Built for the person buying the business
numanknows is for people buying their first small business, usually with an SBA loan, and for the small teams and investors who search alongside them. It brings scattered listings into one place, runs the numbers a lender will run, and teaches the process from first search to closing day.
What we hold to
- We work for the buyer
- Brokers are paid to close at a good price for the seller, and listing sites are paid by the people listing. We take no commission, charge no listing fees, and build no seller tools, so the product has one job: helping you make a sound decision.
- Teach first, then help you decide
- Most first-time buyers don’t know what they don’t know. The learning hub, the diligence guidance on every checklist item, and the stage-by-stage pipeline are there so you learn the process while you run it.
- Show the math, never a black box
- The scorecard is deterministic SBA math you can check line by line. When AI writes something, it’s labeled as AI and kept apart from the numbers, and it never decides for you.
- Facts, not someone else’s listing
- We store the facts of a listing, write our own short summary, and link back to the source for the transaction. We don’t copy a seller’s marketing copy or photos.
- Ads never touch the analysis
- If a lender or attorney pays for a placement, it’s labeled and shown beside the ranked results, never inside a score, a memo, or a chat answer. The Buyer Charter is part of our Terms, so you can hold us to it.
- Your data stays yours
- Your pipeline, notes, and documents are visible only to people you invite. You can export your data or request deletion from Settings at any time.
numanknows helps you prepare. It isn’t a broker, lender, or law firm, and nothing in it is legal, tax, or investment advice. Read the Buyer Charter or send us a question.