We Buy Small Businesses.

Tenth Street Group buys, builds and invests in small to midsize businesses.

America runs on small businesses—and we believe they deserve more attention, not less.

Small businesses are the quiet engines behind job creation, skilled labor, and everyday essentials. They represent 99% of the entire business sector in America. We see opportunity to help founders exit with dignity and to give investors access to stable, cash-flowing small businesses rooted in the real economy. Small business investing isn’t just a financial strategy—it’s a way to strengthen communities, preserve legacies, and generate lasting value.

There are over 33 million small businesses in the U.S., making up 99.9% of all U.S. businesses
Small businesses contribute approximately 43.5% of U.S. GDP
62.7 million people—or 46.4% of the private workforce—are employed by small businesses
From 1995 to 2021, small businesses created 17.3 million net new jobs, accounting for 62% of total job creation

Small Business Facts

We’re Long-Term Investors

We are a differentiated option focused on building enduring businesses for decades vs. maximizing short-term value.

Long Time Horizon

We think in decades not quarters, and strive to own businesses for the long-term vs. selling companies every 3-5 years.

Business Builders

We’ve led businesses as CEO and CFO, understand the challenges (and joys) of running a business, and know great companies aren’t built in spreadsheets.

People & Culture

We have lived in a special culture and are driven by our purpose of empowering people and organizations to reach their full potential.

We Buy Small Companies

A dedicated partner that understands your unique situation and that getting it right matters.

How We Work

Tenth Street Group is a people first investor based in Florida, and our main activity is the acquisition and stewardship of businesses.

We invest our committed capital, networks, and expertise, into businesses we want to be associated with for a long time.

Who We Are

We are a rare combination of disciplined investors and business managers, with a long-term mindset and culture. Together with our partners, we represent over $50m in capital.

Our Investors are family and individuals

We partner with families and individual investors.

Our investor network consist of family capital and individual investors whom we have built deep relationships with. We strive day in and day out to serve our purpose of building a complete people first culture. The people first culture fosters trust and transparency.

BECOME AN INVESTOR

Founder & CEO - Sly Buford

As the founder, our approach to investing in family owned and founder owned small businesses is first and foremost through partnership. But our fundamentals is through the value investing approach. We seek to create value in companies we buy or invest in.