Your members built these businesses. Help them pass them on.
The owners retiring out of your membership built the businesses your trade is made of. When one closes for lack of a buyer, your association loses a member, the trade loses capacity, and a town loses jobs. You are the institution these owners already trust — which makes you the one who can actually get them ready in time.
The succession crisis is a membership crisis.
The wave is hitting your rolls first — the founders and family owners who have been members the longest.
of manufacturers are owned by someone 55+
American Machinist
Boomer-owned manufacturers employing ~2.6M workers
The Century Foundation
skilled tradespeople expected to retire by 2030
PTT / Birm Group
The one institution they'll actually trust with this
A member benefit that actually matters
Most member benefits are discounts. This is the difference between a member's life's work transferring or disappearing. It's a reason to join, and a reason to stay.
Meet members where they already are
Owners won't list on a marketplace they've never heard of. They will act when the association they've trusted for decades puts a tool in front of them under your name.
Distribution, visibility, and impact you can measure
Aggregate readiness dashboard
See succession readiness across your whole membership — who's prepared, who's at risk, and where to focus member outreach before it's too late.
Your brand, your instance
A white-labeled platform under your association's name and colors. Unlimited member seats, every vertical configured, dedicated onboarding and support.
Deal flow for your lending partners
Diligence-ready businesses with clean lender packages — exactly what CDFIs, SBA lenders, and foundation capital need to finance local acquisitions and co-op conversions.
Mission outcomes you can report
Jobs kept in the region, businesses kept whole and local, ownership broadened to employees. Measurable impact for your board, your funders, and your members.
Start with a pilot, not a leap of faith.
A 90-day charter partnership — white-labeled under your brand, with a cohort of your members — so you can see the readiness lift across your membership before you commit to anything.
Our flagship pilot is built for national trade associations like the NTMA. Be the charter partner for your trade.
- A white-labeled portal under your brand — a dedicated home like ntma.successio.app
- Onboard a starting cohort of members at no risk
- Your aggregate readiness dashboard, live from day one
- Co-funded with foundation or grant support where it's available
Built for the organizations doing this work