Looking to Acquire a Business in the Western US?
Cortland Business Brokers works with a select group of qualified buyers, individual operators, regional strategic acquirers, and private equity platforms, to match them with pre-vetted businesses across five high-demand sectors in six Western states.
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Current Opportunities
The listings below are active, confidential opportunities currently represented by Cortland Business Brokers. These are blind teasers, no business names, owner names, or specific addresses are disclosed at this stage. Full information is available only after buyer registration and NDA execution.
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Distinguished Glass Company
map_pin Santa Clara County, CA
20+ year established residential and commercial glass company in Santa Clara County, CA; custom shower door installation; retirement sale.
Residential Construction Business
map_pin Los Angeles County, CA
50-year established legacy brand; stable crew of 7 tradespeople; high organic repeat and referral customer base.
HVAC Reliable & Professional Business
map_pin Riverside County, CA
Family-owned & operated HVAC company in high-growth Riverside County; retiring founder; strong organic repeat/referral client base.
Doors & Frames Company
map_pin Alameda County, CA
Established commercial door & frame manufacturer; ~20% SDE margin; union installation workforce; $400K specialized machinery included.
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Register to Access Full Listing DetailsWe Work With Serious Buyers, Not Browsers
The businesses we represent are real companies with real employees, real customers, and real reputations. Our sellers have trusted us with the most significant financial decision of their lives. Because of that, we have an obligation to vet every buyer before any meaningful information is shared.
Individual Owner-Operators
You've spent years working in an industry and you're ready to own your own operation. You understand how the business works from the inside, you have the capital or financing in place, and you're looking for a well-run company with stable cash flow and room to grow. This is exactly who we help.
Strategic / Regional Acquirers
You already operate in a trade service, manufacturing, or distribution business and you're looking to expand, adding geography, capacity, trade lines, or customer relationships through acquisition. You've done this before, or you're ready to. We bring you curated targets that fit your existing platform.
Private Equity & PE-Backed Platforms
You're executing a roll-up strategy in contractor services, industrial manufacturing, or distribution. You need proprietary deal flow, pre-vetted, operationally sound businesses that won't waste your team's time in due diligence. We understand your investment criteria and we surface deals accordingly.
If you don't fit neatly into one of those categories but you're a serious, capitalized buyer, register and tell us who you are. We'll take it from there.
The Market Timing Is Real, and It Won't Last Forever
Private equity is actively rolling up trade service, manufacturing, and distribution businesses across the Western United States right now. PE-backed consolidators are acquiring HVAC, plumbing, roofing, and specialty contracting businesses at a pace not seen before, particularly in California, Arizona, Nevada, and Colorado.
At the same time, a massive generational transition is underway. Baby Boomer business owners are reaching retirement age in large numbers, and a significant portion of them have no internal succession plan. They are motivated, realistic sellers, many of whom have built genuinely strong businesses that they simply need help exiting.
For a qualified buyer, that combination, motivated sellers, institutional demand, and a strong underlying economy in the Western US, represents a rare alignment.
The IBBA's Q4 2025 Market Pulse showed 72% of intermediaries expecting 2026 to match or exceed the 2021 peak in transaction volume. Construction and contractor services has been the top sector in lower-middle-market deal flow every quarter through 2024 and 2025. The window is open. But it won't stay that way indefinitely.
National business brokerage data points to peak transaction volumes in 2026, driven by Baby Boomer transitions and consolidator platforms.
How Our Buyer Process Works
We take confidentiality as seriously on the buy side as we do on the sell side. Here is exactly what happens after you register.
Buyer Profile Submission
You complete a short registration form telling us who you are, what you're looking for, your geographic preferences, deal size range, and financial capacity. This is not a formal qualification, it's a starting point for a real conversation.
Initial Screening Call
A member of our team will reach out within one business day to learn more about your acquisition goals and confirm that we have relevant opportunities in our current or upcoming pipeline. No pressure. No pitch.
NDA Execution
For any specific listing you want to learn more about, you'll be asked to sign a legally binding Non-Disclosure Agreement. Our NDA requires your exact registered legal entity name, not a trade name or informal company name, and must be signed by an authorized principal of your organization (CEO, Managing Partner, or equivalent). We verify signatory authority before accepting the agreement.
Proof of Funds or Financing Confirmation
Before any detailed financial information is shared, we require verification that you have the capital or financing capacity to complete an acquisition in the relevant size range. This protects our sellers and ensures your time, and ours, is spent on deals that can actually close.
Confidential Information Memorandum (CIM) Access
Once you are vetted and your NDA is on file, you'll receive the full Confidential Information Memorandum for the listing, including business name, financials, operational details, and background on the opportunity.
Management Meeting & Site Visit
If your interest continues, we coordinate a direct introduction between you and the seller, on a timeline and in a format that respects the seller's confidentiality and operational continuity.
SBA Financing? We Know How It Works.
A large percentage of business acquisitions in the lower-middle market are financed through SBA 7(a) loans. The SBA underwriting process is complex, time-consuming, and, if you're working with a broker who doesn't understand it, a common cause of deals collapsing weeks before closing.
Stan Cortland holds an NMLS license, which gives him a working knowledge of SBA loan structures that most brokers don't have. That means:
Register as a Qualified Buyer
Tell us what you're looking for and we'll match you with opportunities that fit, now and as new listings come to market. Registration is free, confidential, and takes less than five minutes.
A Note on How We Represent Buyers
Cortland Business Brokers represents sellers in every transaction we facilitate. That means our fiduciary obligation runs to our seller clients. We disclose this clearly and in writing to all registered buyers at the outset of our relationship, consistent with California DRE requirements for dual disclosure.
What that means in practice: we work hard to bring well-matched, well-qualified buyers to the table, because a good buyer match is the single biggest factor in a deal actually closing. We want qualified buyers to succeed in their acquisitions. We just don't represent both sides without disclosure.
If you have questions about how representation works in a transaction, we're glad to walk you through it on a call.