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Sell your consulting firm without handing it to a roll-up.
RockHaven Capital buys consulting firms directly from their owners across the continental United States.
You talk with the buyer from the first call, with no broker in the middle and no public listing.
The Firms That Fit
Built on clients who stay
We buy consulting firms of several kinds. What they share is a client book that renews.
Operations consulting
Firms that help clients run leaner and fix how the work gets done.
Marketing consulting
Advisory practices with clients who stay on retainer month after month.
IT consulting
Technology advisors clients keep on for support and ongoing project work.
Management consulting
Firms that advise owners and leadership teams on strategy and major decisions.
Retainers come first
Retainer and recurring engagements get our attention before project-only work. Clients who stay are the value in a consulting firm. How long those clients have stayed matters a lot in how we price the firm.
What We Look At
Five things decide the fit
None of them is a surprise. We will walk through any of them on a first call.
Revenue of $1M to $10M a year
That range is where a consulting firm has real scale. A firm in that range has a real client book and a team behind the owner.
Cash flow of $300K and up
The number has to be provable from tax returns. Clean books make the valuation quicker and easier for both sides to check.
A client book that is not one logo
No single client should carry the firm. If one client left, the firm should still stand on the rest of the book.
A delivery team that runs the work
Engagements should run without the founder in every meeting. Clients need to trust the team and not only the owner.
No license wall
The business does not hinge on a special license or credential, so a new owner can step in cleanly.
Take our free five-minute assessment to get an estimate of what your business could sell for.
What's My Business Worth? Book a CallTrack Record
The record of our principals
All three exits came from companies they co-founded from the idea up with a founding team, not from businesses they bought and flipped. One was acquired by a publicly traded company.
Companies founded or co-founded
Exits from companies we co-founded from the ground up
Sales driven by our teams
Capital raised for real estate and operating companies
Why Owners Talk To Us
A direct sale, handled quietly
Five points that set a direct sale apart, and what each one means for you as the seller.
We are the buyer, not a broker
You meet the buyer across the table, not a broker. Your firm is never listed or shopped around.
One conversation with the buyer, not a parade of strangers through your business.
No fees for sellers, ever
A broker is usually paid by the seller out of the sale price. There is no broker in this sale, so that cost is not taken out of your price.
You keep the money a broker would take.
Everything stays confidential
Clients and staff cannot hear sale rumors while you decide. Talks stay between you and us until you choose to say otherwise.
Your staff, customers, and competitors never find out from a listing.
A straight valuation from real numbers
We price the firm from its tax returns and its cash flow. You hear how we reached the number and what would move it.
A straight number early, with the reason behind it.
In most cases, your team and your name stay in place
We buy firms to keep them running well. The consultants your clients trust are the reason the firm is worth buying.
In most cases, the people who helped you build it keep their jobs.
Take our free five-minute assessment to get an estimate of what your business could sell for.
What's My Business Worth? Book a CallThe Listed Route, By The Numbers
Listing takes time, and listing takes a cut
Each figure below names the industry report it comes from, in the small print under it.
Median time to close for a service business that sells through the market. The median across all businesses is 170 days.
Source: BizBuySell, 2025 Year in Review, service businesses. Counts businesses that sold.
The broker success fee alone on a $1M sale, on the standard scale
Source: Double Lehman fee scale, published broker guides, 2026.
Why owners at this size sell
Retirement is the reason behind 72% of sales at $1M to $2M and 70% at $2M to $5M
If retirement is your reason for selling, you are at the same point most owners at this size have reached.
Source: IBBA and M&A Source Market Pulse, Q2 2026.
A direct sale to RockHaven skips both. There is no listing to sit on, and no broker fee taken out of your price.
How It Works
Four steps to a clean close
The pace depends on how quickly you can share your financial records.
Step One
A private conversation
A short call about your firm and what you want next.
Step Two
A straight valuation
We review your tax returns and your client book. You get a clear number along with the thinking behind it.
Step Three
A structure that fits
Seller financing can fit where it helps both sides reach fair terms.
Step Four
A clean close
Paperwork stays lean. Your team hears the news from you first. In most cases, your clients see the same firm the day after close.
What a RockHaven deal looks like
Full buyout, cash at close
Paid at close, with no listing period before it.
Aimed at four to eight weeks after terms are agreed.
A real close date in weeks, not a listing that sits while the market decides.
Continental United States
Wherever your firm is based in that area, you talk with the buyer directly.
Contact
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