SMB Acquisition Due Diligence Services For Buyers

Financely delivers independent, buyer-side SMB acquisition due diligence built around the same underwriting standards used by private credit funds and acquisition lenders. Each engagement is led by practitioners with direct experience packaging and placing lower-middle-market transactions across senior debt, unitranche, and sponsor-backed structures.


We analyze historical and normalized EBITDA, quality of earnings, customer and revenue concentration, margin stability, working capital behavior, contract enforceability, legal and regulatory exposures, and operational scalability. Findings are documented in a structured diligence memorandum that mirrors lender credit files, clearly separating verified facts from assumptions and identifying items that impact valuation, capital structure, and closeability.


The objective is simple: provide a defensible, decision-grade assessment that allows buyers to proceed, renegotiate, or walk away with confidence before committing acquisition capital.

Due Diligence Service Scope

Financial & Quality of Earnings

Normalized EBITDA and cash flow capacity. Historical and normalized EBITDA analysis, add-back validation, revenue and margin stability, working capital behavior, accounts receivable quality, customer concentration, seasonality, tax consistency, debt obligations, and ability to support acquisition financing.

Commercial Due Diligence

Revenue durability and concentration risk. Customer and product concentration, contract durability, pricing power, pipeline quality, churn or repeat behavior where applicable, supplier dependency, and competitive positioning.

Operational Due Diligence

Execution and scalability risk. Core processes, systems, staffing and key-person risk, capacity constraints, fulfillment and delivery, vendor reliance, insurance posture, and operational controls.

Lender-Ready Packaging

Credit-facing deliverables. Structured diligence memorandum, normalized financial schedules, sources and uses, debt schedule, key risks and mitigants, and transaction summary formatted to lender underwriting standards.