# DealStream

The oldest online business-for-sale marketplace.

The oldest online business-for-sale marketplace (founded 1995 as MergerNetwork, renamed 2018): a membership platform spanning businesses, franchises, real estate, and financial assets, with claimed reach of 620,000-plus members across 200 countries.

- Category: Listing Marketplaces
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Where it fits: Source & Screen Deals
- Website: https://dealstream.com/

## At a Glance

Worth a free look for supplemental deal flow in odd-lot categories, but unpublished pricing and thin community signal keep it out of the first rank of marketplaces.

## What It Costs

Published on its own plans page: a free tier that browses all 22,000-plus opportunities, and DealStream Pro at $40 a month for full contact access to every opportunity. The front door serves a bot check to anything that is not a browser, so the plans page is the one to read.

## Best For

Buyers who want one more inventory source beyond the mainstream marketplaces, especially for odd-lot categories the big boards underserve

## Pros and Cons

- Pro: Three decades of operation and a genuinely broad deal mix, including categories BizBuySell-style boards carry thinly
- Pro: Membership revenue model rather than success fees keeps incentives simple
- Pro: Inexpensive relative to data platforms: $40 a month, published on its own plans page
- Con: The root page serves a bot check to a plain fetch, so the plans page is the only reachable statement of what it costs
- Con: Breadth cuts both ways: listing quality varies widely and includes non-business assets
- Con: Thin independent user commentary in [searcher](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/searcher) communities relative to its size claims

## What Searchers Say

Longevity is the strongest signal here; searcher-community discussion is sparse, and third-party reviews are mostly neutral roundups. Treat it as supplemental coverage rather than a primary hunting ground, and the plans page now states the price.

## Compared With

- Which listing marketplace is worth paying for when you are hunting your first acquisition? (https://searchspheresource.com/resources/compare/bizscout-vs-dealstream.md)

## Sources

- https://dealstream.com/
- https://dealstream.com/plans
- https://kb.dealstream.com/39154-about-us
- https://fintalent.com/tool/dealstream/

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Last checked: 2026-09-04

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