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Blue Ocean Consulting of Lenexa Sells to KC CPA Firm
January 9, 2018
Lenexa, KS based Blue Ocean Consulting that provides data analytics and business modeling to solve business problems and drive growth has sold to Kansas City MarksNelson CPA. Blue Ocean was founded in 1995 and had ...
Safe Fleet Selling to Oak Hill Capital
January 9, 2018
Belton, MO, Safe Fleet announces their intent to sell to Oak Hill Capital Partners. Safe Fleet Holdings owns a portfolio of brands that provide safety and productivity solutions to fleet vehicle manufacturers and operators around ...
Terracon of Olathe Buys a Greensboro Company
January 5, 2018
Terracon Consultants of Olathe, KS announces the aquisition of Engineered Concepts of Greensboro, N.C. Terracon is an employee-owned consulting engineering firm with more than 4,000 employees providing environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services from more ...
Qualified Plan Advisors of Overland Park Acquires Ascende Wealth Advisers
January 4, 2018
Qualified Plan Advisors (QPA) continues to make significant moves to advance its aggressive growth agenda. QPA announces that it has entered into a strategic partnership with the retirement plan practice of Ascende Wealth Advisers Inc. ...
Bark to Basics of Olathe, KS Sells to Animal Supply Co. of Texas
January 4, 2018
Olathe, KS based Bark to Basics has sold to national player Animal Supply Co. of Irving, TX. Bark to Basics was a locally owned independent family business representing dozens of U.S. manufacturers that was founded ...
Happy New Year from everyone at O’Keeffe & O’Malley!
January 4, 2018
While 2017 was a good M&A year for selling businesses, we believe that 2018 will be an even better one. Why? Most business owners we deal with have had a record, or at the very ...
A confidential limited auction can sell your business fast – and for a higher price
January 4, 2018
Have you ever been to an auction? The sense of urgency to the entire process makes one decide immediately if there is interest or not; there’s a set timeline to act or miss out. And ...
Seven Attributes of a Successful Acquisition Search
January 4, 2018
Finding the right business to buy can be a long process. Many buyers slog through frustrating acquisition searches only to find dead ends, a lack of suitable targets, or that a competitor has acquired a ...
AOS Sells to ConvergeOne
December 18, 2017
Overland Park, KS based Alexander Open Systems (AOS) sells to ConvergeOne of Eagan, MN with the assistance of private equity group Clearlake Capital of Santa Monica, CA. Terms of the deal were not announced. Founded ...
Selling only part of your business
November 9, 2017
Selling a business doesn’t have to be all or nothing. A partial sale can be a smart move in certain situations. At O’Keeffe & O’Malley, we’ve helped clients navigate partial sales that made their businesses ...