Industries › PE & M&A Advisory › Milwaukee
The 4-county Milwaukee metro has 39,486 business locations, 2,848 of them with 50–499 employees. Sapper researches the ones that fit your deal sourcing offer, reaches the right person by phone first, and books the meeting on your calendar.
| Sector | Locations | Jobs | 50–499 employees | 500+ employees | Change since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 2,190 | 109,511 | 515 | 28 | −36 |
| Health care | 5,999 | 132,658 | 399 | 29 | +195 |
| Wholesale trade | 2,003 | 43,168 | 170 | 4 | −43 |
| Professional services | 3,832 | 43,157 | 157 | 0 | +25 |
| Construction | 3,262 | 33,916 | 133 | 0 | −1 |
| Information | 598 | 16,615 | 44 | 6 | −20 |
Where to start: In Milwaukee, the second-deepest mid-size list is health care (399), after manufacturing (515). Health care grew most: +195 locations from 2022 to 2023, ahead of professional services (+25).
The metro has 688 securities, commodities and investment locations. They are calling the same owners you are.
What wins: one clear reason to talk now, tied to the buyer’s sector, then a short ask.
1. We agree on the accounts firstYou approve the target list. It is exclusive to you.
2. We introduce you, then keep goingPhone first, backed by email, LinkedIn and mail.
3. We qualify before we bookNeed, timing and who else is involved, confirmed.
4. You walk into a warm conversationWith the account history and a confirmed time.
For deal sourcing, we build the list around the size band, industries and geography in your thesis. Public counts do not show ownership, so you set the criteria and approve every account. Milwaukee County and Waukesha County hold the most Milwaukee locations, and manufacturing has the most mid-size ones (515). How appointment setting works →
The 4-county Milwaukee metro has 39,486 business locations. 2,848 have 50–499 employees and 121 have 500 or more (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
The most mid-size locations are in manufacturing (515), followed by health care (399).
Titles to test first include general and operations managers. The metro has 10,480 of them, plus 5,160 financial managers. The final titles depend on what you sell, and you approve the list before anyone calls.
Nearby markets: PE & M&A Advisory in Madison (76 mi), PE & M&A Advisory in Chicago (83 mi) and PE & M&A Advisory in Grand Rapids (113 mi).
If your buyers are Milwaukee contractors or home-service companies, Abstrakt’s Milwaukee page covers that market.
