Business Intermediary and Broker Deal Submittals to Leading M&A Database - Pratt’s Stats - Benefit the Business Valuation and Business Brokerage Professions

PORTLAND, Ore. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Business Valuation Resources (BVR) is pleased to announce Pratt’s Stats® – the leading private company merger and acquisition (M&A) transaction database in the valuation profession – is now closing in on 20,000 deals thanks to numerous contributions from business intermediaries, brokers, and partners in 2012.

BVR’s Pratt’s Stats contribution program benefits business intermediaries as well as the business valuation profession. For nearly 20 years, M&A professionals, business appraisers, financial advisors, investment bankers and lawyers have relied on Pratt’s Stats to accurately value – or to dispute the value of – a subject company.

“The benefits of contributing to Pratt’s Stats have never been so attractive,” said Zac Cartwright, Financial Researcher at BVR. “Not only do contributions bolster the database for the profession, but contributing business intermediaries also reap the benefits with complimentary access to the sales details in the Pratt’s Stats database for pricing their next assignment or benchmarking value.”

For every closed deal that is contributed, the business intermediary or broker receives:

• Three months of online access to the Pratt’s Stats database and Excel-based tool, Pratt’s Stats Analyzer
• Name added to our referral database, which is often used by sellers and buyers searching for intermediaries
• Access to Pratt's Stats Private Deal Update – A quarterly publication that summarizes and analyzes private company acquisitions by private buyers from the Pratt’s Stats database
• Chance to be inducted into the Pratt’s Stats Hall of Fame, awarded annually. 2012 inductees included: Stacy Alario, Jey Arul, Pino Bacinello, John Bechtold, Tom Caltrider, Stanley Pollock, and Philip Steckler.

For more information about contributing closed deals to Pratt’s Stats, or to have a BVR financial analyst travel to your office and collect transactions at no cost, please contact Zac Cartwright at: (971) 200-4840 or visit www.bvresources.com/contribute.

About BVR

Every top business valuation firm depends on BVR for authoritative market data, continuing professional education, and expert opinion. Our customers include business appraisers, certified public accountants, M&A professionals, business brokers, lawyers and judges, private equity funds and venture capitalists, owners, and CFOs, among others. For more, please visit www.bvresources.com.