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Commerce · September 3, 2026

Accredited

Find exceptional businesses. Source like private equity.

What it does

Accredited gives individual buyers access to the kind of sourcing advantage usually reserved for private equity firms. Instead of sorting through broad, low-quality listings, buyers can discover exceptional businesses and use purpose-built tools to identify, evaluate, and pursue the right opportunities. It’s a more focused way to find and buy a great business.

A daily deal-flow newsletter and platform for accredited investors buying and operating small businesses. See the Deal of the Day and screen live listings.

Every day our team scans hundreds of private businesses for sale, filters for the top 1%, and writes up a full analysis. One deal a day, Monday through Friday. Join thousands of Accredited investors that are getting the best deals in their inbox 5 days a week. There are 104,000+ businesses for sale on the public marketplaces at any given time. Most of them are noise. Our editorial team reviews them, scores them, and writes up only the ones worth your time. This is a specialized parts and consumables supplier serving poultry processing plants across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Founded in 2005, the This is a 39-year-old New England landscaping and property maintenance operation based in Essex…from joinaccredited.com

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