Industries › PE & M&A Advisory › San Antonio
Across 8 counties, the San Antonio metro counts 52,088 business locations employing 980,355 people. The 3,148 with 50–499 employees are the starting pool for a deal sourcing campaign, and Sapper works them by phone first.
| Sector | Locations | Jobs | 50–499 employees | 500+ employees | Change since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care | 6,874 | 156,533 | 466 | 40 | +281 |
| Construction | 4,789 | 70,423 | 225 | 4 | +197 |
| Professional services | 5,921 | 60,042 | 188 | 3 | +206 |
| Manufacturing | 1,333 | 54,612 | 149 | 22 | +8 |
| Wholesale trade | 2,097 | 36,488 | 124 | 7 | −75 |
| Information | 806 | 17,261 | 48 | 4 | +32 |
Where to start: Health care and construction hold the most mid-size locations, 691 between them. Health care grew most: +281 locations from 2022 to 2023, ahead of professional services (+206).
| County | All locations | Finance | Health care | Prof. services |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bexar, TX | 39,726 | 2,563 | 5,632 | 4,679 |
| Comal, TX | 4,951 | 314 | 530 | 558 |
| Guadalupe, TX | 2,768 | 151 | 264 | 221 |
| Kendall, TX | 1,651 | 100 | 196 | 222 |
| Wilson, TX | 870 | 44 | 76 | 93 |
Where the market sits: Bexar County and Comal County hold 85.8% of the metro’s business locations across 8 counties. Bexar County alone has 2,563 finance and 5,632 health care locations.
The metro has 643 securities, commodities and investment locations. San Antonio’s owners hear from many of them, so a generic first message gives them no reason to reply.
What wins: naming the buyer’s problem in their words, then asking one question. A list of services sounds like everyone else in San Antonio.
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. In San Antonio, a first pass could start with the 466 mid-size health care locations and the 225 in construction. How appointment setting works →
The 8-county San Antonio metro has 52,088 business locations. 3,148 have 50–499 employees and 199 have 500 or more (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
The most mid-size locations are in health care (466), followed by construction (225).
Titles to test first include general and operations managers. The metro has 30,560 of them, plus 4,910 financial managers. Your offer decides the final mix, and nothing is called until you approve the list.
Nearby markets: PE & M&A Advisory in Austin (74 mi), PE & M&A Advisory in Houston (190 mi) and PE & M&A Advisory in McAllen (223 mi).
If your buyers are San Antonio contractors or home-service companies, Abstrakt’s San Antonio page covers that market.
