For owners & families

A generation built these businesses. Most have no plan to pass them on.

America’s founders are retiring faster than anyone is replacing them — and when there’s no plan for what comes next, the hardest outcome becomes the most common one. Omega is the other option — a partner to build with, or a way to step back without losing what you built. On your terms.

The succession cliff

The largest handover of American business in history is underway.

Baby boomers own roughly four in ten privately held U.S. businesses. As they retire — about 10,000 reaching 65 every day — an estimated $10 trillion in business value is set to change hands this decade. Yet most owners have no plan for who takes the helm.

~12M

boomer-owned U.S. businesses

25M+

jobs they support — about 1 in 6

$10T

in value changing hands this decade

<1 in 3

owners have a succession plan

Fewer than one in three owners have a succession plan.

Sources: U.S. SBA Office of Advocacy; Guidant Financial; Project Equity; U.S. Bank (2025). Figures approximate.

The American farm

We are losing the family farm one generation at a time.

The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted fewer than two million U.S. farms for the first time since before the Civil War. Over the last twenty years the country lost more than 228,000 farms — and the dairies, ranches, and mid-sized family operations have been hit hardest of all.

228,000+

U.S. farms lost since 2002

61%

of dairy farms gone since 2002

13%

of beef-cattle farms gone since 2002

<2M

farms left — a first since the 1800s

Share of U.S. operations lost since 2002

Dairy farms−61%Hog farms−23%Beef-cattle farms−13%All U.S. farms−11%

Source: USDA Census of Agriculture (2022); Farm Action / Open Markets Institute analysis.

Why this is personal

I know what this costs, because it happened to us. The store my family built and ran for four generations — Streber’s Market — is no longer ours. There was no succession plan, and when the moment came, there was no path to keep it in the family. Had there been one, it still would be.

That loss is the reason Omega exists — so the next owner doesn’t have to watch a lifetime’s work disappear for lack of a plan, and so the people, the name, and the place carry forward.

— Jodi Ashton, Founder

What partnering looks like

Selling doesn’t have to mean leaving.

We buy to keep the business — and we’d like to keep you, too, for as long as it makes sense. A short-timeline buyer wants the founder gone; we see what you carry — the relationships, the judgment, and hard-won expertise we may not have — as part of what makes the business worth preserving. You understand this business and its industry in ways a new owner never will, and that knowledge has real value to us. How involved you stay is your call.

Stay and build

Take some chips off the table, keep leading, and roll equity alongside us — with patient capital behind you and the pressure shared, not the company sold off.

Step back over time

Hand off the day-to-day on your own timeline. Stay on as chair, advisor, or mentor, and transition leadership deliberately — not overnight.

Hand it off cleanly

If you’re truly ready and a capable team is in place, a full exit — with the people, the name, and the place carried forward intact.

What to expect

A conversation first. Everything else follows from it.

Reaching out doesn’t commit you to anything. It starts a conversation — about what you’ve built, what you want for it, and what you want for yourself.

01

We listen

The first conversation is about you, not a term sheet: your business, your people, and what a good outcome looks like to you. Everything you share is held in confidence.

02

We learn the business

If it’s a fit on both sides, we come see it. We walk the floor or the fields, meet the people who make it run, and review the numbers under a confidentiality agreement — learning from you, not auditing you.

03

We shape a proposal around you

Our letter of intent reflects how you want to transition — whether you stay and build, step back over time, or hand it off cleanly. Structures like a rolled equity stake, a seller note, or an earnout are tools to fit your goals, not boxes to fit you into.

04

We carry it forward

After closing, the name stays on the door, the crew stays on the job, and you stay as involved as you choose. Our work begins where most buyers’ ends: keeping what you built strong for the next generation.

If you’re starting to think about what comes next, let’s talk.

Early, in confidence, and with no clock running. Whether you want to stay on and build or step away entirely, the best conversations start before they have to.

Start the conversation

Already working with a broker or advisor? That relationship is honored. If you have representation in place, we’re glad to work through them — we have no intention of stepping around anyone.