Find under-served markets and better local business deals.
SMB Market Deals helps buyers compare market supply, screen deal economics, review SBA signals, and track acquisition targets before they spend months chasing the wrong business.
Find Under-Served Categories
Search by industry, ZIP, city, county, or state to see where demand may be outpacing local supply.
Benchmark Local Competition
Compare peer markets, trade areas, visible competitors, SBA lending history, and practical acquisition economics in one place.
Shortlist Acquisition Targets
Save promising opportunities, create alert filters, and build a repeatable pipeline based on your exact buying criteria.
Screen business viability before the next call.
The calculator turns asking price, cash flow, debt service, seller financing, and payback into a clearer first-pass verdict before you spend time chasing the wrong deal.
Try Deal CalculatorTurn a market hunch into a buyer workflow.
Start with the free calculator to build your thesis, then unlock advanced market research and custom deal alerts when you are actively comparing opportunities.
Funding options
Package capital needs, compare partner paths, and keep financing conversations grounded in deal math.
Buyer Academy
Learn how to read listings, think about markets, and avoid expensive beginner mistakes.
Guides and playbooks
Access in-depth guides and playbooks to help you navigate financing, acquisitions, and specific market workflows.
Get under-served market ideas before you start chasing listings.
One practical email with acquisition ideas, market examples, lender notes, and new Academy lessons.
Open access while the research product is free.
Sign in for Market Scout, saved research, and alerts with a 100-search monthly limit. Stripe billing remains disabled for normal user access.
Free
Best when you are learning deal math and acquisition basics.
- Public deal calculator
- Cash down, DSCR, payback, and valuation scenarios
- Academy lessons and buyer guides
- Newsletter and public market notes
- Market Scout is included after sign-in.
Research
Best when you are choosing which market, category, or acquisition thesis deserves a closer look.
- Market Scout for ZIP, city, county, state, and industry searches
- Competitor maps, trade-area notes, deal-flow comps, and SBA financing signals
- Plain-English buyer notes explaining why a market looks attractive or crowded
- Saved opportunities, recent searches, and buyer-thesis dashboard
- Lender-context packet from calculator and market screens
- 100 monthly searches are included.
Alerts
Best when you want saved filters watching for acquisition targets that match your criteria.
- Everything in Research
- Saved alert filters by industry, market, budget, screening fit, and financing fit
- Instant or daily email notifications
- Weekly near-match deal roundup
- Matched-deal summaries, buyer notes, and screening notes