them together and keep a stake in what we build.
Raising money from investors for a merger is done through a licensed broker-dealer partner
What the market pays
| Company | What it is | Market value |
|---|---|---|
| CoStar · CSGP | Owns BizBuySell, BizQuest, LoopNet | ≈ $12B |
| Houlihan Lokey · HLI | M&A adviser and investment bank | ≈ $9.0B |
| Compass · COMP | Agent brokerage (with Anywhere) | ≈ £5.1B |
| Marcus & Millichap · MMI | Property brokerage | ≈ $1.1B |
| eXp World · EXPI | Agent network, revenue share | ≈ $1.1B |
| RE/MAX · RMAX | Brokerage franchise | ≈ $0.5B |
| Sunbelt, Transworld | Business-broker networks (private) | ≈ $40–100M [est.] |
Market values: HLI 1 Oct 2026, CSGP Jul 2026, others Oct 2026 (stockanalysis, companiesmarketcap, Yahoo Finance). Private figures are our estimate.
Done properly
Advisors work under Acquisitions.com with no large joining fee, so no franchise filings. A lawyer confirms the advisor agreement.
Some states require a broker licence for success fees. Raising investor money goes through a broker-dealer partner.
Chick-fil-A takes about 0.5% of applicants. A few great advisors beat many average ones.
The plan
| Stage | Advisors | Proof we need |
|---|---|---|
| Now | [__] | Closed deals and fees from current advisors |
| 12 months | [__] | Repeatable deals per advisor; fees paid at closing |
| 24 months | [__] | Advisors profitable in year one; financing in the OS |
| 36 months | [__] | First merge: the joker card played |
The ask
moran@acquisitions.com