{
  "title": "Buying or Selling an MSP Business: Prices, Buyers, How to Sell",
  "url": "https://acquisitions.com/blog/buying-or-selling-a-msp-business/",
  "author": "Moran Pober",
  "publisher": "Acquisitions.com",
  "published": "2026-10-29",
  "updated": "2026-10-29",
  "section": "Sector guide",
  "keyword": "buying or selling an MSP business",
  "short_answer": "Buyers pay most for recurring managed services contracts, low client churn and a team that runs without the owner. In 2026, private equity platforms and fast-growing consolidators kept buying local managed IT firms, almost always without giving a price. Security skills and no single big client push the price up.",
  "facts": {
    "MSP consolidator": [
      "Local MSPs, often from its own network",
      "The 20 MSP buys Sundance Networks"
    ],
    "Private equity": [
      "Larger MSPs with many clients",
      "AEA Investors invests in Magna5"
    ],
    "PE-backed platform": [
      "Add-ons in new cities or niches",
      "Nexus IT buys Loyal IT"
    ],
    "Individual buyer": [
      "Smaller owner-run firms",
      "SBA-financed purchases"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-20-marks-49th-msp-acquisition-with-addition-of-sundance-networks-302818622.html",
    "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nexus-it-completes-acquisition-of-loyal-it-expanding-national-platform-into-the-texas-market-302855221.html",
    "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/aea-partners-with-magna5-to-accelerate-growth-of-leading-it-managed-services-provider-302676940.html",
    "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/alfar-capital-walter-capital-partners-and-bdc-capital-complete-the-sale-of-msp-corp-to-niobrara-capital-capping-a-four-year-build-from-a-regional-quebec-it-provider-into-one-of-canadas-largest-managed-it-and-cybersecurity-pla-302881001.html",
    "https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/7a-loans"
  ],
  "license": "Facts may be quoted with attribution to Acquisitions.com and a link to the url above."
}