Individual operators
Accounting professionals seeking to acquire and lead a practice directly.
For buyers
Acquire firms that fit how you actually intend to operate.
CPA Buyer helps qualified buyers discover anonymous opportunities, establish credibility once, and move from interest to access without wasting the seller's time or compromising confidentiality.
CB-2041Anonymous
Pacific Northwest
$1.4M–$1.8M revenue
Tax 60% · Advisory 25% · Bookkeeping 15%
CB-2038Anonymous
Mountain West
$820K–$1.1M revenue
CAS 45% · Tax 40% · Payroll 15%
Who participates
Different buyers can be right for different sellers.
A buyer's capital source matters, but so do operating capability, strategic rationale, leadership plan, employee approach, and willingness to support the seller's transition objectives.
Existing accounting firms
Firms expanding geography, services, talent, capacity, or client relationships.
Search funds and entrepreneurs
Acquirers with a defined mandate, operating plan, and identifiable capital.
PE-backed platforms
Institutional buyers pursuing add-on acquisitions with dedicated financing and integration resources.
Buyer approval
Registration is the beginning of review, not the end.
A complete profile helps CPA Buyer understand whether a buyer can pursue an opportunity responsibly and whether the stated criteria are specific enough to produce meaningful matches.
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Identity and authority
Who is acquiring, who controls the entity, and who can make transaction decisions.
02
Funding capacity
Available equity, lender relationships, financing conditions, and transaction-size range.
03
Relevant experience
Accounting, tax, professional-services, leadership, acquisition, or integration experience.
04
Acquisition criteria
Geography, size, service mix, timing, structure, seller transition, and strategic rationale.
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Conduct and confidentiality
Responsiveness, conflicts, information handling, and respect for seller-controlled access.
Confidential opportunities
See the shape of a firm before you see its name.
Anonymous listings give approved buyers enough information to assess basic fit without exposing the owner, employees, clients, or exact location.
CB-2041Available
Pacific Northwest
$1.4M–$1.8M revenue
Established tax and advisory practice with recurring engagements and an owner seeking a thoughtful nine-month transition.
Service mix: Tax 60% · Advisory 25% · Bookkeeping 15%
Team: Nine-person team with stable tenure
Clients: Approximately 640 recurring clients
CB-2038Available
Mountain West
$820K–$1.1M revenue
Cloud-based client-accounting firm suited to a buyer expanding recurring advisory work and remote service delivery.
Service mix: CAS 45% · Tax 40% · Payroll 15%
Team: Six-person, fully remote team
Clients: Approximately 310 recurring clients
CB-2029Reviewing interest
Southeast
$2.2M–$2.6M revenue
Two-office CPA firm with an audit book, partner-track talent, and a preference for a phased ownership transition.
Service mix: Tax 55% · Audit 30% · Advisory 15%
Team: Fourteen people across two offices
Clients: Approximately 1,050 recurring clients
CB-2025Under offer
Midwest
$540K–$720K revenue
Compact, high-margin bookkeeping and tax practice positioned as a bolt-on for a growing regional firm.
Service mix: Bookkeeping 55% · Tax 35% · Payroll 10%
Team: Four-person team
Clients: Approximately 210 recurring clients
Matching and ranking
Fit and priority answer different questions.
The system can help organize attention without turning a transaction into an auction or a black-box decision.
Why matched
Geography, size, service mix, funding capacity, experience, timing, transition preferences, conflicts, and operating rationale.
Why ranked here
Match strength plus readiness, funding review, responsiveness, recent activity, seller preferences, and specific interest.
What neither decision does
Matching and ranking do not grant access, guarantee seller interest, or create a right to confidential information.
What to expect
Deal flow is selective, confidential, and seller-controlled.
A strong profile improves relevance, but it does not guarantee a minimum number of opportunities or a fixed transaction timeline.
Opportunity cadence
Listings appear when the seller, information, and market timing are ready—not on a guaranteed schedule.
Access timing
A request may require clarification, buyer review, seller consideration, a confidentiality agreement, and a deliberate document release.
Seller priorities
An owner may value employee continuity, financing certainty, local presence, transition quality, or cultural fit differently than the buyer expects.
Transaction timing
Offer preparation, diligence, financing, legal work, and closing commonly take several months after initial access.
Buyer questions
What serious buyers usually want to understand first.
The buyer side works best when criteria, capital, experience, and expectations are stated clearly before a specific seller is asked to engage.
You can see an anonymous profile: region, revenue range, service mix, staffing profile, client characteristics, transition preferences, and a high-level fit summary. Identifying information remains restricted.
CPA Buyer reviews identity, decision authority, acquisition criteria, funding capacity, relevant operating experience, timing, conflicts, and how the buyer intends to protect employees and clients.
Matching asks whether a firm and buyer are compatible. Ranking helps order eligible opportunities or buyers by strength of fit and readiness. Neither grants access or overrides seller choice.
Qualified buyers may see relevant opportunities as sellers become ready, but there is no guaranteed cadence. Seller timing, confidentiality, market fit, funding, and transaction size all affect deal flow.
Start with one honest conversation
You do not need a finished plan to ask the first question.
Whether you are years from a transition or actively evaluating an opportunity, the first step is private, practical, and free of obligation.