FOR OWNERS
Selling your company — directly, to the buyer
If you are considering selling a profitable German B2B service company, you can talk to us before you talk to anyone else. We buy with committed fund capital, so a conversation with us does not start a market process.
What a direct sale changes
| Broker-led process | Direct sale to GTP | |
|---|---|---|
| Buyer known | Late, after teaser and NDA rounds | From the first call |
| Confidentiality | Company is shown to the market | No teaser, no listing |
| Seller fee | Typically a success fee | None |
| Financing risk | Buyer may still need to raise | Committed fund capital |
| Typical timeline | 9–18 months | About 3 months to closing |
Our buy-box in plain numbers
We only look at companies that fit a narrow, published profile. If your business matches it, a General Partner gets back to you personally with a qualified reply. If it does not, we say so instead of running a process.
- EBITDA between EUR 0.5m and EUR 5m, sustainable and documented
- B2B services: facility management, staffing and personnel services, IT services and managed services, logistics services
- Recurring or contract-based revenue, diversified customer base
- Germany-wide — headquarters in Hamburg, deals nationwide
- Majority stakes; full exit or staged handover both possible
- Not in scope: B2C retail, pure consulting built around one person, pre-revenue or turnaround situations
How a transaction runs with us
- Step 1: you send key figures. We come back with a clear yes or no.
- Step 2: confidential first conversation with one of the three General Partners — no intermediaries.
- Step 3: indicative offer based on your figures, including the intended structure.
- Step 4: confirmatory due diligence, limited to what is genuinely decision-relevant.
- Step 5: signing and closing. We buy with committed fund capital, so financing is not a condition that can collapse late.
What we need from you to start
- Revenue and EBITDA for the last three financial years
- Rough revenue split by customer or contract type
- Headcount and the role you personally still play in operations
- Your preferred timeline and whether you want a clean exit or a handover period
Questions and answers
- Will my employees find out before I want them to?
- No. Until signing, the circle of people involved is limited to the three General Partners and, where required, our advisors under NDA. There is no market-wide teaser.
- What if I want to stay involved?
- That is common and welcome. A defined transition period of 6 to 24 months, optionally with a minority stake, is a structure we use regularly.
- How do you arrive at a price?
- From sustainable EBITDA, the quality and diversification of the revenue base, and how dependent the business is on the owner personally. We put an indicative range on the table early rather than after months of process.
Find out where you stand
Send us revenue, EBITDA and sector. You will get a clear yes or no, not a pitch.
Request an assessmentA more detailed German version of this topic is available at /unternehmen-verkaufen/leitfaden.