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Every source we cite

Each fact on Deal Scorer is backed by at least one source — a government publication, an industry-data provider, a trade association, or a practitioner report. Sources are organized by authority tier; within each tier, the most-cited sources appear first.

Primary sources

138 sources

Government publications, established data providers, peer-reviewed research.

  1. U.S. Small Business Administration

  2. U.S. Small Business Administration

  3. Cornell Law School

  4. Internal Revenue Service

  5. Government Publishing Office

  6. Federal Trade Commission

  7. USDA Rural Development

  8. U.S. Small Business Administration

  9. U.S. Small Business Administration

  10. Congress

  11. Arizona Liquor Board

  12. U.S. Department of Education

  13. Kansas Supreme Court

  14. Law.Cornell.Edu

  15. U.S. Government

  16. US Law, Legal Information Institute

  17. Federal Aviation Administration

  18. Justia

  19. U.S. Department of Education

  20. Justia

  21. Justia

  22. Iowa Department of Transportation

  23. Amazon

  24. U.S. Government Publishing Office

  25. US Government

  26. 7(a) & 504 FOIA1 citation

    U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)

  27. Federal Register

  28. U.S. Small Business Administration

  29. New Mexico Legislature

  30. USCIS

  31. Office of the Insurance Commissioner

  32. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

  33. Amazon

  34. USDA Rural Development

  35. SBA

  36. USDA Rural Development

  37. Contractors State License Board

  38. Colorado DMV

  39. City of Las Vegas

  40. Legal Information Institute

  41. CA.gov

  42. Texas Workforce Commission

  43. EveryCRSReport

  44. United States Courts

  45. IRS

  46. SAM.gov

  47. California Department of Industrial Relations

  48. U.S. Department of Labor

  49. IANA

  50. USPTO

  51. IRS

  52. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  53. U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

  54. Congress.gov

  55. FHA Handbook

  56. The White House

  57. Congress

  58. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

  59. ATF

  60. Occupational Safety and Health Administration

  61. FBI

  62. ATF

  63. Federal Register

  64. Internal Revenue Service

  65. State of Georgia

  66. Legal Information Institute

  67. Colorado General Assembly

  68. Amazon

  69. California Department of Consumer Affairs

  70. Bureau of Justice Statistics

  71. Congress.gov

  72. Cemetery and Funeral Bureau

  73. Texas.gov

  74. U.S. Department of Education

  75. Internal Revenue Service

  76. Internal Revenue Service

  77. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

  78. Internal Revenue Service

  79. Federal Aviation Administration

  80. Federal Aviation Administration

  81. Contractors State License Board

  82. Illinois Department of Natural Resources

  83. GSA

  84. Maryland Insurance Administration

  85. Internal Revenue Service

  86. Tennessee Secretary of State

  87. Federal Reserve

  88. MN Revisor's Office

  89. FDIC

  90. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  91. City of New York

  92. Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners

  93. Google

  94. California State Board of Pharmacy

  95. Texas State Law Library

  96. OSHA

  97. IRS

  98. Google

  99. Referral fees1 citation

    Amazon

  100. FDA

  101. Texas Department of Insurance

  102. Federal Aviation Administration

  103. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

  104. Internal Revenue Service

  105. U.S. Small Business Administration

  106. SBA

  107. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

  108. U.S. Small Business Administration

  109. Florida Department of Revenue

  110. South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (LLR)

  111. Canada.ca

  112. State of Florida

  113. FDA

  114. State of Georgia

  115. U.S. Small Business Administration

  116. Congress

  117. Monmouth County, New Jersey

  118. Economic Research Service

  119. Internal Revenue Service

  120. Veterans Affairs

  121. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

  122. U.S. Small Business Administration

  123. FDA

  124. Department of Justice

  125. US Customs and Border Protection

  126. US Department of Education

  127. Veterans Affairs

  128. Washington State Department of Health

  129. U.S. National Park Service

  130. U.S. Department of Labor

  131. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

  132. Yum! Brands

  133. IRS

  134. Mine Safety and Health Administration

  135. U.S. Government Publishing Office

  136. U.S. Government Publishing Office

  137. IRS

  138. Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission

Industry data and trade associations

37 sources

Trade associations, major firm research, industry press with editorial standards.

  1. American Christmas Tree Association

  2. SBA Loans2 citations

    Choose Yakima Valley

  3. Section179.org

  4. University of North Carolina

  5. Environmental Working Group

  6. LegitScript

  7. NTSB

  8. EBSCO

  9. Christmas Trees1 citation

    Agricultural Marketing Resource Center

  10. Fact.MR

  11. National Bureau of Economic Research

  12. MarketsandMarkets

  13. Entrepreneurs' Organization

  14. GreenwichGP

  15. National Association of Realtors

  16. Live Oak Bank

  17. MLP Association

  18. EveryCRSReport.com

  19. TI Insight

  20. CFINS

  21. National Property Management Authority

  22. The Institute for College Access and Success

  23. R Street Institute

  24. Lendio

  25. SOP 50 10 7.11 citation

    Partner Engineering and Science

  26. Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America

  27. Frandera

  28. Nareit

  29. NAPPS

  30. CDL PowerSuite

  31. PMC

  32. American Pyrotechnics Association

  33. North Dakota Geological Survey

  34. Congress

  35. Kentucky Equine Research

  36. Market Data Forecast

  37. Evergreen Business Capital

Practitioner sources and trade press

247 sources

Practitioner publications, broker reports, and trade press.

  1. Practitioner podcast interviews6489 citations

    Operator interview corpus

  2. Pioneer Capital Advisory

  3. ebitcommunity.com

  4. BizBuySell

  5. KeeVac

  6. First Bank

  7. Grease Trap Compliance

  8. Yale University

  9. CDC Loans

  10. Enfasco

  11. Eric B. Pacifici

  12. gosbaloans.com

  13. A Simple Model

  14. 1st FS Corporation

  15. sba7a.loans

  16. Franchise Law Solutions

  17. TustingMc

  18. AdvisorLoans

  19. 360 deal1 citation

    Wikipedia

  20. Thomas H. Curran Associates, LLC

  21. BoodleMart

  22. Carolina Business Capital

  23. J. Smucker Contracting

  24. Starfield & Smith

  25. AdvisorLoans

  26. Chase Law Group

  27. First Business Bank

  28. MZLS

  29. Wikipedia

  30. Solum Health

  31. Riverbend Consulting

  32. Novadata

  33. Little Health Law

  34. BusCMMS

  35. CorpNet

  36. EstatePass

  37. Kn Trial Attorneys

  38. Jimerson Firm

  39. Route Consultant

  40. White and Williams

  41. SovDoc

  42. Starfield & Smith

  43. Starfield & Smith

  44. Starfield Smith

  45. Greenbox Capital

  46. New York University

  47. Morgan & Westfield

  48. Pursuit

  49. SBA7a.loans

  50. Corporate Direct

  51. Blue J

  52. Carolina Cat

  53. Sonoma Valley Foods

  54. Building

  55. OU Kosher Certification

  56. Alabama Trucking Association

  57. Whiteford Law

  58. Hands Off Sales Tax

  59. Commercial Real Estate Loans

  60. bizmodelmastery

  61. Craftsman Book Company

  62. Acquisition Stars

  63. Little Health Law

  64. Pioneer Capital Advisory

  65. Marketplace Pulse

  66. Bloom Gates Shipman & Whiteleather

  67. Amazon

  68. MWBE Enterprises

  69. Government Services Exchange

  70. Driver Resource Center

  71. SleepApnea.org

  72. Gosbaloans

  73. Chambers and Partners

  74. Grease Trap Locator

  75. Taxmap.ai

  76. sba7a.loans

  77. Odra Sweeper

  78. Leopard Aviation

  79. Franchise Law Solutions

  80. Inbound Logistics

  81. KR Capital

  82. FNB

  83. Acquisition Stars

  84. franchisevs

  85. Sirion

  86. FranNet

  87. Hubifi

  88. Unclaimed Property Specialists

  89. Food Safety Magazine

  90. ChartRequest

  91. FieldPulse

  92. Ackerman Group

  93. Diversified Quotes

  94. Leo

  95. Macabacus

  96. BizBen

  97. Angi

  98. B2B Explore

  99. CPA Journal

  100. Bizworth

  101. Financial Security for All

  102. SBA7a Loans

  103. BTCpa

  104. We Sell Restaurants

  105. Keiter CPA

  106. PKF O'Connor Davies

  107. Berliner

  108. ITC1 citation

    DC Solar Guide

  109. Big and Bright Inflatables

  110. Rayleap

  111. Riverbend Consulting

  112. ClearlyAcquired

  113. Paved

  114. Karlin Law Firm LLP

  115. Prospyr Med

  116. Forbes

  117. Aspen Times

  118. Harvey Kruse

  119. Medical Director Co

  120. Permit Health

  121. Clearly Acquired

  122. Clearly Acquired

  123. GrowthHQ

  124. MarketWatch

  125. CNBC

  126. State and Local Tax

  127. Wikipedia

  128. Norton Rose Fulbright

  129. Wikipedia

  130. Federato.ai

  131. ATS Environmental

  132. Connected Financial Planning

  133. Duedilio

  134. TAU USA

  135. Crowell & Moring

  136. AdvisorLoans

  137. Wellness MD Group

  138. Ranger Minerals

  139. Movi Media

  140. Thinksba

  141. Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York

  142. Satellite Industries

  143. BoardStack

  144. Duane Morris LLP

  145. The Startup Law Blog

  146. BPM

  147. RSM US LLP

  148. Vanbridge

  149. BALL PLLC

  150. Superior Notary Services

  151. A1 Contractor Services

  152. Grease Connections

  153. Aircraft Loan Calculator

  154. FBDC

  155. Promise.legal

  156. Pioneer Capital Advisory

  157. SBA 7(a) Loans1 citation

    Regions Bank

  158. GatewayMA

  159. MMC Capital

  160. Lendio

  161. FBLake Bank

  162. Merge

  163. NEWITY

  164. Live Oak Bank

  165. First Business Bank

  166. SBA7a Loans

  167. LendingTree

  168. SBA 504 Blog

  169. Green and Co.

  170. Crestmont Capital

  171. Gonz

  172. LinkedIn

  173. Searchfunder

  174. Lendio

  175. NBC Banking

  176. 45dayexit.com

  177. Alston

  178. LinkedIn

  179. Beacon Funding

  180. Kumo

  181. USFCR

  182. MidStreet

  183. O'Connell Advisory Group

  184. Christian Small

  185. School Builder Plus

  186. franchise.law

  187. E. Howard Law

  188. SmallGovCon

  189. Cohen Healthcare Law

  190. Ride-CT

  191. Center for the Study of Law and Freedom at Georgia State University

  192. Franchise Direct

  193. CPA Journal

  194. Sheppard Mullin

  195. Make Me A Contractor

  196. Jettly

  197. Emerging Nurse Leader

  198. HCH Lawyers

  199. Pioneer Capital Advisory

  200. Capital Bank

  201. MyReins

  202. BUY THEN BUILD

  203. Aaron Hall, Attorney

  204. RSM US

  205. The Conversation

  206. ANZBAASM

  207. Wikipedia

  208. Tokyo Bourbon Bible

  209. Thompson Hine

  210. Small Business Funding

  211. Bloomberg Law

  212. Beverage Industry

  213. Hinckley Allen

  214. Hogan Lovells

  215. Uber

  216. getaawp

  217. Investopedia

  218. AtWork

  219. Wagbar

  220. Silverheels Investments LLC

  221. LinkedIn

  222. Jencap

  223. National Council of Nonprofits

  224. LinkedIn

  225. Pioneer Capital Advisory

  226. EdgePoint

  227. Center For Rural Affairs

  228. HighRiskIntel

  229. The Credit People

  230. SalesTaxSolutions.US

  231. GSA Schedule Services

  232. Acquire

  233. Penske Truck Leasing

  234. Cleanetics

  235. CommLoan

  236. Spadea Lignana

  237. Triax Technologies

  238. Wagbar

  239. Pursuit

  240. USAFacts

  241. Russo & Rizio

  242. Luther Lanard, PC

  243. MFH Liquor Law

  244. Flight School Associations of North America

  245. Forbes

  246. Akerman

  247. Bitget