Acquira Reviews and Acquira Accelerator Cost in 2026

Short answer: Acquira is a real buyer program run by founder Hayden Miyamoto, and its Accelerator costs $12,500, paid once. It trains corporate professionals to buy an SBA-financed main street business in the $500,000 to $1,500,000 EBITDA range, mostly home services and trades. What it lacks is an independent review record: one Trustpilot review, unclaimed profile, read 24 October 2026. Its own pages also describe the access period three different ways, so get the term in writing before you pay.

Everything below was read on Acquira's own pages (the 2026 Accelerator page, the older Accelerator page, the team page, its terms and a cost breakdown on its blog), its Trustpilot profile and a Searchfunder thread, on 24 October 2026 unless a different date is given. If you are comparing buyer programs, our entrepreneurship through acquisition course comparison prices eleven of them side by side.

What Acquira sells

Acquira calls itself an acquisition entrepreneurship accelerator. Its terms and conditions are written in the name of Kingmakers Inc., and the team page lists Hayden Miyamoto as founder and CEO. The product is a self-paced curriculum on SBA financing, deal evaluation, diligence, negotiation and closing, plus regular live calls with lenders, quality of earnings providers, M&A attorneys and valuation people, an investment committee that reviews members' deals, and daily-scraped on-market listings matched to your investment thesis inside a ClickUp deal pipeline.

Two extras matter. Members who reach program milestones are invited to a multi-day live workshop where Acquira covers accommodation and meals. And Acquira may invest alongside a member: a Searchfunder poster described the model as investing in about 30% of a business, in the $500,000 to $2,000,000 SDE range, and Acquira's own blog says its equity fund can cover up to 80% of the down payment in exchange for roughly 20% of the economics.

The 2026 page is honest about the work. It calls the Accelerator "a DIY process" and says some members closed within three months while others take longer. It is built for people who are still employed and doing the search at night and on weekends.

How much does Acquira cost?

The Acquira Accelerator costs $12,500, paid once. The 2026 page says "Pay once. Access everything for 24 months" and that payment plans "may be available" if you ask on the strategy call. It adds that the fee may be tax-deductible as business education and that some buyers have included it as a closing cost in their SBA loan package, both hedged in Acquira's own words. Ask your CPA and your lender before you count on either.

Item	Price
Accelerator, 2026 page	$12,500 once
US veterans	$11,250 (read 3 Oct)
Accelerator, March 2024	$9,500
Accelerator+ (2024)	$75,000 to LOI
Transaction advisory	$12,500, optional
Financing and legal coaching	$12,500, optional
Refund	"All sales are final"

The price has risen 32% since March 2024, when Acquira's own blog post put the Accelerator at $9,500. The veteran price and the "all sales are final" line come from the acknowledgement page a buyer sees after applying, which we read on 3 October 2026 for our course comparison. The marketing page does not mention a refund at all.

What a full Acquira deal costs, by Acquira's own numbers

The sticker price is the small part. Acquira published a full cost walk-through on its blog, and it is the most useful document the company has, because it shows what a member actually pays between joining and closing. Its figures for the standard path: the Accelerator, then an optional $12,500 transaction advisory fee once a deal is under LOI, $20,000 to $25,000 for a third-party quality of earnings report, about $25,000 of legal fees and an optional $12,500 of financing and legal coaching. Acquira totals that at $84,500 in closing costs.

The premium path, Accelerator+, was $75,000 to have Acquira's team source and vet a deal up to an LOI, for $150,000 in total. That post said Accelerator+ was only open to existing Accelerator customers as an upgrade. The 2026 page does not mention it, so ask whether it still exists before you plan around it.

Two lines in the same post are worth reading twice. Acquira says that in about 30% of cases diligence turns up something that makes the buyer walk away from the LOI, and that it fronts the cost of a second QoE and advisory visit, repaid out of the next deal at closing. That is a real protection. It also says its "SBA acceptance rate is 100%" and that it has never lost a deal under LOI to financing. That is Acquira's claim about its own members; we could not check it.

If the QoE line is the one you have not budgeted, our guide to what a quality of earnings report costs shows where the $20,000 to $25,000 range comes from and when an SBA lender now requires one.

The access period, three ways

Acquira's pages do not agree on how long you get for the money, and it is the term that decides what the $12,500 is worth.

• The 2026 Accelerator page: "24-Month Access, Not a Subscription", with all updates included and no renewal.
• The older Accelerator page, still live on 24 October 2026: "12 months of access" to the training portal and to the weekly mentorship calls, and a promise to help you buy a business in 8 to 12 months.
• The post-application acknowledgement, read 3 October 2026: 12 months of core services inside an 18-month agreement.

Any of the three can be right for a buyer who signed at the time it was written. The point is that the version you sign is the only one that binds Acquira, so ask for the acknowledgement or agreement before you pay and check which number is in it. A search that runs past the access window is common: the Stanford GSB 2024 Search Fund Study puts the first signed LOI at 7.8 months into a search on average, before diligence and financing even start.

Acquira reviews on Trustpilot and Searchfunder

There is very little independent review data on Acquira, which is the main thing to know.

Trustpilot: the profile is unclaimed and had one review when we read it on 24 October 2026, with no reviews in the previous 12 months. That single review, a 1-star dated 25 May 2025 and titled "Just another online crap course", says the reviewer was told prices had gone up 25% when they joined, and that a promised 5% down payment became 10% plus 10% liquidity at the first meeting. That is one person's account, which we could not verify, and one review cannot carry a score in either direction.

Searchfunder: a thread titled "Has anyone heard of Acquira? Parent company is Kingmakers" describes the investment model. One reply says the writer "learned a lot going through their course" and liked the model, but worried Acquira might be "too picky" about what it invests in and that they could not wait a year to buy. That is the most common shape of the feedback we found: good training, slow and selective on capital.

Acquira's own testimonials are positive and specific, including a couple who say they bought in just under ten months. They are hosted by Acquira, so read them as marketing.

On the down payment complaint, the honest context is that the SBA rule itself changed. Under the current SOP the minimum equity injection on a change of ownership is 10% of the project, which matches what Acquira's own blog uses in its worked example. Our SBA loan down payment guide shows how that 10% is calculated and what seller notes can count toward it.

Acquira vs Acquisition Lab and the other buyer programs

Program	Price as published
Acquira Accelerator	$12,500 once
Acquisition Lab	$12,500 once, lifetime
Contrarian Academy	Not published
Acquisition Ace	Not published
Searchfunder	$432 lifetime

Against Acquisition Lab, the price is identical and the terms are not. The Lab's $12,500 is a lifetime membership with a 30-day full refund; Acquira's $12,500 buys a fixed access window and, per the acknowledgement we read, no refund. Acquira offers more in-house services along the way, the optional advisory and coaching fees, plus the possibility of equity. The Lab charges a Lehman success fee only on off-market deals it sources. Reviewers report Contrarian Academy at about $10,500 and Acquisition Ace at $6,000 to $12,800; neither publishes a price (see our Acquisition Ace review).

Is Acquira worth it?

For the buyer Acquira is built for, it can be. If you are a salaried professional aiming at an HVAC, plumbing, landscaping or cleaning company with $500,000 to $1,500,000 of EBITDA, financed with an SBA 7(a) loan, you will need a QoE, an attorney and someone who has closed these deals before. Acquira bundles access to all three, and its fronting of a second QoE after a failed diligence is worth real money. Budget for the $84,500 its own blog describes, not for the $12,500 on the page.

It is a weaker fit in three cases. If you need a refund option, Acquisition Lab offers one and Acquira, on the terms we read, does not. If you want someone to run the search for you, a buy-side advisor is the comparison, and advisors with $35,000 to $50,000 minimum fees rarely take a deal much below $2,500,000 of enterprise value. And if you are buying software, Acquira's whole curriculum, deal feed and lender network are calibrated for main street service businesses.

If you are buying a software business instead

A SaaS price is a multiple of recurring revenue, so the number that decides the deal is MRR you can trust, along with churn and growth. On Buyouts, founders list directly and MRR, ARR, growth and churn are verified against the billing data before a listing goes live, so you start diligence from checked figures rather than a seller's spreadsheet. Buyer Access is $99 a month, or $49 a month billed yearly; Acquirer at $899 a month adds analyst diligence support and off-market listings. There is no buyer success fee on any tier, and you can see all three on the pricing page.

Whichever route you take, do the proof of cash yourself before the LOI turns binding. Matching the seller's bank deposits against the revenue in the P&L is the fastest way to catch a teaser that does not hold up, and a bank reconciliation tool that matches statements to the books turns that from a weekend into an afternoon.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Acquira cost?

The Acquira Accelerator costs $12,500, paid once, according to its 2026 page read on 24 October 2026; veterans were quoted $11,250 on the post-application page. Optional extras listed on Acquira's blog include $12,500 transaction advisory and $12,500 financing and legal coaching. Acquira's own estimate of total closing costs on the standard path is $84,500.

Is Acquira legit?

Yes. Acquira is a real company operating under Kingmakers Inc., led by founder and CEO Hayden Miyamoto, with a published curriculum, a named team and members who report closing deals. Independent reviews are thin: one Trustpilot review, which is negative, on an unclaimed profile. Ask for the agreement, the refund terms and recent closing numbers before you pay.

Is Acquira worth it?

It is worth it for an employed professional buying an SBA-financed service business with $500,000 to $1,500,000 of EBITDA who will use the coaching, investment committee and partner network. It is poor value if you need a refund option, want someone else to do the search, or are buying software, because the program is calibrated for main street trades.

Does Acquira invest in your business?

It can. The older Accelerator page lists the "possibility of Acquira as an investor" if a deal meets its thesis, and its blog says its equity fund can cover up to 80% of the down payment for roughly 20% of the economics. A Searchfunder member described stakes of about 30%. None of this is guaranteed, and members report Acquira is selective.

Does Acquira offer refunds?

Not on the terms we read. The post-application acknowledgement page we read on 3 October 2026 stated "All sales are final", and the 2026 marketing page does not mention refunds. Acquisition Lab, the closest program at the same price, offers a 30-day full refund. Get Acquira's refund terms in writing before you pay.

How long does Acquira take to buy a business?

Acquira's 2026 page says some members closed within three months and that the goal for a buyer starting from scratch is ownership in under a year. Its older page promises 8 to 12 months. The Stanford GSB 2024 study puts the first LOI at 7.8 months into a typical search, so plan for most of a year.

Prices and terms were read from Acquira's own pages on 24 October 2026 (the acknowledgement page on 3 October 2026) and may change. Totals labelled as Acquira's are Acquira's own arithmetic. This page is educational and is not financial, tax or legal advice.