See the dealsother buyers miss.
We scan 350+ business broker sites that others never check. Then run your whole acquisition: AI analysis, deal progress, and broker outreach.
Built by Josh, a business buyer who lived the search himself- businesses for sale tracked
- 63,000+ businesses for sale tracked
- marketplaces & broker sites
- 350+ marketplaces & broker sites
- new in the last 30 days
- 7,000+ new in the last 30 days
The AI-Native Searcher Operating System
Whether you're sourcing your first acquisition or managing a fund's deal flow, Searcher OS gives you the complete toolkit.
Every deal. One feed.
Automated scraping delivers tens of thousands of matched deals to your feed daily. Set your buy box criteria and let the platform do the searching.
- Buy box matching by price, industry, location, and cash flow
- Advanced filters for margin, multiple, and deal attributes
- Custom website scraping for niche broker sites
- AI quality scoring ranks the best opportunities
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We scrape every small regional website out there. These are the Outposts — they don't get picked up by the big aggregators, carry a 50% higher median asking price, and see a fraction of the buyer traffic. Sign up to get the top picks in your inbox every Thursday. See sample →
There has to be a better way
I'm Josh and I live in California with my wife and two young kids. I spent a year navigating the incredibly frustrating and thankless process of buying a business.
I built Searcher OS because I was sick of spreadsheets, buried CIMs, and the manual grind of BizBuySell.
This isn't just a CRM; it's the tool I use to find my own deals.
Welcome to the search. Let's get to work.
From Spreadsheet Chaos to Deal Flow Clarity
See how acquirers transform their deal process
The Old Way
Manual, scattered, stressful
- 47 tabs in a Google Sheet nobody understands
- 3+ hours daily refreshing broker sites
- CIMs (broker pitch decks) buried in email attachments
- Financials in 5 different Excel files
- Broker contacts scattered across tools
- Manually requesting NDAs and CIMs from every broker
With Searcher OS
Organized, automated, focused
- One pipeline view with every deal at a glance
- New deals delivered to your inbox daily
- AI extracts key metrics from every CIM (confidential info memo)
- Built-in SBA loan calculator with DSCR (affordability) modeling
- Full broker CRM with interaction history
- Mark, your AI deal associate, requests NDAs and processes CIMs (Beta)
From Search to Close
Four steps to finding and acquiring your business
Define Your Buy Box (Deal Criteria)
Set your criteria: price range, industries, locations, and key metrics you care about.
Get Matched Deals Daily
Our scrapers find deals from top broker sites and your custom sources, filtered automatically.
Manage Your Pipeline (with Mark’s help)
Move deals through stages and upload CIMs (pitch decks) for AI analysis. Let Mark, your AI deal associate, request NDAs and process broker replies in the background (Beta).
Close Your Deal
Stay organized through due diligence until you sign on the dotted line.
Your Deals. Your AI.
You work in your dashboard. Your agent works next to you, reading the same deals, the same pipeline, the same numbers. ChatGPT, Claude, or any agent that speaks MCP.
How it works
MCP (Model Context Protocol) gives your agent its own view of your deal data. You see the pipeline board and the financial tables. Your agent sees the same information through a connection it can search and analyze. No copy-pasting, no re-explaining your buy box. It already knows your deals.
Picture This
A real scenario
You're on a flight. A broker emails you about a new HVAC company: $2.1M asking price, $620K SDE. You open Claude on your phone and type: “Pull up my pipeline and tell me if the DSCR works at the asking price with standard SBA terms.”
Claude connects to your Searcher OS data, runs the numbers, and responds: “DSCR is 1.38x, above the 1.25x minimum. You have two similar HVAC deals in CIM Review. Want me to compare all three?”
You haven't even landed yet.
Start right from your agent
Add Searcher OS as a connector and sign up on the connection screen. No card. On the Free plan your agent can read your deal feed (on a 21-day delay), pipeline, and buy box. Upgrade when you want it saving deals and moving your pipeline for you.
Works With
Claude
Connected to Searcher OS
Compare my top 3 deals by DSCR and days on market.
Here are your top 3 pipeline deals ranked by DSCR:
ABC HVAC has the strongest coverage. Sunrise is below the 1.25x SBA minimum. Want me to model a lower offer price?
Simple, Transparent Pricing
Start free, no credit card, or take a 7-day trial on paid plans · Cancel anytime.
Free
Browse the full deal catalogue, no credit card
- 3 weeks delayed Deal Feed
- 1 Buy Box
- AI CIM Analysis — 1/month
- Pipeline — 3 Active Deals
- Search 101 (free course)
The Searcher
Full operating system for the serious acquirer
- Full Deal Feed
- 3 Buy Boxes
- AI CIM Analysis — 10/month
- Price Benchmarking — 3/month
- Deal Pipeline CRM
- 10 Custom Broker Webpage Scrapes
- Broker Intel: Gmail/Outlook Sync
- Custom Tasks & Projects
- Full curriculum + graded reps
- MCP (Claude, ChatGPT, OpenClaw Connector) — Beta
- Mark — AI Deal Associate (Beta)
The Deal Team
For funds, family offices, and acquisition teams
- Full Deal Feed
- 10 Buy Boxes
- AI CIM Analysis — Unlimited
- Price Benchmarking — 10/month
- Deal Pipeline CRM
- 25 Custom Broker Webpage Scrapes
- Broker Intel: Heatmaps & Scoring
- Custom Tasks & Projects
- Full curriculum + graded reps
- MCP (Claude, ChatGPT, OpenClaw Connector) — Beta
- Mark — AI Deal Associate (Beta)
- Priority Support + Slack
- White Glove Setup
Free plan, no credit card · 7-day trial on paid plans · Cancel anytime
How We Compare
Others aggregate listings. We built the full operating system.
| Searcher OS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feature | Kumo $99/mo | ClearlyAcquired $49+/mo | SMB Market $49/mo | Free $0/mo | The Searcher $79/mo | The Deal Team $149/mo |
| Deal Scraping/Aggregation | ||||||
| Custom Website Scraping | ||||||
| AI CIM Upload & Analysis | ||||||
| Automated Deal CRM | ||||||
| SBA Financial Calculators | ||||||
| Due Diligence Task Management | ||||||
| Workflow Automation | ||||||
| MCP Connection (AI Tools) | ||||||
| AI Deal Associate (Mark) | ||||||
Deal Scraping/Aggregation
Custom Website Scraping
AI CIM Upload & Analysis
Automated Deal CRM
SBA Financial Calculators
Due Diligence Task Management
Workflow Automation
MCP Connection (AI Tools)
AI Deal Associate (Mark)
What Acquirers Are Saying
Real acquirers using Searcher OS to find and close deals.
“I love using the MCP connection to review deals with my AI agent. The agent can post follow up notes and questions to the CRM so I can remember what to bring up with brokers during calls. I triage new deals that came in overnight, compare them to my funnel, and tee up new broker calls. What would have taken me hours of manual time is a matter of seconds now.”
Andrew
Self Funded Searcher
Philadelphia, PA
“The MCP is the feature I use the most. I ask Claude about specific deals, have it search my buy boxes for new businesses, and have it move deals through the pipeline so my CRM stays up to date. Overall, I love it. I'm an excited customer.”
Frederik
Mechanism Ventures
“I spent years convinced that a custom Excel sheet was the 'pro' way to run a search. It wasn't until I used Searcher OS that I realized how much manual labor I was actually doing. It's the first tool I've seen that actually gives a searcher their time back.”
Michael
Private Equity
Atlanta, GA
“Searcher OS does the scraping for me across most listing sites and brings all the listed businesses for sale into one portal. Before, I was using spreadsheets, a Note app, and emails to try to organize and track, my search and now I've been able to do the majority of that one in a single tool. It also permanently hides listings that I no longer want to see, so i never have to sift through them again.”
Aaron
Self Funded Searcher
Issaquah, WA
“This platform has significantly improved my business searches, helping me simplify, organize, and stay on track with acquisition goals and timelines. I highly recommend it to anyone serious about buying a business.”
Spencer
Self Funded Searcher
Gilbert, AZ
“Searcher OS is a game-changer for streamlining deal sourcing and acquisition analysis. The platform makes it incredibly easy to get from interested in buying a business to actually closing it. For anyone serious about buying businesses, it's a powerful tool that brings clarity and speed to the acquisition process.”
Paul
Self Funded Searcher
Holly, MI
“Searcher OS solves the problem of aggregating deal flow. Great to have one central place to view all potential deals.”
Parag
SBA Searcher
Chicago, IL
“SearcherOS has made the business acquisition process much more organized and efficient. I initially started using it to scrape business listings from hundreds of websites, but quickly found that it offers much more. The integrated tools and features save time and make the process significantly easier to manage.”
Jema
Self Funded Searcher
Reston, VA
Questions?
Who is Searcher OS built for?
What's the difference between the Free plan and the paid trial?
Do you take a success fee?
What happens if I stop searching?
How do custom URLs work?
Is my data private?
How is Searcher OS different from BizBuySell?
How is Searcher OS different from Kumo?
What is the best software for buying a small business?
Does Searcher OS have an SBA loan calculator?
What is AI CIM analysis?
Can I use Searcher OS for search fund acquisitions?
How many broker websites does Searcher OS monitor?
Who is Mark?
Can I connect ChatGPT, Claude, or another AI agent to Searcher OS?
What is a buy box in business acquisition?
From the Blog
Guides and analysis for business acquirers.
The 3 People Who Kill Deals at the Finish Line
The seller's attorney, the landlord, and the bank's closing team never negotiated the price, but any one of them can stop the wire in the last 30 to 60 days.
The Headline Price and the Guaranteed Price Are 2 Different Numbers
A real deal split $8M into $6M guaranteed at 4.8x SDE plus a $2M forgivable seller note. How buyers negotiate what they actually owe instead of the number the seller repeats at holidays.
5 Deal Stories You Won't Find in a Closing Announcement
Five real acquisition arcs from searcher communities: a seller who carried 90% of the financing, a $3.5M counter that was worse than $3.2M, and an 18-month search with 250 broker calls and 0 closes.
Ready to Run the Funnel?
Expect to analyze 291 CIMs and write 12 LOIs to acquire 1 business. Searcher OS is the operating system for that funnel.
Free forever, no card · paid plans from $79/mo