What CCG Advisors does

CCG Advisors is a privately-held boutique M&A advisory firm founded in 1997 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm advises entrepreneur, family-owned, and private equity-backed companies on strategic sales, management buyouts, private equity recapitalizations, employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), and capital raises, serving clients with revenues between $10 million and $300 million. CCG has developed particular domain expertise in the Green Industry — including commercial landscape, residential lawn care, tree care, vegetation management, exterior pest control, and snow and ice management — where it has completed 125+ transactions, more than any other advisory firm in the sector, and has played a role in transitioning the landscape industry's buyer base from legacy operators to PE-backed platforms.

The firm operates without proprietary technology, delivering a unified suite of professional services: sell-side advisory (valuation, marketing materials, buyer outreach, diligence management, negotiation), buy-side advisory (acquisition strategy, target identification, execution support), capital raising, strategic alternatives evaluation, and ESOP advisory. The core go-to-market is relationship-driven, leveraging 28 years of buyer relationships and industry networking rather than digital channels; the firm generates deal flow through referrals, trade publication presence, and long-term relationship building with business owners often spanning years before a transaction closes.

CCG monetizes exclusively through success-based advisory fees tied to completed transactions, with cumulative deal volume exceeding $5 billion across 250+ successful transactions since founding. The team consists of 9 professionals led by Founder & Managing Partner Brian Corbett, supported by two Managing Directors, Senior Vice Presidents, Associates, a Business Development Executive, and a Director of Executive Operations, with an additional Denver-based SVP covering the western United States. Notable recent transactions include advising HighGrove Partners on its sale to Agellus Capital (2025), Nature's Way Landscaping on its sale to Granite Hills Group/Station Partners (2026), Perm-O-Green on its sale to Legacy Lawns (2026), and Mariani Landscape on its recapitalization by CI Capital Partners (2022).

Name

CCG Advisors

Legal name

CCG Advisors, LLC

Website

https://ccgadv.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CCG Advisors is a privately-held boutique M&A advisory firm founded in 1997 and headquartered in Atlanta, serving privately-held middle-market companies ($10M-$300M revenue) with sell-side, buy-side, capital raising, and ESOP advisory, and recognized as the leading advisor in the Green Industry with 125+ landscape transactions completed.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. M&A Advisory Fees: CCG Advisors generates revenue through advisory fees associated with buy-side and sell-side M&A transactions, capital raises, and ESOP transactions. As a boutique investment bank, the firm earns success-based fees tied to transaction completion.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CCG Advisors is a boutique M&A advisory firm providing sell-side and buy-side advisory, capital raising, strategic alternatives evaluation, and ESOP advisory services. The firm focuses exclusively on privately-held middle-market companies with revenues from $10 million to $300 million, with particular specialization in the Green Industry (landscape, lawn care, tree care, vegetation management, exterior pest control, and snow & ice management). Since 1997, CCG has completed 250+ transactions totaling $5B+ in transaction volume, including 125+ Green Industry deals.

Product overview

CCG Advisors is a boutique investment banking firm offering a unified suite of M&A advisory services rather than a modular software product. The core offerings include Sell-Side Advisory (the primary service for business owners selling their companies) and Buy-Side Advisory (for clients acquiring companies). Additional services encompass Capital Raising, Strategic Alternatives Evaluation, and ESOP advisory. The firm specializes exclusively in the middle-market with revenues from $10 million to $300 million, with particular expertise in the Green Industry (landscape, lawn care, tree care, vegetation management, pest control, and snow & ice management).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sell-Side Advisory

Quantifiable outcome

• 250+ successful transactions across all industries
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte Corporate Finance: M&A advisory practice within Big-4 Deloitte serving middle-market clients across industries. Overlaps with CCG in sell-side mandates for privately-held companies but at substantially larger scale and broader sector coverage.
• Lincoln International: Global middle-market investment bank providing M&A advisory, with sector specialization and an active sell-side practice for mid-sized private companies. Competes with CCG for larger middle-market deals but at broader scope.
• Kroll (formerly Duff & Phelps): Global financial advisory firm with a middle-market M&A practice spanning multiple sectors. Comparable in sell-side advisory for private companies, though at materially greater scale and broader portfolio than CCG.
• Houlihan Lokey: Larger, publicly-listed global investment bank with a substantial middle-market M&A practice across multiple sectors. Overlaps with CCG in middle-market sell-side advisory but operates at significantly greater scale with broader industry coverage.

Direct peers

• Benchmark International: Mid-market M&A advisory firm specializing in sell-side mandates for privately-held companies, with similar revenue ranges and a comparable relationship-based origination approach. Competes head-to-head with CCG in lower-middle-market deal sourcing.
• Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL): Middle-market investment bank with sector-focused M&A advisory across services, industrials, and consumer. Directly comparable in deal size, sell-side expertise, and middle-market private equity buyer relationships.
• PMCF (Plante Moran Corporate Finance): Middle-market M&A advisory practice within Plante Moran providing sell-side and buy-side advisory to industrial and business services companies. Comparable in target client size and transaction focus.
• Capstone Partners: Middle-market M&A advisory firm with industry verticals and a comparable sell-side focus on privately-held companies in the $10M-$300M revenue range. Overlapping client profile and similar transaction sizes.
• Generational Group: Boutique lower-middle-market M&A advisory firm with hundreds of closed transactions targeting privately-held companies in the $10M-$300M revenue range. Directly comparable to CCG in target client size, deal-by-deal success-fee model, and relationship-led origination.
• Transworld Business Advisors: Boutique M&A advisory franchise specializing in lower-middle-market business sales, often below CCG's revenue threshold. Directly comparable boutique advisory model focused on privately-held company exits with relationship-driven deal flow.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ccg-advisors

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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