Your life's work deserves a successor who carries it forward.
Schmitz Capital acquires established mid-sized companies in Germany and Austria – mainly in succession situations – and develops them with a long-term perspective. Discreet, personal, and financed with equity and bank acquisition financing.
- Revenue
- EUR 5–50m
- EBITDA
- EUR 1–5m
- Region
- Germany & Austria
- Situation
- Succession & majority sale
We acquire companies to carry them forward.
Behind every company are decades of work, a well-rehearsed team and customers who rely on it. Our aim is to preserve that foundation and build on it.
Continuity
Name, location and team are the substance of a company. We acquire to continue – not to break up.
A long-term view
We acquire companies with a long-term perspective and make decisions with the coming years in mind, not a quick resale.
Reliability
Clear statements, prompt feedback and sound financing from equity and bank acquisition financing. What we commit to, we deliver.
What you can expect from us
For most owners, selling their company is a once-in-a-lifetime decision. We run the process accordingly: confidential, transparent and at a pace that suits you.
Confidentiality from the start
We sign a non-disclosure agreement before any documents are exchanged. Employees, customers and competitors only learn about it when you decide.
One personal point of contact
From the first conversation to the handover, you deal directly with the founder – not with changing teams.
A transition that fits
A full sale, a gradual withdrawal or a remaining stake: together we find the solution that suits you and your company.
Honest, prompt feedback
We review documents promptly and tell you early and openly whether, and on what terms, an acquisition is possible for us.
An offer you can follow
We show how we arrive at our offer. We explain assumptions, price and structure so that you can review them with your advisers.
Sound financing
We finance acquisitions with equity and bank acquisition financing, and we line up the financing early in the process.
What we look for
We focus on healthy, established companies whose owners want to arrange their succession or place a business unit in good hands.
- Revenue
- EUR 5m to 50m
- EBITDA
- EUR 1m to 5m
- Region
- Germany and Austria
- Situation
- Business succession, majority acquisitions, carve-outs of smaller corporate units
- Sectors
- Sector-agnostic, with a focus on B2B services, technical services, niche manufacturing and software/IT services
From first contact to handover
Every step is discussed in advance, so you always know what comes next and what it requires from you.
Confidential first conversation
Without obligation, by phone, video or in person.
Non-disclosure agreement and first documents
The agreement first, then the figures.
Indicative offer
A price range and structure, with the assumptions disclosed.
Due diligence and purchase agreement
Proportionate in scope, with questions bundled.
Handover and development
Prepared together, communicated together.
Personal, not anonymous
Anyone handing over their company wants to know who they are dealing with. With us, that is clear from the first conversation.
Louis Schmitz
Founder and Managing Partner
Louis Schmitz founded Schmitz Capital to offer established Mittelstand companies a succession built on continuity rather than a quick resale. He is your direct point of contact – from the first conversation to the handover.
Knowledge for owners
Well-founded articles on succession, valuation and the sale process – whoever you eventually sell to.
Planning business succession in good time
Why succession starts years before the handover: a realistic timeline, the main succession routes compared, preparation and the most common mistakes.
Read articleValuing a Mittelstand company: how buyers do the maths
Value and price, multiples and earnings-based methods, normalising earnings, net debt, and what drives the value of smaller companies.
Read articleThinking about the future of your company?
A first conversation is confidential and without obligation – even if your plans are at an early stage.