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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 financing math.

Get Tomorrow's Deals First
Free forever, no cardpaid plans from $79/mo
Joshua Thacker, founder of Searcher OSBuilt by Josh, a business buyer who lived the search himself
businesses for sale tracked to date
58,000+
businesses for sale tracked to date
brokerages represented
1,000+
brokerages represented
new in the last 30 days
5,000+
new in the last 30 days
buyers use Searcher OS
1,200+
buyers use Searcher OS

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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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

From Search to Close

Four steps to finding and acquiring your business

  1. Define Your Buy Box (Deal Criteria)

    Set your criteria: price range, industries, locations, and key metrics you care about.

  2. Get Matched Deals Daily

    Our scrapers find deals from top broker sites and your custom sources, filtered automatically.

  3. Manage Your Pipeline

    Move deals through stages and upload CIMs (pitch decks) for AI analysis. Broker replies are matched to the right deal, so every conversation stays in one place.

  4. Close Your Deal

    Stay organized through due diligence until you sign on the dotted line.

Off-Market Outreach

Reach the owners in your buy box before a broker does.

The feed covers every listed deal. Outreach reaches the owners who never list.

We build a list of owners who fit your criteria, research each company, and email them from your own domain. Approve each email, or let them send automatically once your account passes our quality check. Replies come straight to you.

  1. Tell us your buy box
  2. We find the owners and draft the emails
  3. Replies come to your inbox

Both plans include the Searcher plan in Searcher OS.

See how it works
Works with your AI agent

Your Deals. Your AI.

Your agent works next to you, reading the same deals, the same pipeline, the same numbers.

  • Triage new deals against your buy box
  • Check DSCR and compare deals, no copy-pasting
  • Log notes and move deals through your pipeline

Start right from your agent

Add Searcher OS as a connector and sign up there. Free, no card. On Free your agent reads your deal feed (on a 21-day delay), pipeline and buy box. Upgrade when you want it saving deals and moving your pipeline.

Works withChatGPTClaudeAny MCP client
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Claude

Connected to Searcher OS

Live

Compare my top 3 deals by DSCR and days on market.

Here are your top 3 pipeline deals ranked by DSCR:

ABC HVAC Services
1.52x12 days
Metro Plumbing Co
1.38x8 days
Sunrise Landscaping
1.21x23 days

ABC HVAC has the strongest coverage. Sunrise is below the 1.25x SBA minimum. Want me to model a lower offer price?

Model lower offerDraft broker outreachShow CIM summary

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

$0/mo
  • 3 weeks delayed Deal Feed
  • 1 Buy Box
  • AI CIM Analysis — 1/month
  • Pipeline — 3 Active Deals
  • Search 101 (free course)
Continue with Free
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The Searcher

Full operating system for the serious acquirer

$79/mo
  • Full Deal Feed
  • 3 Buy Boxes
  • AI CIM Analysis — 25/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
Continue with The Searcher

The Deal Team

For funds, family offices, and acquisition teams

$149/mo
  • 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
  • Priority Support + Slack
  • White Glove Setup
Continue with The Deal Team

Free plan, no credit card · 7-day trial on paid plans · Cancel anytime

Off-Market Outreach

Reach owners before they list. Both plans include the Searcher plan in Searcher OS.

Outreach SDR$400/monthWe build your owner list and run the sending. You approve the emails, or let them send automatically, and answer the replies.Done-for-You$2,500/monthWe run your owner outreach for you, through to a meeting on your calendar.

No success fee. No setup fee. Cancel anytime. You keep your domains.

See both plans

How We Compare

Others aggregate listings. We built the full operating system.

Deal Scraping/Aggregation

Competitors
Kumo$99/mo
ClearlyAcquired$49+/mo
SMB Market$49/mo
Searcher OS
Free$0/mo
The Searcher$79/mo
The Deal Team$149/mo

Custom Website Scraping

Competitors
Kumo$99/mo
ClearlyAcquired$49+/mo
SMB Market$49/mo
Searcher OS
Free$0/mo
The Searcher$79/mo
The Deal Team$149/mo

AI CIM Upload & Analysis

Competitors
Kumo$99/mo
ClearlyAcquired$49+/mo
SMB Market$49/mo
Searcher OS
Free$0/mo
The Searcher$79/mo
The Deal Team$149/mo

Automated Deal CRM

Competitors
Kumo$99/mo
ClearlyAcquired$49+/mo
SMB Market$49/mo
Searcher OS
Free$0/mo
The Searcher$79/mo
The Deal Team$149/mo

SBA Financial Calculators

Competitors
Kumo$99/mo
ClearlyAcquired$49+/mo
SMB Market$49/mo
Searcher OS
Free$0/mo
The Searcher$79/mo
The Deal Team$149/mo

Due Diligence Task Management

Competitors
Kumo$99/mo
ClearlyAcquired$49+/mo
SMB Market$49/mo
Searcher OS
Free$0/mo
The Searcher$79/mo
The Deal Team$149/mo

Workflow Automation

Competitors
Kumo$99/mo
ClearlyAcquired$49+/mo
SMB Market$49/mo
Searcher OS
Free$0/mo
The Searcher$79/mo
The Deal Team$149/mo

MCP Connection (AI Tools)

Competitors
Kumo$99/mo
ClearlyAcquired$49+/mo
SMB Market$49/mo
Searcher OS
Free$0/mo
The Searcher$79/mo
The Deal Team$149/mo
Joshua Thacker

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.

Joshua Thacker, Founder

Questions?

Who is Searcher OS built for?
Searcher OS is built for anyone acquiring small businesses, whether you're a solo searcher using SBA financing, a search fund operator, a micro PE firm, or a family office sourcing deals. The feed covers businesses from $500K to $30M in asking price.
What's the difference between the Free plan and the paid trial?
The Free plan is genuinely free with no credit card — just verify your email. You get the full deal feed (listings show on a 3-week delay) plus core tools. Paid plans add fresh, real-time listings and the full feature set, and start with a 7-day free trial; your card is only charged when that trial ends unless you cancel first, and you can cancel anytime in-app.
Do you take a success fee?
Absolutely not. Flat subscription pricing, period. We never take a cut of your deal, charge per-transaction fees, or add hidden costs. Your acquisition economics are 100% yours.
Can Searcher OS reach owners who haven't listed?
Yes. Off-Market Outreach finds owners who fit your criteria and emails them from your own domain: $400/month if you run it, $2,500/month if we do.
Do the outreach emails come from my email?
Yes, from a mailbox on a subdomain you own. Owners see your name.
What happens if I stop searching?
Cancel anytime with no penalties. Your data stays available through the end of your billing period, and you can export everything. If you come back later, your pipeline and history will be waiting for you.
How do custom URLs work?
You can submit custom URLs (like regional broker websites) and our scrapers will monitor them for new listings. Custom deals are added to your feed alongside listings from our other sources. The number of custom sites depends on your plan.
Is my data private?
Absolutely. Your pipeline, notes, and saved deals are completely private. Only the global deal feed (scraped public listings) is shared. We use Row-Level Security to ensure complete data isolation.
How is Searcher OS different from BizBuySell?
BizBuySell is a listing marketplace where brokers post deals. Searcher OS aggregates listings from BizBuySell and dozens of other broker websites, then adds pipeline management, AI CIM analysis, SBA loan calculators, and broker CRM. BizBuySell is one source; Searcher OS is the workflow that sits on top of all sources.
How is Searcher OS different from Kumo?
Kumo focuses primarily on deal aggregation. Searcher OS includes deal aggregation plus a full acquisition workflow: pipeline CRM, AI-powered CIM analysis, SBA loan calculator with DSCR modeling, broker relationship tracking, custom website scraping, and due diligence task management. The difference is sourcing-only vs. end-to-end platform. For owners who have not listed, Searcher OS also sells Off-Market Outreach, which emails them from your own domain.
What is the best software for buying a small business?
For acquirers targeting businesses from $500K to $30M in asking price, Searcher OS covers deal sourcing, pipeline management, CIM analysis and financial modeling in one platform. Off-Market Outreach adds emails to owners who have not listed, from your own domain, at $400/month if you run it or $2,500/month if we do. Alternatives include Kumo for deal aggregation and ClearlyAcquired for its managed tiers.
Does Searcher OS have an SBA loan calculator?
Yes. Searcher OS includes a built-in SBA 7(a) loan calculator that models monthly payments, DSCR (Debt Service Coverage Ratio), total cash required, and owner cash flow. A free version is available at searcheros.ai/tools/sba-calculator without an account.
What is AI CIM analysis?
CIM (Confidential Information Memorandum) analysis is the process of evaluating a broker’s detailed business profile. Searcher OS uses AI to extract key financials, identify risk flags, and highlight opportunities from uploaded CIM PDFs, reducing hours of manual review to seconds.
Can I use Searcher OS for search fund acquisitions?
Yes. While many of our users are solo searchers using SBA financing, search fund operators, micro PE firms, and family offices also use Searcher OS for deal sourcing, pipeline management, and preliminary financial analysis. The Deal Team plan adds higher buy-box and CIM limits, more custom broker scrapes, and priority support.
How many broker websites does Searcher OS monitor?
Searcher OS monitors dozens of broker websites automatically and lets you add custom broker URLs for monitoring. New listings matching your buy box criteria are delivered to your feed daily. The number of custom URLs depends on your plan.
Can I connect ChatGPT, Claude, or another AI agent to Searcher OS?
Yes. Searcher OS runs an MCP (Model Context Protocol) connection, the open standard AI agents use to reach your tools. Once connected, your agent can search the deal feed, check your pipeline, run SBA numbers, and read your CIM analysis. Every plan can connect. The Free plan connects read-only, and Searcher and Deal Team let your agent save deals, move pipeline stages, and add notes. No account yet? You can create a free one from your agent's connection screen, no card needed.
What is a buy box in business acquisition?
A buy box defines your acquisition criteria: the price range, industries, geographic locations, and financial metrics (like minimum SDE or EBITDA) that a business must meet for you to consider it. Searcher OS lets you create up to 10 buy boxes depending on your plan, and automatically filters the deal feed to show only matching listings.

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.

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