Sell My ABA Therapy Business

Selling a aba therapy business is different than selling a generic business. Buyers are looking for specific assets, contracts, and operational stability unique to your market.

Understanding Your Business Before Recommending a Broker

We start by analyzing clinical hours and retention...

Some owners are best served by local brokers who know the regional competition. Others, especially larger entities, may attract interest from regional consolidators or private equity groups. We help you find the right path.

Key Value Drivers for Buyers

• Staff Retention – Low turnover...
• Waitlist – Demonstrates demand...

Buyers scrutinize bCBA Retention, payer Contracts & Rates, and census & Waitlist.

Deep Dive: Recasting Your ABA Therapy Business Financials

To get the highest price, we work with brokers who "recast" your P&L to show the true Seller’s Discretionary Earnings (SDE) or EBITDA. In ABA therapy, this involves specific adjustments:

• Owner-BCBA Salary: If you carry a caseload yourself, your compensation is adjusted to market clinician rates to show the true cost of replacing your billable hours.
• Credentialing & Startup Costs: One-time payer credentialing, CentralReach implementation, or new-location buildouts are added back as non-recurring investments.
• Family Auto & Phone: Personal vehicles, phones, or family members on payroll who don’t deliver or supervise therapy are adjusted out of operating expenses.

Who is Buying ABA Therapy Businesses?

Autism services remain one of the most acquired healthcare niches, and buyers sort by clinical scale.

1. PE-Backed ABA Platforms: National platforms acquire practices with 3+ BCBAs and clean compliance records as tuck-ins, paying for census, payer contracts, and clinical leadership.

2. Regional Multi-Site Providers: Established regional agencies buy neighboring practices to densify service areas and share supervision overhead.

3. Clinician Owner-Operators: BCBAs ready to own often buy smaller practices with SBA loans, valuing steady authorizations and an established referral base from pediatricians and schools.

Why Confidentiality is Critical

If families hear the practice is selling, they worry about therapist turnover and may switch providers mid-authorization. If RBTs and BCBAs hear, recruiters will pick them off within weeks.

Our Approach: We use strict NDAs and blind profiles that describe census, payer mix, and financials without naming your practice or locations until buyers are qualified.

If you are exploring a sale now or in the next few years, your first move should be speaking with someone who understands the Healthcare & Medical industry.

On our first call, we will discuss your revenue, assets, and exit goals. From there, we will suggest one or more brokers or M&A advisors who are best positioned to sell your specific type of business.