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43.5% of America’s GDP is up for grabs

Local businesses are desperate for buyers (here’s why)

Ben Kelly Ben KellyJanuary 30, 2025 · 3 min read
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Here’s a fun fact:

Did you know that “boring” businesses make up 43.5% of America’s entire GDP?

I’m talking about HVAC companies, plumbers, accountants, laundromats, etc. — these small businesses are everywhere in every town in America. Most people pass by dozens every day on their commute to work.

But few ever think twice about it.

The majority of these businesses are profitable, but they’re owned by baby boomers who are ready to retire.

They’ve been breaking their backs running these companies for decades.

Most simply want to cash in and enjoy their golden years… but they can’t find anyone to sell their business to. Their own kids don’t want to step up and take over. And most regular people with a 9-5 don’t know anything about acquisitions.

So there’s a huge supply of profitable businesses, with no one around to buy them except for big private equity firms.

That means there’s about $10 trillion in assets just waiting to be scooped up by the younger generations.

(If you’re skeptical — Google “the Silver Tsunami” and read for yourself!)

It’s no exaggeration to say that if you’re thinking of buying a small business, this is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get in at rock-bottom prices.

But this window won’t last forever. Another decade at most.

The key thing to understand is, you don’t need to have much experience to do this. Normal people buy businesses every day!

And that’s not just a statistic.

Over the last couple of years, I’ve coached hundreds of my own students inside Acquisition Ace to buy their first businesses in 6 to 9 months on average.

Students like Melissa (a pool business in Myrtle Beach pulling $300k in cash flow)...

Zach (an accounting firm cash flowing $1M in the first year)...

Kris (an oil pump maintenance company that earned him a $250k salary)...

And many others.

Not to mention the thousands of other people I’ve seen doing the same outside my own community.

If you’d like to learn how to do this yourself, without blowing tens of thousands of dollars and wasting hours of your life searching online to figure out how to do this (like I did)...

I’ve put together a FREE course showing you everything you need to know to get started.

[Video]: How To Acquire Your First Business With $0 (FREE COURSE)

This is the real deal — there’s nothing about “getting rich quick” in there. But I will show you how to get wealthy slowly.

Until next week’s issue!

— Ben Kelly

P.S.

If you’re interested in more help with your first acquisition:

Fill out our 2-minute Interested Investor Survey here.

And if you’d like to sell a business:

Hit up this link, tell me the details, and I’ll send qualified buyers your way.


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