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RIAMergers.com

Three hundred RIA deals a year. Billions changing hands. One domain that names the entire market — the definitive address for mergers and acquisitions intelligence in wealth management.

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The industry consolidates. Someone reports it.

The RIA sector is in the middle of the largest ownership transfer in its history — founders retiring, aggregators rolling up, private equity writing the checks. Deal announcements break weekly, yet no single destination owns the narrative. Coverage is scattered across trade press, banker league tables, and whisper networks.

RIAMergers.com is the masthead waiting for that publication: the deal database, the league tables, the buyer-seller marketplace, the conference brand. Four syllables the whole industry already says.

Manhattan skyline at dusk
The market, from above

Exact industry vocabulary. "RIA mergers" is how bankers, journalists, and sellers describe the market. The domain needs no translation.

Data-product ready. Deal multiples, buyer lists, transaction comps — the most valuable dataset in wealth management, under its natural name.

Event franchise. An RIA M&A summit under this banner sells itself to sponsors on day one.

“300+ RIA transactions a year — and no front page for any of them.”
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Domain that names the market

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Who writes the first check.

The Bankers

Investment banks

The sell-side advisor that publishes league tables under this name becomes the industry's scorekeeper.

The Aggregators

RIA acquirers

Deal flow is the lifeblood of roll-ups. Owning the category name turns inbound interest into a pipeline.

The Press

Trade media

A dedicated M&A vertical — data, rankings, awards — monetized through subscriptions and events.

The images on this page aren't decoration. They're the world this domain describes: boardrooms, skylines, handshakes — the physical reality of a market that transacts in trust and closes in conference rooms.

RIAMergers.com doesn't need to explain itself to any of those rooms. It already sounds like the invitation.

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Where the deals get done

M&A intelligence.

Analysis of the RIA deal market — valuations, buyers, and deal structure — from the desk that names the category.

Valuations

RIA M&A Valuations 2026: What Firms Are Actually Selling For

RIA valuations sit near decade highs, with median EBITDA multiples around 11x. Here is what firms are actually selling for, tier by tier — from 4x tuck-ins to 20x UHNW platforms.

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Consolidation

The Great RIA Consolidation: Who's Buying and Why

Private equity now backs roughly three of every four RIA deals. Meet the three ownership models driving the fastest consolidation in the industry’s history.

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The Seller's Guide

Selling Your RIA: Valuation Multiples Explained

One buyer offers $12 million, another $20 million — with half of it in earnouts. The grammar of valuation multiples, and why deal structure matters more than headline price.

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The Seller's Guide

The RIA Talent Drain: Why Acquirers Are Really Buying

RIA acquirers pay 8-12x EBITDA for firms whose real asset walks out the door every evening. The deals that succeed aren’t buying AUM — they’re buying advisor retention. Here’s what the data shows.

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