Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor to alarm,

integration, guard, fire and security distribution companies.

BUYING A BUSINESS

We can help you find the best business for you to buy and negotiate the deal to get it done.

Buying a business is taking a risk - it pays to hire an expert to work for you. Most interested buyers typically don’t know what is out there for sale, or what that company should be worth.


We provide buyers three critical resources - research, valuation and negotiation. We will research our extensive network and try to find the right business for you to buy. We will drill down to assess and value the target business; experience and knowledge of the market is what we bring to this part of the process. Finally, as an independent party, Harding will negotiate on your behalf and make sure you make the right offer.


Harding Security is one of the few providers with extensive experience in closing deals. Hiring us will save you time and money. We have been buying security businesses for more than 20 years.

What Harding will do for you

➔ In consultation with you, ascertain your capability to expand and your best options.

➔ Search the market to find suitable candidates and bring them to you.

➔ Assess the value of the businesses that are for sale.

➔ Convince the owner that selling to you is in their best interest.

➔ Draft the terms of a Letter of Intent to be presented to the seller.

➔ Get the Letter of Intent signed and make suggestions as to the appropriate due

diligence steps.

➔ Follow a successful due diligence plan, draft the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

➔ Supervise closing the deal.

Additional Services - Integration


After the sale, we can help you integrate the new business into your current operations.

If you have found a company to buy and need help valuing it and closing the deal, Harding Security can help you do both.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do you do for my business as a buyer?

Harding can fulfill two different roles depending on your needs. We can go out into the market, find you the right company to buy and charge a small monthly retainer to do the search. It takes time and experience to find the right company to buy. If we’re successful and the deal is completed, we’ll charge a success fee that varies from 4-7% depending on the size of the deal. If you already have a company “in your sights”, we can help you assess its value and/or help you close the deal. In this case, my fee would be less than the commission rate above.

How difficult is it to find the right company to buy?

If the buyer is willing to look at alarm accounts in any part of the country, that is not hard to find. The more focused we are on a specific region or size of business, finding the right purchase can take much longer.

Why is it important to use an intermediary to help me buy a company?

An intermediary can bring valuable experience that many business owners don’t have.We help you with valuing the company that is for sale, constructing the offer for the business and actually closing the deal. We will:

a) Find the right company for you to buy

b) Value the target company – analysis.

c) Help you close the deal – make things happen.