Serava surfaces off-market acquisition targets across 19 industries in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand. We aggregate public registry data, enrich it with financial estimates and owner tenure signals, and score each company by acquisition readiness, giving buyers a prioritized pipeline before any sell-side process begins.
Buyers can start with a free preview. Paid tiers unlock contact data, exports, and workflow when the thesis is worth pursuing.
The largest wealth transfer in US history is happening right now. Millions of baby boomer business owners will retire over the next decade, and most of their businesses will never be listed publicly. We exist to connect qualified acquirers with these owners before anyone else does.
Sadra Khorvash
Founder, Serava
Serava was founded and is run by Sadra Khorvash. He built the platform end to end: the registry data pipeline, the acquisition fit scoring model, and the off-market sourcing methodology that powers every market on the site.
Most of what Serava does sits at the intersection of two jobs Sadra does every week. He helps acquirers (search fund principals, independent sponsors, and private equity teams) build proprietary, off-market pipelines. And he helps business owners understand what their company is worth and how a sale actually runs, from first valuation conversation to close.
The seller guides published here are written from that direct work, not from a content mill. They answer the questions owners ask on live mandates, the way those questions get answered in practice: what drives valuation in a specific vertical, how buyers diligence a business, what a clean exit looks like, and where deals quietly fall apart.
That hands-on exposure to real deals, owner conversations, and buyer diligence across healthcare, professional services, the skilled trades, and industrial sectors is what shapes both the data model and the editorial on this site.
Areas of focus
Every record in Serava comes from public sources: government registries, business licenses, filings, business websites, and open map data. Paid enrichment is demand-led, not broad scraping.
None of our targets have listed their business for sale or engaged a sell-side advisor. Off-market is not a marketing term, it is a structural feature of our data sourcing methodology.
Our Acquisition Fit Score is computed from observable signals: tenure, age, revenue estimates, and ratings. We do not use black-box AI predictions or opaque algorithms.
Buyers can validate a market for free, then upgrade to Pro for target-map exports, contact signals, saved workflow, and refreshes. Feedback and booking prompts keep the next step human.
Every business in Serava originates from a verifiable public source. We run registry imports and targeted map queries monthly to keep coverage current.
NPPES Healthcare Registry
500k-800k US healthcare providers across 10 specialties, dental, veterinary, optometry, physical therapy, chiropractic, audiology, behavioral health, urgent care, pharmacy, home health.
SBA 7(a) Loan Data
Verified operating businesses that received SBA financing. Loan size, NAICS code, location, and business age available per record.
US Contractor Licenses
State-by-state contractor license databases covering electrical, plumbing, HVAC, roofing, and specialty trades.
SAM.gov Federal Registry
US government contractor registrations with NAICS codes, employee size, and revenue bands for businesses selling to federal agencies.
SEC EDGAR (Form ADV)
~32,000 SEC-registered investment adviser firms. Registered, audited, clean M&A targets.
CMS Home Health Registry
~18,000 Medicare-certified Home Health Agencies and Hospices from CMS Provider of Services data.
SAMHSA Treatment Locator
~25,000 substance abuse and mental health treatment facilities across all 50 US states.
Canadian Business Registries
Provincial business registry data covering Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, and Quebec.
UK Companies House
4+ million active UK limited companies with SIC code, incorporation date, officer names, and postcode-based geocoding.
OpenStreetMap (Overpass API)
Baseline public map data where tagging density is useful, supplemented with official registries and license sources when OSM is sparse.
The Acquisition Fit Score (0-100) is a composite of observable public signals weighted by their correlation with owner exit readiness. Higher scores reflect businesses where structural exit motivation indicators are strongest.
Owner tenure
Years under current ownership. Longer tenure in retirement-age owners is the single strongest predictor of exit readiness.
Years in business
Businesses that have survived 10+ years have demonstrated durability, a key acquisition quality signal.
Revenue estimate
Derived from industry benchmarks (revenue per employee, SBA loan size, industry comps) and mapped to a min/max range per company.
EBITDA estimate
Estimated from industry average EBITDA margins applied to estimated revenue. Used for quick deal screening, not financial underwriting.
Rating and review signals
For businesses with public reviews (Google, Yelp), review count and rating reflect customer engagement and operational stability.
Recurring revenue estimate
Industry-specific recurring revenue percentages based on contract structures typical for each vertical (e.g. 80%+ for RIA advisory, 30-60% for HVAC service agreements).
Scores are directional indicators, not investment recommendations. Revenue and EBITDA estimates are approximations based on industry benchmarks. All financial estimates should be validated through direct diligence before any transaction.
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