Florida Business Acquisitions

What Florida Business Acquisitions does

Florida Business Acquisitions, Co. is a Florida-based business brokerage firm founded in 2006 by Salvatore B. Urso and headquartered in Tampa (Temple Terrace), with a second office in Tallahassee. The firm specializes in selling profitable small and lower middle-market businesses with annual revenues from less than $200,000 to greater than $20 million, serving business owners in Florida across the Tampa Bay and northern Florida regions. Its primary service is end-to-end transaction brokerage, anchored by a "world-class" Offering Memorandum used to market businesses to qualified buyers, plus certified business valuations delivered by appraisers holding the CBA designation from the Institute of Business Appraisers.

The firm's product portfolio spans core brokerage (Selling Businesses), Business Valuations, and a set of specialized valuation services for partner disputes, divorce proceedings, bankruptcy matters, and estate & gift tax planning under IRS Revenue Ruling 59-60. Adjacent valuation and acquisition consulting is delivered through a 2010 spin-off affiliate, Ameri-Street Advisory, Inc., which operates across the United States. There is no proprietary technology platform disclosed; the firm's website is hosted on Wix and its competitive position rests on credentialed personnel, NACVA membership, expert-witness capability, and a high-touch in-person sales process — differentiating it from competitors that rely on form submissions. The senior team consists of five professionals: the founder (CBA, business broker), Francesco Urso (CPA, MBA; former Price Waterhouse, Gulf Atlantic Capital), Anthony LoMenzo (broker associate; former technology consultant), Bradley Freeman (CPA; former Deloitte & Touche, Anthony & Sylvan Pools controller), and Dave Winter (former owner-operator of DocuSource).

The business model is transaction-based: the firm earns commissions or fees upon successful closing of a business sale or acquisition, with no up-front fees and a free 30-minute initial consultation as well as a free business appraisal (typically requiring 8+ man-hours of work) prior to listing. Go-to-market is sales-led, combining inside sales (direct phone, callback scheduling) with enterprise field sales centered on in-person meetings. Marketing channels are primarily organic — a content blog on valuation topics, a testimonials page, SEO-oriented website navigation, and referrals — with no disclosed paid acquisition, partnerships, institutional funding, or technology-led distribution.

Name

Florida Business Acquisitions

Legal name

Florida Business Acquisitions, Co.

Website

https://floridabizacq.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Florida Business Acquisitions is a Florida-based business brokerage firm that helps owners sell profitable small to lower middle-market businesses with revenues from under $200K to over $20M, serving Tampa Bay and northern Florida with a 5-person team via transaction-based commissions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Brokerage Services

akta.pro primary industry

Business Transfer Intermediation (Introducers/Deal Sourcing Networks) (FSAEAIAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Buy-Side Search & Acquisition Advisory (FSAEAIAD), Franchise Resale & Franchise Brokerage (Transfers/Resales) (FSAEAIAG)

Keywords

• Business brokerage services
• Business valuation services
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Business sales consulting
• M&A advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Tampa

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

Revenue model

1. Business Brokerage Services: The firm earns fees for facilitating business sales and acquisitions as a business broker. The revenue model appears to be transaction-based, taking a commission or fee upon successful completion of a business sale or purchase transaction.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Florida Business Acquisitions is a business brokerage firm that helps business owners sell profitable small to lower middle-market businesses in Florida, with annual revenues ranging from less than $200,000 to greater than $20 million. Its services include preparing a world-class Offering Memorandum, screening qualified buyers, managing the full transaction process from listing through closing, and providing certified business valuations. The firm also offers specialized valuation services for legal and tax matters such as partner disputes, divorce proceedings, bankruptcy, and estate and gift tax planning.

Product overview

Florida Business Acquisitions operates as a single unified business brokerage service offering rather than a modular platform. The core offering centers on selling profitable businesses through a professional process that includes business valuations and the preparation of a comprehensive Offering Memorandum. The product portfolio consists of the primary Selling Businesses service as the main revenue driver, supplemented by Business Valuations as both a standalone service and integral component of the sales process, and specialized valuation services including Partner Dispute Resolution, Acquisition Consulting, Divorce Business Valuation, Bankruptcy Business Valuation, and Estate & Gift Tax Valuation. The company was founded in 2006 and focuses on serving small main-street to lower middle-market businesses with annual revenues from less than $200,000 to greater than $20 million.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Selling Businesses Primary brokerage service helping business owners sell profitable small main-street to lower middle-market businesses with annual revenues from less than $200,000 to greater than $20 million, including preparation of a world-class Offering Memorandum and management of the full transaction process.
• Business Valuations Certified business appraisal service providing accurate business valuations using professional valuation theory, delivered by CBA-designated appraisers from the Institute of Business Appraisers.
• Partner Dispute Resolution Specialized valuation and mediation services for partner buyouts and partner disputes, leveraging practical transaction experience to render realistic valuations for buy-sell arrangements including SBA Loans.
• Acquisition Consulting Consulting services for business acquisitions across the United States, provided primarily through affiliated company Ameri-Street Advisory, Inc.
• Divorce Business Valuation Specialized valuation service for divorce proceedings that discerns between personal goodwill and business goodwill, addressing case law considerations across different states.
• Bankruptcy Business Valuation Business valuation services for personal (Chapter 13) or corporate bankruptcy (Chapter 7 or 11), analyzing intangible goodwill components and tangible asset liquidated values.
• Estate & Gift Tax Valuation Business valuations for estate planning, gift tax, and probate that meet IRS Revenue Ruling 59-60 requirements, including personal goodwill carve-outs to lower tax impact.

Quantifiable outcome

• Closed sale 2 months after listing date (Titan Products)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Transworld Business Advisors: Transworld is the largest business brokerage franchise network in the US, offering the same core services as FBA (sell-side representation, business valuations, franchise resale) across hundreds of offices. It is the most directly comparable peer because it competes in the same SMB-to-lower-middle-market deal range using a similar relationship-led, transaction-fee model.
• Sunbelt Business Brokers: Sunbelt is one of the largest business brokerage networks in North America, focusing on main-street and lower-middle-market transactions. It mirrors FBA's deal range, commission-based revenue model, and broker-franchise structure, making it a benchmark competitor in the same addressable segment.
• VR Business Brokers: VR Business Brokers is a long-established business brokerage franchise focused on main-street and lower-middle-market business sales. Its transaction-fee model, regional office footprint, and target deal size overlap closely with FBA's offering.
• Morgan & Westfield: Morgan & Westfield is a lower-middle-market M&A advisory firm that handles business sales, valuations, and exit planning for SMBs. It is comparable to FBA in deal range, service mix, and target customer (Florida and nationwide SMB owners preparing to exit).
• Murphy Business & Financial Corporation: Murphy is a national business brokerage and franchise resale firm providing business valuations, M&A advisory, and franchise sales. It competes head-to-head with FBA for Florida sellers in the $200K-$20M revenue band and offers a similar mix of brokerage plus valuation services.
• First Choice Business Brokers: First Choice is a US business brokerage franchise selling SMBs across multiple industries, with a Florida presence. It competes with FBA in the same price band, using a similar relationship-driven, transaction-fee model and offering buyer-side matching as well.
• Woodbridge International: Woodbridge International is a lower-middle-market M&A advisory firm handling sell-side mandates for businesses in the $5M-$50M range. It represents the upmarket extension of the same brokerage category FBA operates in and is a comparable if FBA continues migrating up the deal-size curve.
• CalmWater Business Brokers: CalmWater is a Florida-based business brokerage serving the Tampa Bay and surrounding region - directly overlapping FBA's geography. It sells SMBs in similar revenue ranges and uses a comparable personal-relationship GTM motion.

Others

• BizBuySell: BizBuySell is the largest online marketplace for buying and selling small businesses in the US. It is an indirect competitor - it supplies inventory and buyer reach to brokers like FBA but also increasingly enables self-served transactions at the small end of the market, eroding traditional brokerage value capture.

Broad incumbents

• Houlihan Lokey: Houlihan Lokey is a global investment bank with a Business Brokerage and Acquisition Advisory (BBAC) practice that handles small and mid-market business sales. It is a broad incumbent serving overlapping customers (SMB owners exiting) but at larger average deal sizes and with a much wider service portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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