Bigelow

Name

Bigelow

Legal name

Bigelow LLC

Website

https://bigelowllc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1935

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

M&A Advisory Services

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Management Buyouts (MBO/MBI) & Sponsor-Led Transactions Advisory (FSAEAGAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family/Founder Succession Buyout (FSANABAK)

Keywords

• Mergers acquisitions advisory
• Sell-side advisory
• Ownership transition advisory
• Private business brokerage
• Capital gains advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Portsmouth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. M&A Advisory Fees: Bigelow's sole revenue comes from advising Entrepreneur Owner-Managers on M&A transactions. They explicitly state they do not receive or pay referral fees and have only one service for one kind of client. Their compensation is described as incentivized based upon great client outcomes.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Bigelow LLC is an M&A advisory boutique that exclusively advises private business owners (Entrepreneur Owner-Managers) on selling or transitioning ownership of their companies. The firm guides high-performing EOMs through capital gain transactions ranging from $50 million to over $500 million in enterprise value, identifying the right next owner, structuring the deal, and maximizing Enterprise Value. Partners lead every engagement, applying a methodology that combines positive psychology with behavioral finance.

Product overview

Bigelow LLC is an M+A advisory boutique that works exclusively with private Entrepreneur Owner-Managers (EOMs). The firm provides a single service—M&A advisory—focused on helping high-performing private business owners build and capture Enterprise Value in capital gain transactions. Bigelow offers complementary thought leadership content including books (INTENTION, Enterprise Value, Six Things You Can Do Right Now), a blog, podcasts, videos, research whitepapers, and hosts the annual Bigelow Forum and Bigelow Connectors events. The firm operates at the intersection of positive psychology and finance, distinguishing itself from typical M&A advisors through its focus on behavioral finance and unique client engagement methodology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Entrepreneur Owner-Manager (EOM): A proprietary designation and methodology for working with high-performing private business owners on building and capturing Enterprise Value in capital gain transactions.
• Entrepreneur Life Arc
• Bigelow Forum
• Bigelow Connectors

Products and services

• M&A Advisory Services

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Harris Williams: Harris Williams is a middle-market M&A advisory firm that, like Bigelow, focuses on sell-side advisory for private companies across multiple sectors. It competes directly for high-quality founder- and family-owned businesses with deal sizes in a comparable range, though it operates at significantly larger scale.
• Generational Group: Generational Group is a large, multi-generational M&A advisory firm specializing in sell-side transactions for private, owner-operated businesses. It is a direct competitor for EOM-focused mandates, though it operates at substantially larger scale and with a more volume-driven model than Bigelow.
• Calder Capital: Calder Capital is a boutique M&A advisory firm focused on lower middle-market sell-side transactions for private, founder- and family-owned businesses. It is highly comparable to Bigelow in size, philosophy, and target client (entrepreneur owner-managers seeking exit).
• Hyde Park Capital Advisors: Hyde Park Capital Advisors is an independent middle-market investment bank focused on sell-side M&A for private, founder-owned businesses. Like Bigelow, it specializes in advising entrepreneur-led companies through ownership transitions, though with greater regional concentration in the Southeast.
• Cornerstone Business Services: Cornerstone Business Services is a business brokerage and M&A advisory firm focused on selling privately held, owner-operated businesses. Like Bigelow, it serves the entrepreneur owner-manager segment, though it skews to smaller deal sizes than Bigelow's typical $50M-$500M+ transactions.
• Cascadia Capital: Cascadia Capital is an independent middle-market investment bank advising sell-side M&A and capital raises for private, often founder-led businesses. Like Bigelow, it emphasizes long-term relationships and caters to entrepreneur-owned companies, primarily in the Pacific Northwest and nationally.
• Woodbridge International: Woodbridge International is a global middle-market M&A advisory firm focused on representing private, founder-led businesses in sell-side transactions. Like Bigelow, it serves exclusively the seller side and emphasizes relationships with entrepreneur owner-managers.
• Mirus Capital Advisors: Mirus Capital Advisors is a middle-market M&A advisory firm serving private, owner-operated businesses. It shares Bigelow's sell-side, entrepreneur-focused model and competes for mandates with deal sizes typically in the $25M-$250M enterprise value range.
• Capstone Partners: Capstone Partners is a middle-market investment bank providing M&A advisory to private business owners across multiple industries. It competes with Bigelow for sell-side mandates in the lower middle market and emphasizes founder- and family-owned businesses seeking ownership transitions.

Broad incumbents

• Stout: Stout is a global advisory firm offering investment banking, valuation, and consulting services to middle-market private businesses. While it provides sell-side M&A advisory that overlaps with Bigelow's offering, it operates as a much broader, multi-service platform rather than a boutique seller-focused practice.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bigelowllc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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