Market Pulse Survey Report (quarterly)
International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) and M&A Source. (2026)
Earliest PDF opened: Second Quarter 2012. Latest opened: Q2 2026 Highlights
Publisher: IBBA and M&A Source. Frequency: quarterly. First edition confirmed: Q2 2012, which is also the oldest file on the IBBA archive page; the Q4 2023 report calls itself "the 47th edition of this quarterly report", which counts back to Q2 2012. (An IBBA press release headline for Q1 2020 says "Since Survey Started in 2013"; the 2012 PDFs contradict that.) Latest: Q2 2026 Highlights PDF; the page says "The Q3 2026 Survey is open October 1-15, 2026". Method as stated: a national survey of business brokers and M&A advisors covering Main Street ("values $0-$2MM") and the lower middle market ("values $2MM -$50MM"); "The Q4 2023 survey was conducted January 1-15 and was completed by 382 business brokers and M&A advisors. Respondents completed 330 transactions this quarter." The Q2 2012 report says it was presented "in partnership with the Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project"; no Pepperdine reference was found in the Q4 2023 text. Limits: self-selected respondents reporting their own closed deals; from Q1 2024 only a short "Highlights" PDF is public and the page states "The Executive Summary report is only available to survey participants." The Q2 2026 Highlights states no sample size. No researcher access to underlying data is described. No statistic on the share of listings that sell was found in the Q2 2012, Q4 2023 or Q2 2026 files.