You’re not seeing every business for sale. Until now.
Most buyers see a fraction of the market. Clef shows you all of it, listed and unlisted, so you find the right business, at the right time.
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Well-Established Window Cleaning Business with Loyal Client Base
Commercial HVAC & Refrigeration Company
Full-Service Commercial Landscaping & Grounds Company
Plumbing & Drain Services Company
Precision Metal Fabrication Machine Shop
Industrial / MRO Supply Distributor, Recurring B2B Customers
However the right business surfaces, you’ll find it with Clef.
A great business can surface anywhere, on the open market, off it, or through Charlie, our SMB superconnector. Clef covers all three, so the right one never slips past you.
01 On-market
Every listing, one search.
Every business for sale from 300+ brokers and marketplaces, in one search, updated around the clock. Stop checking forty sites.
02 Off-market
The ones nobody listed.
Most businesses never hit a marketplace. Clef surfaces owners open to selling before they ever list, so you reach them first.
03 Charlie
Deals that find you.
Charlie, our SMB superconnector, learns what you’re after and links you straight to owners who fit, listed or not, so you’re first in line.
Meet Clef
The whole search to buy a business,
and become the owner.
Smart matching
The right deals find you
Tell Clef the kind of business you want. It reads the entire market and brings the deals that fit you to the top. Save your search and it keeps hunting around the clock, so new matches find you first, not after they’re gone.
- Matched to your buy box
- Ranked by fit, not recency
- Or save it and let deals find you, 24/7
Ask Charlie
Your AI deal analyst
Talk through any deal with Charlie. It reads the listing, runs the numbers, and surfaces the strengths and risks that matter, so you know if a business is worth pursuing before you ever request the CIM.
- Talk through any deal
- Risks surfaced before the CIM
- Know what to ask the broker
Pipeline
Track every deal to close
Move every deal you’re chasing through a pipeline built for buying a business, from first interest to LOI. Your whole hunt in one place, so nothing good slips through.
- A stage for every step
- Your whole pipeline at a glance
- Nothing slips through
Buyer profile
Get matched, and taken seriously.
Tell Clef what you’re after, your budget, and your background. A fuller profile sharpens the businesses you get matched to, tunes Charlie’s read on each deal to you, and gets brokers to take you seriously when you reach out.
- Sharper matches to your thesis and budget
- Charlie’s deal reads tuned to you
- Proof of funds brokers take seriously
Acquiring a home-services business with durable recurring revenue and a team that stays through the transition.
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Off-market
Find the businesses no one else can.
The 125,000+ businesses on Clef are the ones for sale today. Off-market reaches the ones that aren’t listed at all, and finds the owners who look ready to sell before they ever post a listing.
Beyond the listings
Reach owners before a broker does.
Give Clef your buy box. It searches past the listings for businesses that fit, run by owners who look ready for an exit, then surfaces the owner’s name, phone, and email so you can start the conversation first.
- Matched to your thesis, before it’s listed
- Owner name, phone, and email on every match
- Assisted outreach, so you’re the first call
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We get it
We take buying a business as seriously as you do.
Most people on Clef are buying their first business, the biggest move they’ll ever make. We built Clef to be the calm, sharp partner behind every step, because we know what’s at stake.
First-Time BuyerCanon S.Civil engineer turned ownerI’m a civil engineer, not a deal guy. Clef matched me with a painting business I’d never have found on my own, and now I own it.
Acquisition EntrepreneurJulien M.CEO of MGIClef actually helped me find some interesting opportunities I would’ve missed otherwise. Very easy to use as well.
SearcherTrude H.CEO of TruTruIf you’re trying to find a business to buy, you should check out Clef. It’s the best way to organize your deal flow.
Independent SponsorJoey H.Owner of JJ BrandsFound a deal through Clef and connected with the broker to submit an LOI. No joke, it’s already saved me at least 10 hours this week.
Meet Charlie
Buying or selling? Talk to Charlie.
Charlie is Clef’s AI matchmaker. Tell him what you’re selling, or the kind of business you want to buy, and he privately connects the right buyer with the right business, over a simple call or text.
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Clef rides along, everywhere you hunt.
Browsing a listing on any broker or marketplace? Open Clef right beside it. Ask whether it fits what you’re looking for, get an honest read on the deal, and save it to your pipeline without ever leaving the page.
- Works on any broker or marketplace
- An instant read on any listing against what you’re looking for
- Save deals to your Clef pipeline in one click
Add it from your desktop, in one click.
New chat
Let the right deals find you.
You’re about to spend six or seven figures on a business. This is the cheapest part of the whole deal, and the one that finds it for you.
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Dealmaker
Find what others can’t.
7 days free, then billed monthly
Start 7-day free trialEverything in Explorer, plus
- Off-market sourcing
- Matched to your buy box, before they hit the market
- Owner name, phone and email on every match
- Assisted outreach to reach them first
- Target owners ready to retire
Explorer
The whole hunt, handled for you.
7 days free, then billed monthly
Start 7-day free trialWhat you get
- Search the whole market, 125,000+ businesses
- The right deals find you, matched to your buy box
- Saved searches that hunt the market 24/7
- Access source listing and contact info
- Revenue, earnings and margins on every deal
- Ask Charlie, your AI deal analyst
- AI CIM analysis
- Pipeline to track every deal through to LOI
- Shareable buyer profile with proof of funds
- Ask Charlie on any broker site, with the Chrome extension
- Work with Clef right inside ChatGPT and Claude
Fund
For funds and firms at scale.
Priced to your fund
Talk to usEverything in Dealmaker, plus
- Seats for your whole deal team
- API access to the full 125,000+ dataset
- Bulk exports and custom data feeds
- SSO, roles, and admin controls
- A dedicated account manager
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Where do the deals come from?
Do I need experience to buy a business?
Is it really every business for sale?
How is Clef different from searching marketplaces one by one?
What does it cost?
Can I cancel anytime?
The whole market
Every business for sale across US, Canada and beyond.
125,000+ businesses for sale across the US, Canada and beyond, from 300+ marketplaces and broker sites, updated 24/7.
Florida13,562 businesses for sale
Every business deserves
a great next owner.
Whether you’re buying the one you’ll run or selling the one you built, Clef makes the match, listed or not.