Registry-sourced owner names and years in business across 5.8M companies in 46 industries, ranked by fit and graded by evidence.
From government registries (FMCSA, NPPES, Companies House, Secretaries of State), not the web. 97.7% of our companies have no website on record.
Businesses with 15+ years of operating history: a strong public sign that a succession decision may be coming.
HVAC in Texas. Plumbing in Ontario. A target list matched to your geography, industry, revenue range and EBITDA threshold.
Managed plans can support first-touch outreach once you validate a market. Self-serve starts with a ranked target map and contact signals.
Each target scored 0 to 100 on years in business, ratings, reviews and estimated revenue.
Validate density and fit before paying. Pro unlocks target-map exports, available contact signals, saved pipelines and refreshes.
Brokers list businesses whose owners decided to sell. Serava maps owners with succession signals before a public process exists.
46 industries across the US, Canada, UK, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, from HVAC, plumbing and roofing to MSPs, staffing and property management.
Estimated revenue from under $1M to $500M. Most search fund mandates sit at $1M to $15M; you set your own threshold.
Initial target maps typically arrive within 24 hours of your intake call. Managed outreach timing depends on density, contact coverage and criteria.
The free map costs nothing: describe your thesis and see the live company count plus the top 100 companies by fit, no card needed. Serava Pro is $149/mo, or $1,490/yr (2 months free). Pro maps your market (up to 10,000 companies), ranks the most exit-ready owners with verified email and LinkedIn where available, and exports to CSV. Self-checkout, cancel anytime. Plans are at serava.ai/pricing.
PitchBook and PrivCo research companies with filings or funding. Grata and SourceScrub crawl company websites. Brokers and marketplaces show businesses already listed for sale. Serava starts from government business registries, so it finds owner-operated companies before they list, including the 97.7% with no website on record. Side-by-side comparisons are at serava.ai/compare.
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