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The Right Exit for Your Transportation Business

You’ve spent decades building something valuable. When it’s time to sell, you need advisors who’ve walked your path—transportation operators who understand what you’ve built and what you’re risking.
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No upfront fees. No obligation. Just straight talk from people who know transportation.

Credibility

90+ successful transportation exits

90+ years Combined Industry Experience

Timeline Compression: 2-3 Months

Seller-Side Representation Only

Most M&A Advisors Don't Know Your Business

You’ve built a successful transportation or logistics business. You’ve survived market downturns, capacity crunches, insurance spikes, and regulatory changes. You’ve made payroll every two weeks for years—maybe decades.

Now you’re thinking about an exit. And your phone won’t stop ringing with M&A advisors who:

Don't Speak Your Language

They’ve never managed terminals, divisions, or entire networks in C-Level positions within asset, asset-lite, and non-asset transportation operations. They’re financial advisors trying to learn transportation while marketing your business. When buyers ask about your LTL tariffs or drayage relationships, they can’t explain what makes you valuable.

Drag the Process Out

Six to seven months (or longer) of due diligence. Endless information requests. Your leadership team stuck in meetings instead of running the business. You’re exhausted, distracted, and starting to wonder if this deal will ever close—or if you should just keep running the company yourself.

Work for the Buyer, Not You

Many M&A advisors represent buyers or work both sides of the desk. When push comes to shove in negotiations, whose interests are they really protecting? You’re a first-time seller going up against buyers who do this for a living. You need someone in your corner.

There's a better way.

How Next Mile is different

Transportation Operators Advising Transportation Operators

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 understand what makes your business valuable because we’ve lived your world—building carrier relationships, surviving market cycles, and yes, successfully exiting when the time was right.

Differentiator 1: Industry Credibility You Can Trust

Our team brings 90+ years combined experience in transportation ownership and transportation-focused M&A. We’ve guided 90+ successful exits for trucking, brokerage, and logistics companies. When you talk to us, you’re talking to “another truck guy”—someone who speaks your language and understands what you’ve built.

Differentiator 2: Timeline Compression That Protects Your Business

Acquisitions Powered by Code, our proprietary, transportation-specific data process organizes what buyers need up front—compressing the due diligence grind by 2-3 months. Less time with your team stuck in meetings. Less distraction from running the business. Faster path to close.

Differentiator 3: Seller-Side Representation Only

The most significant mistake a Seller can make is to only consider one Buyer. The odds that the one Buyer will provide Best Value (deal valuation and structure, personality match, cultural match, skillsets, and strategy match) is extremely low. Many M&A firms also represent Buyers and will bring a single Seller to the Buyer they represent. You need someone in your corner.

“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

Built on a Proven Foundation

Next Mile M&A is powered by Black Belt TC—a transportation M&A advisory firm with a proven track record and proprietary software system developed specifically for the transportation industry.
Black Belt TC was founded by Mike Bloss, who brought decades of transportation experience from Yellow, YRC, and Echo Global Logistics. Our managing partner, Wally Brauer, built Freight Solutions from nothing, successfully exited through this exact process, and was so impressed by the outcome that he became a partner in the firm. Now, as part of the succession plan, we’re building Next Mile M&A on the great foundation Mike and Black Belt created—with Wally, Mike, and our team helping transportation business owners navigate the most important transition of their lives.

Supporting elements

  • 90+ successful transportation exits
  • Proprietary Black Belt data system
  • 300+ strategic buyer relationships
  • Positive testimonial from every company we've successfully sold
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What Success Looks Like

Our clients are transportation business owners who wanted more than just a deal—they wanted the right deal. Here’s what that looked like for them.

Dan Krivickas, American Group "More Than Doubled Post-Transaction"

  • Due diligence compressed 2-3 months
  • Found the right strategic partner (not just the highest bidder)
  • Business more than doubled in size post-transaction
  • Retained equity for "second bite"
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Roger & Deanie Harrison, Radius Logistics "Having Someone on Your Team"

  • Pre-built data room before going to market
  • Confident presentations to billion-dollar buyers
  • Retired comfortably after successful exit
  • "He's a man of integrity"
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Ross Bodenheimer, Sutton Transport "I Know I Would Have Missed Something"

  • 13 terminals, 800+ employees, $130M revenue
  • Protected from "abnormal" buyer requests
  • Year-end close with nights/weekends support
  • "Definitely the right organization"
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Ready to Explore What's Possible?

If you’ve built a valuable transportation or logistics business and you’re thinking about your next chapter, we’d welcome the opportunity to have a candid conversation. No upfront fees. No pressure. Just straight talk from people who’ve been in the trenches.

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Most of our clients are first-time sellers. We’ll walk you through what to expect, answer your questions, and help you understand if now is the right time—or what you’d need to do to get ready.