1. Import/Distribution $2,200,000 - 3 year average EBPITD $699,753
(Buying a Business/Businesses for Sale)

... enquire. There is no need for tangible assets when you have no staff, no office/warehouse and all stock is presold. The vendor wishes to contract his expertise to a new owner indefinitely. Vendor has designed ...

2. Are you telling the truth about wanting a business do-up?
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... fine and dandy while they are sitting in our office explaining their strategy to us. These are businesses that have to be sold and as such prices are significantly lower than they would have been ...

3. Think like a buyer when selling your business
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... on a fishing expedition. It is difficult for a business broker with hundreds of transaction under your belt and almost impossible for an owner who might never have sold a business and who also ...

4. Previously Sold Businesses
(Buying a Business/Previously Sold Businesses)

Below is a selection of business sales that David Newport and Paul Devcich have completed during their careers as business brokers: Specialty Food Manufacturer - $880,000 Infrastructure Service ...

5. Baby Boomers Re-entering the business owners ranks?
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... live this long. Nice problem to have I hear people say, but he is running out of money. We have sold numerous businesses for ‘retirees’ in recent years and almost 100% of them have come back to ...

6. PLASTIC FABRICATOR- Proprietary Products $600,000
(Buying a Business/Businesses for Sale)

... engaging in several distinct markets having developed their own range of products sold predominately B2B. Over the years the business has maintained its dominant position in its niche market by innovation ...

7. Are you buying the broker or the brokerage?
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... we have listed on our website. The classic example would be any owner of a Plastics business would call Paul because he has owned one and also sold several. Sounds logical I suppose but logic ...

8. Sell your business now or risk baby boomer Tsunami?
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... there appears to be about 2,500 businesses on the market, being sold via brokers. Obviously this covers all businesses from dairies up. There are about 150 that are above $1 million. With that being said, ...

9. What have they got to hide?
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... for a purchaser to have to navigate, and as such you wonder how any businesses get sold at all. Some of the notes on the ads were incredible: For more information, please contact me to arrange a time ...

10. How will the new Real Estate Agents Act affect Business Brokers?
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... a Director even though I don’t hold a Real Estate Agents licence. I am a licenced real estate salesperson (even though I have never sold RE) but under the previous Act I was unable to be a Director unless ...

11. Benefits of ‘Growth by Acquisition’
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... we were involved in allowed an Import Distribution company to purchase two similar but non-competing brands from a competitor that were already being sold to their major customers. They had the warehouse ...

12. Is business ownership for me?
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... the business and it sold quickly with little loss on his behalf but he couldn’t handle the thought that there was no guaranteed income coming in each week. He stayed awake worrying about it and after 6 ...

13. Redundancy = Franchise, Start-up or Existing business?
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... that I have seen state that in the event of a redundancy there will be no payment, but it seems there are payments in the higher echelons of larger companies. I remember in a previous life when I sold ...

14. Infrastructure - $1,400,000 (sold)
(Buying a Business/Businesses for Sale)

This business has been established 30 years with the current owners having it for 14. They design, supply, install and maintain a range of different solutions for Government Departments, Emergency services, ...

15. If RE Agents are trusted as much as Politicians, why would Business brokers run their companies using RE methodology?
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... and I agree, it’s not new. The majority of businesses sold in the NZ market are not sold via brokers; the majority it seems are sold by accountants and lawyers to their existing clients. It always puzzles ...

16. Passion - Nothing great has ever been achieved without passion!
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... and then be as passionate as you can be in the purchasing process and then in making that business the best that business can be. The owner of a business I have recently sold had a business that was ...

17. Buy a business, don’t be sold one!
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

In a meeting I had today with a purchaser, he made a comment that reaffirmed to me the mindset any business purchaser should adopt in any market. “I want to buy a business, not be sold one”. This means ...

18. Lessons learnt from our 300+ Business Sales
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... Financiers, Landlords and their lawyers, consultants and family on both sides. So any business that is going to be sold has to be presented in a way that gives the transaction a chance of success. Asking ...

19. Business Brokers Profile
(Home/Business Brokers Profile)

... Sales Bartercard (National Sales Manager) Merchandising Surplus Product Sales Franchise Sales Sold Franchises for approximately 7 years primarily for Home Services companies. Cutting my teeth ...

20. Testimonials of Successful Business Sales
(Sell Your Business/Testimonials)

... myself and our franchisees. I believe he sold in excess of 140 territories in his time when I owned the business and with subsequent owners. Please feel free to contact me should you require more ...