Acquisition DeskA clearer way to evaluate a small business
Buy your first business with more confidence.
Analyze the numbers, understand the risks, and know what to investigate before you pursue a small business.
- Model SBA economics
- Surface deal risks
- Stay organized through diligence
Start free and analyze up to 2 lifetime deals. Your 14-day Buyer OS Beta unlocks after your first successful Financial Analysis. No credit card required.
Illustrative Financial Analysis
Summit Property Services
Fictional example · Financing terms are modeled assumptions
Asking price
$2,400,000
SDE
$620,000
Asking multiple
3.87x
Modeled DSCR
2.12x
Modeled buyer take-home
$327,000
Cash required
$315,000
Fictional example for product demonstration only. Confirm financing terms and source information before making a decision.
Free SBA calculator · No account required
Found a listing? Send it straight into Acquisition Desk.
The Clipper captures a listing into your deal workspace, so you can start reviewing the opportunity in context.
How Acquisition Desk Works
Complete Your Buy Box
Set the criteria, budget, and ownership goals you want a deal to meet.
Add a Listing
Paste a listing, use the Clipper, or enter the deal details yourself.
Review Financials
Model SBA debt service, cash required, and estimated buyer take-home.
Spot Risks
Review missing information, broker questions, and diligence priorities.
Save & Track
Keep new deal facts, notes, and next steps together as you learn more.
Everything you need to evaluate a deal
We standardize the complex math and diligence so you can focus on the business.
Model what the business could pay you
See debt service, DSCR, cash required, and buyer take-home under your financing assumptions. Buy Box Fit helps you know whether the deal fits what you said you want.
Financial Modeling
Know what deserves more diligence
Surface missing information, risky assumptions, and questions worth asking before you move forward.
AI Risk Review
Keep your search organized
Track opportunities from first review through diligence, with each deal’s stage and next step together.
Pipeline Management
Keep new information tied to the same deal as the facts improve
Add broker emails, call notes, and new findings so the deal record stays current as you learn more.
Deal Updates & Diligence
Turn your analysis into a structured summary you can actually use
Create a downloadable PDF with deal facts, modeled financing, risks, Buy Box Fit, and suggested next steps.
Acquisition Memo
Ask deal-specific questions without rebuilding the context every time
Prepare broker outreach and call materials, then ask follow-up questions using the saved deal context.
Pursuit Pack & Deal Copilot
Why not just use ChatGPT?
ChatGPT can be useful for brainstorming and general questions. Acquisition Desk is built to keep a specific deal’s facts, assumptions, and follow-through organized in one repeatable workspace.
- Keeps structured deal data, saved assumptions, and Buy Box context together
- Uses deterministic financial calculations with visible financing assumptions
- Surfaces risks and keeps documents and deal updates attached to the opportunity
- Tracks pipeline state as the deal moves from screening into diligence
- Leaves changes under your control instead of silently changing your analysis
- Helps you return to repeatable, structured outputs as information changes
Who is Acquisition Desk for?
- First-time business buyers
- SBA acquisition buyers
- Professionals transitioning into ownership
- Self-funded searchers
- Buyers comparing multiple opportunities
Start free. No credit card required.
Financial Analysis on up to 2 lifetime deals. Paid plans from $29/month.
Ready to evaluate your first deal?
Bring the business you’re considering into Acquisition Desk and see whether the numbers, risks, and financing actually work for you.
Get Started FreeStart free and analyze up to 2 lifetime deals. Your 14-day Buyer OS Beta unlocks after your first successful Financial Analysis. No credit card required.
See the Product TourImportant: Acquisition Desk is not a broker, lender, CPA, attorney, or investment advisor. Acquisition Desk provides software tools, estimates, checklists, and educational resources to help buyers evaluate acquisition opportunities. Users should verify all information and consult qualified professionals before making acquisition, legal, tax, lending, or investment decisions.