Since the company’s founding in 1961, Mills & Associates, Inc., has excelled in helping owners of closely held companies transfer ownership. This has been accomplished by taking a more aggressive approach, a multi-step process that helps to guarantee a higher rate of success for our clients. Mills & Associates, Inc., focuses on selling privately held firms or divisions of larger companies. Because of this, we deeply understand the value in our clients. Our controlled marketing process pinpoints a potential buyer, ensuring the confidentiality and achievement of the seller’s end goals. To assist our clients, Mills & Associates, Inc., has compiled a large database of potential buyers in a wide range of industries.

Mills & Associates, Inc. has been active in the merger and acquisition field since 1978. Our firm has given seminars on Corporate Valuations for the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce and has been called as expert witnesses for Real Estate, Tax, Buy-Sell Agreements, and Divorce purposes. These valuations have been for clients like the Internal Revenue Service and Estates whose business holdings had revenues exceeding $35 million. To our knowledge, we are the only firm in the Dayton area to be Board Certified in Business Appraisal by the Real Estate Law Institute. Our Corporate Valuations are extensive in scope and include publicly traded stock comparisons, interviews with Management and on-site location visits, industry trend research, comparisons with industry average financial statements, as well as 16 separate approaches to value. We are well aware of financing sources and conditions, price allocations, and especially tax structuring of complex transactions.

International Business Brokers Association Board Certified in Business Appraisal by the Real Estate Law Institute Dayton Tooling and Manufacturing Association