Great Plains Capital Partners (GPCP)

Name

Great Plains Capital Partners (GPCP)

Legal name

Great Plains Capital Partners

Website

https://greatplainscp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Kansas City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. M&A Advisory Fees: GPCP generates revenue through professional advisory fees for merger and acquisition services, including sell-side and buy-side advisory, business valuations, and transaction facilitation. The firm works with companies typically ranging from $100k to $350 million in deal size.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

GPCP is a Merger & Acquisition advisory firm providing sell-side and buy-side advisory, business valuations, growth capital (equity/debt) facilitation, majority or minority recapitalization, management buyouts, corporate divestitures, management consulting, and buyer-side retained acquisition searches. The firm focuses on lower middle-market companies in the Midwest US with EBITDA up to $10 million.

Product overview

Great Plains Capital Partners (GPCP) is a Merger & Acquisition advisory firm offering a unified set of advisory services. The firm provides sell-side and buy-side advisory, valuation services, growth capital facilitation, recapitalization, management buyouts, and corporate divestitures. GPCP does not offer distinct software products but delivers professional advisory services across industries including Oil & Gas/Energy, Agribusiness/Agricultural Equipment, General Industrial, Business Services, Home and Facility Services, Technology-enabled Services/Software, Animal and Human Health, and Aerospace and Defense.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Merger & Acquisition Advisory Services Comprehensive M&A advisory services for lower middle-market companies in the Midwest US, covering business sales, business acquisitions, valuations, growth capital (equity/debt) facilitation, majority or minority recapitalizations, management buyouts, corporate divestitures, management consulting, and buyer-side retained acquisition searches.
• Sell-Side Advisory Advisory representation for business owners seeking to sell their companies, including market research, business marketing, due diligence management, financing coordination, and closing leadership.
• Buy-Side Advisory and Retained Acquisition Search Buyer-side advisory services including retained acquisition searches to identify, evaluate, and negotiate the acquisition of target companies on behalf of strategic and financial buyers.
• Business Valuation Services Business valuation services for lower middle-market companies to support transaction planning, exit/succession planning, financing, and other strategic decisions.
• Growth Capital and Recapitalization Advisory Advisory services for facilitating growth capital (equity and debt), majority recapitalizations, and minority recapitalizations for lower middle-market companies.
• Management Buyout and Corporate Divestiture Advisory Advisory services for management buyouts and corporate divestitures, including sale of divisions or subsidiaries by larger companies and management-led acquisitions of operating companies.
• Management Consulting and Business Advisory

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $1 billion in successful transactions closed
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Generational Group: Lower middle market M&A advisory firm that focuses on companies with EBITDA in a similar $1M-$50M range. Operates a multi-office platform serving business owners seeking exits at transaction sizes that closely overlap with GPCP's sweet spot and similar relationship-driven senior banker engagement model.
• Corporate Finance Associates (CFA): Global network of middle market M&A advisory firms specializing in sell-side and buy-side mandates for companies with enterprise values of $5M-$250M. Directly comparable in transaction size focus and process-oriented approach to lower-middle-market advisory work.
• Livingstone Partners: International mid-market M&A advisory firm with similar sector breadth across industrials, business services, and consumer services. Operates a comparable boutique model with similar focus on lower-middle-market clients and personal partner-led execution.

Broad incumbents

• Houlihan Lokey: Major global investment bank with substantial middle market M&A practice. While materially larger than GPCP, it competes for similar transactions in the $5M-$500M EV range across overlapping industrial, business services, and consumer sectors.
• Lincoln International: Global mid-market M&A advisory firm covering sectors that overlap with GPCP's verticals (industrials, business services, healthcare, energy). Operates at a larger scale, but competes for similar sell-side and buy-side mandates in the lower-middle-market space.
• D.A. Davidson: Diversified middle-market financial services firm with a substantial investment banking group covering M&A advisory. Comparable in regional roots and middle-market focus, but significantly larger in scale, service breadth, and geographic reach.
• Stout: Global advisory firm with significant M&A and transaction advisory practice serving middle-market companies. Operates with broader service offerings (valuation, disputes, etc.) but competes for similar sell-side and buy-side mandates in the lower-middle-market space.
• KeyBanc Capital Markets: Investment banking arm of a regional commercial bank with an established middle-market M&A practice. Overlaps directly with GPCP in serving industrial and consumer services clients across the Midwest and broader US lower-middle-market segment.
• Baird: Diversified wealth management and investment banking firm with a strong middle-market M&A practice. Operates across multiple sectors that overlap with GPCP's coverage with much larger scale, broader geographic reach, and integrated capital markets capabilities.
• Brown Gibbons Lang & Company: Middle-market investment bank with industrial and business services M&A focus that overlaps with GPCP's core verticals. While larger, it competes for similar sell-side and buy-side mandates in the lower-middle-market EV range with similar sector specializations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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