The Data-Driven Edge That Sets Us Apart
While other brokers wait for businesses to come to market, we proactively originate off-market deals — sourcing the right buyer for every seller, and the right opportunity for every buyer, using industry-leading data intelligence.
Contact Database
Researched Sector Reports
Financial Selectors
SIC Code Classifications
Most Brokers React. We Originate.
The majority of business brokers operate reactively — they list a business and wait for buyers to find it. The best buyers, however, are often not actively searching listings. They're running their own businesses, pursuing their own strategies, and may not even know your business exists.
At Transition 360 Partners Ltd, we take a fundamentally different approach. Using our proprietary access to USP Data — an industry-leading firmographic intelligence platform — we proactively identify and approach the most strategically relevant buyers for your business, long before they ever consider browsing a listing site.
This is what sets us apart.
No other broker in the UK market combines this level of data intelligence with personalised deal origination for both buyers and sellers.
Unique Sector Performance Data
Our proprietary deal origination engine
USP Data — the platform that powers our deal origination
What Makes USP Data So Powerful
USP Data is not just another company database. It's a fully customisable search platform built from over 1,000 sector-specific reports, combining financial, geographic, and shareholder intelligence into a single, powerful deal origination engine.
Beyond Standard Databases
Where most databases stop at SIC codes, USP Data adds layers — 1,000+ researched sector reports, detailed financials, shareholder breakdowns, and geographic precision down to postcode distance.
Pinpoint Precision
Want to target businesses with two or fewer shareholders, £500k+ turnover, within 30 miles of a specific postcode, in the specialist engineering sector? You can define that search in minutes.
Real-Time Market Intelligence
See the real-time company count matching your filters before launching any campaign. Test the size of your market, refine your criteria, and only proceed when you have the right target list.
CRM-Ready Export
All results export cleanly into structured data files — no messy spreadsheets, no formatting headaches. Ready for direct outreach, valuation modelling, or pipeline management.
Six Dimensions of Deal Intelligence
Every search combines multiple selectors simultaneously — giving us a level of targeting precision that no other broker in the market can match.
Firmographic Search
Go beyond standard SIC codes. Access over 1,000 researched sector reports and 730 SIC classifications to pinpoint businesses in your exact niche — including sectors that standard databases simply miss.
Financial Screening
Screen businesses using 42 different P&L and balance sheet metrics — including profitability ratios, revenue thresholds, growth trends, and EBITDA margins. Find businesses that match your exact financial criteria.
Geographic Search
Target by county, region, or distance from a specific postcode. Looking for businesses within 30 miles of your head office? Within a particular county? Map it in seconds and see the real-time count.
Keyword Search
We've indexed business descriptions and websites, so you can search using industry-specific terminology. Find 'specialist engineering' or 'eco-friendly cleaning' firms even when they don't fit neatly into SIC classifications.
Industry Sector Selector
Choose from over 1,000 researched industry sector reports — far richer than standard SIC data. Access sharper sector intelligence that gives you more precise targeting and better quality prospects.
Shareholding & Age Search
A genuine game-changer. Filter by shareholder age, ownership percentage, and number of group companies. Perfect for identifying potential retiring owners, family-run businesses with succession needs, or owner-managed firms.
Your Deal Origination Engine, Running 24/7
The Researcher is the heart of the USP Data platform — a powerful interface that combines all six search dimensions into a single, intuitive workflow. It allows us to build highly targeted prospect lists in minutes, not days.
Whether we're building a buyer list for a client looking to sell, or identifying off-market acquisition targets for a buyer with a specific brief, the Researcher gives us the intelligence to act with precision and confidence.
How Data Prospecting Works For You
Whether you're selling or buying, our data-driven approach delivers better outcomes than any traditional brokerage model.
For Sellers
When you instruct us to sell your business, we don't just list it and wait. We immediately activate our data intelligence to build a targeted list of the most strategically relevant buyers — acquirers who may never have found you through a listing site.
- We proactively identify buyers who match your business profile — not just those browsing listings
- Target acquirers by sector, financial capacity, and strategic fit before they even know your business is available
- Access a database of 65,000+ active buyers and 5.3M contacts to maximise competitive tension
- Confidential outreach to qualified buyers — your identity is protected throughout
- Real-time market sizing tells us exactly how many suitable buyers exist for your business
For Buyers
If you have a clear acquisition brief — sector, geography, size, ownership profile — we use our data platform to originate off-market opportunities that precisely match your criteria. You get access to deals that never appear on public platforms.
- We originate off-market opportunities that never appear on public listing platforms
- Target businesses by your exact criteria — sector, geography, financials, and ownership profile
- Identify retiring owners and succession-ready businesses before they go to market
- Access deals with less competition and better pricing than publicly listed businesses
- Receive a curated shortlist of opportunities matched precisely to your acquisition strategy
Turning Intelligence Into Opportunity
Data alone isn't enough. What matters is what you do with it. Once we've built your targeted prospect list, we manage the entire outreach process — approaching potential buyers or sellers on your behalf, with complete confidentiality maintained throughout.
All contact data exports cleanly into our CRM pipeline — structured, consistent, and ready for action. No messy spreadsheets. No wasted time. Just a focused, professional outreach campaign built on precise intelligence.
Active Buyers in Our Network
Contacts in Our Database
Data Prospecting in Action
These examples illustrate the power of data-driven deal origination — finding the right buyer or seller before anyone else even knows they're in the market.
Engineering Business Sale — 47 Qualified Buyers in 72 Hours
Sold at full asking price to a strategic acquirer identified through USP Data's firmographic and geographic filters — a buyer who had never browsed a listing site.
Using USP Data's combined firmographic and geographic search, we identified 47 qualified engineering businesses and private equity groups within 50 miles of the target, with 2 or fewer shareholders and £1M+ turnover. The eventual buyer — a regional engineering group pursuing a bolt-on acquisition — was approached directly and had never seen the business advertised.
Care Sector Acquisition — Off-Market Deal Originated in 3 Weeks
A buyer with a specific care sector brief was matched with a retiring owner identified through USP Data's shareholding age filter — a business that had never been listed for sale.
Our buyer client wanted a care home or domiciliary care business in the East Midlands. Using USP Data's shareholding and age search, we identified 23 owner-managed care businesses where the sole shareholder was aged 60+. We approached them confidentially on behalf of our buyer. Within 3 weeks, one owner expressed interest in a confidential sale — a deal that never appeared on any public platform.
See USP Data in Action
Request a live demonstration of the USP Data platform. We'll walk you through how we build targeted prospect lists for your specific sector, geography, and financial criteria — and show you exactly how many businesses match your brief right now.
30-Minute Live Demo
We run a live search using your actual sector and criteria — no generic slides.
Your Brief, Your Results
Tell us your acquisition criteria or target buyer profile and we'll show you the live market size.
No Obligation
The demo is completely free. We simply want to show you why no other broker works this way.
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