A long-term homefor good businesses.
Fellwater buys established, profitable businesses from the people who built them, and owns them with no date to sell by.
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What we do
A good business looks the same whether it fixes furnaces, ships parts, or writes software.
Customers who come back, people who know what they're doing, and real earnings at the end of the year.
We buy established, profitable businesses directly from the people who built them — no auction, no process run by a bank, no deck — and we own them for the long term, with no date to sell by. Where it makes sense, the first business we buy in an industry becomes the foundation for a larger group built over time, with the owner who built it running it and owning a piece of the group.
Pick your door
Everything an owner asks before selling, in the order you'll ask it.
Start here.
What it's worth, what you'd actually take home, and what happens to your people after.
For ownersI already have an offerRead it the way a buyer does.
What's cash, what's at risk, what they'll ask of you.
Reading an offerI still want to run itKeep leading it.
Sell most, keep running it, keep your name on it, own a piece of what comes next.
Founder-led platformsI'm not ready yetThinking ahead.
What weighs on the number, and a way to tell us when to check back.
Thinking aheadI advise ownersSee the mandate.
One page, on letterhead, and an address that reaches the person who decides.
For advisorsClosing is a choice
1 in 7
Of owners over 55 with employees, about one in seven plans to close the doors rather than sell.
Most of those businesses make money and employ people. Some close because nobody ever told the owner what it was worth, or who would buy it. What you built is worth continuing — and worth getting paid for.
Gallup Pathways to Wealth, 2025.
Decades of your work shouldn't be somebody's five-year planYou built something worth keeping. Let's talk about it.
A name and an email are all that's required. Tell us how you'd like to be reached; if it's a call, you'll pick the time right after.
Prefer to reach us directly? inquiries@fellwater.com · Call or text (206) 895-7474
What to expect
One paragraph is enough to start. Then:
- A short call, if it might fit — with the person who decides
- A written offer after basic financials, not a range
- A timeline set before you commit, and a call from us if it moves
- No contact with your people or customers without your say-so