Find it. Verify it. Buy it.
Anyone can buy a business. Acquire Scout gives you everything you need.
Card required. Then $19.99/mo — cancel anytime.
Listings from the top marketplaces, in one feed. Each one gets a Scout Score and a Match %, so the best fits rise to the top.
Upload the seller's P&L and tax return. Our diligence engine checks the numbers and flags what doesn't hold up.
Shape your offer in the Deal Calculator. Then turn it into a draft LOI with our LOI generator.
A sample listing, scored for a sample buyer.
Where the listings come from
We search the top marketplaces for you.
- BizBuySell
- BusinessesForSale
- BusinessBroker.net
- Baton
- Flippa
- Empire Flippers
- Quiet Light
- Website Closers
One search covers every site. You can also add a deal you found yourself. How search works
Every listing, scored
Every listing gets two scores.
Scout Score says if it's a good business. Match % says if it's right for you.
Sample listings. Ranked by fit, not by who paid to be first.
How the scores workVerify it, up close
The seller says $400K. The tax return says $310K.
A listing shows the seller's number. Our diligence engine rebuilds it from their own documents.
- 01
Upload the seller's files
A P&L and a tax return are enough. PDF, spreadsheet or photo all work.
- 02
We redo the math
We rebuild SDE from the tax return. Each add-back is accepted or rejected, with the reason.
- 03
You get a verdict
Every number shows the page it came from. Then you get the questions to ask the seller.
HVAC & Plumbing · Greenville, SC
Summit Comfort Heating & Air
Add-backs that didn't hold up
Then run the deal
Run the deal, start to finish.
Every deal gets a Deal Room. Each stage gets its own checklist. Your files, notes and report stay together.
- A checklist appears at every stage.
- Model the offer on the real number.
- Write the LOI from the deal you checked.
- Ask Scout answers questions from your files.
Free trial
Try it free for 14 days.
Pick Standard or Premium. You get the whole plan from day one. Cancel before day 15 and you pay nothing.
One free trial per account. You need a card to start it.
Compare every planStandard
Most PopularVerify the deals you're serious about.
Billed monthly · cancel anytime
- 50 documents analyzed a month
- Unlimited analyses — re-run free every time a document lands
- AI due-diligence checklists
- Unlimited listing searches (fair use)
- The market report, every two weeks
- Deal Spotlight: 5 unexplored matches, weekly email when something new lands
- Ask Scout: AI chatbot for your own deals, 50 questions a month
Card required. Then $19.99/mo — cancel anytime.
Premium
PremiumFor the deal you're about to personally guarantee.
Billed monthly · cancel anytime
- 100 documents analyzed a month
- Deeper extraction: our most capable model reads every page
- AI verdict: a written opinion on whether the deal holds up
- Forensic analysis: add-back scrutiny, cross-document reconciliation
- Unlimited analyses and listing searches (fair use)
- The market report, every two weeks
- Deal Spotlight: 5 unexplored matches, daily email when something new lands
- Ask Scout: AI chatbot for your own deals, 150 questions a month
Card required. Then $49/mo — cancel anytime.
No regrets if you cancel. You keep our Free plan, for good. It still gives you 10 searches a month, the Deal Room, the Deal Analyzer and Market Data.
Before you sign up
Questions people ask first.
What's actually free?
10 listing searches a month with full scoring, pipeline tracking, and one complete deal verification. No credit card.
See plansDo I need a deal already?
No — search and score listings first. Verification is there when you have a deal's documents in hand.
How sourcing worksWhat documents do I need?
A P&L and a tax return get you a real report; add the offering memo and there's more to cross-check. PDF, image or spreadsheet all work.
What we do with themWhat happens to my documents?
They're private to you, encrypted in transit and at rest, and never used to train AI models. You can delete them at any time.
Privacy PolicyHow is this different from a $15,000 quality-of-earnings report?
It isn't a substitute for a QoE at the closing table. It's what tells you which deals deserve one — in minutes, before you've spent anything.
How the analysis worksAcquire Scout analyses documents you provide. It isn't financial, legal or tax advice, and it doesn't replace your own professionals.
More questions
Hi, and welcome to Acquire Scout. I built this for small business buyers just like you — because I am one of you.
I’m trying to buy a business myself, and I was disappointed with the quality and the cost of the tools out there. I hope you check out everything I’ve built for small business buyers. Good luck in your search!
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