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As the face of the company, you are key to maintaining stability. Your team, customers, and vendors look to you for reassurance as they navigate changes which may include benefits, software, and banking transitions. It’s also a key time to steer the ship with a business-as-usual approach, ensuring company performance doesn’t skip a beat.

At BAMA, we speak with thousands of business owners every year. A recurring theme we hear from successful founders is: "The business is doing great, I think I’ll give it just one more year." As we look at the data driving the 2026 market, here is the reality facing business owners today.

In the lower middle market success depends on reaching buyers who are both strategically aligned and capable of closing. BAMA's approach emphasizes focus, qualification, and certainty rather than volume.

Coming off a somewhat sluggish year, the general sentiment is that deal flow will pick up in 2026. Read more about it in BAMA's first blog post of the year!

Last year, Mars, Inc. announced its intent to acquire Kellanova in a $35.9 billion all-cash transaction. This deal marked one of the largest food and beverage acquisitions in over a decade.