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The Market Opportunity There has never been a better time to buy an SME in the UK. Analysts are calling this “The $9 trillion wealth transfer” - retiring baby boomers (aged between 61 & 79) who own highly profitable companies.
• 52% of UK businesses are owned by baby boomers
• Only 12% of owners in this category have a succession plan
• Less than 10% of businesses listed for sale actually sell in the SME space
• 16.6 million people are employed by the baby boomer generation which makes up 60% of the UK’s private sector workforce
• More & more profitable businesses are closing down due to no succession plan and relatives taking more jobs in sectors like tech instead of running the family business
• $9 trillion worth of businesses are owned by this generation in the West
Couple all of this with a low success rate for sell side listings, the majority of acquisitions coming off market and I high appetite for lending in the UK, it is a buyers market. This is your opportunity to be part of the greatest wealth transfer in history by acquiring companies as part of your growth strategy.
Domestic M&A Values by Quarter (Q1 2023 – Q4 2024)
10
8.6
8
6
4
3.0
2.6
2.6
2.7
2.6
2
2.1
1.8
0
Q1 23
Q2 23
Q3 23
Q4 23
Q1 24
Q2 24
Q3 24
Q4 25
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