Sell your trucking or logistics company, anywhere in North America.

Who this is for

Owners of asset-based carriers, owner-operator fleets, freight agencies, freight brokerages, 3PL and warehousing operations, and last-mile or regional delivery businesses who are thinking about selling, whether that's this year or a few years out. Typical deals range from $250K to $10M in enterprise value.

What buyers look at in a trucking or logistics company

• Earnings: SDE or EBITDA. Buyers and lenders price the business on what it reliably earns. Aneil builds a seller's discretionary earnings (SDE) or EBITDA view, separates real add-backs from wishful ones, and gives you a realistic range before anything goes to market.
• Equipment. Age, condition, mileage and maintenance records on tractors, trailers and other equipment, whether it's owned or leased, and what's still financed against it. Good maintenance files support the price; deferred maintenance gets deducted from it.
• Customers and contracts. How concentrated revenue is in your top shippers, whether there are written contracts or dedicated lanes, and how long those relationships have lasted. Heavy concentration in one or two customers is one of the first things a buyer will probe.
• Drivers and people. Driver tenure and turnover, company drivers versus owner-operators, and whether dispatch, sales and safety can run without the owner on every call.
• Authority and safety record. In the U.S., your USDOT and MC operating authority, safety rating, CSA scores, inspection and crash history, insurance history and, for brokers, the broker bond. In Canada, the provincial carrier profile and safety rating that applies to you. A clean record widens the buyer pool and helps with insurance and financing.
• Systems and records. Clean books, load-level or lane-level reporting, and documented processes make diligence faster and give buyers confidence.

A confidential sale, start to finish

Drivers, customers and competitors should not hear about a sale before you're ready. Your company goes to market under a blind profile without its name, financials and details are released only after a signed NDA, and buyers are screened for financial capacity before they ever meet you, your staff or your shippers.

Aneil negotiates price, terms and contingencies at the letter-of-intent stage, before diligence starts, and works with your attorney and CPA through closing. For buyers who need financing, he can introduce SBA 7(a) and conventional acquisition lenders.

Who buys trucking and logistics companies

Buyers include operators and competitors looking to add trucks, lanes or customers, individuals who want to own an established business, and international buyers, including E-2 treaty investors who need an operating business to qualify. A broker's job is to reach those buyers without exposing the sale, and to tell the serious ones from the curious.

Where we work

Trinmakk represents owners and buyers anywhere in the U.S. and Canada. Freight-heavy markets include Georgia, Texas, South Florida, the Midwest, the Carolinas and Long Island. See how a sale runs, or go back to the Trinmakk Business Brokers home page.

Frequently asked questions

How is a trucking company valued?

Most trucking and logistics businesses are valued on their earnings, using seller's discretionary earnings (SDE) for smaller owner-operated companies or EBITDA for larger ones. Equipment value, customer concentration, contracts, driver retention and the safety record all move the price up or down. Aneil gives you a free, confidential valuation before you decide anything.

Will my drivers or customers find out I'm selling?

Not from us. The company is marketed under a blind profile without its name, and identifying details and financials are shared only with buyers who have signed an NDA and shown they can finance the deal. You decide when and how employees and customers are told.

Can a buyer keep my operating authority and safety record?

It depends on how the deal is structured. In an entity or stock sale the company, and its authority and history, usually stays intact; in an asset sale the buyer often needs its own authority. Aneil works through the structure with you, your attorney and your CPA early, because it affects price, insurance and timing. This is not legal or tax advice.

Do you sell freight brokerages and 3PLs, or only carriers?

Both. Trinmakk works with asset-based carriers, freight agencies, freight brokerages, 3PL and warehousing operations and other logistics businesses. Buyers of non-asset businesses focus closely on customer relationships, margins and the team that manages them.

Do you work with trucking companies in Canada?

Yes. Trinmakk represents sellers and buyers anywhere in the U.S. and Canada. Wherever the company is based, the process is the same: confidential valuation, NDA-gated marketing, qualified buyers and negotiation through closing.

What size trucking companies do you work with?

Typical deals range from $250K to $10M in enterprise value. If your company is outside that range, reach out anyway and Aneil will tell you plainly whether he's the right fit.