Indiana + SMB.co

Helping Business Owners Plan for the Future

Free, confidential tools to help Indiana business owners understand their business, explore their options, and plan for what comes next.

Valuation Growth Planner

AI-powered gap analysis to reach your target exit price.

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Business valuation

Know what your business is worth.

Readiness assessment

See how prepared you are to transition.

Exit planning

Build a plan on your own timeline.

Ongoing insights

Track your business as you plan ahead.

Why This Matters

Nearly 600,000 small businesses call Indiana home.

Many of these owners will retire in the next decade. Without a succession plan, their businesses risk closing instead of transitioning. This partnership helps change that.

Know your value

Get a confidential estimate of what your business is worth today.

Check your readiness

A structured assessment shows how prepared you are for a transition.

Explore without pressure

Review your options at your own pace. No obligation, no sales pitch.

Plan on your timeline

Build an actionable transition plan when you're ready—not before.

Free and confidential

Every tool is free, voluntary, and private. Your data stays secure.

Backed by Indiana

Led by the Indiana Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (OEI).

When owners plan ahead, jobs are protected, communities are preserved, and businesses built here keep thriving here.
Keep IN Business Legacy Initiative
Indiana Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Statewide Effort

A statewide effort, starting locally.

A regional pilot supporting ~50,000 businesses, led by the Indiana Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation—with plans to expand statewide.

Northwest Indiana

Free planning tools and transition resources for business owners in the northwest region.

South Central Indiana

Helping business owners in the south central region understand their options and plan ahead.

Southwest Indiana

Resources to keep southwest Indiana businesses thriving through ownership transitions.

For Advisors

Indiana advisors: help more owners build, plan, and exit on their terms.

If you advise Indiana small business clients in any way, SMB.co gives you the tools and the client introductions to make small business work a real, profitable part of your practice.

Instant valuations

Lead with defensible high, low, and average ranges built on real market data — so owners take you seriously from the first meeting.

AI handles the busywork

AI agents prep valuations, CIMs, comp reports, and client follow-ups so you spend time advising, not formatting.

A unified pipeline

Track every Indiana owner, deal, and next step in one dashboard. No client falls through the cracks.

Be their guide long before the sale

Help owners build value years ahead of an exit, so the business is worth the most when they are finally ready.

Get matched with the right clients

SMB sends owners and buyers who match your services, ready to engage. Each one becomes a real revenue stream, not a favor.

Data-driven dealmaking

Surface the exact gaps in growth, owner dependency, and financials — with the data to back every recommendation.

With SMB, buyers engage faster, owners better understand their numbers, and everything stays organized in one place. It's the smoothest process I've worked with.
M&A advisor
SMB.co partner
Impact

Supporting jobs, communities, and local ownership.

When businesses transition successfully, everyone benefits. This partnership strengthens Indiana's economic foundation.

Preserve local jobs

Protect the livelihoods of employees and their families statewide.

Keep businesses locally owned

Ensure the businesses that define Indiana's main streets stay in local hands.

Strengthen economic stability

Planned transitions create better outcomes for owners, buyers, and communities.

Get Started

Free, voluntary, and confidential — for Indiana owners and the advisors who serve them.