Is Your Transportation Business Ready to Sell?
Most transportation owners don't know until buyers start asking questions they can't answer. This scorecard reveals what buyers will evaluate before you ever go to market—so you can strengthen your position or move forward with confidence.
Built specifically for trucking, brokerage, and logistics businesses, this assessment evaluates your company the same way buyers do: valuation drivers that determine how much they'll pay, and risk factors that determine deal structure.
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What This Scorecard Reveals
Valuation Drivers
The factors that determine how much buyers will pay—from revenue trends and margin strength to mode diversification and leadership depth.
Risk Factors
The hidden concentrations and dependencies that impact deal structure, cash at closing, and earnout terms.
Financial Readiness
Whether your books are clean enough for due diligence, and if you can generate the reports buyers will demand.
Emotional Preparedness
If you're truly ready to let go, or if gaps in motivation and planning will surface during negotiations.
How It Works
Answer 40 Questions
Honest assessment across four critical categories: valuation drivers, risk factors, financial readiness, and personal preparedness.
Get Your Score Immediately
See your total score (out of 200), tier assignment, section-by-section breakdown, and specific strengths and gaps.
Receive Detailed Guidance
Instant email with your results, personalized next steps based on your tier, and a downloadable PDF report.
Built for Transportation Operators
This isn't a generic business assessment. It's designed specifically for:
Asset-based carriers managing terminals, fleets, and equipment
Non-asset freight brokerages with carrier networks and customer relationships
Logistics providers offering warehousing, drayage, cross-border, or specialized services
Business owners considering their first exit or strategic partnership
Not sure if you're ready to take this step? That's exactly why this assessment exists. Most of our clients didn't know where they stood until they saw their score. Five minutes of honesty now can save you months—or years—of wasted effort later.
"Having somebody on your team really allowed us to sleep at night. He was looking after our best interests as best as he could."
— Roger Harrison, Co-Founder, Radius Logistics
Ready to Find Out Where You Stand?
No obligation. No sales pitch. Just an honest assessment of where your business is today and what you'd need to do to get it exit-ready.
5 minutes. 40 questions. Clarity on your exit readiness.
Used by transportation business owners across North America to evaluate readiness before engaging M&A advisors.
Who We Are
Next Mile M&A was built by people who've run transportation businesses, not just sold them. Our team has managed terminals, divisions, and entire networks in C-Level positions within asset, asset-lite, and non-asset transportation operations. We bring 90+ years of combined experience in transportation ownership and M&A advisory, with a proprietary process that compresses due diligence timelines and protects seller interests.
We represent sellers exclusively. We've guided 90+ successful exits. And we've walked your path—our managing partner Wally Brauer built Freight Solutions from nothing in 2011 and sold it in a life-changing transaction through this exact process.