ORIGINAL RESEARCH · SNAPSHOT 2026-08-14

Private business transactions by industry and deal size.

Name: businessvaluation.fyi Private Business Transaction Evidence Map
Creator: businessvaluation.fyi

See where the independent businessvaluation.fyi index has enough evidence to publish an aggregate count—from Main Street businesses to $1B+ transactions. Thin and inferable cells stay hidden.

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Sanitized index4,359

records across all industries and sizes

Deepest Main Street coverage174

Business & professional services

Deepest $10M–$250M coverage214

Financial services

Broadest size coverage6 / 6

Technology

EVIDENCE DEPTH · NOT A UNIVERSAL MULTIPLE

One market becomes six when size changes.

Each number is the count of accepted sanitized records in that sector and reported deal-value band. A dash means no count is published; the underlying cell may be zero, below the privacy threshold, or withheld to protect another cell.

Industry sectorUnder $1M$1M–$10M$10M–$50M$50M–$250M$250M–$1B$1B+

Technology6 public bands20indexed22indexed30indexed147indexed174indexed303indexed

Financial services6 public bands10indexed12indexed23indexed191indexed175indexed239indexed

Business & professional services6 public bands134indexed40indexed36indexed121indexed113indexed102indexed

Manufacturing & industrial6 public bands42indexed34indexed34indexed105indexed135indexed137indexed

Health care6 public bands30indexed35indexed33indexed102indexed96indexed190indexed

Energy4 public bands—not published14indexed—not published98indexed137indexed195indexed

Materials & mining4 public bands16indexed—not published—not published35indexed47indexed110indexed

Consumer products4 public bands—not published—not published12indexed24indexed34indexed81indexed

Real estate3 public bands—not published—not published—not published46indexed27indexed46indexed

Utilities3 public bands—not published—not published—not published25indexed33indexed59indexed

Telecommunications3 public bands—not published—not published—not published18indexed10indexed64indexed

Retail2 public bands24indexed—not published—not published—not published—not published25indexed

Media & entertainment2 public bands—not published10indexed—not published—not published—not published29indexed

Food & beverage1 public band—not published—not published—not published—not published—not published13indexed

Wholesale1 public band10indexed—not published—not published—not published—not published—not published

Positive cells below 10 records are suppressed. An additional cell may be withheld when needed to prevent a hidden count from being recovered by subtraction. Zero and withheld cells share the same public marker, so absence never implies a count. The CSV preserves the same boundary.

HOW TO READ THE MAP

Use the map to judge evidence depth—not price.

A bigger cell means deeper index coverage

It does not mean that sector completed more US deals. This is an evidence map of accepted records, not an estimate of total market activity.

Size determines the buyer universe

An owner-operated business below $1 million and a $100 million company should not inherit the same earnings definition, buyer set, or valuation multiple.

Protected value evidence stays protected

Contributors can access eligible cohort percentiles and repeated comparable patterns. Public cells reveal only whether sufficient evidence exists.

CITE THE ORIGINAL DATA

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Download the thresholded CSV or chart, copy a current citation, or share a tracked report link. Suppressed cells remain suppressed in every format.

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Citation

businessvaluation.fyi. “Private Business Transactions by Industry and Deal Size.” 4,359 sanitized records; sector-size cells require at least 10 records. Snapshot 2026-08-14. https://businessvaluation.fyi/research/private-business-transactions-by-industry

METHOD + PRIVACY

Built from sanitized facts, published as coarse aggregates.

The independent index removes names, websites, exact financials, exact transaction values, exact dates, source URLs, and source-system identifiers. This map then groups records by broad sector and six reported deal-value bands. Cells below ten records are omitted, with complementary suppression when public totals could otherwise reveal one.

Inspect the full index methodology

Counts are coverageThey do not estimate total US transaction volume.
Rows are not publicNo company, buyer, exact value, date, or multiple appears here.
Valuation access is earnedProtected cohorts remain account- and contribution-gated.

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