what is the lower middle market 
the lower middle market is a smaller subset of middle market firms with a total valuation between about 10 and 100 million dollars because of their small size these firms tend to be more attractive for mergers and acquisitions that the rest of the middle market 11the bottom linemiddle market firms are companies that occupy the range between small mom pop businesses and major enterprises these companies tend to be service oriented and are rarely publicly traded in the united states middle market firms account for a large share of employment and overall business activity 