GUIDE
How to sell a business
The decisions that come before a listing: what is for sale, who may know, and what a preliminary range is not.
Decide what is actually for sale
A sale can be the company, selected assets, or the company plus real estate. Those are different documents and different buyers. Write that choice down before you talk about a price.
This page does not list the company. A preliminary range on the sell form is not an appraisal and not a guaranteed price.
Keep the circle small until you choose otherwise
Employees and customers do not need a public announcement to let you look at a range. Public pages on this site do not show your name or your figures.
The useful next step is a confidential range, then a decision: wait, prepare, or talk. You do not have to list.
Questions
Do I have to hire a broker to use the range?
No. The range is a starting conversation. A broker is a separate choice.
Will the business be posted online?
Not from the preliminary form. Nothing is announced until you decide to go to market.