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How to find companies for sale
Describe the industry or region to search
Add your target industry and region, such as landscaping businesses in Texas or manufacturing companies in the Midwest. Sculptor searches Google Maps and Clay's B2B company data for matches.
Sculptor sources matches and finds Owner emails
Sculptor scans Google Maps for businesses matching your industry and region, then waterfalls through 150+ providers to find a verified Owner email. If the waterfall comes up short, Claygent browses each company's website to surface contact details.
Get a table with company name and Owner email
The finished table has company name and, for matched rows, a verified Owner email. Push to Smartlead or Instantly to trigger outreach the moment a row lands.
Why Clay for finding companies for sale
Google Maps sourcing by industry and region
Surface hundreds of acquisition targets in a specific industry and geography using Clay's native Google Maps integration. Filter by business type, location, star rating, and review count to zero in on the right targets fast.
Claygent reads sites to find the owner
Get the decision-maker's name and title for each matched business. Claygent browses each company's About, Team, and Contact pages to surface the owner or founder, so you skip manual research entirely.
Waterfall enrichment finds verified owner emails
Get a verified owner email for matched rows. Clay waterfalls through 150+ providers and charges credits only when one returns a hit, flagging catch-alls and risky addresses before anything reaches your outreach tool.
Push owner contacts to Smartlead or Instantly
Send your finished table of verified owner contacts directly into Smartlead or Instantly in seconds. Every row is enriched and validated before it hits your campaign, so your outreach starts clean.
Before Clay, we could only guess at our audience composition. Now, we can confidently show sponsors the segments that matter most to them, like marketing leaders at companies doing $10M+ in revenue
Frequently asked questions
How does Sculptor find companies for sale by industry?
Sculptor searches multiple company databases, including Google Maps and Openmart, to surface owner-operated businesses in your target industry or region. It then runs a waterfall enrichment across providers like Datagma, Leadmagic, and Findymail to attach a verified owner email to each company. Claygent confirms each owner is still active before returning the final list.
How accurate are the owner emails Sculptor returns?
Coverage typically lands between 80% and 89% when Clay's SMB waterfall runs across multiple providers, compared to roughly 30% from a single source. In Clay's benchmark of 1,075 SMB contacts, Leadmagic alone hit 89% coverage with a 97%+ confidence score, and stacking additional providers closes remaining gaps. Every email is validated before it reaches your export.
Can I find companies for sale in bulk across regions?
Yes. Paste a list of target industries and regions into a Clay table, or upload them via CSV, and Sculptor builds acquisition target rows for each one. Google Maps returns up to 1,000 businesses per search, while Openmart handles unlimited results. Push the finished table to HubSpot, Salesforce, or download as a CSV to start deal outreach.
Is it legal to cold email business owners about acquisitions?
The CAN-SPAM Act permits B2B cold email in the United States if you include a valid physical address, an honest sender line, and a working opt-out link. CCPA now covers business contact data for California residents, so you must honor opt-out-of-sale requests. If you contact owners in the EU, GDPR allows outreach under a documented legitimate interest basis with a clear unsubscribe option.
Twenty U.S. states now have privacy laws in effect as of 2026, and requirements vary. Always check the rules for your jurisdiction before launching outreach.