The quarterly ranking recognizes the most active sell-side M&A advisors in the lower middle market. Good Hope Advisors placed #18 for Q1 2025.
Axial's Top 25 Lower Middle Market Investment Banks ranking is published quarterly based on verified deal activity on the Axial platform — one of the primary networks used by PE firms, family offices, and strategic acquirers to source and close lower middle market transactions.
For Q1 2025, Good Hope Advisors ranked #18 nationally — during a quarter when Axial recorded 3,049 deals marketed, the second highest volume in the platform's history.
The ranking is not submitted. It is earned through activity. Firms that appear on this list are working deals, running processes, and closing transactions — in the sector, with real buyers, on behalf of real founders. There is no application. The platform tracks who is showing up. In one of the busiest quarters the lower middle market has seen, GHA was in the top 25.
Good Hope Advisors focuses exclusively on the home services and trades sector: HVAC, plumbing, landscaping, electrical, roofing, and related contractor-led businesses. That focus is deliberate. The lower middle market in this sector is active, the buyer pool is deep, and the founders selling their businesses deserve advisors who understand what they built.
The Q1 2025 recognition follows the firm's listing on the Axial Advisor 100 for 2026 — which ranks the top 100 most recommended M&A advisors in North America based on buyer feedback and transaction quality, not deal volume alone.
For founders in the trades considering a sale, both recognitions point to the same thing: Good Hope Advisors is active in this market, known by the buyers, and consistently closing.
If you are a contractor founder considering a sale in 2025 or 2026, the first conversation costs nothing and tells you a great deal about where your business stands today.