We connect owners of historical company data with the AI labs buying it — and publish the funnel as we work it.
Sub-$100K listings only, ranked by capture-to-price ratio. Every link below was verified Oct 13, 2026 to open the actual listing page. This tier churns fast: 4 of the original 8 targets (including the #1 and #2) were delisted or went off market within a day of the scan, so the board now shows the 4 verified-live listings. Combined ask: $295K. All are micro accounting & tax practices flagged as exceptions on staff size (none discloses 5+ employees) — captures are unproven at this scale. One live price cut: Richmond dropped $85K → $65K, improving its ratio to 0.42x.
| # | Company for sale | Ask | Archive depth | Expected capture | Capture ÷ price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Established Richmond Tax Prep Business with Strong Client Base Henrico County (Richmond), VA · BizBuySell | $65,000 | 15+ Not disclosed (flagged exception) | $15K–$40K | 0.42x |
| 2 | Established tax business for sale, over 20 years in the area Hudson, FL (Pasco County) · BizBuySell (seller-listed, Ad# 2041839) | $65,000 | 20+ (claimed) Not disclosed (flagged exception) | $10K–$30K | 0.31x |
| 3 | West of Nashville, Tennessee Tax & Accounting Practice for Sale Dickson County, TN · BizBuySell | $80,000 | Not disclosed Not disclosed (flagged exception) | $10K–$30K | 0.25x |
| 4 | West of Charlotte Tax Practice (APS #NC6601) West of Charlotte, NC · Accounting Practice Sales | $85,000 | Not disclosed Not disclosed (flagged exception) | $10K–$30K | 0.24x |
Re-scored weekly from logged yield; rescored Oct 13, 2026 against the sub-$100K for-sale model — marketplaces now lead. Full notes per source on the Sources page.
| # | Source | Type | Score | Measured yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BizBuySell bizbuysell.com | marketplace | 8/10 | v4 sub-$100K scan (Oct 13, 2026): 5 of 8 ranked targets carried here outright (Knoxville TN, Richmond VA, Hudson FL, Dickson TN, Middlesex MA), plus co-credit on #1 and #7 via syndication. v3 for-sale scan: ~28 of 34 targets. The dominant source under the for-sale model by an order of magnitude. |
| 2 | BizQuest bizquest.com | marketplace | 6/10 | v4 scan: carried target #1 via the Transworld broker page (including the $100K -> $85K price-cut intel) and target #7 outright; St Cloud MN1114 ($107K) is the top price-cut watch. v3 scan: 4+ targets incl. exclusives. |
| 3 | Accounting Practice Sales + Poe Group Advisors accountingpracticesales.com | marketplace | 6/10 | v4 scan: APS produced ranked target #6 (APS #NC6601, west of Charlotte NC, $85K, board-verified 'New'). Poe Group listed/cross-checked multiple v3 targets (incl. NC2103). |
| 4 | Business Brokers of Florida — BizMLS (bizmls.com) bizmls.com | marketplace | 6/10 | No measured yield yet — discovered in the Oct 13, 2026 rescore spot-check. Baseline starts now. |
| 5 | Bankruptcy / ABC assignee notices (DSI Assignments · Insolvency Services Group · CMBG Advisors) dsiassignments.com | bankruptcy | 5/10 | Oct 13, 2026 funnel sweep: 6 of 21 wind-down candidates sit in estates with a named fiduciary (Parker, Character.AI, Rad Power, Picnic, Sunbird Bio, 3DEO). Zero sub-$100K for-sale listings — estates are not marketplace inventory. |
| 6 | Hilco Streambank hilcostreambank.com | bankruptcy | 5/10 | No measured yield yet — not swept in any Oct 13 scan. Baseline unchanged. |
| 7 | SimpleClosure & Sunset (wind-down platforms, as source partners) simpleclosure.com | network | 5/10 | No measured yield — partnership not yet opened. Named in the v4 scan as the Route A resale channel for sub-floor archives (resell/license de-identified archives via SimpleClosure/Sunset-type channels). |
| 8 | BizScout bizscout.com | marketplace | 5/10 | No measured yield yet — discovered in the Oct 13, 2026 rescore spot-check: sub-$100K asks present in target geographies ($66K TX franchise resale, $75K/$90K Spokane chiropractic practices, $85K TX retail). Baseline starts now. |
| 9 | LinkedIn linkedin.com | network | 4/10 | Origination point for Tally (funnel sweep); the designated first-move channel for nearly all 21 funnel candidates. Zero for-sale inventory of its own. |
| 10 | BusinessBroker.net BusinessBroker.net | marketplace | 4/10 | No direct ranked targets yet; v3/v4 scans repeatedly surfaced it as a mirror (a BizQuest target mirrored here; a v3 target's location resolved via its mirror). Spot-check Oct 13, 2026 confirms live sub-$100K inventory. |
| 11 | GlobalBX globalbx.com | marketplace | 4/10 | v3 for-sale scan: 1 of 34 targets sourced here — the only non-BizBuySell-family marketplace to produce a ranked target before this rescore. v4 scan: a Dallas/Fort Worth medical billing listing visible but priced as a range and 1-3 staff — not qualifiable at the cap. |
| 12 | SMERGERS smergers.com | marketplace | 4/10 | No measured yield yet — discovered in the Oct 13, 2026 rescore spot-check: US sub-$100K full-sale listings exist (e.g. a $30K software company — but <2 employees; a $60K salon at 5-10 staff). Baseline starts now. |
| 13 | BusinessesForSale.com us.businessesforsale.com | marketplace | 3/10 | v4 sub-$100K scan: ZERO qualifying targets — asking prices are shown as ranges (e.g. $100K-$250K), so no listing could be confirmed at or under the cap in a target vertical. No v3 targets either. |
| 14 | DealStream dealstream.com | marketplace | 3/10 | v4 scan: cross-confirmed target #1's $85,000 price (listed on BizBuySell, BizQuest and DealStream) — corroboration value only, no unique target. Spot-check Oct 13, 2026: live target-vertical listings exist (a medical billing & RCM firm) but at $1.8M — far over cap. |
| 15 | Transworld Business Advisors (tworld.com board) tworld.com | marketplace | 3/10 | v4 scan: the #1 ranked target (Van Wert County OH tax practice) is a Transworld listing — but it was found and priced via BizBuySell/BizQuest, not the tworld.com board. No target has been sourced from the board directly. |
| 16 | GeekWire geekwire.com | news | 3/10 | Oct 13 funnel sweep: 5 of 21 wind-down candidates first-surfaced + first signal on 2 estates. v3/v4 for-sale scans: zero targets — it carries no for-sale inventory. |
| 17 | TechCrunch — shutdown & bankruptcy coverage techcrunch.com | news | 3/10 | Oct 13 funnel sweep: 5 candidates (Pulley, Relay, Yupp, Huxe, Character.AI) + Parker filing facts. v3/v4 for-sale scans: zero targets — no for-sale inventory. |
| 18 | layoffs.fyi layoffs.fyi | news | 2/10 | 1 candidate all-time (Atrium — from its archive; that shutdown was in 2020). No for-sale inventory. |
| 19 | YC Companies directory (Inactive) ycombinator.com | network | 2/10 | 0 direct — the Inactive filter was not enumerable in the Oct 13 sweep; the pool's best member (Parker, W19) was found via TechCrunch instead. No for-sale inventory. |
| 20 | Axial axial.net | network | 2/10 | No data yet, and none expected at the cap: its floor (roughly $500K EBITDA) sits an order of magnitude above a sub-$100K asking price. |
| 21 | Acquire.com acquire.com | marketplace | 2/10 | v4 scan: zero qualifying (grouped with Microns/Empire as 'gated or startup-weighted; no verifiable sub-$100K services business with archive depth'). v1 sweep: listings uniformly small. |
| 22 | Digital M&A brokers (FE International · Quiet Light · WebsiteClosers) feinternational.com | marketplace | 2/10 | No measured yield; rescore spot-check confirms the price floor problem — the cheapest current Quiet Light ask is ~5.75x the cap. |
| 23 | Empire Flippers empireflippers.com | marketplace | 2/10 | v4 scan: zero qualifying. v1: 0. |
| 24 | Flippa flippa.com | marketplace | 2/10 | v4 scan: zero qualifying — sub-$100K SaaS listings were young solo products (7-month-old lead-gen SaaS at $70K; 3-year EU repricing tool at $50K). v1 sweep: 0. |
| 25 | Microns microns.io | marketplace | 1/10 | v4 scan: zero qualifying (grouped zero with Acquire/Empire). v1 sweep: 0. |
| 26 | SideProjectors sideprojectors.com | marketplace | 1/10 | 0 in every scan. |
We introduce qualified data owners to the buyers' programs and negotiated channel deals. Fees run $10K–$50K+ per signed company — up to 6% of deal value on the largest programs. Zero capital, fastest to first dollar.
For live wind-downs and estates, we advise the seller — or bring qualified buyers to bankruptcy trustees and assignees who rarely market data assets at all — for a success fee. Proven demand: Google paid $10M for an airline's internal archive at a §363 auction; a major broker bid $7.5M.
Buying data assets as principal — from bankruptcies or by acquiring small businesses — only when the asset is distressed-priced or the data is a free option on a business worth owning without it. Otherwise the math favors referrals, and we pass.
| # | Vertical | Why buyers want it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legal services | A buyer publicly cut its law-firm entry bar to 6 employees, stating AI labs are prioritizing legal data; legal drafting is the canonical RL-environment example. | Strongest evidence |
| 2 | Finance & accounting | Accounting firms qualify at 10 employees; a finance-data specialist raised $30M in October to source and license financial data. | Effectively tied with #1 |
| 3 | Software & engineering | Buyers publicly recruit CTOs for production codebases with full dev workflow. Clearest small comp: ~$25K for a young startup's codebase. | Strong |
| 4 | Healthcare administration | Clinical data is compliance-gated; the huntable slice is back-office and revenue-cycle workflow. | Strong (admin slice) |
| 5 | Professional services, consulting & BPO | The core broker program vertical, backed by a $1B stated 12-month buying commitment; payout bands $100K–$1M+. | Strong |
| 6 | Media & content | Largest documented payouts in the market (>$20M to rights holders) — but supply runs through rights aggregation, not company hunting. | Real money, different supply |
| 7 | Customer support operations | Named data sources (Zendesk-type archives); monetizes bundled inside broader company archives. | Component demand |
| 8 | Insurance | Named on one major buyer's vertical list; no program, deal, or price evidence found yet. | Thin evidence |
| 9 | Logistics & transportation | Named by two buyers; the $10M Spirit Airlines archive was substantially a logistics-ops dataset (a mega-deal, not a rate). | Named, unpriced |
| 10 | Real estate | Action is in MLS listing-data licensing via gatekeepers; brokerage archives are undifferentiated. | Gatekeeper market |
Notably absent: sales-call archives — widely assumed valuable, but we found no evidence of buyers purchasing them as a category.