Premier business brokerage and strategic advisory firm guiding entrepreneurs through business transitions, capital formation, and commercial real estate investments — protecting the legacies our clients have built while structuring the opportunities that come next.
Beyond transactions, we act as trusted advisors, consulting with businesses on growth strategy, capital positioning, and exit planning, and connecting owners and investors with the strategic funding sources that let them scale or acquire with confidence.
We negotiate every point on your behalf, all the way to the closing table.
SDE starts with net income and adds back interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, one-time items, and the owner's full salary and personal benefits. It represents the total financial benefit a single full-time owner-operator gets from the business each year. SDE is the standard metric for Main Street businesses — typically valued under roughly $2–5 million — because the buyer is usually an individual who will step in and run the business personally.
EBITDA adds back interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization — but, unlike SDE, it does not add back the owner's personal compensation beyond a market-rate replacement salary. EBITDA is the standard metric for larger, lower-middle-market businesses and up — typically valued above roughly $2–5 million — where a professional management team runs, or could run, the business independent of the owner.
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Why choose LegacyONE? We combine institutional-level strategy with local market expertise — delivering confidential representation, disciplined valuation positioning, and competitive negotiation that maximizes enterprise value.
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