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2025

2025

Florida’s 2025 Sponsor Deal Flow: A Market Cooling Into a New Normal

January 21, 2026 by Michael Shea PA

Florida’s sponsor investment landscape entered 2025 with signs that the cooling trend seen at the end of 2024 may be here to stay. According to the 1H‑2025 Florida Sponsor Report, deal flow dipped slightly to 258 sponsor transactions, down from 273 in 1H‑2024. While the decline is modest, the reasons behind it are more significant—and potentially persistent.

Filed Under: michaelshea, Tampa Business Sales, tampabusinessbroker, transworldbusinessadvisors Tagged With: 2025, business, deals, florida, ibba, michaelshea, orlando, quarters, tampa, tariff

M&A Outlook 2026: Buckle Up for the Rebound

December 18, 2025 by Michael Shea PA

Instead of risky, one-off transformative moves, 2026 will see a strategic shift toward de-conglomeration. Companies will focus on core strengths, making smaller, complementary acquisitions to achieve rapid expansion and integrate critical technologies.

Filed Under: exitplan, exitplanning, sellerfinancing, Tampa Business Sales, tampabusinessbroker, transworldbusinessadvisors Tagged With: #m&a, 2025, 2026, ai, businessbroker, cbi, cepa, ebitda, michaelshea, pefirm, Transworld

Q4 2025 Small Business M&A Market Report: Trends & Insights

November 24, 2025 by Michael Shea PA

The Market Is Moving — Fast Q4 has been one of the most active periods we’ve seen this year. According to BizBuySell, 2,599 transactions closed in Q3, an 8% increase year-over-year and 11% higher than Q2. Sellers aren’t waiting for economic uncertainty to clear—they’re moving now. Axial reported 3,320 new deals hitting the market, led […]

Filed Under: Buy a Business, sbabackedloan, sellerfinancing, Selling A Business, Selling Your Company, Tampa Business Sales, tampabusinessbroker, transworldbusinessadvisors Tagged With: 2025, 2026, cepa, fed, ibba, multiples, q4, tampa, Transworld

Why 2025 is the year to exit

February 17, 2025 by Michael Shea PA

In the last quarter of 2024 with the election on the horizon we saw a pull back in listings. Simple economics is that when supply decreases prices go up. This is a Truth…in all markets the only challendge in a business sale market is that the access to capital to sell a business relies on a bank to provide capital. 

Filed Under: Selling A Business, Selling Your Company Tagged With: 2024, 2025, exit, MARKET, sellingyourbusines, tampa

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