Closed your business? Its old records might still pay

On 9 October 2026 micro1 began running a campaign for owners of companies that no longer operate, headlined with a ceiling of up to $2M for US companies. That ceiling is micro1's own top-of-band figure.

Pewter will consider businesses that are closing or have closed, provided headcount once reached 20 full-timers and a three-year record trail still exists. Certain brokers go lower.

Most of those sellers were tech startups whose work lived in Slack, Jira and Google Workspace. Closed print shops, distributors and contractors are newer to this, so take the top figure in any ad with a pinch of salt.

Before anything else, check what survived. Cancelled cloud subscriptions often delete data after a grace period. Old servers, backup drives and exported archives may still hold mailboxes and shared drives.

Closed-company deals usually cover code, chat, email and documents. Sensitive employee and health records are normally excluded, and you should expect any buyer to draw that line.

Ownership of a dissolved company's assets depends on how it was wound down, what the dissolution documents say and the law where it was registered. Former directors, shareholders, a trustee or an estate may hold the right to license. This is a question for your lawyer before you approach a buyer.