Eric Skeldon, Founder of Kingdom Broker
About the Founder

Three exits. $250M+ in deals.
One mission: legacy impact for business owners.

Jesus first. Married to a beautiful wife and father of seven. A former Army Paratrooper who has lived his own exits.

I built Kingdom Broker because I sat in the seller chair three times and saw what most brokers get wrong. Now I help owners of established businesses sell with the same care I wanted when it was my turn.

3
Personal Exits
$250M+
In Transactions With Advisors On Kingdom Broker
2,500+
Buyers In Our Network
25
Industries Covered

Why I started Kingdom Broker

I spent over a decade building businesses before I sold my first one, a freight and shipping brokerage I grew from a phone and a folder of contacts into something a strategic buyer wanted. Selling it was supposed to be the day I felt rich. Instead it taught me how hard it really is to get help, to scale, to find the right partner, and to walk away with what the business was actually worth.

The valuation was conservative. The buyer pool was small. The broker did the bare minimum and took the standard fee. I did it again with a private equity fund stake, then a third time with a B2B company I built from scratch. By the third exit I knew exactly what was broken.

Then I saw the bigger picture, and it kept me up at night. Roughly 10,000 business owners retire every single day, and the majority of their businesses never sell. People who spent thirty years building something watch it close instead of cash out. I could not understand why no one was solving this, why no one was helping these owners.

The stories were everywhere. Owners getting sick. Owners running out of time. My own father-in-law had a multi-million dollar landscaping business and, with no real path to sell it, had to shut it down. Decades of work, gone. That is when I knew there had to be a better way.

So I studied it. For three years I spoke with business owners, learned their biggest problems, and built the answer around them. KingdomBroker.com is tailored to the trades, owners of $1M to $20M businesses, and the exact challenges they face when it is finally time to exit.

The buyers who can actually pay top dollar are not browsing public marketplaces. They are family offices, holding companies, search funds, and strategic buyers who live in private networks. So Kingdom Broker starts with the buyers who can close, scores your business against the ones that fit, introduces you only to the real ones, and walks you through every step from valuation to wire transfer.

The mission is bigger than fees. It is to glorify Christ and serve 10,000 families in ten years.

The Three Exits

You cannot fake operator experience. Each exit taught me something different about what owners need on the other side of the closing table.

01

Freight + Shipping Brokerage

Built from a single phone line. Sold to a strategic buyer. The lesson: the right buyer pays the premium. The wrong buyer drags the deal sideways for six months. Matching matters more than listing.

02

Private Equity Fund Stake

Saw the inside of how private equity actually buys businesses. The lesson: clean books are non-negotiable. The deals that close at full price are the ones where the financials read like the owner already did the homework before due diligence started.

03

Leading B2B Company

Built from scratch, ran it to seven figures, sold the platform. The lesson: how the deal is structured matters more than the headline price. Pick the wrong structure and you can give back 20 percent of the value at the closing table.

What I am building right now

Two seven-figure companies, side by side. Different audiences, same operator. But the focus, the work, and the next ten years — that's Kingdom Broker.

Main Focus · 2026

Kingdom Broker — the advisor for $1M to $20M trade businesses.

HVAC, plumbing, roofing, electrical, manufacturing, landscaping, pool service, and the trades. The businesses that built America are owned by people who deserve more than a listing on BizBuySell. Kingdom Broker is the operator-led M&A advisory firm those owners actually need: confidential process, real buyer network, and a founder who has personally exited three businesses.

HVAC technician
HVAC
$4-6x EBITDA
Plumbing business
Plumbing
$3.5-5.5x EBITDA
Texas roofing business
Roofing
$3-5x EBITDA
Electrical contractor
Electrical
$4-6x EBITDA
Manufacturing facility
Manufacturing
$4-7x EBITDA
Landscaping business
Landscaping
$3-4.5x EBITDA
Distribution and pool service operations
Pool Service
$3.5-5x EBITDA
Industrial trades and services
Industrial
$4-6x EBITDA
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What I bring to your exit

  • How to value a $1M to $20M business honestly, with the comp data behind every number — not a generic guess
  • How to clean up your financials so a real buyer underwrites the right number, not a discounted one
  • How to find family offices, private equity, and search funds quietly, without you ever having to call a stranger
  • How to structure the deal — seller note, equity rollover, earn-out, SBA financing — so the after-tax dollars land where you and your family actually need them
  • How to keep the sale confidential. Your employees, customers, and competitors never know until closing day
  • How to read a buyer's true intent: real money or tire-kicker, ready to close or just fishing
  • How to scale through acquisition, not just exit. If you would rather grow than sell, I help you acquire and roll up more businesses your size, the same playbook in reverse, into one bigger and far more valuable company.

How to reach me

If you're thinking about selling

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If you'd rather talk

Book a 20-minute call. No agenda. We'll talk through your specific situation. If we're a fit I'll tell you why. If we're not I'll tell you that too and refer you somewhere appropriate.

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You spent your life building it. Let's make sure the next chapter is paid for.

Most owners get one shot at selling. A lifetime of work compressed into a 90-day deal cycle. Don't trust that to the broker with the cheapest listing fee.

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