Deal flow benchmarks - regional search?

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June 27, 2022

by a searcher from Wilfrid Laurier University in Toronto, ON, Canada

Hi all, new to the community.

My search partner and I are in the early stages of a region-focused search in Ontario, Canada. GDP ~$900b, population: 15m. We're trying to get a grasp of some deal flow benchmarks (daily/weekly/monthly) to gauge the productivity of our search approach, and set some expectations/targets.

Would anyone familiar with a regional search have some deal flow metrics or insight to share from their own experience? Any other advice or connections for a regional search are also really appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
Dan

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Reply by a searcher
from University of Alberta in Toronto, ON, Canada
In Ontario there are several brokers who do not share their information publicly. You need to keep in constant contact with them to be included in the deal flow. Also ranges of size of the businesses you are looking for would be useful. There is a lot of 'Main Street' businesses, numbers decrease as deal size goes up.
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Reply by a professional
in San Francisco, CA, USA
hey ^redacted‌ I can help you with the deal flow. Please let me know if you are interested
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