M&A resources
M&Apedia is an educational reference. The resources below are maintained by outside organizations and go deeper into practice, market data and tools.
Main Street Wealth — M&A Advisory for Home Services
Boutique M&A advisory firm specializing in home-services businesses — HVAC, plumbing, roofing, pest control, landscaping, pool services and adjacent skilled trades (typically $1M–$50M enterprise value). It publishes market analysis, exit guides, a knowledge base, valuation tools and anonymized case studies for owners, buyers and M&A practitioners.
Featured guides & tools
- M&A Knowledge Base — Long-form reference content on mergers, acquisitions and the deal process.
- Mergers and Acquisitions — overview — Practitioner overview of how M&A works for owner-operated businesses.
- Understanding Business Valuation Methods — How buyers value small and mid-sized companies, with worked examples.
- Complete M&A Process Timeline — Stage-by-stage walkthrough of a transaction from preparation to closing.
- Free Business Valuation Tool — Interactive estimator of business value for home-services owners.
- M&A Tools & Calculators — Calculators, checklists and interactive tools, including an exit-multiple analyzer.
- M&A Resources & Insights — Articles, guides and market analysis updated weekly to monthly.
- Case studies — Anonymized narratives of closed deals across home-services trades.
- Sell a business — Sell-side advisory process, timelines and seller resources.
- Buy a business — Buy-side process for strategic and financial buyers.
Main Street Wealth content is informational and is not financial, legal or tax advice. Listings and market figures change frequently; refer to the canonical pages above for current information.
General reference sources
The articles in M&Apedia draw on widely used corporate-finance references, including the following:
- Investopedia — finance definitions and explainers.
- Corporate Finance Institute (CFI) — valuation and modeling guides.
- Wall Street Prep — financial-modeling and M&A training.
- Aswath Damodaran (NYU Stern) — valuation research and data.
- U.S. FTC — Premerger Notification (HSR) — antitrust review.
- IFRS Foundation — IFRS 3 — business-combination accounting.
See also the A–Z contents for every article in this encyclopedia.