Rospex acquires profitable, established businesses in the Southeast U.S. from owners ready for their next chapter and operates them for the long term. No fund timelines. No financial engineering. One committed operator.
Not every buyer is the same.
Here's how Rospex works and why it matters to you.
Alex will run the business himself. Not a board seat. Not a hired manager. Present, accountable, and invested.
Click to flipYou're not handing your business to an absentee owner or a rotating cast of managers. Alex runs it day-to-day, which means decisions get made fast and the business stays healthy. Employees and customers deal with the same person who bought it.
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No fund timelines. No exit strategy. We acquire to own and grow, not to flip and exit in 3-5 years.
Click to flipYou won't watch your life's work get stripped, packaged, and flipped to the next buyer in three years. There's no pressure to hit an artificial exit multiple: the goal is to grow your business, not to groom it for resale. That stability protects your reputation and your people long after closing.
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We don't rebrand, relocate, or gut the businesses we buy. We build on what you built.
Click to flipThe name you built, the culture you created, and the relationships you spent years earning stay intact and are built upon. We don't come in with a rebrand playbook or a consolidation agenda. What made your business valuable is exactly what we're buying and protecting.
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We retain key people, invest in their growth, and tie compensation to performance, not headcount reduction.
Click to flipYour team won't face a post-sale headcount purge. Key people are retained and given real paths to grow, which also means less disruption for customers during the transition. That's a conversation you can have with your staff before you sign.
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No investment committee. No rounds of approvals. You deal with Alex directly: from first call to close.
Click to flipNo waiting on a committee to approve the next step, no deal dying in a second round of diligence. You talk to Alex from the first call through closing, which means fewer surprises, faster movement, and a cleaner process for both sides.
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SBA 7(a) ready, open to seller notes, and structured to meet your timeline - not ours.
Click to flipSBA 7(a) financing, seller notes, earnouts: we work with your timeline and tax situation in mind, not a fund's capital deployment schedule. If you need to stay involved for a year or need a clean break at close, both are on the table. The structure follows the deal, not a template.
Click to returnWe also consider businesses with transitional challenges: owner fatigue, key-person dependency, or operational gaps, where a commercial turnaround creates clear value. Don't rule it out without a conversation.
If you've spoken with private equity firms before, you know the drill: long processes, investment committees, management restructuring, and a 5-year exit plan. Rospex is not that buyer.
A confidential call - no obligation, no pressure. We learn about your business, your goals, and your timeline. You learn about us.
You share a summary of financials. We review quickly and tell you honestly whether we see a fit, typically within 48 hours.
We come to you. Meet the team, understand operations, ask the real questions. No surprises later.
A fair, reasoned offer with clear terms and a flexible structure. We don't low-ball to retrade later.
A structured handover to match business needs. We stay close to ensure continuity for your customers, employees, and reputation.
Alex Naumov started his first business from scratch at 21 - a fast-casual food concept in Eastern Europe that grew from a single walk-up café to 12 locations, 110 employees, and $2M in annual revenue in under three years. He built it, ran it, and sold it profitably. That experience - the hiring decisions, the tight cash flow, the supplier negotiations, the culture-building - is the foundation of how he thinks about every business he evaluates today.
After that exit, Alex spent 20+ years in senior commercial and executive roles at some of the world's largest companies - General Electric, The Home Depot, WestRock, Rubicon Technologies, Huhtamaki, and Sealed Air - consistently driving revenue growth, building commercial functions from scratch, and improving profitability across manufacturing, distribution, services, and retail. He holds an MBA from Columbus State University and a B.S. from the University of Maryland.
Today, Alex is returning to what he does best: owning and operating a business. Rospex Holdings is the vehicle. He is not a passive investor managing a portfolio. He will be in the business: engaged with employees, present with customers, and accountable for results.
Practical perspectives on business value, ownership transition, and what buyers actually look for: from someone who has been on both sides of the table.
Understanding what serious buyers evaluate and what red flags kill deals before they start.
Read moreWhy selling when your business is performing beats waiting and what to do in the 12–18 months before you go to market.
Read moreA straightforward breakdown of how buyers think about price and how to position your business for the best outcome.
Read moreIndependent closed-transaction data on SDE and EBITDA multiples by industry, what drives the expectation gap, and how to evaluate any asking price.
Open reportRospex has led hands-on engagements across multiple industries, driving measurable improvements in revenue, profitability, and organizational performance. Each case study documents a specific challenge, the strategic approach taken, and the outcomes delivered — concrete evidence of what disciplined commercial and operational work actually produces.
Rospex conducts proprietary, deep-dive market research across a range of industries — spanning both large-scale sectors and owner-led businesses. Each study goes well beyond surface-level data: coverage includes product-line economics, cost structures, competitive positioning, market trends and innovation, and forward-looking projections on how markets are likely to develop. Research spans domestic and international markets across B2B and B2C segments.
Executive summaries of multiple research reports are available in the Rospex Resource Library.
All inquiries are completely confidential. There's no obligation and no pressure. If you're curious whether your business might be a fit, or simply want an independent perspective on its value, we'd be glad to talk.
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Charlotte, North Carolina
Acquiring businesses across the Southeast U.S.